Contemporary – Upcoming Concerts
Kin of the Moon: Public Radiation
Thursday, August 30, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Gallery 1412, Seattle, WA, United States
Audience participation sonic rituals. Bring instruments, toys, your voice, a walking stick ... anything to summon the sound waves!
$5-$20 sliding scale cash donation
Solo Recital: Pianist Lennon Aldort
Thursday, August 30, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
Christ Our Hope at the Josephinum, Seattle, WA, United States
An evening of solo piano music performed by Seattle-based pianist and composer Lennon Aldort – from his own compositions to Taylor Swift/Dido/Eminem mashups.
Free
Wayward Music Series: Tom Varner & Friends – End of Summer Sound Vespers
Thursday, August 30, 2029 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Magical sounds settings of field recordings, mixed brass, and percussion. You might hear some gorgeous muted brass long tones meeting up with crackling ice, insects, or sounds of a totally unknown origin!
$5-$15 donation
Olympic Music Festival: La Belle Èpoque
Saturday, September 1, 2029 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Wheeler Theater at Fort Worden State Park, Port Townsend, WA, United States
Gabriel Fauré – Piano Trio in D minor, Op. 120
Olivier Messiaen – Louange à l’immortalité de Jésus from Quatuor pour la fin du temps
Claude Debussy – Reflets dans l’eau from Images, Book I
Claude Debussy – Claire de lune from Suite Bergamasque
Claude Debussy – L’isle joyeuse (1904)
Maurice Ravel – Piano Trio (1914)
Olivier Messiaen – Louange à l’immortalité de Jésus from Quatuor pour la fin du temps
Claude Debussy – Reflets dans l’eau from Images, Book I
Claude Debussy – Claire de lune from Suite Bergamasque
Claude Debussy – L’isle joyeuse (1904)
Maurice Ravel – Piano Trio (1914)
$33-$40 (students $20-$25, age 12 & under free)
Summer Concerts at the Locks: Tutti Flutti
Sunday, September 2, 2029 @ 2:00pm – 3:30pm (PDT)
Hiram Chittenden Locks (Ballard Locks), Seattle, WA, United States
An outdoor concert for all ages performing Baroque, Classical, and contemporary music for flute.
Free
CHA at Racer Sessions
Sunday, September 2, 2029 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Cafe Racer, Seattle, WA, United States
Spontaneous, hyper-contemporary creations for multi-disciplinary trio in a beloved Seattle venue.
Free
Wayward Music Series: Karen Bentley Pollick, violin
Thursday, September 6, 2029 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
An array of new electronic music with violin featuring composers such as Jaffe, Basica, Young, Jette, Lortie, Paranosic, and Mitrano.
$5-$15 donation
Wayward Music Series: Dr. Kelsey ‘Cacophonie’ Tamayo
Saturday, September 8, 2029 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Original compositions by an ex-classical musician who likes to hit things, strum things, and, in general, make noise.
$5-$15 donation
Ladies Musical Club: Zelos Saxophone Quartet
Sunday, September 9, 2029 @ 1:00pm – 2:30pm (PDT)
Church of the Redeemer, Kenmore, WA, United States
A dynamic, engaging group with a beautiful sound performs music from Bach to the current day.
Free
Ladies Musical Club: Zelos Saxophone Quartet
Sunday, September 9, 2029 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
Bainbridge Island Museum of Art Auditorium, Bainbridge Island, WA, United States
A dynamic, engaging group with a beautiful sound performs music from Bach to the current day.
Free (Free (RSVP Required))
Seattle Symphony: Distant Worlds – Music From FINAL FANTASY®
Wednesday, September 12, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Combining video and music to immerse the audience in the fantastical video game world.
$35+
Ladies Musical Club: Zelos Saxophone Quartet
Thursday, September 13, 2029 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
Seattle Central Library, Seattle, WA, United States
A dynamic, engaging group with a beautiful sound performs music from Bach to the current day.
Free
Seattle Symphony: Distant Worlds – Music From FINAL FANTASY®
Thursday, September 13, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Combining video and music to immerse the audience in the fantastical video game world.
$35+
Wayward Music Series: The Living (Part 2) – Contemporary Music for Solo Piano
Thursday, September 13, 2029 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Howard Skempton – Images
Ian Venables – The Stourhead Follies, Op. 4
Stephen Sondheim/Frederic Rzewski – I’m Still Here
Ken Benshoof – Spindrift
John Joubert – Lyric Fantasy on Themes from Jane Eyre, Op. 144 (American premiere)
Ian Venables – The Stourhead Follies, Op. 4
Stephen Sondheim/Frederic Rzewski – I’m Still Here
Ken Benshoof – Spindrift
John Joubert – Lyric Fantasy on Themes from Jane Eyre, Op. 144 (American premiere)
$5-$15 donation
Emerald City Music: Four Seasons
Friday, September 14, 2029 @ 8:00pm – 11:00pm (PDT)
415 Westlake, Seattle, WA, United States
Tartini/Kreisler – Devil’s Trill
Wiancko – American Haiku
Bottesini – Gran Duo Concertante
Piazzolla – Four Seasons
Wiancko – American Haiku
Bottesini – Gran Duo Concertante
Piazzolla – Four Seasons
$45 ($10 students)
Wayward Music Series: Lost Chocolate Lab & Possibly Possible
Friday, September 14, 2029 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Solo guitar atmospheric improvisations that weave threads against a projected backdrop of visuals and ambient, shoegazy walls of sound alongside top-down videos.
$5-$15 donation
Emerald City Music: Four Seasons
Saturday, September 15, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Kenneth J. Minnaert Center for the Arts, Olympia, WA, United States
Tartini/Kreisler – Devil’s Trill
Wiancko – American Haiku
Bottesini – Gran Duo Concertante
Piazzolla – Four Seasons
Wiancko – American Haiku
Bottesini – Gran Duo Concertante
Piazzolla – Four Seasons
$28–$43 ($10 students)
Philharmonia Northwest: 2018-2019 Season Launch Party
Sunday, September 16, 2029 @ 4:00pm – 6:00pm (PDT)
Private home in Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
Hear music from around the world, plus composer Sarah Bassingthwaighte talks about what inspired a recent work.
Free (Free (RSVP required))
Pacific Northwest Ballet: Jerome Robbins Festival Program A
Friday, September 21, 2029 @ 6:30pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
McCaw Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Jerome Robbins / Igor Stravinsky – Circus Polka
Jerome Robbins / Frederic Chopin – In the Night
Jerome Robbins / Leonard Bernstein / Stephen Sondheim – West Side Story Suite
Jerome Robbins / Claude Debussy – Afternoon of a Faun
Jerome Robbins / Frederic Chopin – Other Dances
Jerome Robbins / Frederic Chopin – In the Night
Jerome Robbins / Leonard Bernstein / Stephen Sondheim – West Side Story Suite
Jerome Robbins / Claude Debussy – Afternoon of a Faun
Jerome Robbins / Frederic Chopin – Other Dances
$37-$189
Westerlies Fest: TORCH & The Westerlies
TORCH and
The Westerlies
Friday, September 21, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
SPU Nickerson Studios, Seattle, WA, United States
Seattle-bred, New York-based brass quartet The Westerlies join forces with TORCH, a contemporary chamber music ensemble whose original compositions are a playful juxtaposition amidst our heady intellects and our groove-craving souls.
$25 ($15 students)