Contemporary – Past Concerts
92Y: Berta Rojas, guitar, plays Presti, Anido, & more
Saturday, November 20, 2021 @ 5:00pm – 6:30pm (PST)
Online and in-person
Berta Rojas returns to 92Y with a program of music written by or composed in honor of pioneering guitarists Ida Presti & María Luisa Anido. Includes the NY premiere of Sérgio Assad's Anido's Portrait.
Online: $20 | In-person: $20-$45
The Esoterics: The Rewaking
Saturday, November 20, 2021 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PST)
St. John's Episcopal Church, Olympia, WA, United States
Online and in-person
Program featuring newly-written choral music by living composers who comprise “the new majority”: women, transgender people, people of color, & members of the greater LGBTQIA+ community.
Donations accepted
Seattle Modern Orchestra: Concert 1 – Dissociation
Friday, November 19, 2021 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PST)
The Forum at Town Hall Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
Online and in-person
Kaley Lane Eaton – Dissociation, or Self-Portrait (world premiere)
Marisol Jiménez – Bestiario Onírico II – Ciudadela (US premiere)
Marisol Jiménez – Yiríya aiteiya (US premiere)
Wang Lu – Ryan and Dan
Fausto Romitelli – Professor Bad Trip – Lesson 1
Marisol Jiménez – Bestiario Onírico II – Ciudadela (US premiere)
Marisol Jiménez – Yiríya aiteiya (US premiere)
Wang Lu – Ryan and Dan
Fausto Romitelli – Professor Bad Trip – Lesson 1
Online: $15 | In-person: $25 ($15 senior, $10 student)
ROCO Connections: A Dust in Time
Friday, November 19, 2021 @ 5:30pm – 6:30pm (PST)
Online and in-person
The ROCO String Quartet presents Huang Ruo’s A Dust in Time: Passacaglia for Strings, a 60-minute uninterrupted musical meditation inspired by the Tibetan sand mandala.
Free (Online: Free | In person: $35)
Roulette: Jessica Pavone – 'Lull' for String Octet & Soloists
Friday, November 19, 2021 @ 5:00pm – 7:00pm (PST)
Online and in-person
Composer/violist Jessica Pavone presents Lull, a new chamber work reflecting a multifaceted experience of ‘stasis’ – quietude & introspection sustained amidst the tension & instability of the pandemic.
Free (Free ($20-$25 in person))
Seattle Symphony: Beach Gaelic Symphony
Thursday, November 18, 2021 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Online and in-person
Music Director Thomas Dausgaard conducts this powerhouse program featuring Amy Beach’s “Gaelic” Symphony No. 2, plus the world premiere of a rare double harp concerto by American composer Hannah Lash.
Online: from $12.99 | In-person: $24-$134
WWU: Composers of Western (C.O.W.)
Wednesday, November 17, 2021 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
WWU Performing Arts Center, Bellingham, WA, United States
Online and in-person
Brand-new works for strings, woodwinds, trumpet, voice, piano, & percussion, including 2 premieres by this year's COW Ensemble.
Free
Roulette: Bob Bellerue – 'Radioactive Desire'
Wednesday, November 17, 2021 @ 5:00pm – 7:00pm (PST)
Online and in-person
Experience a multidimensional sound world in this public premiere of Bob Bellerue's Radioactive Desire, a work for 6 improvising chamber musicians whose sounds are fed into a menagerie of unusual speaker systems.
Free (Free ($20-$25 in person))
Eastman School of Music Composition Department: EARS
Monday, November 15, 2021 @ 4:30pm – 6:00pm (PST)
Online and in-person
Concert featuring works by students of the Eastman Audio Research Studio (EARS), a platform for research, experimentation, & realization of new music & sound art.
Free
Washington Chamber Ensemble: Solace & Hope
Sunday, November 14, 2021 @ 5:00pm – 6:20pm (PST)
Federal Way Performing Arts and Event Center, Federal Way, WA, United States
Washington Chamber Ensemble, the most advanced Korean choral group in the Seattle area, presents a program including contemporary Korean Christian songs, popular Korean folk songs, & beloved 90’s K-pop.
