Contemporary – Past Concerts
Seattle Pro Musica: Love Came Down – Music for the Holiday Season
Saturday, December 11, 2021 @ 3:00pm – 4:30pm (PST)
Bastyr University Chapel, Kenmore, WA, United States
Music by Josquin des Prez & a diverse range of 20th- & 21st-century composers that explores our connections to tradition, to our communities, & to the Earth itself.
$12-$40
Seattle Men’s Chorus: Snow Business
Saturday, December 11, 2021 @ 2:00pm – 3:30pm (PST)
Federal Way Performing Arts and Event Center, Federal Way, WA, United States
Seattle Men’s Chorus is back with this holiday cheer-filled concert featuring White Christmas, a rollicking arrangement of Jingle Bells, & a brand new carol from the composer of Frozen.
$51-$93.50
Fifth Inversion in Concert: Trip the Light Fantastic
Monday, December 6, 2021 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
WWU Performing Arts Center, Bellingham, WA, United States
Online and in-person
Works include:
Valerie Coleman – Umoja
Gunther Schuller – Suite for Wind Quintet
Eugène Bozza – Variations Sur Un Thème Libre, Op. 42
Paul Valjean – Dance Suite
Four exquisite Argentine songs by Mariano Mores, Sebastian Piana, and Osmar Maderna (arr. by Silvia Coricelli)
Valerie Coleman – Umoja
Gunther Schuller – Suite for Wind Quintet
Eugène Bozza – Variations Sur Un Thème Libre, Op. 42
Paul Valjean – Dance Suite
Four exquisite Argentine songs by Mariano Mores, Sebastian Piana, and Osmar Maderna (arr. by Silvia Coricelli)
Free
UW Modern Music Ensemble
Monday, December 6, 2021 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Brechemin Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Louis Andriessen – Dubbelspoor for piano, harpsichord, celesta, & vibraphone/glockenspiel
Sylvano Bussotti – Selections from Sette Fogli: una collezione occulta
Pauline Oliveros – Elemental Gallop for flute, piano, cello, & voice
Frederic Rzewski – Spots for 4 instruments
Julius Eastman – Joy Boy
Sylvano Bussotti – Selections from Sette Fogli: una collezione occulta
Pauline Oliveros – Elemental Gallop for flute, piano, cello, & voice
Frederic Rzewski – Spots for 4 instruments
Julius Eastman – Joy Boy
Free
Hope, A PLU Christmas Concert
Pacific Lutheran University Music Department,
Pacific Lutheran University Symphony Orchestra, and
Choir of the West
Monday, December 6, 2021 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PST)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Annual Christmas concert featuring PLU's Choir of the West, University Chorale, & University Symphony Orchestra. Modern works mix with traditional carols & seasonal favorites in this celebration of hope & renewal.
$37 / $32 / $20 / $10
Timber: a sound + light experience
Sunday, December 5, 2021 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
Base: Experimental Arts + Space, Seattle, WA, United States
Math rock meets sound bath in this performance of Timber, Michael Gordon's tour-de-force scored for six virtuosic percussionists on tuned 2x4s.
$25 ($12 under $25 w/ID)
Saint Mark’s Music Series: Tapestry presents “Starry Night”
Sunday, December 5, 2021 @ 4:30pm – 6:00pm (PST)
Saint Mark's Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
Online and in-person
Boston-based women's vocal ensemble Tapestry presents a unique program blending medieval traditions & contemporary idioms. Clarinetist James Falzone joins Tapestry as a guest artist for this performance.
$20 ($15 senior)
Northwest Chamber Chorus: A New Day
Sunday, December 5, 2021 @ 3:00pm – 4:15pm (PST)
Phinney Ridge Lutheran Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Music by Johannes Brahms, Frank Ticheli, R. Nathaniel Dett, Rosephanye Powell, Dolly Parton, & more, plus new twists on familiar holiday songs.
$25 ($20 seniors/choral singers, ages 18 & under free)
Timber: a sound + light experience
Sunday, December 5, 2021 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PST)
Base: Experimental Arts + Space, Seattle, WA, United States
Math rock meets sound bath in this performance of Timber, Michael Gordon's tour-de-force scored for six virtuosic percussionists on tuned 2x4s.
