New Music Gathering 2021: Morgan Schoonover, Clara (Da) Yang, & Rachel Mangold; Gregory Oakes; Dameun Strange

Friday, August 13, 2021 @ 6:00pm – 8:00pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Morgan Schoonover, Clara (Da) Yang, & Rachel Mangold – grief. acceptance. resistance. money?
Jessie Cox – Light-Dots on a Deep-Space-Image for Quarter Tone Clarinet
Dameun Strange – Our Boat: Notes on Senegal

Free (Free (registration required))

New Music Gathering 2021: COULTER HILL, Girlnoise, John Dorhauer

Friday, August 13, 2021 @ 11:00am – 1:00pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
COULTER HILL – Concert
Girlnoise – For What, For Whom
John Dorhauer – The National Coin Shortage

Free (Free (registration required))

New Music Gathering 2021: Mary Prescott, Marianne Parker, Julia Lougheed, 113, Ryan McMasters

Thursday, August 12, 2021 @ 6:00pm – 8:00pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Mary Prescott – “Moon” from Tida
Stephanie Ann Boyd – Pincushion Protea (world premiere)
The Persistence of Art Music: COVID works for Clarinet
Yu Kuwabara – In Between
Ryan McMasters – phonetinus_

Free (Free (registration required))

Michael Harrison performs Indian Ragas & Compositions for Piano & Tabla, with Nitin Mitta

Thursday, August 12, 2021 @ 5:30pm – 6:30pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Composer/pianist Michael Harrison offers his debut performance of traditional Indian classical music, adapted for piano with tabla accompaniment.

$40 ($25-$55 in-person)

New Music Gathering 2021: Sidney San Martin, Verdant Vibes, Kyle Hutchins, Zack Baltich & Ilan Blanck

Thursday, August 12, 2021 @ 11:00am – 12:30pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Sidney San Martin – Donate a Note
Kirsten Volness – The Pathless Woods
The Honourable Elizabeth A. Baker – ICD-10CM R55
Zack Baltich & Ilan Blanck – Giving

Free (Free (registration required))

New Music Gathering 2021: Performance / Workshop / Installation Presented by Women’s Labor

Thursday, August 12, 2021 @ 8:00am – 10:00am (PDT)
Online and in-person
Using embedded technologies, domestic tools are repurposed as musical instruments & explored in this public installation & performance.

Free (Free (registration required))

Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival: Old World, New World

Wednesday, August 11, 2021 @ 5:30pm – 6:30pm (PDT)
Orcas Center, Eastsound, WA, United States
Online and in-person
George Gershwin, arr. James Cohn – Three Preludes
Amy Beach – Quartet for Strings, Op. 89
Ludwig van Beethoven – "I. Music, Love, and Wine" from 25 Scottish Songs, Op. 108
Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Trio No. 4 in B-flat major, Op. 11 "Gassenhauer"
Franz Schubert – "IV. Andantino – Allegretto" from Piano Quintet in A major, D. 667 “Trout”
Astor Piazzolla, arr. Roman Sokruta – Libertango
Astor Piazzolla, arr. Pablo Ziegler – Michelangelo '70
Aram Khachaturian, arr. Greg Anderson – "Sabre Dance" from Gayane
Jennifer Higdon – A Gentle Notion
Morton Gould – "VIII. Jaunty" from Benny’s Gig
Dick Hyman – "Allegro" from Sextet for clarinet, piano, & string quartet

Free (Free ($10-$40 in-person))

Listen Live at Lunch: Eneida Larti, piano

Wednesday, August 11, 2021 @ 12:00pm – 12:50pm (PDT)
First Lutheran Church Tacoma, Tacoma, WA, United States
George Frideric Handel – Chaconne in G major, HWV 435
Franz Liszt – "II. Der Müller und der Bach" from Müllerlieder von Franz Schubert, S. 565
Franz Liszt – "VIII. Gretchen am Spinnrade" from 12 Lieder von Franz Schubert, S. 558
Robert Schumann – "I. Durchaus fantastisch und leidenschaftlich vorzutragen; Im Legenden-Ton" from Fantasie in C major, Op. 17
Çesk Zadeja – Tokkata

Free (Free)

Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival: Old World, New World

Tuesday, August 10, 2021 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Orcas Center, Eastsound, WA, United States
George Gershwin, arr. James Cohn – Three Preludes
Amy Beach – Quartet for Strings, Op. 89
Ludwig van Beethoven – "I. Music, Love, and Wine" from 25 Scottish Songs, Op. 108
Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Trio No. 4 in B-flat major, Op. 11 "Gassenhauer"
Franz Schubert – "IV. Andantino – Allegretto" from Piano Quintet in A major, D. 667 “Trout”
Astor Piazzolla, arr. Roman Sokruta – Libertango
Astor Piazzolla, arr. Pablo Ziegler – Michelangelo '70
Aram Khachaturian, arr. Greg Anderson – "Sabre Dance" from Gayane
Jennifer Higdon – A Gentle Notion
Morton Gould – "VIII. Jaunty" from Benny’s Gig
Dick Hyman – "Allegro" from Sextet for clarinet, piano, & string quartet

Free ($40 ($10 ages 6-18))