Free (Free (call for tickets))
Seattle Bach Choir: Ceremony & Memorial
Sunday, November 14, 2021 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PST)
Trinity Parish Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Marcel Tyberg – Mass No. 2 in F major
Heinrich Schütz – Syncharma musicum, SWV 49
Eskil Hemberg – Lützener te deum
Additional works TBA
Heinrich Schütz – Syncharma musicum, SWV 49
Eskil Hemberg – Lützener te deum
Additional works TBA
$20 ($15 youth/seniors)
Olympia Symphony Orchestra: Looking Forward
Sunday, November 14, 2021 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PST)
Washington Center for the Performing Arts, Olympia, WA, United States
Ferruccio Busoni – Eine Lustspielouvertüre ("Comedy Overture"), Op. 38, BV 245
Richard Strauss – Serenade in E-flat major, Op. 7
Johannes Brahms – Academic Festival Overture, Op. 80
Roupen Shakarian – Whimsy
Camille Saint-Saëns – Suite algérienne, Op. 60
Richard Strauss – Serenade in E-flat major, Op. 7
Johannes Brahms – Academic Festival Overture, Op. 80
Roupen Shakarian – Whimsy
Camille Saint-Saëns – Suite algérienne, Op. 60
$6-$65 (discounts available)
Atlanta Chamber Players: Opening Concert – Now & Then
Sunday, November 14, 2021 @ 1:00pm – 3:00pm (PST)
Online and in-person
Benjamin Krause – Notes From Inside
Jessie Montgomery – Peace
Kenji Bunch – Dies Irie
Jennifer Higdon – Southern Harmony
Johannes Brahms – Piano Quartet No. 3 in C minor, Op. 60
Jessie Montgomery – Peace
Kenji Bunch – Dies Irie
Jennifer Higdon – Southern Harmony
Johannes Brahms – Piano Quartet No. 3 in C minor, Op. 60
Free (Online: Free | In person: $0-25)
Seattle Symphony: Dausgaard Conducts Brahms
Saturday, November 13, 2021 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Simon Steen-Andersen – Piano Concerto (US premiere)
Johannes Brahms – Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68
Johannes Brahms – Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68
Ticket price TBD
Center for New Music: Piano Recital with Tin Yi Chelsea Wong
Saturday, November 13, 2021 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Online and in-person
Tin Yi Chelsea Wong displays 20th-c. European & 21st-c. North American composers in conversation on this unique recital. Works by György Ligeti, Grażyna Bacewicz, Gabriela Lena Frank, Jonathan Bailey Holland, & more.
Free (Online: Free | In person: $20-$15)
Cheyenne Symphony Orchestra: A Time to Discover
Saturday, November 13, 2021 @ 6:30pm – 8:30pm (PST)
Online and in-person
Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel – Overture in C major
Max Bruch – Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26
Chen Yi – Shuo
Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58
Max Bruch – Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26
Chen Yi – Shuo
Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58
Online: $15 | In person: $10-$50
ROCO In Concert: A Stitch in Time
Saturday, November 13, 2021 @ 3:00pm – 4:30pm (PST)
Online and in-person
Hilary Purrington – Threshold (world premiere)
Mark Adamo – Last Year
Jonathan Peters – Arthropod Suite
Ludwig van Beethoven – Symphony No. 8 in F major, Op. 93
Mark Adamo – Last Year
Jonathan Peters – Arthropod Suite
Ludwig van Beethoven – Symphony No. 8 in F major, Op. 93
Free (Online: Free | In person: Pay-what-you-can)
Wayward Music Series: Garrett Fisher/GraceAnn Cummings: Blueprints for Solo Piano
Friday, November 12, 2021 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Pianist GraceAnn Cummings premieres Garrett Fisher’s Blueprints for Solo Piano, a technically demanding set of works based on Fisher’s unique collaborative approach to music-making.
$5-$15 donation
Carpe Diem String Quartet: American Favorites
Friday, November 12, 2021 @ 5:30pm – 7:30pm (PST)
Online and in-person
Korine Fujiwara – May Basket
Jonathan Bingham – SOLOS
Antonín Dvořák – String Quartet No. 12 in F major, Op. 96, “American”
Amy Beach – Piano Quintet in F-Sharp minor, Op. 67
Jonathan Bingham – SOLOS
Antonín Dvořák – String Quartet No. 12 in F major, Op. 96, “American”
Amy Beach – Piano Quintet in F-Sharp minor, Op. 67
Online: $10-$40 sliding scale | In person: $80
University of Buffalo Faculty Recital: Seth Parker Woods, cello
Friday, November 12, 2021 @ 4:30pm – 6:30pm (PST)
Online and in-person
Seth Parker Woods performs the triple role of cellist, narrator/guide, & movement artist in this evening-length, multimedia concert tour de force featuring music written for him.
Free (Online: Free | In person: $10-$23)