Contemporary – Upcoming Concerts
Wayward Music Series: Helen Pridmore & friends
Thursday, January 18, 2029 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Exploring graphic scores by John Cage and Earle Brown — music to see and to hear, with visual interpretation of the score as a crucial part of the performance.
$5-$15 donation
Second City Chamber Series: Just Us Folks
Friday, January 19, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 8:30pm (PST)
The Great Hall at Annie Wright School, Tacoma, WA, United States
Brubeck – Blue Rondo À La Turk
Eryilmaz – Dances of the Yogurt Maker
Fujiwara – Fiddle Suite Montana
Monti – Czardas
Zhurbin – Culai
Eryilmaz – Dances of the Yogurt Maker
Fujiwara – Fiddle Suite Montana
Monti – Czardas
Zhurbin – Culai
$25/$23/$10 (age 18 & under free)
Spontaneous Combustion New Music Festival: Delgani String Quartet
Friday, January 19, 2029 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Alan Hovhaness – String Quartet No. 1
György Ligeti – String Quartet No. 1
Benjamin Krause – String Quartet No. 1
György Ligeti – String Quartet No. 1
Benjamin Krause – String Quartet No. 1
$20 ($12 students with ID)
Groupmuse: Jon Paul Yerby, classical guitar
Saturday, January 20, 2029 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
Private home in Wallingford, Seattle, WA, United States
A house concert with a mix of guitar music from Spain and Latin America – classical and contemporary.
$10+ donation, RSVP required
SMCO & Choral Arts NW: Journeys of Discovery & Hope
Saturday, January 20, 2029 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Plymouth Congregational Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Gabriela Lena Frank – Leyendas, an Andean Walkabout
Joseph Haydn – Mass for Troubled Times, Hob. XXII/11 “Nelson Mass”
Joseph Haydn – Mass for Troubled Times, Hob. XXII/11 “Nelson Mass”
$15-$25
Spontaneous Combustion New Music Festival: Orlando Cela, solo flute
Sunday, January 21, 2029 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PST)
Youngstown Cultural Arts Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Orlando Cela – Rag Lalit (2016)
Roger Briggs – Trailblazers (2006)
Bryan Ferneyhough – Cassandras Dreamsong (1970)
Jean-Patrick Besingrand – Le Soupir du Roseau dans le Bras du Vent (2015)
Mac Waters – Tinted (2017)
Robert Dick – Flames Must Not Encircle Sides (1980)
Roger Briggs – Trailblazers (2006)
Bryan Ferneyhough – Cassandras Dreamsong (1970)
Jean-Patrick Besingrand – Le Soupir du Roseau dans le Bras du Vent (2015)
Mac Waters – Tinted (2017)
Robert Dick – Flames Must Not Encircle Sides (1980)
$20 ($12 students w/ ID)
Spontaneous Combustion New Music Festival: Hub New Music
Monday, January 22, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
18th & Union - An Arts Space, Seattle, WA, United States
The Seattle premiere performance by Boston's Hub New Music features the world premiere of a new major work by Robert Honstein.
$20
Spontaneous Combustion New Music Festival: Iktus Duo
Thursday, January 25, 2029 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Works by Lou Harrison, Joseph Pereira, Adam Vidiksis, James Romig, and Washington-based composer Bruce Hamilton.
$20 (students $12)
UW Percussion & Third Coast Percussion: Danny Clay's 'Playbook'
Friday, January 26, 2029 @ 6:30pm – 8:00pm (PST)
Meany 268, Seattle, WA, United States
An interactive performance featuring music from Bay Area composer Danny Clay's Playbook, a set of whimsical scores and instructions utilizing found-object and traditional percussion. Audience members are welcome to bring their own instruments and participate.
Free (Free (RSVP required))
Inverted Space Ensemble: Cage, Ligeti, Stockhausen
Friday, January 26, 2029 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Cage – Freeman Etudes for solo violin (Book 1)
Ligeti – Études for solo piano (Book 1)
Stockhausen – Plus Minus
Ligeti – Études for solo piano (Book 1)
Stockhausen – Plus Minus
$5-$15 donation
Seattle Philharmonic Orchestra: Satie, Sibelius, Respighi, & more
Saturday, January 27, 2029 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PST)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Grainger – Spoon River
Mitropoulos – Tafi (2nd US performance; West Coast premiere)
Satie – Entr'acte (with film by René Clair)
Sibelius – Two Serious Melodies for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 77
Respighi – The Pines of Rome
Mitropoulos – Tafi (2nd US performance; West Coast premiere)
Satie – Entr'acte (with film by René Clair)
Sibelius – Two Serious Melodies for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 77
Respighi – The Pines of Rome
$20-$30
Basically Baroque with Saratoga Orchestra of Whidbey Island
Saturday, January 27, 2029 @ 2:30pm – 4:30pm (PST)
Island Church of Whidbey, Langley, WA, United States
Handel – Concerto Grosso Op. 6, No. 7
Vivaldi – Concerto for two oboes in D minor RV 535
Hidgon – Dance Card
Vivaldi – Concerto for two oboes in D minor RV 535
Hidgon – Dance Card
$25 ($20 senior/military)
Spontaneous Combustion New Music Festival: Sandbox Percussion
Saturday, January 27, 2029 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Music Center of the Northwest, Seattle, WA, United States
Works by Steve Reich, Andy Akiho, and more.
