Contemporary – Past Concerts
BMC Night Beat presents: John Friesen, cello
Thursday, May 2, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
First Congregational Church, Bellingham, WA, United States
Music by Johann Sebastian Bach, Franz Jospeh Haydn, Gabriel Fauré, Franz Schubert, and Anton Rubinstein along with a special, unannounced program with guest composer Ben Mink.
$20 / $15 / FREE for teens
UW School of Music & DXARTS: Music of Today w/ Bonnie Whiting & Cristina Valdés
Wednesday, May 1, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Meany Studio Theater at Meany Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Joël-François Durand – La mesure des choses mvt. IV "La mesure du temps" (world premiere)
Huck Hodge – Fracture (world premiere)
Sofia Gubaidulina – Rumore e Silenzio
Huck Hodge – Fracture (world premiere)
Sofia Gubaidulina – Rumore e Silenzio
$15 ($10 student/senior)
CelloX at the Triple Door
Tuesday, April 30, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Triple Door, Seattle, WA, United States
Enjoy the best meal you've ever had at Seattle's greatest music venue as we perform music by the Police, White Stripes, Queen, John Williams and more.
$12-$15
Landscape With Birds: Paul Taub, flute
Tuesday, April 30, 2019 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
Folio: Seattle Athenaeum at Pike Market, Seattle, WA, United States
20th-century music from three continents, for bass flute, alto flute, and piccolo.
$25 ($20 Folio members)
Anya McCullough: Short Stories & Tall Tales (Cornish junior recital)
Monday, April 29, 2019 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
PONCHO Concert Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Music based on folk stories, poetry, and literary classics, with repertoire from multiple eras and styles, as well as an original arrangement.
Free
North Corner Chamber Orchestra: Creation
Sunday, April 28, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Triple Door, Seattle, WA, United States
Franz Joseph Haydn – Overture to The Creation
Darius Milhaud – La Création du monde, Op. 81a
Wayne Horvitz – New work (world premiere)
Darius Milhaud – La Création du monde, Op. 81a
Wayne Horvitz – New work (world premiere)
$30 / $20 / $10
Seattle Symphony Chamber Concert: American Horizons
Sunday, April 28, 2019 @ 6:00pm – 7:30pm (PDT)
Octave 9 at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Edgard Varèse – Poème Électronique
Steve Reich – Vermont Counterpoint
Nina C. Young – Spero Lucem
Kaley Lane Eaton – New work (world premiere)
Mary Kouyoumdjian – Sedna, Beneath the Sea
Mason Bates – White Lies for Lomax
Derek Bermel – Nine Revolutions (world premiere)
Steve Reich – Vermont Counterpoint
Nina C. Young – Spero Lucem
Kaley Lane Eaton – New work (world premiere)
Mary Kouyoumdjian – Sedna, Beneath the Sea
Mason Bates – White Lies for Lomax
Derek Bermel – Nine Revolutions (world premiere)
$35
Island Consort: Landscape With Birds
Sunday, April 28, 2019 @ 4:00pm – 5:30pm (PDT)
Crawford House, Langley, WA, United States
A salon concert of mostly 20th-century music for bass flute, alto flute, and piccolo, from 3 continents, and covering a gamut of styles, techniques, and influences.
$20 suggested donation
Vashon Island Chorale: A Chorale Celebration Commemorating 30 Years!
Sunday, April 28, 2019 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
Vashon Center for the Arts, Vashon, WA, United States
Classics by Leonard Bernstein, Aaron Copland, and Gabriel Fauré, Ralph Vaughan Williams, and Alexander Borodin, plus music by local composers Eric Lane Barnes and Buzz Brusletten – and a quartet of extraordinary local soloists.
$20 / $18 / $15 / $5
Ladies Musical Club: LMC Composers’ Spotlight
Sunday, April 28, 2019 @ 3:00pm – 4:30pm (PDT)
Music Center of the Northwest, Seattle, WA, United States
LMC member composers Katie O’Rourke, Kathy Roberts, Nicole Truesdell, Sarah Conyers, and Janet Anderson are featured on this concert of new music.
