Modern period – Upcoming Concerts
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)
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+
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)
Spontaneous Combustion New Music Festival: The City of Tomorrow (Wind Quintet)
Tuesday, January 30, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
The Royal Room, Seattle, WA, United States
Julia Wolfe – On Seven Star Shoes
Alex Temple – Thick Line
John Teske – Topographies
Hans Abrahamsen – Walden
Esa-Pekka Salonen – Memoria
Jacob Druckman – Delia Contente Che l'Alme Beatte
Alex Temple – Thick Line
John Teske – Topographies
Hans Abrahamsen – Walden
Esa-Pekka Salonen – Memoria
Jacob Druckman – Delia Contente Che l'Alme Beatte
$20 ($12 students w/ ID)
Spontaneous Combustion New Music Festival: Ashley Bathgate, cello
Thursday, February 1, 2029 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Rainier Arts Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Works for solo cello by living composers, with and without electronics.
$20
Seattle Opera: A Youth Opera for Families – ‘Robin Hood’
Friday, February 2, 2029 @ 7:00pm – 8:00pm (PST)
Cornish Playhouse at Seattle Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Presented by Seattle Opera and Seattle Public Theater, this opera is performed by youth ages 7–18 with a professional chamber orchestra.
Sold Out
Seattle Opera: A Youth Opera for Families – ‘Robin Hood’
Saturday, February 3, 2029 @ 2:00pm – 3:00pm (PST)
Cornish Playhouse at Seattle Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Presented by Seattle Opera and Seattle Public Theater, this opera is performed by youth ages 7–18 with a professional chamber orchestra.
Sold Out
Seattle Opera: A Youth Opera for Families – ‘Robin Hood’
Saturday, February 3, 2029 @ 7:00pm – 8:00pm (PST)
Cornish Playhouse at Seattle Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Presented by Seattle Opera and Seattle Public Theater, this opera is performed by youth ages 7–18 with a professional chamber orchestra.
Sold Out
Bach's Lunch: The Discovery Trio
Tuesday, February 6, 2029 @ 12:10pm – 12:50pm (PST)
Christ Episcopal Church Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
Bring a lunch and hear UW Scholarship ensemble The Discovery Trio perform new and old music for baroque instruments.
Free
Spite House presents Leanna Keith
Tuesday, February 6, 2029 @ 8:30pm – 11:30pm (PST)
The Spite House, Seattle, WA, United States
Genre-bending, looping, and flutes of all shapes/sizes and materials.
$20 donation encouraged (not required)
Sanctuary in the City: Reginald Mobley Sings 200 Years of Music by Black Composers
Wednesday, February 7, 2029 @ 12:10pm – 12:50pm (PST)
Christ Our Hope at the Josephinum, Seattle, WA, United States
Acclaimed countertenor Reginald Mobley joins pianist Henry Lebedinsky for a program of music by Black composers from the Classical era to the present, including art songs, spirituals, and gospel.
Free
UW Scholarship Chamber Group: Daisha
Wednesday, February 7, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Brechemin Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Pärt – Mozart-Adagio
Mozart – Piano Trio KV 502 in B-flat major
Mendelssohn – Piano Trio No. 2 in C minor
Mozart – Piano Trio KV 502 in B-flat major
Mendelssohn – Piano Trio No. 2 in C minor
Free
DĒLECTŌ - the reimagined canticle: the dialogue around love
Saturday, February 10, 2029 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, Seattle, WA, United States
DĒLECTŌ will reimagine the canticle, a choral form originally inspired by the Song of Songs.
$22 in advance ($15 students/seniors)
Pacific MusicWorks: Every Time I Feel the Spirit
Sunday, February 11, 2029 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PST)
Saint Mark's Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
Acclaimed countertenor Reginald L. Mobley joins an ensemble of period banjo, guitar, strings, and piano for an unforgettable program exploring the contributions of Black musicians to American music.
$25-$45