Contemporary – Upcoming Concerts
Music of Today: DXARTS
Tuesday, October 30, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
Groundbreaking new works and modern classics by faculty and guest composers.
$15 ($10 students and seniors)
Ladies Musical Club: Ravel, Rachmaninoff, & an American song recital
Thursday, November 1, 2029 @ 12:00pm – 1:00pm (PDT)
Seattle Art Museum (Downtown), Seattle, WA, United States
Piano music by Ravel and Rachmaninoff, and an American song recital with music by Paul Bowles, Samuel Barber, George Gershwin, Irving Berlin, and more.
Free
Chamber Music for Piano & Clarinet
Thursday, November 1, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
University House Wallingford, Seattle, WA, United States
Alfred Prinz – Five Studies from Progressive Studies for Clarinet and Piano
Clara Schumann – Three Romances, Op. 22, for Violin and Piano (transcribed for clarinet)
Johannes Brahms – Sonata in F minor, Op. 120, No. 1, for Piano and Clarinet
Clara Schumann – Three Romances, Op. 22, for Violin and Piano (transcribed for clarinet)
Johannes Brahms – Sonata in F minor, Op. 120, No. 1, for Piano and Clarinet
Free (Free)
UW Lecture Recital: Creativity in Hard Times & The Federal Music Project of the 1930s
Thursday, November 1, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Brechemin Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
A multi-media piano recital telling the story of President Roosevelt's Arts Initiative, including music by William Grant Still, Ernest Bloch, Henry Cowell, Roger Sessions, Ruth Crawford, and Aaron Copland.
Free
Cornish Music Department: Sarah Vavrin Senior Recital, voice
Thursday, November 1, 2029 @ 8:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
PONCHO Concert Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Works by composers Purcell, Rossini, Clara Schumann, and Caleb Sapa exploring repertoire about the spring, the fall, and everything in between.
Free
Seattle Modern Orchestra: The Invisible
Thursday, November 1, 2029 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Yiğit Kolat – Kav Yankıları / Echoes of Tinder
George Crumb – Eleven Echoes of Autumn
Chinary Ung – Still Life after Death
Rebecca Saunders – A Visible Trace
George Crumb – Eleven Echoes of Autumn
Chinary Ung – Still Life after Death
Rebecca Saunders – A Visible Trace
$25 ($15 seniors, $10 students)
Wayward Music Series: William O. 'Bill' Smith
Friday, November 2, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
World premieres of works written by and for groundbreaking clarinetist and composer William O. “Bill” Smith.
$5-$20 suggested donation
Pacific Northwest Ballet: All Premiere
Friday, November 2, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
McCaw Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Kyle Davis / Michael Giacchino – New Davis
Alejandro Cerrado / Dustin Hamman, King Creosote & Jon Hopkins, Olafur Arnalds, & Nils Frahm – Silent Ghost
Alexander Ekman / Franz Josef Haydn, Ludwig van Beethoven, Franz Schubert – Cacti
Alejandro Cerrado / Dustin Hamman, King Creosote & Jon Hopkins, Olafur Arnalds, & Nils Frahm – Silent Ghost
Alexander Ekman / Franz Josef Haydn, Ludwig van Beethoven, Franz Schubert – Cacti
$37+
Northwest Symphony: The Feast – A Symphony of Food
Friday, November 2, 2029 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
A full orchestra and choirs will emotionally score five short documentaries about artists whose subject is food.
