Contemporary – Upcoming Concerts
Music of Today: The Music of Harry Partch
Tuesday, May 26, 2026 @ 3:35pm – 4:35pm (PDT)
Meany Studio Theater at Meany Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
UW Music students and faculty perform music by 20th century composer Harry Partch on the composer's unique hand-made instruments, now in residence at the University of Washington.
$20 ($12 student/senior)
Maderna Fest: 2015
Wednesday, May 27, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Jack Straw Cultural Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Berio – Flute Sequeza
Berio – Saxophone Sequenza
Maderna – Piece for Ivry
Maderna – Windmung
Maderna – Honeyreves
Maderna – Serenata per un Satellite
Berio – Saxophone Sequenza
Maderna – Piece for Ivry
Maderna – Windmung
Maderna – Honeyreves
Maderna – Serenata per un Satellite
$5-$15 suggested donation
Bruno Maderna's Don Perlimplin
Friday, May 29, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Meany Studio Theater at Meany Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
A semi-staged production of Bruno Maderna’s 1962 experimental opera Don Perlimplín.
$15 ($10 youth/senior)
SMCO Season Finale: Britten, Mozart, Mendelssohn, Schubert
Friday, May 29, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Britten – Simple Symphony
Mozart – Violin Concerto No. 3 in G major
Mendelssohn – Overture in C major for Wind Instruments “Nocturno”
Schubert – Symphony No. 3 in D major
Mozart – Violin Concerto No. 3 in G major
Mendelssohn – Overture in C major for Wind Instruments “Nocturno”
Schubert – Symphony No. 3 in D major
$15 ($10 student/senior)
Maderna Fest: 2015
Saturday, May 30, 2026 @ 6:00pm – 7:30pm (PDT)
Cafe Solstice, Seattle, WA, United States
Inverted Space presents the first of three weekend cafe concerts, beginning with a trip through the career of Bruno Maderna with vocal works of Pergolesi, Purcell, Berio and Maderna himself.
Free
Ursula Sahagian plays Viet Cuong
Saturday, May 30, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Join oboist Ursula Sahagian and friends for a riveting evening of music for double reeds.
$5-$15 suggested donation
Maderna Fest: 2015
Saturday, May 30, 2026 @ 8:30pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Stone Way Cafe, Seattle, WA, United States
Come join us for a night on the "other side" of classical music, featuring works for saxophone, percussion, and cello from composers George Crumb, Luciano Berio and Bruno Maderna.
Free
Racer Sessions: Inverted Space Ensemble/Maderna Fest 2015
Sunday, May 31, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Cafe Racer, Seattle, WA, United States
Works of Maderna, Berio, and Andriessen, in addition to free improv.
Free
The Esoterics & Skyros String Quartet: Ekstasia
Friday, June 5, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Aaron Jay Kernis – Ecstatic meditations
Eric Banks – I am among them
Tarik O’Regan – The ecstasies above
Charlie Leftridge – Of seasons have I sung
Eric Banks – I am among them
Tarik O’Regan – The ecstasies above
Charlie Leftridge – Of seasons have I sung
$15-$25
Friction Quartet & Christian Pincock
Friday, June 5, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Friction Quartet (SF) premieres works by Pacific Northwest composers, and performs John Adams' First Quartet. Christian Pincock opens with solo works on trombone and computer.
$10-$15 suggested donation
Sound Me Out
Saturday, June 6, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Kate Soper – Door
Fausto Romitelli – Blood on the floor, Painting 1986
Kate Soper – Now is Forever: I. Orpheus and Eurydice for soprano and ensemble
Georg Friedrich Haas – Monodie for 18 instruments
Fausto Romitelli – Blood on the floor, Painting 1986
Kate Soper – Now is Forever: I. Orpheus and Eurydice for soprano and ensemble
Georg Friedrich Haas – Monodie for 18 instruments
$20 ($10 student/senior)
The Esoterics & Skyros String Quartet: Ekstasia
Sunday, June 7, 2026 @ 3:00pm – 4:30pm (PDT)
Holy Rosary Catholic Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Aaron Jay Kernis – Ecstatic meditations
Eric Banks – I am among them
Tarik O’Regan – The ecstasies above
Charlie Leftridge – Of seasons have I sung
Eric Banks – I am among them
Tarik O’Regan – The ecstasies above
Charlie Leftridge – Of seasons have I sung
$15-$25
Racer Sessions: Michael Owcharuk
Sunday, June 7, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Cafe Racer, Seattle, WA, United States
A collectively organized composition and improvisation series for new and experimental music.
Free
Ravenna String Orchestras: Whitacre, Boccherini & more
Wednesday, June 10, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Eckstein Middle School Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Mozart – Arrangement of Overture to The Abduction From The Seraglio
Eric Whitacre – October
Reinhold Gliere – Russian Sailor’s Dance
Boccherini – Cello Concerto in B flat: allegro moderato
David Avshalomov – Elegy for Strings
Carl Nielsen – “Finale” from Little Suite
Eric Whitacre – October
Reinhold Gliere – Russian Sailor’s Dance
Boccherini – Cello Concerto in B flat: allegro moderato
David Avshalomov – Elegy for Strings
Carl Nielsen – “Finale” from Little Suite
Free
Long Piece Fest: Feldman's 'For John Cage'
Thursday, June 11, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Poetic dissonance in a state of prolonged stillness with Morton Feldman's For John Cage.
$5-$15 suggested donation
Zero-G: Vlatkovich 5tet + Robert Millis
Friday, June 12, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
The Wayward Music Series presents Zero-G: Vlatkovich 5tet + Robert Millis.
$5-$15 suggested donation
Colleen + Hanna Benn
Saturday, June 13, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Colleen plays the Baroque viola da gamba with live electronic processing. Seattle composer/vocalist Hanna Benn opens with a rare solo set.
SOLD OUT
Racer Sessions: Rob Hanlon & David Balatero
Sunday, June 14, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Cafe Racer, Seattle, WA, United States
A collectively organized composition and improvisation series for new and experimental music.
Free
Julio Lopez
Thursday, June 18, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Seattle composer/violinist Julio Lopez presents four new small-scale pieces for mixed ensembles, as well as Snakemouth, an extended composition/improvisational form for solo violin and electronics.
$5-$15 suggested donation
Neal Kosaly-Meyer: Gradus
Friday, June 19, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Kosaly-Meyer's Gradus: for Fux, Tesla and Milo the Wrestler is a continuing micro-epic contemplation of a small but growing collection of piano pitches, and a demonstration of the infinite sound-worlds potentially present in a few notes.
$5-$15 suggested donation