Contemporary – Past Concerts
Archipelago Collective Summer Festival 2021: Chamber Music 3
Sunday, September 12, 2021 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Brickworks, Friday Harbor, WA, United States
Caroline Shaw – Thousandth Orange for piano quartet
Claude Debussy – Danse sacrée et danse profane
Anton Arensky – Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op. 32
Claude Debussy – Danse sacrée et danse profane
Anton Arensky – Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op. 32
$25 ($90 weekend pass)
Songs of Hope & 'Pieces of 9/11'
Sunday, September 12, 2021 @ 2:00pm – 3:30pm (PDT)
Congregational Church on Mercer Island (UCC), Mercer Island, WA, United States
A special recital program featuring a variety of songs of hope, including Jake Heggie & Gene Scheer's Pieces of 9/11, in commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the attacks.
$20 suggested donation
Peter Nelson-King: Feldman – For Bunita Marcus
Saturday, September 11, 2021 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Pianist Peter Nelson-King performs Morton Feldman's penultimate work, For Bunita Marcus – a 72 minute masterpiece of otherworldly time & space. Presented with Nelson-King's original artwork.
$5-$15 suggested donation
Songs of Hope & 'Pieces of 9/11'
Saturday, September 11, 2021 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, Seattle, WA, United States
A special recital program featuring a variety of songs of hope, including Jake Heggie & Gene Scheer's Pieces of 9/11, in commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the attacks.
$20 suggested donation
Archipelago Collective Summer Festival 2021: Chamber Music 2
Saturday, September 11, 2021 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
San Juan Island Grange, Friday Harbor, WA, United States
Camille Saint Saëns – Fantaisie pour harpe et violon, Op. 124
Angelica Negròn – Technicolor for solo harp & electronics
Richard Strauss – Morgen!, Op. 27, No. 4 (arr. for harp & string quartet)
Johannes Brahms – Piano Quartet No. 3 in C minor, Op. 60
Angelica Negròn – Technicolor for solo harp & electronics
Richard Strauss – Morgen!, Op. 27, No. 4 (arr. for harp & string quartet)
Johannes Brahms – Piano Quartet No. 3 in C minor, Op. 60
$25 ($90 weekend pass)
Wayward Music Series: Golden Retriever + Saariselka
Friday, September 10, 2021 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Electro-acoustic double bill featuring Golden Retriever (Matt Carlson, piano/synthesizer & Jonathan Sielaff, bass clarinet) & Saariselka (Chuck Johnson, electronics/steel guitar & Marielle Jakobsons, organs & synthesizers).
Ticket price TBA
Archipelago Collective Summer Festival 2021: Chamber Music 1
Friday, September 10, 2021 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Brickworks, Friday Harbor, WA, United States
Jessie Montgomery – Strum
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Piano Quartet in E-flat major, K. 493
Johann Sebastian Bach – Keyboard Concerto No. 1 in D minor, BWV 1052
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Piano Quartet in E-flat major, K. 493
Johann Sebastian Bach – Keyboard Concerto No. 1 in D minor, BWV 1052
$25 ($90 weekend pass)
Mary Halvorson: Amaryllis & Belladonna
Thursday, September 9, 2021 @ 5:00pm – 7:00pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
2 new composition projects by guitarist/composer/MacArthur fellow Mary Halvorson: Belladonna, featuring Halvorson with the Mivos String Quartet; & Amaryllis, for improvising sextet.
Free (Free (in-person ticket price TBD))
Mary Halvorson: Amaryllis & Belladonna
Wednesday, September 8, 2021 @ 5:00pm – 7:00pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
2 new composition projects by guitarist/composer/MacArthur fellow Mary Halvorson: Belladonna, featuring Halvorson with the Mivos String Quartet; & Amaryllis, for improvising sextet.
Free (Free (in-person ticket price TBD))
Shea-Kim Duo: All Roads Lead to Vienna
Sunday, September 5, 2021 @ 6:00pm – 8:00pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Franz Schubert, arr. Franz Liszt – Die Forelle ("The Trout"), Op. 32, D 550
Ludwig van Beethoven – Violin Sonata No. 3 in E-flat major, Op. 12, No. 3
Robert Schumann – Violin Sonata No. 1 in A minor, Op. 105
Fritz Kreisler – Recitativo und Scherzo-Caprice, Op. 6
Alfred Schnittke – Suite in the Old Style for violin & piano, Op. 80
Ludwig van Beethoven – Violin Sonata No. 3 in E-flat major, Op. 12, No. 3
Robert Schumann – Violin Sonata No. 1 in A minor, Op. 105
Fritz Kreisler – Recitativo und Scherzo-Caprice, Op. 6
Alfred Schnittke – Suite in the Old Style for violin & piano, Op. 80
Free (Pay what you can ($15-$180 in-person))
Composers Concordance: Gene Pritsker @ 50
Sunday, September 5, 2021 @ 3:00pm – 5:30pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Composers Concordance kicks off its 2021/2022 concert season with a concert celebrating the 50th birthday of composer/performer Gene Pritsker. Performances by Sound Liberation, B3+, violinist Lara St. John, & more.
