Modern period – Upcoming Concerts
Ladies Musical Club: Solo Recitals for Piano & Soprano
Sunday, May 6, 2029 @ 3:00pm – 4:30pm (PDT)
West Seattle Library, Seattle, WA, United States
Chamber music works for soprano and piano by Liszt, Ravel, Dvořák, and more.
Free
Harry Partch Festival 2018: Day 1
Friday, May 11, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
New works composed for Partch’s instruments as well as rarely or never-before performed works from the composer’s archives.
$25 ($10 students/seniors)
[CANCELLED] Music at St. James Cathedral: American Concert Organist Stephen Tharp
Friday, May 11, 2029 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
St. James Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
Works by George Baker, Jeanne Demessieux, Anthony Newman, Simon Johnson, César Franck, and Franz Liszt.
$18 suggested donation
Harry Partch Festival 2018: Day 2
Saturday, May 12, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
New works composed for Partch’s instruments as well as rarely or never-before performed works from the composer’s archives.
$25 ($10 students/seniors)
Sound of Late: Rituals
Saturday, May 12, 2029 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Flutter Studios, Seattle, WA, United States
Pauline Oliveros – Tuning Meditation
Anna Thorvaldsdottir – Sequences (Seattle premiere)
Chet Udell – Gjallarhorn
Andrea Reinkemeyer – in the speaking silence (world premiere)
Alvin Singleton – Et Nunc (Seattle premiere)
Pauline Oliveros – Thirteen Changes
Anna Thorvaldsdottir – Sequences (Seattle premiere)
Chet Udell – Gjallarhorn
Andrea Reinkemeyer – in the speaking silence (world premiere)
Alvin Singleton – Et Nunc (Seattle premiere)
Pauline Oliveros – Thirteen Changes
$15
Pacific Lutheran University: Sacraments of the Heart
Saturday, May 12, 2029 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Lagerquist Concert Hall at Pacific Lutheran University, Parkland, WA, United States
New music by Jeffrey Moidel, and songs by Richard Strauss and Henri Duparc.
Free
Harry Partch Festival 2018: Day 3
Sunday, May 13, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
New works composed for Partch’s instruments as well as rarely or never-before performed works from the composer’s archives.
$25 ($10 students/seniors)
Lucas Zeiter & Friends: A Chamber Recital
Tuesday, May 15, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
University Christian Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Steinmetz – Sonata for bassoon and piano
Mozart – Sonata in B-flat major, K. 292 for bassoon and cello
Gabaye – Sonatine for flute and bassoon
Poulenc – Trio for oboe, bassoon, and piano
Mozart – Sonata in B-flat major, K. 292 for bassoon and cello
Gabaye – Sonatine for flute and bassoon
Poulenc – Trio for oboe, bassoon, and piano
Free
Wayward Music Series: Post Avant Garde feat. Peter Nelson-King
Thursday, May 17, 2029 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Peter Nelson-King presents an eclectic program of individualist piano music from the 1980’s.
$5-$15 donation
West Seattle Community Orchestras: Symphony Orchestra, Wind Symphony & Percussion Ensemble Spring Concert
Friday, May 18, 2029 @ 6:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Chief Sealth International High School Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Classics from both symphonic and wind repertoire.
Free (Free)
ZeZe Xue in Recital at Benaroya Hall
Friday, May 18, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Haydn – Keyboard Sonata in E major, Hob. XVI/31
Chopin – Fantasie in F minor, Op. 49
Debussy – Préludes
Bartók – Suite, Op. 14
Liszt – Piano Sonata in B minor, S. 178
Chopin – Fantasie in F minor, Op. 49
Debussy – Préludes
Bartók – Suite, Op. 14
Liszt – Piano Sonata in B minor, S. 178
$20
Eastside Symphony: Bernstein, Taylor, Rachmaninoff
Saturday, May 19, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Redmond Performing Arts Center, Redmond, WA, United States
Leonard Bernstein – "Symphonic Dances" from West Side Story
Jeffrey Taylor – Conjunction (world premiere)
Sergei Rachmaninoff – Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18
Jeffrey Taylor – Conjunction (world premiere)
Sergei Rachmaninoff – Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18
$12 ($9 seniors/youth, FREE 12 & under)
Emerald Ensemble: Finlandia
Saturday, May 19, 2029 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Vashon United Methodist Church, Vashon, WA, United States
Featuring twentieth-century composers Jean Sibelius, Einojuhani Rautavaara, Jaakko Mäntyjärvi, and more.
$25
Mostly Nordic & Emerald Ensemble: Finlandia
Sunday, May 20, 2029 @ 4:00pm – 5:30pm (PDT)
National Nordic Museum, Seattle, WA, United States
Featuring twentieth-century composers Jean Sibelius, Einojuhani Rautavaara, Jaakko Mäntyjärvi, and more.
$25 ($20 Nordic Heritage Museum members)
UW Wind Ensemble & Symphonic Band: Dreams & Fancies
Thursday, May 24, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
Music by Maslanka, Stravinsky, and others.
$10
Seattle Art Song Society: Marcy Stonikas & Mitchell Giambalvo in Recital
Friday, May 25, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Ballard First Lutheran Church, Seattle, WA, United States
John Harbison – Mirabai Songs
Maurice Ravel – Shéhérazade
Ottorino Respighi – Deità silvane
various settings of texts around the folklore of Lorelei
Maurice Ravel – Shéhérazade
Ottorino Respighi – Deità silvane
various settings of texts around the folklore of Lorelei
$30 ($20 student, young adult, senior)
Inverted Space Ensemble: The Cimbalom & Beyond
Friday, May 25, 2029 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
György Kurtág – Scenes From A Novel
Lou Harrison – Music for Violin and Various Instruments, European, Asian, and African
James Tenney – Quintext
Lou Harrison – Music for Violin and Various Instruments, European, Asian, and African
James Tenney – Quintext
$5-$15 donation
Frequency Ensemble w/ Yura Lee, violin
Sunday, May 27, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
Ernő Dohnányi’s Serenade, duos by Luciano Berio, Bruno Maderna, Maurice Ravel, and Melia Watras, and more.
$20 ($10 students/seniors)
PNB Conversations & Dress Rehearsal: Love & Ballet
Thursday, May 31, 2029 @ 6:00pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
McCaw Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
An in-depth interviews with PNB artists during the hour preceding dress rehearsal, revealing the creative process involved in the development of a ballet.
$30
Heath/Asplund Duo: An Evening of Modern/Postmodern Art Song
Thursday, May 31, 2029 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Music for soprano with piano and viola by Cage, Ligeti, Ives, Messiaen, Webern, Lutosawski, Christian Asplund, and Jarrad Powell.
$5-$15 donation