CMNW Summer Festival AT-HOME: Festival Finale – A Journey Into the Light (on-demand until 8/31/2021)

Saturday, August 7, 2021 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Kaul Auditorium at Reed College, Portland, OR, United States
Olivier Messiaen – "V. Praise to the Eternity of Jesus” from Quatuor pour la fin du temps ("Quartet for the End of Time")
Davóne Tines – Excerpts from Recital No. 1: MASS
Franz Schubert – String Quintet in C major, D. 956, Op. posth. 163 "Cello Quintet"

$20 ($150 AT-HOME Summer Festival Pass)

Whidbey's Saratoga Orchestra & PNW Conducting Institute Concert

Saturday, August 7, 2021 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Whidbey Island Center for the Arts, Langley, WA, United States
Whidbey's Saratoga Orchestra plays host to orchestra conductors from around the globe in this final concert of the PNW Conducting Institute. Works by Antonín Dvořák, Grażyna Bacewicz, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, & Hanna Benn.

$25

Mystic Chords of Memory

Thursday, August 5, 2021 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
Olympic Sculpture Park, Seattle, WA, United States
Composer/performer Nat Evans & saxophonists Neil Welch & Kate Olson perform a new, semi-improvisatory work while drifting around Olympic Sculpture Park.

Free (Free)

Listen Live at Lunch: Onomatopoeia Trio

Wednesday, August 4, 2021 @ 12:00pm – 1:00pm (PDT)
First Lutheran Church Tacoma, Tacoma, WA, United States
Flute/sax/horn trio Onomatopoeia presents a wide-ranging program spanning the 18th Century to today. Works by W.A. Mozart, Friedrich Kuhlau, & Ben Seavello, with pops arrangements by Jessi Harvey.

Free

[SOLD OUT] Orchestra Seattle & Seattle Chamber Singers: Summer Serenade

Sunday, August 1, 2021 @ 5:30pm – 7:30pm (PDT)
Mount Baker Community Club, Seattle, WA, United States
Sheila Bristow – When Music Sounds (world premiere)
Johann Sebastian Bach – Wachet auf ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 140
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – "I. Marcia" from Serenade No. 6 for Orchestra in D major, K. 239 "Serenata notturna"
Arthur Honegger – Pastorale d'été, H. 31
Antonín Dvořák – Serenade for Strings in E major, Op. 22, B. 52

Sold Out

From the Four Corners: Music for Flute & Guitar from Around the World

Sunday, August 1, 2021 @ 12:00pm – 2:00pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Gwyneth Walker – Close to Home
Katherine Hoover – "II. Serenade" from Canyon Echoes
Laurel Zucker – Peruvian Dreams
Scott Hill – Casi
Katrina Contreras – Victoria
Katrina Contreras – Lilas de Agua
Mari Kotskky – Time Goes On
Javier Contreras – Imposibles Espejos

$10+ donation, RSVP required

CMNW Summer Festival: Festival Finale – A Journey Into the Light

Sunday, July 25, 2021 @ 4:00pm – 6:00pm (PDT)
Kaul Auditorium at Reed College, Portland, OR, United States
Olivier Messiaen – "V. Praise to the Eternity of Jesus” from Quatuor pour la fin du temps ("Quartet for the End of Time")
Davóne Tines – Excerpts from Recital No. 1: MASS
Franz Schubert – String Quintet in C major, D. 956, Op. posth. 163 "Cello Quintet"

$47.50 ($62.50 summer single tickets; $20 ages 30 & under)

Port Townsend Summer Band Live Outdoor Free Concert

Sunday, July 25, 2021 @ 3:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Pope Marine Park, Port Townsend, WA, United States
Music includes: His Honor March by Henry Fillmore; The Mandalorian; themes from Superman, James Bond, & Batman; Fanfare for the Unsung Hero; & more.

Free (Free)

CMNW Summer Festival: Festival Finale – A Journey Into the Light

Saturday, July 24, 2021 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Kaul Auditorium at Reed College, Portland, OR, United States
Olivier Messiaen – "V. Praise to the Eternity of Jesus” from Quatuor pour la fin du temps ("Quartet for the End of Time")
Davóne Tines – Excerpts from Recital No. 1: MASS
Franz Schubert – String Quintet in C major, D. 956, Op. posth. 163 "Cello Quintet"

$150 ($325 Festival Pass)

Icicle Creek Chamber Music Festival: Concert 10

Saturday, July 24, 2021 @ 7:00pm – 8:00pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson – Lament for viola & piano
Max Bruch – Selections from 8 Pieces for Clarinet Viola & Piano, Op. 83
Béla Bartók – Sonata for Two Pianos & Percussion, Sz. 110, BB 115

$10-$20 ($10-$25 in-person)

Echoes in Life: Thomas Mesa, cello

Saturday, July 24, 2021 @ 5:00pm – 6:00pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Andrea Casarrubios – SEVEN for solo cello
Lydia Jane Pugh – Carolina’s Jig
Elizabeth Start – Echoes in Life
Claude Debussy – Cello Sonata, L. 135
Ludwig van Beethoven – Cello Sonata No. 3 in A major, Op. 69

Pay What You Can ($25 in-person)