Improvisation – Past Concerts near Seattle, WA
Racer Sessions: Carmen Rothwell (NYC)
Sunday, July 21, 2019 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Cafe Racer, Seattle, WA, United States
A collectively organized composition and improvisation series for new and experimental music.
Free
Seattle Improvised Music Festival: Holland Andrews, Ambrosia Bardos, & Ebony Miranda
Friday, July 19, 2019 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Three improvisational artists explore sound for voice, electronics, and cello ranging from expansive loops to pre-composed material.
$5-$20 donation
Wayward Music Series: Rich Pellegrin & Neil Welch
Wednesday, July 17, 2019 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Having played together for a decade as part of the Rich Pellegrin Quintet, saxophonist Neil Welch and pianist Rich Pellegrin perform together for the first time as a duo casting light on abstract sound/silences through various means.
$5-$15 donation
Wayward Music Series: Neal Kosaly-Meyer's 'Gradus…'
Saturday, July 13, 2019 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
A piano composition in perpetual progress. The score in a nutshell is: “learn to play the piano one note at a time.”
$5-$15 donation
Racer Sessions: Illegal Son (Portland)
Sunday, July 7, 2019 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Cafe Racer, Seattle, WA, United States
Portland trombonist Denzel Mendoza (PJCE, Haley Heynderickx, American DREAMers) presents a new trio for trombone, acoustic bass, and drums.
Free
Island Consort presents: Rich Pellegrin, piano
Saturday, June 29, 2019 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Crawford House, Langley, WA, United States
Solo piano improvisations in the vein of beloved 20th-century composers such as Claude Debussy, Dmitri Shostakovich, Bela Bartok, Benjamin Britten, and Sergei Prokofiev.
$20 suggested donation
Wayward Music Series: Lotus Lungs + Welch + Coulter/Freedlund
Saturday, June 22, 2019 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Improvised acoustic and electric sets from three innovative and accomplished guitarists; acoustic solo works for soprano, tenor and bass saxophones; and free improv for voice and trombone.
$5-$15 donation at the door
Seattle Improvised Music Festival: Dance & Music
Thursday, June 20, 2019 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Curated groupings and solo sets along with twelve locals representing several generations and a wide range of musical activity.
$5-$15 donation
Wayward Music Series: Feder / Gilleran / Han = Recess
Thursday, June 13, 2019 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Guitarist Janet Feder (Denver), drummer Jen Gilleran, and pianist James Han reunite for an evening of compositions and improvisations based on structure, film, weather patterns, and politics. Maybe.
$5-$15 at the door
Racer Sessions: Amelia Coulter
Sunday, June 9, 2019 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Cafe Racer, Seattle, WA, United States
A collectively organized composition and improvisation series for new and experimental music.
Free
Kin of the Moon: Wander & Wail w/ Soprano Emily Thorner
Saturday, June 1, 2019 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Leanna Keith – Concerto for Tea Ceremony (world premiere)
Leanna Keith – Crow (world premiere)
Kaley Lane Eaton – Funeral Sentences for Damaged Cells (world premiere)
Leanna Keith – Crow (world premiere)
Kaley Lane Eaton – Funeral Sentences for Damaged Cells (world premiere)
$5-$15 sliding scale
Wayward Music Series: Karl Fousek, Norm Chambers, & RM Francis
Thursday, May 30, 2019 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Three electronic music artists with styles ranging from generative composition, to drone and minimalism, to synthesis techniques specific to the history of computer music.
$5-$15 donation
Wayward Music Series: Compassion – Janna Webbon & friends
Thursday, May 16, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
An all-ages, intergenerational event including chants by Hildegard von Bingen, musical improvisation, and performance art.
$5-$15 donation
Wayward Music Series: The Quartets Project
Saturday, May 11, 2019 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
This program features free improvisation utilizing the Chapel’s unique and beautiful acoustics.
$5-$15 donation
Wayward Music Series: A Sea of Tonality
Friday, May 10, 2019 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
This program centers around works by Toru Takemitsu explore timbre and space in both written works and structured improvisation.
$5-$15 donation
Music of Today: International Experimental Music Ensemble
Friday, May 10, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
University of Washington faculty improv band Indigo Mist and special guests Ngô Trà My (Vietnam) and Jos Zwaanengburg (Netherlands) present an evening of experimental and improvised music.
$15 ($10 students/seniors)
Wayward Music Series: Ensemble MidtVest
Thursday, May 2, 2019 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
An entire program of free improvisations with an ensemble that works with improvisation in order to create its own sound and musical language, breaking down barriers between styles and genres.
$5-$20 donation
Wayward Music Series: Stephen Fandrich w/ Gamelan Pacifica & Del Sol Quartet
Saturday, April 20, 2019 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Stephen Fandrich performs compositions and improvisations at the piano in an 8 series just-intonation, plus two unusual instrumental combinations with Javanese gamelan.
$5-$15 donation
PLU Organ Recital Series w/ William Porter
Sunday, April 7, 2019 @ 3:00pm – 4:30pm (PDT)
Lagerquist Concert Hall at Pacific Lutheran University, Parkland, WA, United States
A performer recognized internationally for his skill in improvisation in a wide variety of styles, both ancient and modern.
$17 / $10 / $5
Emerald City Music: The Dreamers' Circus
Saturday, April 6, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Kenneth J. Minnaert Center for the Arts, Olympia, WA, United States
Emerald City Music presents the folk music of The Dreamer's Circus in their inaugural US tour.
$28–$43 ($10 students)