Contemporary – Upcoming Concerts
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)
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
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
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