Improvisation – Past Concerts
Wayward Music Series: 1_lu_1 + Neil Welch + Jacobson/Sinibaldi
Friday, December 29, 2017 @ 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
Wayne Horvitz and Sweeter Than the Day/Robin Holcomb
Thursday, December 28, 2017 @ 7:30pm – 10:30pm (PST)
The Royal Room, Seattle, WA, United States
Original compositions by Wayne Horvitz and Robin Holcomb.
$15
Wayward Music Series: Sue Ann Harkey & friends
Thursday, December 21, 2017 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
What Happens If I Do Nothing – Field recordings to improvise to...
$5-$15 donation
Scores of Sound: Day 3
Friday, December 8, 2017 @ 10:00am – 9:00pm (PST)
PONCHO Concert Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
An all-day festival including performances from many ensembles and genres, including jazz, classical, new music, African drumming, and Gamelan.
Free (Free)
Music, Thanks, & Giving: A Benefit Concert of Healing & Love
Friday, November 24, 2017 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Christ Episcopal Church Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
A benefit concert combatting discrimination, harassment, and hate.
Free
Cornish Student Ensemble Showcase #4
Monday, November 20, 2017 @ 8:00pm – 9:00pm (PST)
PONCHO Concert Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
A showcase ranging through many different musical styles, presented by the students at Cornish College of the Arts.
Free
Kin of the Moon
Saturday, November 18, 2017 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
An innovative program of new electroacoustic and acoustic music that transcends genre and classification.
$5-$15 donation
Cornish Pivot Convocation: Greg Beyer & Projeto Arcomusical, Interviewed by Jovino Santos Neto
Tuesday, November 7, 2017 @ 12:00pm – 1:00pm (PST)
PONCHO Concert Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
A world music sextet reimagining the Afro-Brazilian berimbau through a repertoire of unique, powerful, original concert chamber music.
Free (Free)
Cornish Student Ensemble Showcase #3
Wednesday, November 1, 2017 @ 8:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
PONCHO Concert Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
A showcase ranging through the many different musical styles presented by the students at Cornish College of the Arts.
Free
Curiouser & Curiouser: An evening with improvised violin
Monday, October 30, 2017 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Two Bells Bar & Grill, Seattle, WA, United States
What happens when you set an evening of drinking in a historic Seattle bar to the soundtrack of improvised violin?
Free (Free)
Sound of Late: Steelworks
Saturday, October 28, 2017 @ 8:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Flutter Studios, Seattle, WA, United States
Somei Satoh – Birds in Warped Time II
Anna Clyne – Beauty
Giacinto Scelsi – Kho-Lho
Sarah Kirkland Snider – Thread and Fray (West Coast premiere)
Noel Kennon – New Work (world premiere)
Anna Clyne – Steelworks (West Coast premiere)
Anna Clyne – Beauty
Giacinto Scelsi – Kho-Lho
Sarah Kirkland Snider – Thread and Fray (West Coast premiere)
Noel Kennon – New Work (world premiere)
Anna Clyne – Steelworks (West Coast premiere)
$15 includes open bar ($5 students)
Wayward Music Series: Todd Barton + Guest
Saturday, October 28, 2017 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
A live improvisation which “Follows the Sound” of a Buchla Music Easel.
$5-$15 donation at the door
Seattle Phonographers Union at Georgetown Steam Plant
Friday, October 27, 2017 @ 8:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Georgetown Steam Plant, Seattle, WA, United States
A performance using sounds that are recorded in, or evocative of, the Georgetown Steam Plant.
$25
Music of Today: Intercontinental Experimental Music Ensemble
Wednesday, October 25, 2017 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
A rare convergence of world-renowned musicians from four continents featuring Garth Knox, members of the 6 Tones, The Cuong Vu Trio , Bonnie Whiting, Richard Karpen, and Juan Pampin.
$15 ($10 students/seniors)
Cornish Student Ensemble Showcase
Tuesday, October 24, 2017 @ 8:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
PONCHO Concert Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
The Cornish Music Department presents an evening of student ensembles, including Jazz Ensemble IV, Guitar Ensemble, Chamber Ensembles, Classical Voice Studio, and several additional student-run groups.
Free
Racer Sessions: Andria Nicodemou (Boston, MA)
Sunday, October 15, 2017 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Cafe Racer, Seattle, WA, United States
A collectively organized composition and improvisation series for new and experimental music.
Free
The Sound Ensemble: Kammermusik
Saturday, October 14, 2017 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Darius Milhaud – Symphonie de Chambre: I. Le Printemps, Op. 43
Michael Djupstrom – To the Eastern Sea
Darius Milhaud – Symphonie de Chambre: II. Pastorale, Op. 49
Judd Greenstein – At the End of a Really Great Day
Darius Milhaud – Symphonie de Chambre; III. Sérénade, Op. 71
James Falzone – In a World of One Color... The Sound of Wind
Paul Hindemith – Kammermusik I
Michael Djupstrom – To the Eastern Sea
Darius Milhaud – Symphonie de Chambre: II. Pastorale, Op. 49
Judd Greenstein – At the End of a Really Great Day
Darius Milhaud – Symphonie de Chambre; III. Sérénade, Op. 71
James Falzone – In a World of One Color... The Sound of Wind
Paul Hindemith – Kammermusik I
$15 (under age 12 free)
Racer Sessions: Sean Hamilton (Miami, FL)
Sunday, October 8, 2017 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Cafe Racer, Seattle, WA, United States
A collectively organized composition and improvisation series for new and experimental music.
Free
Flute Celebration Day: 'emerging…'
Sunday, October 8, 2017 @ 7:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Brechemin Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
An eclectic program of music for flute, baroque flute, and piccolo from the 18th, 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries.
$15 ($10 members/$5 student members)
Cornish Student Ensemble Showcase
Friday, October 6, 2017 @ 8:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
PONCHO Concert Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
A showcase of student ensembles from Cornish College of the Arts.
Free