Contemporary – Upcoming Concerts
Wayward Music Series: Sue Ann Harkey & friends
Thursday, December 21, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
What Happens If I Do Nothing – Field recordings to improvise to...
$5-$15 donation
Wayward Music Series: Wobbly – 'Monitress'
Friday, December 22, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
A battery of mobile devices driven by their built-in microphones react instantly with error-prone variations on the notes and sounds they believe they are hearing.
$5-$15 donation
Ladies Musical Club: Music for Soprano & Music for Oboe
Thursday, January 4, 2029 @ 12:00pm – 1:00pm (PST)
Seattle Art Museum (Downtown), Seattle, WA, United States
Works by Rorem, Handel, Ewazen and Chausson.
Free
Seattle Symphony: Mozart Symphony No. 39
Thursday, January 4, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 10:00pm (PST)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Stravinsky – Funeral Song
Ligeti – Violin Concerto
Mozart – Symphony No. 39
Ligeti – Violin Concerto
Mozart – Symphony No. 39
$22-$122 (age 8-18 free)
Seattle Composers' Salon: Farley, Keyt, McKnight & O'Keefe
Friday, January 5, 2029 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
An evening of music and discussion with Seattle composers Carson Farley, Aaron Keyt, Ian McKnight, and Patrick O’Keefe.
$5-$15 donation
Seattle-Bergen Sister City Association: Fundraising Concert at Yuletide End
Saturday, January 6, 2029 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PST)
Ballard First Lutheran Church, Seattle, WA, United States
A gala extravaganza featuring a fantastic array of musicians performing our most beloved holiday songs and festive favorites.
$25 / $15 / $10
Faculty Recital: Robin McCabe, piano, with Rachelle McCabe
Thursday, January 11, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 8:30pm (PST)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
Bernstein – Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
Brahms – Variations on a Theme by Haydn
William Hirtz – Wizard of Oz Fantasy
Brahms – Variations on a Theme by Haydn
William Hirtz – Wizard of Oz Fantasy
$20 (students $10)
Wayward Music Series: February + Tiny Ghost
Thursday, January 11, 2029 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Premiering five pieces that seek to challenge the musical range of the double bass. Plus, Tiny Ghost challenges what they think they know about free and improvised music.
$5-$15 donation
Jesse Myers: To Sober & Quiet the Mind
Friday, January 12, 2029 @ 8:00pm – 9:00pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
An evening of spacious solo piano works from the masters of time and space – Arvo Pärt, Morton Feldman, and more
$5-$15 suggested donation
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)
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
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
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