Contemporary – Upcoming Concerts
Icicle Creek Chamber Music Festival Young Artist Recital Series: Arensky, Bridge, Higdon & more
Saturday, July 21, 2029 @ 4:30pm – 6:30pm (PDT)
Canyon Wren Recital Hall at Icicle Creek, Leavenworth, WA, United States
Music by Anton Arensky, Frank Bridge, Dmitri Shostakovich, Gian Carlo Menotti, and Jennifer Higdon.
Free
SCMS Free Recital: Erin Keefe & Osmo Vänskä play Aho & Vänskä
Monday, July 23, 2029 @ 7:00pm – 7:30pm (PDT)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Kalevi Aho – ER-OS
Osmo Vanska – New work
Osmo Vanska – New work
Free
St. James Cathedral Summer Concert Series: Organist Crista Miller
Wednesday, July 25, 2029 @ 7:00pm – 8:15pm (PDT)
St. James Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
Music by J. S. Bach, Naji Hakim, and more, performed by an award-winning organist known for her “effortless virtuosity and musical intelligence.”
$18 suggested donation
Wayward Music Series: Lea Bertucci & Chloe Alexandra Thompson
Friday, July 27, 2029 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Works of extreme experimentation – one artist performing saxophone and tapes, the other performing using Pure Data, Arduino, hardware, and voice.
$5-$15 donation
Marrowstone Music Festival Chamber Orchestra: Bach, Copland, Bottesini, & more
Saturday, July 28, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Western Washington University Performing Arts Center, Bellingham, WA, United States
Johann Sebastian Bach – Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 in B-flat major, BWV 1051
Aaron Copland – Quiet City
Giovanni Bottesini – Rossini Fantasia
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Divertimento in B-flat major, K.159b
Joachim Raff – Sinfonietta in F major, Op. 188
Aaron Copland – Quiet City
Giovanni Bottesini – Rossini Fantasia
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Divertimento in B-flat major, K.159b
Joachim Raff – Sinfonietta in F major, Op. 188
$25 ($30 reserved, $10 students)
Scrape
Monday, July 30, 2029 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
New tunes from Jim Knapp, with guest artist Gregg Delisle-Chi.
$10 ($8 (youth/seniors)
Summer Parks Concerts: Dr. Blanche Lavizzo Park
Friday, August 3, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 8:45pm (PDT)
Dr. Blanche Lavizzo Park, Seattle, WA, United States
Mozart – Quintet in A major, K. 581
Gavin Borchert – Quartet (world premiere)
Sean Osborn – Quintet for clarinet and strings, "The Beatles"
Gavin Borchert – Quartet (world premiere)
Sean Osborn – Quintet for clarinet and strings, "The Beatles"
Free (Free)
Summer Parks Concerts: Magnuson Park
Sunday, August 5, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 8:45pm (PDT)
Magnuson Park Theatre, Seattle, WA, United States
Mozart – Quintet in A major, K. 581
Gavin Borchert – Quartet (world premiere)
Sean Osborn – Quintet for clarinet and strings, "The Beatles"
Gavin Borchert – Quartet (world premiere)
Sean Osborn – Quintet for clarinet and strings, "The Beatles"
Free (Free)
Island Consort: From North India to the Northwest
Friday, August 10, 2029 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Hindustani classical music and contemporary Western classical music – works by Rebecca Clarke, Richard Bissill, Charles Koechlin, Alan Hovhanhess & more.
$5-$15 sliding scale
Olympic Chamber Music Fellowship Concert I: Rhapsodies from Eastern Europe
Saturday, August 11, 2029 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Wheeler Theater at Fort Worden State Park, Port Townsend, WA, United States
Kodaly – Serenade for Two Violins and Viola, Op. 12
Dvořák – Piano Quartet No. 1 in D major, Op. 23
Pärt – Fratres (1980)
Shostakovich – Piano Quintet in G minor, Op. 57
Dvořák – Piano Quartet No. 1 in D major, Op. 23
Pärt – Fratres (1980)
Shostakovich – Piano Quintet in G minor, Op. 57
$33-$40 (students $20-$25, age 12 & under free)
Wayward Music Series: Doug Theriault (Portland) & RM Francis
Saturday, August 11, 2029 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Live cut-up guitar improvisations using custom-made electronics and innovative approaches to computer-generated sound.
$5-$15 donation
Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival: A Windy Day in Paris
Tuesday, August 14, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Orcas Center, Eastsound, WA, United States
A cavalcade of wind instruments playing music filled with color and imagery by Boulanger, Prokofiev, Saint-Saëns, and more.
$10-$40
Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival: A Windy Day in Paris
Wednesday, August 15, 2029 @ 5:30pm – 7:00pm (PDT)
Orcas Center, Eastsound, WA, United States
A cavalcade of wind instruments playing music filled with color and imagery by Boulanger, Prokofiev, Saint-Saëns, and more.
$10-$40
Wayward Music Series: Karl Fousek & Michael Masaru Flora
Friday, August 17, 2029 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Music working within the intersections of art, science, music, and mathematics with sonorities of modular synthesis and custom audio processing software.
$5-$15 donation
Wayward Music Series: Rebecca Lawrence & James Vitz-Wong
Saturday, August 18, 2029 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Acoustic, electronic, contemporary, and original works for the double bass.
$5-$15 donation
The Core Ensemble: Don Giovanni Opening Night & Gala
Monday, August 20, 2029 @ 6:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
12 Ave Arts, Seattle, WA, United States
#TimesUp for Don Giovanni, but not for this classic opera! Mozart meets the #MeToo movement in The Core Ensemble’s adaption of Don Giovanni.
$50
Wayward Music Series: Plancklength, Morher, & Noel Kennon
Thursday, August 23, 2029 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
A night of original electroacoustic works presented in a six-channel surround sound.
$5-$15 donation
Eye Music CD Release Concert
Friday, August 24, 2029 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
Jack Straw Cultural Center, Seattle, WA, United States
An ensemble who specializes in the interpretation of graphic and text scores, performing Ichiyanagi's Sapporo, which mixes sustained tones with sharply attacked sounds.
Free
Wayward Music Series: Radon Daughters & Guests
Friday, August 24, 2029 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
A free improvised sound collaboration with Butoh while exploring the interaction of sound, movement, and light without expectation.
$5-$15 donation
The Esoterics: BERNSTEIN | Leonard Bernstein centennial
Saturday, August 25, 2029 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
St. James Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
A celebration of the life and work of Leonard Bernstein, with a performance of Chichester Psalms, as well as excerpts from Mass.
$25/$18 ($22/$15 in advance)