Contemporary – Upcoming Concerts
UW Modern Ensemble
Tuesday, December 5, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Brechemin Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Messiaen – Quartet for the End of Time
Stockhausen – Tierkreis
Glass – Music in Similar Motion
Stockhausen – Tierkreis
Glass – Music in Similar Motion
Free
Scores of Sound: Day 1
Wednesday, December 6, 2028 @ 10:00am – 9:00pm (PST)
PONCHO Concert Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
An all-day festival including performances from many ensembles and genres, including jazz, classical, new music, African drumming, and Gamelan.
Free (Free)
Scores of Sound: Day 2
Thursday, December 7, 2028 @ 10:00am – 9:00pm (PST)
PONCHO Concert Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
An all-day festival including performances from many ensembles and genres, including jazz, classical, new music, African drumming, and Gamelan.
Free (Free)
Ladies Musical Club: Works by Janet Anderson, 'The Birds,' and more
Thursday, December 7, 2028 @ 12:00pm – 2:00pm (PST)
Seattle Art Museum (Downtown), Seattle, WA, United States
Janet Anderson – For Snow song cycle
Janet Anderson – Variations on She Moved through the Fair
Nicholas Marshall – Selections from The Birds
Racheal Cogen – Sughisti
Matthias Maute – Les Barricades
Janet Anderson – Variations on She Moved through the Fair
Nicholas Marshall – Selections from The Birds
Racheal Cogen – Sughisti
Matthias Maute – Les Barricades
Free (Free)
UW Wind Ensemble & Symphonic Band with Michael Partingon: Colors & Contrasts
Thursday, December 7, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
Northwest premiere of A Concerto of Colours (2017) by Stephen Goss.
$10
Wayward Music Series: Inverted Space Ensemble
Thursday, December 7, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Fred Frith – Elegy for Elias
John Luther Adams – Canticles of the Sky
Kurt Weill – Alabama Song (arr. Morton Feldman)
Lou Harrison – Suite for Violin and American Gamelan
John Luther Adams – Canticles of the Sky
Kurt Weill – Alabama Song (arr. Morton Feldman)
Lou Harrison – Suite for Violin and American Gamelan
$5-$15 suggested donation
Scores of Sound: Day 3
Friday, December 8, 2028 @ 10:00am – 9:00pm (PST)
PONCHO Concert Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
An all-day festival including performances from many ensembles and genres, including jazz, classical, new music, African drumming, and Gamelan.
Free (Free)
The Miró Quartet... at Emerald City Music
Friday, December 8, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 11:00pm (PST)
415 Westlake, Seattle, WA, United States
Haydn – String Quartet in E-flat major, Op. 71, No. 3
Puts – Credo, for string quartet
Schumann – String Quartet no. 1 in A minor, Op. 41
Puts – Credo, for string quartet
Schumann – String Quartet no. 1 in A minor, Op. 41
$45 includes open bar; $10 students
Wayward Music Series: Eveline Müller & the Klang Quintet
Friday, December 8, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Featuring Eveline on the Boeing, Stuart McLeod on brainwave manipulator and various objects, Carl Farrow on electronics, Bob Rees on xylophone and percussion, and more...
$5-$15 donation
Seattle Pro Musica: Winter Rose
Saturday, December 9, 2028 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PST)
Seattle First Baptist Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Celebrating the light and hope symbolized by the winter rose with such favorites as Lo, how a rose e’er blooming by Praetorius and A spotless rose by Herbert Howells.
$12-$38
Seattle Pro Musica: Winter Rose
Saturday, December 9, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
First Baptist Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Celebrating the light and hope symbolized by the winter rose with such favorites as Lo, how a rose e’er blooming by Praetorius and A spotless rose by Herbert Howells.
$12-$38
The Miró Quartet... at Emerald City Music
Saturday, December 9, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 10:00pm (PST)
The Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA, United States
Haydn – String Quartet in E-flat major, Op. 71, No. 3
Puts – Credo, for string quartet
Schumann – String Quartet no. 1 in A minor, Op. 41
Puts – Credo, for string quartet
Schumann – String Quartet no. 1 in A minor, Op. 41
$28-$43 ($10 w/ student ID)
Cascadian Chorale: What Cheer!
Saturday, December 9, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Church of the Holy Cross, Redmond, WA, United States
An evening of joy and wonder featuring Bern Herbolsheimer, Jeremy Kings, and Joy Porter, plus a new work by Vashon Island-based Charles Lovekin.
$20 ($15 student/senior; under 18 free with adult)
UW Composition Studio ft. UW Modern Ensemble Guests
Saturday, December 9, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Brechemin Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Innovative works by emerging composers explore unconventional sonic landscapes. With guest musicians from the UW Modern Ensemble.
Free
Cornish Presents: Quince Contemporary Vocal Ensemble
Saturday, December 9, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PST)
PONCHO Concert Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
A highly regarded, four-voice, all-woman ensemble that thrives on unique musical challenges and a genre-bending, contemporary repertoire.
$20 / $15 / $10 / $5
Wayward Music Series: Seth Parker Woods, cello
Saturday, December 9, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Edward Hamel – Gray Neon Life (Seattle premiere)
Pierre Alexandre Tremblay – asinglewordisnotenough 3 (invariant) (Seattle premiere)
Alvin Singleton – Argoru II (Seattle premiere)
George Lewis – Not Alone (Seattle premiere)
Pierre Alexandre Tremblay – asinglewordisnotenough 3 (invariant) (Seattle premiere)
Alvin Singleton – Argoru II (Seattle premiere)
George Lewis – Not Alone (Seattle premiere)
$5-$15 donation
Cascadian Chorale: What Cheer!
Sunday, December 10, 2028 @ 3:30pm – 5:30pm (PST)
St. Thomas Episcopal Church, Medina, WA, United States
An evening of joy and wonder featuring Bern Herbolsheimer, Jeremy Kings, and Joy Porter, plus a new work by Vashon Island-based Charles Lovekin.
$20 ($15 student/senior; under 18 free with adult)
Wayward Music Series: David Haney + FHTAGN: String Fury
Friday, December 15, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
A reckless carnage of harmonic versus melodic instrumentation.
$10 donation
Seattle Pro Musica Presents: Winter Rose
Saturday, December 16, 2028 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PST)
Bastyr University Chapel, Kenmore, WA, United States
Celebrating the light and hope symbolized by the winter rose with such favorites as Lo, how a rose e’er blooming by Praetorius and A spotless rose by Herbert Howells.
$12-$38
Seattle Pro Musica Presents: Winter Rose
Saturday, December 16, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 10:00pm (PST)
Bastyr University Chapel, Kenmore, WA, United States
Celebrating the light and hope symbolized by the winter rose with such favorites as Lo, how a rose e’er blooming by Praetorius and A spotless rose by Herbert Howells.
$12-$38