Free
South Sound Classical Choir: Mozart, Dienes, Gjeilo
Sunday, April 28, 2019 @ 3:00pm – 4:30pm (PDT)
St. Patrick Catholic Church, Tacoma, WA, United States
Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Johann Sebastian Bach, Katherine Dienes, Ola Gjeilo, Stephen Paulus, Johannes Brahms, and more, performed by 60 volunteer members from Puyallup and Tacoma.
Free
Auburn Symphony Orchestra: D A N C E
Sunday, April 28, 2019 @ 2:30pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Auburn Performing Arts Center, Auburn, WA, United States
Anna Clyne – Masquerade
Tchaikovsky – Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23
Rachmaninoff – Symphonic Dances, Op. 45
Tchaikovsky – Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23
Rachmaninoff – Symphonic Dances, Op. 45
$37 ($30 seniors, $10 students)
Washington Wind Symphony: The Stories We Tell
Sunday, April 28, 2019 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Redmond Performing Arts Center, Redmond, WA, United States
Leonard Bernstein (arr. Clare Grundman) – Overture to Candide
Martin Ellerby – Paris Sketches
Julie Giroux – Riften Wed
Lewis Norfleet – Shogun
Carl Orff (arr. John Krance) – Carmina Burana
Martin Ellerby – Paris Sketches
Julie Giroux – Riften Wed
Lewis Norfleet – Shogun
Carl Orff (arr. John Krance) – Carmina Burana
$15 / $10 / youth FREE
Northwest Symphony Orchestra Season Finale: Chagnard, Liszt, Tchaikovsky
Saturday, April 27, 2019 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Highline Performing Arts Center, Burien, WA, United States
Christophe Chagnard – Guaguanco
Franz Liszt – Les préludes
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36
Franz Liszt – Les préludes
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36
$20 ($15 seniors/students)
A New World: Intimate Music from 'Final Fantasy'
Saturday, April 27, 2019 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Your favorite themes, satisfying surprises, and beautiful melodies in inimitable and faithful style showcasing music throughout 30+ years of games.
$50
Wayward Music Series: Ha-Yang Kim's 'TERMINALS'
Saturday, April 27, 2019 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Music, video, electronics, and live performance come together to create an immersive, full-length, meditative audiovisual work inspired by the peripatetic quality of contemporary life.
$5-$15 donation
Vashon Island Chorale: A Chorale Celebration Commemorating 30 Years!
Saturday, April 27, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Vashon Center for the Arts, Vashon, WA, United States
Classics by Leonard Bernstein, Aaron Copland, and Gabriel Fauré, Ralph Vaughan Williams, and Alexander Borodin, plus music by local composers Eric Lane Barnes and Buzz Brusletten – and a quartet of extraordinary local soloists.
$20 / $18 / $15 / $5
UW Vocal Theatre Works: Philip Glass' 'Hydrogen Jukebox'
Saturday, April 27, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Meany Studio Theater at Meany Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
A modern classic examining both the potential and failings of the American Experience and to explore ever-relevant themes of war and peace, social equity, and environmental and economic sustainability.
$10
Ladies Musical Club: Northwest Composers Spotlight
Saturday, April 27, 2019 @ 7:00pm – 8:00pm (PDT)
Music Center of the Northwest, Seattle, WA, United States
Heidi Fivash – Keeping Afloat
Sarah Mattox – Sea Change
Garrett Fisher – March into Spring
Karen P. Thomas – Song of Myself on texts by Walt Whitman
Jeffrey Moidel – Selections from Four Love Sonnets on texts by Pablo Neruda
Matthew James Briggs – Radiant Light
John Muehleisen – Apparitions: Six Nocturnes on poems by Walt Whitman
Alex Shapiro – Trio for Clarinet, Violin, and Piano
Sarah Mattox – Sea Change
Garrett Fisher – March into Spring
Karen P. Thomas – Song of Myself on texts by Walt Whitman
Jeffrey Moidel – Selections from Four Love Sonnets on texts by Pablo Neruda
Matthew James Briggs – Radiant Light
John Muehleisen – Apparitions: Six Nocturnes on poems by Walt Whitman
Alex Shapiro – Trio for Clarinet, Violin, and Piano
Free (Free)
A New World: Intimate Music from 'Final Fantasy'
Saturday, April 27, 2019 @ 4:00pm – 6:00pm (PDT)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Your favorite themes, satisfying surprises, and beautiful melodies in inimitable and faithful style showcasing music throughout 30+ years of games.
$50