$45-$81
Pacific Northwest Ballet: All Premiere
Saturday, November 3, 2029 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
McCaw Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Kyle Davis / Michael Giacchino – New Davis
Alejandro Cerrado / Dustin Hamman, King Creosote & Jon Hopkins, Olafur Arnalds, & Nils Frahm – Silent Ghost
Alexander Ekman / Franz Josef Haydn, Ludwig van Beethoven, Franz Schubert – Cacti
Alejandro Cerrado / Dustin Hamman, King Creosote & Jon Hopkins, Olafur Arnalds, & Nils Frahm – Silent Ghost
Alexander Ekman / Franz Josef Haydn, Ludwig van Beethoven, Franz Schubert – Cacti
$37+
Pacific Northwest Ballet: All Premiere
Saturday, November 3, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
McCaw Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Kyle Davis / Michael Giacchino – New Davis
Alejandro Cerrado / Dustin Hamman, King Creosote & Jon Hopkins, Olafur Arnalds, & Nils Frahm – Silent Ghost
Alexander Ekman / Franz Josef Haydn, Ludwig van Beethoven, Franz Schubert – Cacti
Alejandro Cerrado / Dustin Hamman, King Creosote & Jon Hopkins, Olafur Arnalds, & Nils Frahm – Silent Ghost
Alexander Ekman / Franz Josef Haydn, Ludwig van Beethoven, Franz Schubert – Cacti
$37+
Dreams of Laughter & Love
Sunday, November 4, 2029 @ 3:00pm – 4:00pm (PST)
Luther Memorial Lutheran Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Vocal and piano solo selections by composers Frederic Mompou and Francis Poulenc.
$10 suggested donation
Ladies Musical Club: Oboe Duets
Sunday, November 4, 2029 @ 3:00pm – 4:00pm (PST)
West Seattle Library, Seattle, WA, United States
Oboe duets by Thom Ritter George, Mark Goddard, and Joseph Sellner, plus songs from American & British musical theater.
Free
Seattle Pacific University: Jazz & Percussion Concert
Tuesday, November 6, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
First Free Methodist Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Highlights of modern percussion music and jazz repertoire in traditional, be-bop, and contemporary styles.
Free
Flutist Sheridon Stokes brings a little Hollywood to BMC!
Wednesday, November 7, 2029 @ 10:30am – 11:30am (PST)
Trinity Lutheran Church (Bellingham), Bellingham, WA, United States
UCLA faculty and recording artist Sheridon Stokes shares music and stories of his illustrious career.
Free
Pacific Northwest Ballet: All Premiere
Thursday, November 8, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
McCaw Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Kyle Davis / Michael Giacchino – New Davis
Alejandro Cerrado / Dustin Hamman, King Creosote & Jon Hopkins, Olafur Arnalds, & Nils Frahm – Silent Ghost
Alexander Ekman / Franz Josef Haydn, Ludwig van Beethoven, Franz Schubert – Cacti
Alejandro Cerrado / Dustin Hamman, King Creosote & Jon Hopkins, Olafur Arnalds, & Nils Frahm – Silent Ghost
Alexander Ekman / Franz Josef Haydn, Ludwig van Beethoven, Franz Schubert – Cacti
$37+
Seattle Symphony: Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4
Thursday, November 8, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 9:20pm (PST)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Claude Debussy – Petite suite
Pascal Dusapin – At Swim-Two-Birds (US premiere)
Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – Symphony No. 4
Pascal Dusapin – At Swim-Two-Birds (US premiere)
Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – Symphony No. 4
$22-$122 (age 8-18 free)
Wayward Music Series: Raica, Hair & Space Museum, Panabrite, & Leo Mayberry
Thursday, November 8, 2029 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
A benefit concert featuring minimalist compositional styles, electronic and acoustic experimentation, and synthesized improvisation.
$5-$20 donation
Wayward Music Series: Sontag Shogun, Dolphin Midwives, Blessed Blood
Friday, November 9, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 10:00pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
An evening of abstract sentimental music (for lovers and loners alike) featuring works for harp, voice, piano, electronics, live foley, and tape collage.
$10 donation
Pacific Northwest Ballet: All Premiere
Friday, November 9, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
McCaw Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Kyle Davis / Michael Giacchino – New Davis
Alejandro Cerrado / Dustin Hamman, King Creosote & Jon Hopkins, Olafur Arnalds, & Nils Frahm – Silent Ghost
Alexander Ekman / Franz Josef Haydn, Ludwig van Beethoven, Franz Schubert – Cacti
Alejandro Cerrado / Dustin Hamman, King Creosote & Jon Hopkins, Olafur Arnalds, & Nils Frahm – Silent Ghost
Alexander Ekman / Franz Josef Haydn, Ludwig van Beethoven, Franz Schubert – Cacti
$37+