Free (Free ($15 in-person))
Olympic Music Festival: Opening Celebration with GardenMusic
Sunday, August 29, 2021 @ 2:00pm – 3:30pm (PDT)
McCurdy Pavilion at Fort Worden State Park, Port Townsend, WA, United States
The Musicians from GardenMusic kick off the 2021 OMF summer season with a thrilling, genre-bending program encompassing jazz, bluegrass, & more.
$40 ($65 VIP, ages 12 & under free)
Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival: A Montrose Foray
Saturday, August 21, 2021 @ 5:30pm – 7:30pm (PDT)
Orcas Center, Eastsound, WA, United States
Online and in-person
Fanny Mendelssohn – "I. Allegro molto vivace" from Piano Trio in D minor, Op. 11
David Baker – "IV. Boogie Woogie" from Roots II
Rebecca Clarke – "II. Andante molto semplice" from Piano Trio
Mieczysław Weinberg – "II. Toccata" from Piano Trio in A minor, Op. 24
Gabriel Fauré – Piano Quartet No. 1 in C minor, Op. 15
David Baker – "IV. Boogie Woogie" from Roots II
Rebecca Clarke – "II. Andante molto semplice" from Piano Trio
Mieczysław Weinberg – "II. Toccata" from Piano Trio in A minor, Op. 24
Gabriel Fauré – Piano Quartet No. 1 in C minor, Op. 15
Free (Free ($10-$40 in-person))
Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival: A Montrose Foray
Friday, August 20, 2021 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Orcas Center, Eastsound, WA, United States
Fanny Mendelssohn – "I. Allegro molto vivace" from Piano Trio in D minor, Op. 11
David Baker – "IV. Boogie Woogie" from Roots II
Rebecca Clarke – "II. Andante molto semplice" from Piano Trio
Mieczysław Weinberg – "II. Toccata" from Piano Trio in A minor, Op. 24
Gabriel Fauré – Piano Quartet No. 1 in C minor, Op. 15
David Baker – "IV. Boogie Woogie" from Roots II
Rebecca Clarke – "II. Andante molto semplice" from Piano Trio
Mieczysław Weinberg – "II. Toccata" from Piano Trio in A minor, Op. 24
Gabriel Fauré – Piano Quartet No. 1 in C minor, Op. 15
Free ($40 ($10 ages 6-18))
La Jolla Music Society: Grand Duos
Thursday, August 19, 2021 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Sinfonia concertante in E-flat major for violin, viola, & orchestra, K. 364 / 320d
Tamar Muskal – Facing the Automaton (world premiere)
Ernest Chausson – Concerto for violin, piano, & string quartet in D major Op. 21
Tamar Muskal – Facing the Automaton (world premiere)
Ernest Chausson – Concerto for violin, piano, & string quartet in D major Op. 21
Free (Free (in-person tickets $45-$95))
Joey Largent & Katrina Wolfe: Dreams of the Forty Whales of the Harmonic Reed System
Saturday, August 14, 2021 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Joey Largent joins his quartet, Glacial Time Communion, in presenting a new, long-duration composition for 4 re-tuned reed boxes in collaboration with interdisciplinary visual/performing artist Katrina Wolfe.
$5-$15 suggested donation
Grand Teton Music Festival: Festival Orchestra – Bronfman Plays Beethoven
Saturday, August 14, 2021 @ 5:00pm – 6:00pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Richard Strauss – Don Juan, Op. 20
Jessie Montgomery – Five Freedom Songs
Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37
Jessie Montgomery – Five Freedom Songs
Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37
Free (Free (in-person tickets are SOLD OUT))
New Music Gathering 2021: Sasha Kaoru Zamler-Carhart & Samn Johnson; Thiago Ancelmo; Andrea Mazzariello; Melody Loveless
Saturday, August 14, 2021 @ 5:00pm – 7:10pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Sasha Kaoru Zamler-Carhart & Samn Johnson – Consolation: trans monastic microtonal dungeon
Thiago Ancelmo – Contrasts: Music for clarinet and electronics
HEADLINER: RECAP
Andrea Mazzariello – War Footing
Melody Loveless – Live code set
Thiago Ancelmo – Contrasts: Music for clarinet and electronics
HEADLINER: RECAP
Andrea Mazzariello – War Footing
Melody Loveless – Live code set
Free (Free (registration required))
New Music Gathering 2021: The Sonoglyph Collective & Zeitgeist
Saturday, August 14, 2021 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
The Sonoglyph Collective performs music & poetry that interrogate the theme of money. Zeitgeist presents music by Minnesota composers.
Free (Free (registration required))
Key to Change: Summer Finale Concert
Saturday, August 14, 2021 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Renton IKEA Performing Arts Center, Renton, WA, United States
Key to Change's first in-person concert in almost 2 years features the music of composer-in-residence Caleb Vaughn-Jones.
Free (Free (RSVP required))