Modern period – Upcoming Concerts near Seattle, WA
Wayward Music Series: 1_lu_1 + Neil Welch + Jacobson/Sinibaldi
Friday, December 29, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
An evening of improvised creative music.
$5-$15 donation
Seattle Composers' Salon: Farley, Keyt, McKnight & O'Keefe
Friday, January 5, 2029 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
An evening of music and discussion with Seattle composers Carson Farley, Aaron Keyt, Ian McKnight, and Patrick O’Keefe.
$5-$15 donation
Wayward Music Series: Pink Void + Noisegasm + OwL-Dent
Saturday, January 6, 2029 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
An evening including: Experimental soul. Crux trinket. Everything is a toy. Whirlpools. Sometimes finds ghost voices. And more.
$5-$15 donation
Wayward Music Series: February + Tiny Ghost
Thursday, January 11, 2029 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Premiering five pieces that seek to challenge the musical range of the double bass. Plus, Tiny Ghost challenges what they think they know about free and improvised music.
$5-$15 donation
Jesse Myers: To Sober & Quiet the Mind
Friday, January 12, 2029 @ 8:00pm – 9:00pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
An evening of spacious solo piano works from the masters of time and space – Arvo Pärt, Morton Feldman, and more
$5-$15 suggested donation
Wayward Music Series: Helen Pridmore & friends
Thursday, January 18, 2029 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Exploring graphic scores by John Cage and Earle Brown — music to see and to hear, with visual interpretation of the score as a crucial part of the performance.
$5-$15 donation
Seattle Chamber Music Society Winter Festival: Elgar, Schumann, Korngold
Friday, January 19, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Elgar – Sonata for Violin and Piano in E minor, Op. 82
Schumann – Trio No. 1 for Violin, Cello and Piano in D minor, Op. 63
Korngold – Sextet for Strings in D major, Op. 10
Schumann – Trio No. 1 for Violin, Cello and Piano in D minor, Op. 63
Korngold – Sextet for Strings in D major, Op. 10
$52 ($16 students and 30 & under)
Spontaneous Combustion New Music Festival: Delgani String Quartet
Friday, January 19, 2029 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Alan Hovhaness – String Quartet No. 1
György Ligeti – String Quartet No. 1
Benjamin Krause – String Quartet No. 1
György Ligeti – String Quartet No. 1
Benjamin Krause – String Quartet No. 1
$20 ($12 students with ID)
SCMS Free Recital: Yura Lee plays Biber, Hindemith, & Telemann
Saturday, January 20, 2029 @ 6:30pm – 7:00pm (PST)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Biber – Passacaglia from the Mystery (Rosary) Sonatas
Hindemith – Sonata for Solo Viola, Op. 25 No. 1
Telemann – Fantasia No. 12 for Solo Violin, TWV 40:25
Hindemith – Sonata for Solo Viola, Op. 25 No. 1
Telemann – Fantasia No. 12 for Solo Violin, TWV 40:25
Free
SCMS Winter Festival: Haydn, Schumann, & Walton
Saturday, January 20, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Haydn – String Quartet in C major, Op. 20 No. 2
Schumann – Trio No. 2 for Violin, Cello and Piano in F major, Op. 80
Walton – Quartet for Piano and Strings
Schumann – Trio No. 2 for Violin, Cello and Piano in F major, Op. 80
Walton – Quartet for Piano and Strings
$52 ($16 students and 30 & under)
SCMS Winter Festival: Mozart, Schumann, & Shostakovich
Sunday, January 21, 2029 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PST)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Mozart – String Quintet in G minor, K. 516
Robert Schumann – Trio No. 3 for Violin, Cello, and Piano in G minor, Op. 110
Shostakovich – Trio for Violin, Cello, and Piano in E minor, Op. 67
Robert Schumann – Trio No. 3 for Violin, Cello, and Piano in G minor, Op. 110
Shostakovich – Trio for Violin, Cello, and Piano in E minor, Op. 67
$52 ($16 students and 30 & under)
Meany Center presents Third Coast Percussion: 'Paddle to the Sea' live score
Thursday, January 25, 2029 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Meany Hall for the Performing Arts, Seattle, WA, United States
Grammy-winning percussionists live-score the beloved Canadian film Paddle to the Sea, the story of a First Nations boy who carves a small wooden canoe and sets out on an epic journey from Northern Ontario to the Atlantic Ocean.
