Contemporary – Upcoming Concerts
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)
On the Boards presents Tamara Saulwick: Endings
Thursday, February 1, 2029 @ 8:00pm – 9:00pm (PST)
On the Boards, Seattle, WA, United States
Poised between concert and theater, pre-recorded interviews (cut into vinyl and played on portable turntables and reel-to-reel tape players) and live performance are combined to create a richly textured acoustic world where stories about mortality and loss are told with warmth and candor.
$12-$30
Spontaneous Combustion New Music Festival: Ashley Bathgate, cello
Thursday, February 1, 2029 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Rainier Arts Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Works for solo cello by living composers, with and without electronics.
$20
Meany Center presents: Bill T. Jones
Thursday, February 1, 2029 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Meany Hall for the Performing Arts, Seattle, WA, United States
A meditation on perseverance, resourcefulness, and resilience while suggesting the amorphous nature of memory.
$57+
Karen Bentley Pollick Performs Music by New York Women Composers
Thursday, February 1, 2029 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
New works by Marga Richter, Faye-Ellen Silverman, Adrienne Elisha, Rain Worthington, Victoria Bond, Karen Bentley Pollick, and more.
$5-$15 suggested donation
Seattle Opera: A Youth Opera for Families – ‘Robin Hood’
Friday, February 2, 2029 @ 7:00pm – 8:00pm (PST)
Cornish Playhouse at Seattle Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Presented by Seattle Opera and Seattle Public Theater, this opera is performed by youth ages 7–18 with a professional chamber orchestra.
Sold Out
Meany Center presents: Bill T. Jones
Friday, February 2, 2029 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Meany Hall for the Performing Arts, Seattle, WA, United States
A tragic yet humorous journey through the sex trade, drug use, and excess during the 1980s.
$57+
Seattle Opera: A Youth Opera for Families – ‘Robin Hood’
Saturday, February 3, 2029 @ 2:00pm – 3:00pm (PST)
Cornish Playhouse at Seattle Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Presented by Seattle Opera and Seattle Public Theater, this opera is performed by youth ages 7–18 with a professional chamber orchestra.
Sold Out
Seattle Video Game Orchestra and Choir: Free string quartet + piano concert
Saturday, February 3, 2029 @ 7:00pm – 8:00pm (PST)
Friday Afternoon, Seattle, WA, United States
A lively hour of nerd music and tea!
Free ($15 suggested donation)
Seattle Opera: A Youth Opera for Families – ‘Robin Hood’
Saturday, February 3, 2029 @ 7:00pm – 8:00pm (PST)
Cornish Playhouse at Seattle Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Presented by Seattle Opera and Seattle Public Theater, this opera is performed by youth ages 7–18 with a professional chamber orchestra.
Sold Out
Meany Center presents: Bill T. Jones
Saturday, February 3, 2029 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Meany Hall for the Performing Arts, Seattle, WA, United States
An exploration of how trauma can go underground in the psyche to direct the course of an individual’s life.
$57+
Bach's Lunch: The Discovery Trio
Tuesday, February 6, 2029 @ 12:10pm – 12:50pm (PST)
Christ Episcopal Church Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
Bring a lunch and hear UW Scholarship ensemble The Discovery Trio perform new and old music for baroque instruments.
Free