$25 ($12 under $25 w/ID)
Pacifica Chamber Orchestra: Winter Concert
Sunday, December 5, 2021 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PST)
St. Thomas Chapel at Archbishop Murphy High School, Everett, WA, United States
Pacifica Chamber Orchestra performs Peter Hope's Momentum Suite, & is joined by winners of the SCMTA Competition for works by L.v. Beethoven, John Rutter, & Robert Schumann.
$20 ($15 students/ages 65+)
The Byrd Ensemble & Allegra: Lessons & Carols
Sunday, December 5, 2021 @ 3:00pm – 4:30pm (PST)
Trinity Parish Church, Seattle, WA, United States
The Byrd Ensemble & Allegra from the Seattle Girls Choir present a performance based on A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols. The program consists of 9 readings, each followed by a traditional carol performed.
$25 ($20 senior, $15 student)
Hope, A PLU Christmas Concert
Pacific Lutheran University Music Department,
Pacific Lutheran University Symphony Orchestra, and
Choir of the West
Sunday, December 5, 2021 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PST)
Lagerquist Concert Hall at Pacific Lutheran University, Parkland, WA, United States
Annual Christmas concert featuring PLU's Choir of the West, University Chorale, & University Symphony Orchestra. Modern works mix with traditional carols & seasonal favorites in this celebration of hope & renewal.
TBA
Seattle Symphony: Barber Symphony No. 1
Saturday, December 4, 2021 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Florence Price – "II. Andante cantabile" from String Quartet No. 2 in A minor
Maurice Ravel – Piano Concerto in G
Joel Thompson – New work TBA (world premiere)
Samuel Barber – Symphony No. 1, Op. 9 "Symphony in One Movement"
Maurice Ravel – Piano Concerto in G
Joel Thompson – New work TBA (world premiere)
Samuel Barber – Symphony No. 1, Op. 9 "Symphony in One Movement"
Ticket price TBD
Hope, A PLU Christmas Concert
Pacific Lutheran University Music Department,
Pacific Lutheran University Symphony Orchestra, and
Choir of the West
Saturday, December 4, 2021 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
Lagerquist Concert Hall at Pacific Lutheran University, Parkland, WA, United States
Annual Christmas concert featuring PLU's Choir of the West, University Chorale, & University Symphony Orchestra. Modern works mix with traditional carols & seasonal favorites in this celebration of hope & renewal.
TBA
Timber: a sound + light experience
Saturday, December 4, 2021 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
Base: Experimental Arts + Space, Seattle, WA, United States
Math rock meets sound bath in this performance of Timber, Michael Gordon's tour-de-force scored for six virtuosic percussionists on tuned 2x4s.
$25 ($12 under $25 w/ID)
CMNW: Brentano String Quartet – A Tribute to Stravinsky
Saturday, December 4, 2021 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Lincoln Performance Hall, Portland, WA, United States
Brentano String Quartet presents an immersive program in celebration of Igor Stravinsky, interlacing the modernist composer's works with poetry & music from his contemporaries & historical influences.
$62.50 ($20 ages 30 & under)
Joey Largent & Katrina Wolfe: Basaltic Void Dervishes
Saturday, December 4, 2021 @ 6:00pm – 9:00pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Joey Largent presents his expanded solo work for 10 amplified cymbals & field recordings as a 3-hour immersive performance in collaboration with movement artists Katrina Wolfe & Kawtee Wolfe, performed in near darkness.
$5-$15 donation
Timber: a sound + light experience
Saturday, December 4, 2021 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PST)
Base: Experimental Arts + Space, Seattle, WA, United States
Math rock meets sound bath in this performance of Timber, Michael Gordon's tour-de-force scored for six virtuosic percussionists on tuned 2x4s.
$25 ($12 under $25 w/ID)
'Eurydice' – The Met: Live in HD Screening
Saturday, December 4, 2021 @ 9:55am – 1:00pm (PST)
Icicle Creek Center for the Arts – Snowy Owl Theater, Leavenworth, WA, United States
In-person screening of Met Opera's production of Eurydice, composer Matthew Aucoin & librettist Sarah Ruhl's captivating 21st-century take on ancient Greek myth of Orpheus.
$22 ($12 student, $5 ages 12 & under)
UW Composition Studio
Friday, December 3, 2021 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Brechemin Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Emerging & established composers explore unconventional sonic landscapes in this concert of music by students, faculty, alumni, & guests of the UW Composition program.
Free