Improvisation – Upcoming Concerts
Wayward Music Series: Stefan Maier, Chloe Alexandra Thompson, Marcus Price
Saturday, February 16, 2030 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Three experimental artists and curators present a series of works ranging from process-based performances to custom software rearranging computer-assisted improvisations.
$5-$15 donation
Seattle Symphony: Songplay, featuring Joyce DiDonato
Monday, February 18, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:50pm (PST)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
A lighthearted program mixing Italian Baroque arias with jazz ballads and songs from the Great American Songbook, featuring radiant mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato.
$25-$100
Cornish Presents: Kin of the Moon – A New Phase
Friday, February 22, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 8:30pm (PST)
PONCHO Concert Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Ewa Trębacz – Winter After Times of Fire
Heather Bentley – Amage #2
Heather Bentley – Amage #2
$15 / $10 / $5 / Cornish faculty/students free
Wayward Music Series: Kurdish Rhythm & Free Improvisation
Friday, February 22, 2030 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
An evening of free improvisations based on Kurdish rhythms, featuring percussion virtuoso Ahmad Yousefbeigi, Arrington de Dionyso, and Amy Denio.
$5-$15 donation
Piano Drop
Saturday, February 23, 2030 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Jack Straw Cultural Center, Seattle, WA, United States
50 years ago, an upright piano was dropped from a helicopter near Duvall, Washington. Now, 16 composers and performers have created new works for this unique instrument... or what remains of it!
Free
Wayward Music Series: Don Berman’s 'Ascension Northwest' & CHA
Saturday, February 23, 2030 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Music paying tribute to Jazz legend John Coltrane plus a trio performance using loops and effects interwoven in a synergistic, immediate performance ranging from tender to wild.
$5-$20 donation
The Daphnes: 'Braids of Kabuya'
Wednesday, February 27, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
North City Bistro & Wine Shop, Shoreline , WA, United States
An unconventional trio performing their unique sound of chamber jazz from their new album, Braids of Kabuya.
$10
UW School of Music: Student Chamber Improvisation Concert
Friday, March 8, 2030 @ 1:30pm – 3:00pm (PST)
Brechemin Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Students from Melia Watras’ Chamber Music Improvisation class at the UW School of Music perform a continuous work in various groupings.
Free
Wayward Music Series: Dan Joseph + Blevin Blectum
Thursday, March 14, 2030 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
A long-form work for hammer dulcimer and electronics informed by acoustic ecology, ambient music, and early minimalism – and more.
$10 at the door
Seattle Improvised Music Festival: Tribute to Paul Hoskin, SIMF Founder
Friday, March 15, 2030 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
A large group of veteran Seattle improvisers gathers to pay tribute to SIMF founder Paul Hoskin.
$5-$20 at the door
East of the River: Sultana – Musica of the Sephardic Diaspora
Sunday, March 17, 2030 @ 2:30pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute, Seattle, WA, United States
Infectious Eastern rhythms played by woodwind virtuosos – a performance steeped in the art of improvisation.
$20-$45
East of the River: Sultana – Musica of the Sephardic Diaspora
Sunday, March 17, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Temple Beth Am, Seattle, WA, United States
Infectious Eastern rhythms played by woodwind virtuosos – a performance steeped in the art of improvisation.
$20-$45
Folio: The Art of Improvisation – Alexander Weimann
Friday, March 22, 2030 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Folio: Seattle Athenaeum at Pike Market, Seattle, WA, United States
Weimann the worlds of composition and improvisation by starting with works by George Frideric Handel, Antonio Caldara, and others, then departing into free improvisation inspired by the great composers.
$30 ($25 Folio members)
Wayward Music Series: Inverted Space Ensemble – 'Twin Peaks' a la Partch
Friday, March 29, 2030 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
A new sound to an already innovative score.
$5-$15 donation
Joyne Hands
Saturday, March 30, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Christ Episcopal Church Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
Music from Thomas Morley's First book of Consort Lessons, Christopher Simpson's The Division Viol, as well as keyboard and lute music from the sublime Orlando Gibbons and William Byrd.
$20 suggested donation
Wayward Music Series: Bodies.Space.Time.Sound, Volume 3 – aléa
Friday, April 5, 2030 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
A varying selection of curated sound and movement artists who will be brought together in purposeful improvisational collaborations.
$15
Emerald City Music: The Dreamers' Circus
Friday, April 5, 2030 @ 8:00pm – 11:00pm (PDT)
415 Westlake, Seattle, WA, United States
Emerald City Music presents the folk music of The Dreamer's Circus in their inaugural US tour.
$45 ($10 students)
Emerald City Music: The Dreamers' Circus
Saturday, April 6, 2030 @ 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)
PLU Organ Recital Series w/ William Porter
Sunday, April 7, 2030 @ 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
Wayward Music Series: Stephen Fandrich w/ Gamelan Pacifica & Del Sol Quartet
Saturday, April 20, 2030 @ 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