Contemporary – Upcoming Concerts
Inverted Space Long Piece Fest IV: Aperghis & Xenakis
Monday, June 28, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Xenakis – XAS for saxophone quartet
Aperghis – Jeu à quatre for alto saxophone quartet
Xenakis – Dikhthas for violin and piano
Xenakis – Morsima-Amorsima for violin, cello, double bass, and piano
Aperghis – Jeu à quatre for alto saxophone quartet
Xenakis – Dikhthas for violin and piano
Xenakis – Morsima-Amorsima for violin, cello, double bass, and piano
$5-$15 suggested donation
Seattle Symphony's TRIADIC MEMORIES: A Minimalist Masterpiece
Tuesday, June 29, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Morton Feldman’s Triadic Memories, an epic piano solo, takes you through a 90-minute hypnotic labyrinth.
$25
Seattle Symphony's THE LIGHT THAT FILLS THE WORLD: A Meditation in Sound & Light
Wednesday, June 30, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Julia Wolfe – My Beautiful Scream
John Cage – 4’33”
John Luther Adams – The Light that Fills the World
Morton Feldman – Piano and Orchestra
Philip Glass – The Light
John Cage – 4’33”
John Luther Adams – The Light that Fills the World
Morton Feldman – Piano and Orchestra
Philip Glass – The Light
$25
Seattle Symphony's IN THE WHITE SILENCE: John Luther Adams' Alaskan Landscapes
Thursday, July 1, 2027 @ 10:00pm – 11:15pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Adams translates the vast horizons of the frozen far north into a musical tableau of clean, radiant harmony and subtle transformation.
$15
Summer at Cornish: Composition Intensive Performance
Friday, July 2, 2027 @ 11:00am – 12:00pm (PDT)
PONCHO Concert Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Join the Summer at Cornish Composition Intensive students for a final performance of their compositions written during a 10-day program, played by a professional ensemble.
Free (Free)
Seattle Symphony's LIVE ON THE SILVER SCREEN: The Symphony in Hollywood
Friday, July 2, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Film clips come to life on a giant screen with the Seattle Symphony playing music from Gone with the Wind to “Glory” from Selma.
$25
Racer Sessions: Little Child Man (Seattle)
Saturday, July 3, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Cafe Racer, Seattle, WA, United States
A collectively organized composition and improvisation series for new and experimental music.
Free
Seattle Chamber Music Society Cello Recital: Dillon & Popper
Tuesday, July 6, 2027 @ 7:00pm – 7:30pm (PDT)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Lawrence Dillon – Passing Tones
David Popper – Requiem
David Popper – Requiem
Free
The Esoterics presents PARNOK: In that infinite moment
Thursday, July 8, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, Seattle, WA, United States
A concert-length choral odyssey celebrating Russian poet Sophia Parnok’s forbidden love, her extraordinary lyric, and her imperturbable courage.
$15-$25
Seattle Video Game Orchestra & Choir: Chamber Works from Games, Movies, & Anime
Friday, July 9, 2027 @ 6:00pm – 8:00pm (PDT)
Kinokuniya Bookstore, Seattle, WA, United States
Vocalists and chamber musicians from the Seattle Video Game Orchestra will be performing video game, movie, and anime chamber pieces.
Free (Free)
Bellingham Festival of Music: Rossini, Juan Ramírez, Schumann
Friday, July 9, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Western Washington University Performing Arts Center, Bellingham, WA, United States
Rossini – Overture to William Tell
Juan Ramírez – Suite Latina (2002) World Premiere
Schumann – Symphony No. 1 in B-flat major, Op. 38 "Spring"
$12-$45
The Esoterics presents PARNOK: In that infinite moment
Friday, July 9, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Holy Rosary Catholic Church, Seattle, WA, United States
A concert-length choral odyssey celebrating Russian poet Sophia Parnok’s forbidden love, her extraordinary lyric, and her imperturbable courage.
$15-$25
The Esoterics presents PARNOK: In that infinite moment
Saturday, July 10, 2027 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
Christ Episcopal Church Tacoma, Tacoma, WA, United States
A concert-length choral odyssey celebrating Russian poet Sophia Parnok’s forbidden love, her extraordinary lyric, and her imperturbable courage.
$15-$25
Racer Sessions: Matt Norman
Saturday, July 10, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Cafe Racer, Seattle, WA, United States
A collectively organized composition and improvisation series for new and experimental music.
Free
Racer Sessions: Neil Welch
Saturday, July 17, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Cafe Racer, Seattle, WA, United States
A collectively organized composition and improvisation series for new and experimental music.
Free
Octava Chamber Orchestra: Summer Chamber Music Extravaganza
Friday, July 23, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
Edmonds United Methodist Church, Edmonds, WA, United States
New music from around the world in a variety of genres, featuring works by Richard Vitzhum, Nathan Jensen, Greg Bartholomew, Joseph Lee Graham, Andre Van Haren, and Joseph Dillon Ford.
$15-$20, kids free
Racer Sessions: Mike Gamble/Tony Barba
Saturday, July 24, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Cafe Racer, Seattle, WA, United States
A collectively organized composition and improvisation series for new and experimental music.
Free
Racer Sessions: Lisa Mezzacappa and Jason Levis (CA)
Saturday, July 31, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Cafe Racer, Seattle, WA, United States
A collectively organized composition and improvisation series for new and experimental music.
Free
Byron Au Yong: Water Partitas
Tuesday, August 3, 2027 @ 6:00pm – 7:00pm (PDT)
INCA, Seattle, WA, United States
Seattle avant-garde classical composer Byron Au Yong's Water Partitas for string instruments will be performed in an art installation by Matthew Offenbacher.
Free (Free)
Music in the American Wild: San Juan Island National Historical Park
Wednesday, August 4, 2027 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
San Juan Island National Historic Park – English Camp Parade Grounds, Friday Harbor, WA, United States
Eleven composers and seven performers come together to fill seven national parks – our country's grandest natural venues – with a new opus of inherently American music.
Free (Free)