$20
Ancora Presents: Sacred Night
Saturday, January 27, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Green Lake Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Frank La Rocca – Magnificat
Frank La Rocca – Nunc Dimittis
György Orbán – Mass No. 6
Eriks Esenvalds – Northern Lights
Frank La Rocca – Nunc Dimittis
György Orbán – Mass No. 6
Eriks Esenvalds – Northern Lights
$13 / $11 / students free
Wayward Music Series: Sarah Pyle – flora/fauna
Saturday, January 27, 2029 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Elizabeth Brown – Botanical Obsessions for solo flute (2000)
Andrew Stiefel – Let us whisper our names into the trees for flute, baroque flute, and electronics (premiere)
Sarah Pyle – Improvisations on three secular monodies by Francesca Caccini
Daniel Webbon – To Square a Circle for baroque flutist as percussionist (premiere)
Sarah Pyle – Beehive for flute and electronics (premiere)
Vivian Fine – The Flicker for solo flute (1973)
Andrew Stiefel – Let us whisper our names into the trees for flute, baroque flute, and electronics (premiere)
Sarah Pyle – Improvisations on three secular monodies by Francesca Caccini
Daniel Webbon – To Square a Circle for baroque flutist as percussionist (premiere)
Sarah Pyle – Beehive for flute and electronics (premiere)
Vivian Fine – The Flicker for solo flute (1973)
$5-$15 donation
Basically Baroque with Saratoga Orchestra of Whidbey Island
Sunday, January 28, 2029 @ 2:30pm – 4:30pm (PST)
Nordic Hall, Coupeville, WA, United States
Handel – Concerto Grosso Op. 6, No. 7
Vivaldi – Concerto for two oboes in D minor RV 535
Hidgon – Dance Card
Vivaldi – Concerto for two oboes in D minor RV 535
Hidgon – Dance Card
$25 ($20 senior/military)
Music Northwest: Music for Flutes & Harpsichord
Sunday, January 28, 2029 @ 3:00pm – 3:00pm (PST)
First Lutheran Church of West Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
Telemann – Fantasia for Solo Flute
Bach – Trio Sonata for Two Flutes and Harpsichord, BWV 1039
Peter Bruun – Autumn, What is your Plan?
R. Murray Schafer – Sonatina for Flute and Harpsichord
Shulamit Ran – Flute duet TBA
Katherine Hoover – Flute duet TBA
Bach – Trio Sonata for Two Flutes and Harpsichord, BWV 1039
Peter Bruun – Autumn, What is your Plan?
R. Murray Schafer – Sonatina for Flute and Harpsichord
Shulamit Ran – Flute duet TBA
Katherine Hoover – Flute duet TBA
$16-$18 (students 26 & under free w/RSVP)
Ancora Presents: Sacred Night
Sunday, January 28, 2029 @ 4:30pm – 6:00pm (PST)
Church of the Holy Cross, Redmond, WA, United States
Frank La Rocca – Magnificat
Frank La Rocca – Nunc Dimittis
György Orbán – Mass No. 6
Eriks Esenvalds – Northern Lights
Frank La Rocca – Nunc Dimittis
György Orbán – Mass No. 6
Eriks Esenvalds – Northern Lights
$13 / $11 / students free
Art from Ashes: MOR International Holocaust Remembrance Day Concert
Monday, January 29, 2029 @ 5:00pm – 7:00pm (PST)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Featuring chamber music written in Terezín and the Vilna ghetto, and works by composers whose lives were cut short by Nazi persecution.
Free (Free)
Spontaneous Combustion New Music Festival: The City of Tomorrow (Wind Quintet)
Tuesday, January 30, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
The Royal Room, Seattle, WA, United States
Julia Wolfe – On Seven Star Shoes
Alex Temple – Thick Line
John Teske – Topographies
Hans Abrahamsen – Walden
Esa-Pekka Salonen – Memoria
Jacob Druckman – Delia Contente Che l'Alme Beatte
Alex Temple – Thick Line
John Teske – Topographies
Hans Abrahamsen – Walden
Esa-Pekka Salonen – Memoria
Jacob Druckman – Delia Contente Che l'Alme Beatte
$20 ($12 students w/ ID)