Improvisation – Past Concerts
Seattle Improvised Music Festival: Music & Dance
Saturday, February 17, 2018 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Visiting improvisers perform in curated groupings with a diverse selection of local performers representing several generations and a wide range of musical activity.
$5-$15 donation
Seattle Improvised Music Festival: Khot, Baker, Dunn, Miller, Reid, Rigler, Williams
Friday, February 16, 2018 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Visiting improvisers perform in curated groupings with a diverse selection of local performers representing several generations and a wide range of musical activity.
$5-$15 donation
Seattle Improvised Music Festival w/ Tomeka Reid
Thursday, February 15, 2018 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
PONCHO Concert Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Chicago-based cellist, composer, and educator Tomeka Reid performs in collaboration with local artists at the 33rd Annual Seattle Improvised Music Festival.
$15 / $10 / $5 students & Teen Tix
Seattle Improvised Music Festival: Hone, Khot, Muhs, Müller, & Rothwell
Wednesday, February 14, 2018 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
Vermillion Art Gallery & Bar, Seattle, WA, United States
Visiting improvisers perform in curated groupings with a diverse selection of local performers representing several generations and a wide range of musical activity.
$5-$15 donation
Seattle Improvised Music Festival: Clifford Dunn, Ha-Yang Kim, Cristin Miller, Eveline Müller
Tuesday, February 13, 2018 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
The Spite House, Seattle, WA, United States
Visiting improvisers perform in curated groupings with a diverse selection of local performers representing several generations and a wide range of musical activity.
$5-$15 donation
Seattle Improvised Music Festival: Tom Baker, Amelia Coulter, Evan Flory-Barnes & more
Monday, February 12, 2018 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
The Royal Room, Seattle, WA, United States
Visiting improvisers perform in curated groupings with a diverse selection of local performers representing several generations and a wide range of musical activity.
$5-$15 donation
Seattle Improvised Music Festival: Racer Sessions with Jack Wright & Evan Lipson
Sunday, February 11, 2018 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
Hollow Earth Radio, Seattle, WA, United States
Jack Wright (alto sax) & Evan Lipson (bass) lead the Racer Sessions; + open session, improvisers at all levels of experience are invited to participate.
$5-$15 donation
Seattle Improvised Music Festival: Jack Wright & Evan Lipson
Sunday, February 11, 2018 @ 4:30pm – 6:30pm (PST)
Couth Buzzard Books, Seattle, WA, United States
Visiting improvisers perform in curated groupings with a diverse selection of local performers representing several generations and a wide range of musical activity.
$5-$15 donation
Seattle Improvised Music Festival: Lisa Cay Miller, Bonnie Whiting, Mike Gebhart, Melanie Sehman
Saturday, February 10, 2018 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
Gallery 1412, Seattle, WA, United States
Visiting improvisers perform in curated groupings with a diverse selection of local performers representing several generations and a wide range of musical activity.
$5-$15 donation
Spite House presents Leanna Keith
Tuesday, February 6, 2018 @ 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)
Wayward Music Series: Mesh Collaborative + Seattle Phonographers Union
Saturday, February 3, 2018 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Featuring a single desktop computer performing digital synthesis in response to control messages sent by four human performers with laptops.
$5-$15 donation
Matrio & Resonant Bodies at The Royal Room
Thursday, February 1, 2018 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
The Royal Room, Seattle, WA, United States
Stephanie Richards and Andrew Drury mine trumpets and drums at their aural and physical extremes, exploring how sounds interact with each other and with other resonant bodies. Plus, a performance from improvising collective Matrio.
$15/$12/$8
Spontaneous Combustion New Music Festival: The City of Tomorrow (Wind Quintet)
Tuesday, January 30, 2018 @ 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)
NUMUS Northwest 2018 Music Festival
Saturday, January 20, 2018 @ 8:30am – 9:30pm (PST)
Cornish College of the Arts - Kerry Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
A day-long event dedicated to the creation, performance, and experience of new music.
$20 day pass (students free w/ID)
Wayward Music Series: Helen Pridmore & friends
Thursday, January 18, 2018 @ 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
Wayward Music Series: February + Tiny Ghost
Thursday, January 11, 2018 @ 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
Pacific MusicWorks Underground: All That (Baroque) Jazz
Tuesday, January 9, 2018 @ 7:00pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Naked City Brewery and Taphouse, Seattle, WA, United States
A fun, illuminating, breathtaking exploration of Baroque repertoire from Italy, England, Germany, and Poland.
$20 ($15 age 21-30)
Bach's Coffeehouse: All That (Baroque) Jazz
Sunday, January 7, 2018 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Trinity Episcopal Church, Everett, WA, United States
A fun, illuminating, breathtaking exploration of Baroque repertoire from Italy, England, Germany, and Poland.
$25 ($20 65+ and under 30)
Pacific MusicWorks Underground: All That (Baroque) Jazz
Saturday, January 6, 2018 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
St. Augustine's in-the-Woods Episcopal Church, Freeland, WA, United States
A fun, illuminating, breathtaking exploration of Baroque repertoire from Italy, England, Germany, and Poland.
$20-$25 (18 & under FREE)
Pacific MusicWorks Underground: All That (Baroque) Jazz
Friday, January 5, 2018 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Croatian Cultural Center NW, Anacortes, WA, United States
A fun, illuminating, breathtaking exploration of Baroque repertoire from Italy, England, Germany, and Poland.
$25 (students & children FREE)