Contemporary – Past Concerts
North Corner Chamber Orchestra: Creation
Saturday, April 27, 2019 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
The Royal Room, 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: Surrogate Cities
Friday, April 26, 2019 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Surrogate Cities, a multimedia extravaganza by the German composer and theater artist Heiner Goebbels, studies the essence of a modern metropolis – its people, its power structures, and its place in a changing world.
$22-$122 (age 8-18 free)
South Sound Classical Choir: Mozart, Dienes, Gjeilo
Friday, April 26, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Beautiful Savior Lutheran Church, Milton, 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
UW Vocal Theatre Works: Philip Glass' 'Hydrogen Jukebox'
Friday, April 26, 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
Cornish Presents: Scores of Sound
Friday, April 26, 2019 @ 10:30am – 9:30pm (PDT)
Venue unknown, WA, United States
A 3-day festival of music: student work is performed across the Cornish campus in South Lake Union and on Capitol Hill.
Free
Seattle Symphony: Surrogate Cities
Thursday, April 25, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Surrogate Cities, a multimedia extravaganza by the German composer and theater artist Heiner Goebbels, studies the essence of a modern metropolis – its people, its power structures, and its place in a changing world.
$22-$122 (age 8-18 free)
Cornish Presents: Scores of Sound
Thursday, April 25, 2019 @ 11:30am – 9:00pm (PDT)
Venue unknown, WA, United States
A 3-day festival of music: student work is performed across the Cornish campus in South Lake Union and on Capitol Hill.
Free
Groupmuse House Concert: Wild Wind Trios w/ Onomatopoeia
Wednesday, April 24, 2019 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Private home in Loyal Heights, Seattle, WA, United States
Johann Sebastian Bach (arr. Cassie Lear) – “Aus Liebe will mein Heiland Sterben” from St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244
Jenni Brandon (arr. Cassie Lear/Soren Hamm) – Found Objects: On the Beach
Steven Luksan – Ceremony (world premiere)
Ben Seavello – Cityscape (world premiere)
Jenni Brandon (arr. Cassie Lear/Soren Hamm) – Found Objects: On the Beach
Steven Luksan – Ceremony (world premiere)
Ben Seavello – Cityscape (world premiere)
$10+ donation, RSVP required
Cornish Presents: Scores of Sound
Wednesday, April 24, 2019 @ 10:00am – 9:30pm (PDT)
Venue unknown, WA, United States
A 3-day festival of music: student work is performed across the Cornish campus in South Lake Union and on Capitol Hill.
Free
Seattle Pacific University: Ensemble [21]
Tuesday, April 23, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
SPU Nickerson Studios, Seattle, WA, United States
Ensemble [21], the new music ensemble at SPU, presents fresh new music of SPU composers and cutting-edge 21st-century repertoire.
Free
Seattle Symphony Chamber Concert: In the Spotlight – Heiner Goebbels
Monday, April 22, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Octave 9 at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Heiner Goebbels – Under Construction
Heiner Goebbels – Surrogate
Heiner Goebbels – Bagatellen
Heiner Goebbels – Surrogate
Heiner Goebbels – Bagatellen
$25
Wayward Music Series: Stephen Fandrich w/ Gamelan Pacifica & Del Sol Quartet
Saturday, April 20, 2019 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Stephen Fandrich performs compositions and improvisations at the piano in an 8 series just-intonation, plus two unusual instrumental combinations with Javanese gamelan.
$5-$15 donation
Symphony Tacoma: Saxophone Fusion
Saturday, April 20, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Pantages Theater, Tacoma, WA, United States
Fanny Mendelssohn – Overture in C
Francis Poulenc – Sinfonietta
Roberto Sierra – Caribbean Rhapsody
Darius Milhaud: La Création du monde, Op. 81 (with multimedia)
Francis Poulenc – Sinfonietta
Roberto Sierra – Caribbean Rhapsody
Darius Milhaud: La Création du monde, Op. 81 (with multimedia)
$24-$78
Wayward Music Series: Austin Larkin & Ensemble
Friday, April 19, 2019 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
A composition of harmonics and tuned densities unfolding and persisting in time. Transmute states of variance and continuity are held, extended, and measured through the vibration of strings and resonant bodies within a room.
$5-$15 donation
DXARTS & Swedish Neuroscience Institute: Music of Today: Performing with the Brain
Friday, April 19, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Meany Studio Theater at Meany Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Patients suffering from motor disability improvise with professional musicians in this performance led by composers and a neuroscientist.
Free
Groupmuse House Concert: Spire Duo – Her Light Escape
Friday, April 19, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Private home in Phinney Ridge, Seattle, WA, United States
The words of master poets capture the joy, dejection, wonder, and renewal of a year in a life well-lived through the music of composers such as Benjamin Britten, André Previn, Dominick Argento, and more.
$10+ donation, RSVP required
Meany Center presents: Time for Three
Thursday, April 18, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Meany Hall for the Performing Arts, Seattle, WA, United States
Groundbreaking and category-shattering – a string trio with an infectious energy, virtuosity, and showmanship. Expect Bach, Brahms, and ingenious mash-ups of indie hits.
$40-$48
Chanticleer
Thursday, April 18, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Federal Way Performing Arts and Event Center, Federal Way, WA, United States
A seamless blend of 12 male voices known for its original interpretations of vocal literature, from Renaissance to jazz and popular genres, as well as contemporary composition.
$45-$70
Music at St. James Cathedral: The Office of Tenebræ
Wednesday, April 17, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
St. James Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
Thomas Tallis – Lamentations of Jeremiah the Prophet
Paweł Łukaszewski – O vos omnes
Gregorio Allegri – Miserere mei, Deus
Traditional – Gregorian Chant
Paweł Łukaszewski – O vos omnes
Gregorio Allegri – Miserere mei, Deus
Traditional – Gregorian Chant
Free
UW Faculty Recital: Folk – Melia Watras, viola
Wednesday, April 17, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
Melia Watras – Folk Style Project (world premiere)
Charles Corey – In Paradisum for viola and Harmonic Canon
Meila Watras – String Masks
Charles Corey – In Paradisum for viola and Harmonic Canon
Meila Watras – String Masks
$20 ($10 students/seniors)