Contemporary – Past Concerts
PianoUSA1919: Ives 'Concord' Sonata & More
Sunday, March 31, 2019 @ 3:00pm – 4:45pm (PDT)
Seattle Public Library - Central Library Microsoft Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Charles Ives – "Concord" Sonata
Arthur Foote – Two Silhouettes
Charles Griffes – The White Peacock
Leo Ornstein – Suicide in an Airplane
Marion Bauer – Two Preludes
Henry Cowell – The Tides of Manaunaun
Arthur Foote – Two Silhouettes
Charles Griffes – The White Peacock
Leo Ornstein – Suicide in an Airplane
Marion Bauer – Two Preludes
Henry Cowell – The Tides of Manaunaun
Free
Wayward Music Series: Inverted Space Ensemble – 'Twin Peaks' a la Partch
Friday, March 29, 2019 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
A new sound to an already innovative score.
$5-$15 donation
Wayward Music Series: FHTAGN + Andrew Quitter + Blood Rhythms
Thursday, March 28, 2019 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
The joining of an experimental chamber ensemble, tape collage and synth techniques, and a brass/drone ensemble.
$5-$15 donation
Northwest Boychoir: Choral Tradition
Sunday, March 24, 2019 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
Venue unknown, WA, United States
This program will feature John Rutter’s Gloria, and great choral works by Johannes Brahms, Claude Debussy, Morten Lauridsen, Felix Mendelssohn, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Carl Orff, and Josef Rheinberger.
$5-$28
Sean Osborn in all-star wind quintet performs for The Highlands Concert Series
Sunday, March 24, 2019 @ 5:00pm – 6:30pm (PDT)
Florence Henry Memorial Chapel at The Highlands, Shoreline, WA, United States
An exceptionally talented group of wind players performs music by American composers, including an original composition from local clarinetist Sean Osborn.
$30 ($15 youth)
Cascadian Chorale: William Byrd & Giselle Wyers
Sunday, March 24, 2019 @ 3:30pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
Church of the Holy Cross, Redmond, WA, United States
William Byrd – Mass for Four Voices
Giselle Wyers – And All Shall Be Well
Giselle Wyers – And All Shall Be Well
$20 ($15 students/seniors)
Pacific Northwest Ballet: Director's Choice
Sunday, March 24, 2019 @ 1:00pm – 3:00pm (PDT)
McCaw Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
An all-premiere program, handpicked by PNB director Peter Boal to highlight dancemakers who are evolving the ballet art form.
$37-$189
Seattle Symphony: Contemporary Music Marathon, Act III – Daybreak
Sunday, March 24, 2019 @ 8:00am – 5:00pm (PDT)
Octave 9 at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Octave 9 comes alive with an eclectic variety of music, from familiar names to new discoveries.
$75
Seattle Symphony: Contemporary Music Marathon, Act II – Dreams
Sunday, March 24, 2019 @ 12:00am – 8:00am (PDT)
Octave 9 at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Marcin Pączkowski turns your dreams into an interactive sound installation from midnight to 7:00am, followed by a performance of John Luther Adams’ songbirdsongs at daybreak.
$75
Seattle Symphony: Shostakovich Symphony No. 15
Saturday, March 23, 2019 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Johann Sebastian Bach – Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565
John Harbison – What Do We Make of Bach?
Dmitri Shostakovich – Symphony No. 15 in A major, Op. 141
John Harbison – What Do We Make of Bach?
Dmitri Shostakovich – Symphony No. 15 in A major, Op. 141
$22-$122 (age 8-18 free)
Symphony Tacoma: Rainier Sunrise
Saturday, March 23, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Pantages Theater, Tacoma, WA, United States
Karel Butz – Rainier Sunrise
Igor Stravinsky – Pulcinella Suite
Richard Wagner – Siegfried Idyll
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Sinfonia Concertante for Violin, Viola and Orchestra in E-flat major, K. 364
Igor Stravinsky – Pulcinella Suite
Richard Wagner – Siegfried Idyll
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Sinfonia Concertante for Violin, Viola and Orchestra in E-flat major, K. 364
$24-$78
Northwest Chamber Chorus: The Singing Heart
Saturday, March 23, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Phinney Ridge Lutheran Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Music that opens our hearts and inspires us to be alive and free, including works by Josef Rheinberger, Charles Stanford, Randall Thompson, Emma Lou Diemer, Gwyneth Walker, Leonard Cohen, and more.
$25 ($20 seniors & singers, FREE students)
Pacific Northwest Ballet: Director's Choice
Saturday, March 23, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
McCaw Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
An all-premiere program, handpicked by PNB director Peter Boal to highlight dancemakers who are evolving the ballet art form.
$37-$189
Northwest Boychoir: Choral Tradition
Saturday, March 23, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Trinity Lutheran Church, Lynnwood, WA, United States
This program will feature John Rutter’s Gloria, and great choral works by Johannes Brahms, Claude Debussy, Morten Lauridsen, Felix Mendelssohn, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Carl Orff, and Josef Rheinberger.
$5-$28
Cascadian Chorale: William Byrd & Giselle Wyers
Saturday, March 23, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
St. Thomas Episcopal Church, Medina, WA, United States
William Byrd – Mass for Four Voices
Giselle Wyers – And All Shall Be Well
Giselle Wyers – And All Shall Be Well
$20 ($15 students/seniors)
Seattle Symphony: Contemporary Music Marathon, Act I – Nightfall
Saturday, March 23, 2019 @ 5:00pm – 12:00am (PDT)
Octave 9 at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
A night of virtuosic performances by genre-defying artists and composers, featuring the Seattle Chamber Players, Maria Männistö (soprano), Eric Jacobs (clarinet), Seth Parker Woods (cello), Cristina Valdés (piano), Inbal Segev (cello), and Jacob Greenberg (piano).
$75
Orca Concert Series & Harmony for Hope: American Quintets
Saturday, March 23, 2019 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Woodinville Unitarian Universalist Church, Woodinville, WA, United States
Samuel Barber – Summer Music, Op. 31
John Steinmetz – Quintet
Sean Osborn – Preludes and Counterpoints (world premiere)
John Steinmetz – Quintet
Sean Osborn – Preludes and Counterpoints (world premiere)
$25 / $15 / Free for youth/students
Wayward Music Series: Mother Tongue
Friday, March 22, 2019 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
A two-headed art making machine specializing in post-disciplinary creation, with guest artists poet, dancer, and trumpeter.
$5-$15 donation
Pacific Northwest Ballet: Director's Choice
Friday, March 22, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
McCaw Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
An all-premiere program, handpicked by PNB director Peter Boal to highlight dancemakers who are evolving the ballet art form.
$37-$189
An Index of Possibility feat. EarthToneSkyTone
Thursday, March 21, 2019 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Fred Wildlife Refuge, Seattle, WA, United States
Ethereal melodies, meditative ostinatos, and explosive waves of sound. A night of mesmerizing lights and percussion music transforming Robert Honstein's six-movement An Index of Possibility into a multimedia experience.
$10 ($15 @ door)