Improvisation – Past Concerts
Wayward Music Series: Musica Elettronica Viva
Saturday, November 5, 2016 @ 8:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Venue unknown, WA, United States
Three old friends reconvene to share the stage and break new collective ground.
$5-$15 at the door
Racer Sessions: Abbey Blackwell
Sunday, October 30, 2016 @ 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 Philharmonic Orchestra: From the New World
Saturday, October 29, 2016 @ 2:00pm – 4:30pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Richard Rodgers – Slaughter on Tenth Avenue
Gunther Schuller – Journey into Jazz
Marion Bauer – Sun Splendor
Edward Collins – The Cowboy's Breakdown
Dvořák – Symphony No. 9, "From the New World"
Gunther Schuller – Journey into Jazz
Marion Bauer – Sun Splendor
Edward Collins – The Cowboy's Breakdown
Dvořák – Symphony No. 9, "From the New World"
$20-$30
Wayward Music Series: Renée Baker
Friday, October 28, 2016 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Twelve of Seattle’s outstanding improvising musicians performing works by René Baker combining conduction, graphic scores, and standard notation.
$5-$15
Music of Today: Eighty & Ninety – Stuart Dempster & Bill Smith
Wednesday, October 26, 2016 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Meany Hall for the Performing Arts, Seattle, WA, United States
William O. Smith – Antiphony (ca. 1975)
Stuart Dempster – Didjeridervish (1971-72)
William O. Smith – Encounter (1970)
Robert Erickson – General Speech (1969)
Stuart Dempster – Didjeridervish (1971-72)
William O. Smith – Encounter (1970)
Robert Erickson – General Speech (1969)
$10-$15
Fright Night: 'Nosferatu' with live pipe organ accompaniment
Monday, October 24, 2016 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Naked City Brewery and Taphouse, Seattle, WA, United States
A screening of F. W. Murnau's silent horror masterpiece Nosferatu with a live, completely improvised pipe organ accompaniment.
$20, includes free house beverage
Racer Sessions: Tristan Gianola
Sunday, October 23, 2016 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Cafe Racer, Seattle, WA, United States
A collectively organized composition and improvisation series for new and experimental music.
Free
Frequency Debut Concert: The Kreutzer Sonata
Sunday, October 23, 2016 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
A dynamic new chamber ensemble presents a program of interconnected works by Beethoven, Janáček, and Watras, plus improvisation.
$10-$20
Racer Sessions: Naomi Moon Siegal
Sunday, October 16, 2016 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Cafe Racer, Seattle, WA, United States
A collectively organized composition and improvisation series for new and experimental music.
Free
Wayward Music Series presents Loop 2.4.3: Time Machine_music
Thursday, October 13, 2016 @ 8:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Stories of power, control, love, war, and hyper-reality inform this multi-media concert bringing together fine art, film, and composed and improvised music.
$5-$15
Racer Sessions: CHIVES (Brooklyn)
Sunday, October 9, 2016 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Cafe Racer, Seattle, WA, United States
A collectively organized composition and improvisation series for new and experimental music.
Free
Racer Sessions: Daniel Phelps
Sunday, October 2, 2016 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Cafe Racer, Seattle, WA, United States
A collectively organized composition and improvisation series for new and experimental music.
Free
Racer @ Cornish
Monday, September 26, 2016 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Cornish College of the Arts - Kerry Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Racer sessions at Cornish – special event! Free and open to the public.
Free
Racer Sessions: Samantha Boshnack
Sunday, September 25, 2016 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Cafe Racer, Seattle, WA, United States
A collectively organized composition and improvisation series for new and experimental music.
Free
Racer Sessions: Seth Alexander
Sunday, September 18, 2016 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Cafe Racer, Seattle, WA, United States
A collectively organized composition and improvisation series for new and experimental music.
Free
Racer Sessions: Nat Evans
Sunday, September 11, 2016 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Cafe Racer, Seattle, WA, United States
A collectively organized composition and improvisation series for new and experimental music.
Free
Racer Sessions: Sophia Stephens
Sunday, September 4, 2016 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Cafe Racer, Seattle, WA, United States
A collectively organized composition and improvisation series for new and experimental music.
Free
Racer Sessions: Zae Tinaza with Burning Spirits band (Olympia)
Sunday, August 28, 2016 @ 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 Westerlies
Saturday, August 27, 2016 @ 6:00pm – 8:00pm (PDT)
The Royal Room, Seattle, WA, United States
The Westerlies – a New York-based brass quartet comprised of four childhood friends from Seattle – return to their hometown in anticipation of their forthcoming sophomore double-album.
$15 ($5 students)
Racer Sessions: Yzech Tahar and Friends
Sunday, August 21, 2016 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Cafe Racer, Seattle, WA, United States
A collectively organized composition and improvisation series for new and experimental music.
Free