$36+
Spontaneous Combustion New Music Festival: Iktus Duo
Thursday, January 25, 2029 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Works by Lou Harrison, Joseph Pereira, Adam Vidiksis, James Romig, and Washington-based composer Bruce Hamilton.
$20 (students $12)
UW Percussion & Third Coast Percussion: Danny Clay's 'Playbook'
Friday, January 26, 2029 @ 6:30pm – 8:00pm (PST)
Meany 268, Seattle, WA, United States
An interactive performance featuring music from Bay Area composer Danny Clay's Playbook, a set of whimsical scores and instructions utilizing found-object and traditional percussion. Audience members are welcome to bring their own instruments and participate.
Free (Free (RSVP required))
SCMS Winter Festival: Grieg, Beach, Strauss
Friday, January 26, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Grieg – Andante con moto for Violin, Cello, and Piano in C minor, EG 116
Amy M. C. Beach – Piano Quintet in F-sharp minor, Op. 67
R. Strauss – Enoch Arden for speaker and piano, a melodrama on a poem by Alfred, Lord Tennyson
Amy M. C. Beach – Piano Quintet in F-sharp minor, Op. 67
R. Strauss – Enoch Arden for speaker and piano, a melodrama on a poem by Alfred, Lord Tennyson
$52 ($16 students and 30 & under)
Inverted Space Ensemble: Cage, Ligeti, Stockhausen
Friday, January 26, 2029 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Cage – Freeman Etudes for solo violin (Book 1)
Ligeti – Études for solo piano (Book 1)
Stockhausen – Plus Minus
Ligeti – Études for solo piano (Book 1)
Stockhausen – Plus Minus
$5-$15 donation
Spontaneous Combustion New Music Festival: Sandbox Percussion
Saturday, January 27, 2029 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Music Center of the Northwest, Seattle, WA, United States
Works by Steve Reich, Andy Akiho, and more.
$20
SCMS Winter Festival: Fanny Mendelssohn, Shostakovich, Brahms
Saturday, January 27, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Fanny Mendelssohn – Trio for Violin, Cello, and Piano in D minor, Op. 11
Shostakovich – String Quartet No. 8 in C minor, Op. 110
Brahms – Sonata for Two Pianos in F minor, Op. 34bis
Shostakovich – String Quartet No. 8 in C minor, Op. 110
Brahms – Sonata for Two Pianos in F minor, Op. 34bis
$52 ($16 students and 30 & under)
Wayward Music Series: Sarah Pyle – flora/fauna
Saturday, January 27, 2029 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Elizabeth Brown – Botanical Obsessions for solo flute (2000)
Andrew Stiefel – Let us whisper our names into the trees for flute, baroque flute, and electronics (premiere)
Sarah Pyle – Improvisations on three secular monodies by Francesca Caccini
Daniel Webbon – To Square a Circle for baroque flutist as percussionist (premiere)
Sarah Pyle – Beehive for flute and electronics (premiere)
Vivian Fine – The Flicker for solo flute (1973)
Andrew Stiefel – Let us whisper our names into the trees for flute, baroque flute, and electronics (premiere)
Sarah Pyle – Improvisations on three secular monodies by Francesca Caccini
Daniel Webbon – To Square a Circle for baroque flutist as percussionist (premiere)
Sarah Pyle – Beehive for flute and electronics (premiere)
Vivian Fine – The Flicker for solo flute (1973)
$5-$15 donation
SCMS Winter Festival: Hildegard, Shostakovich, Felix Mendelssohn
Sunday, January 28, 2029 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PST)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Hildegard von Bingen – Three Antiphons (arr. Marianne Pfau)
Dmitri Shostakovich – Suite for Two Pianos in F-sharp minor, Op. 6
Felix Mendelssohn – Trio No. 2 for Violin, Cello, and Piano in C minor, Op. 66
Dmitri Shostakovich – Suite for Two Pianos in F-sharp minor, Op. 6
Felix Mendelssohn – Trio No. 2 for Violin, Cello, and Piano in C minor, Op. 66
$52 ($16 students and 30 & under)