Improvisation – Past Concerts
Mystic Chords of Memory
Thursday, August 5, 2021 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
Olympic Sculpture Park, Seattle, WA, United States
Composer/performer Nat Evans & saxophonists Neil Welch & Kate Olson perform a new, semi-improvisatory work while drifting around Olympic Sculpture Park.
Free (Free)
Marmaduke Overend Festival: Concert 2 & Afternoon Tea
Sunday, August 1, 2021 @ 4:00pm – 6:00pm (PDT)
Venue unknown, WA, United States
Join harpsichordist Henry Lebedinsky, baroque violinists Anna Okada & Eleanor Legault, & baroque bassoonist Anna Marsh for a tour of late Baroque English trio sonatas – paired with afternoon tea, claret, & stories.
$35
Marmaduke Overend Festival: Concert 1 & Sherry Tasting
Saturday, July 31, 2021 @ 6:30pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, Tacoma, WA, United States
Join harpsichordist Henry Lebedinsky, baroque violinists Anna Okada & Eleanor Legault, & baroque bassoonist Anna Marsh for a tour of late Baroque English trio sonatas, paired with a tasting of 4 exceptional sherries.
$35
CMNW Summer Festival: Buster Keaton Silent Movie Nights with Matan Porat
Tuesday, July 13, 2021 @ 8:30pm – 10:30pm (PDT)
Venue unknown, WA, United States
Pianist/composer Matan Porat improvises a live, on-the-fly soundtrack performance for Buster Keaton’s classic silent film The General.
Free (Free)
CMNW Summer Festival: Buster Keaton Silent Movie Nights with Matan Porat
Monday, July 12, 2021 @ 8:30pm – 10:30pm (PDT)
Gresham Arts Plaza, Gresham, OR, United States
Pianist/composer Matan Porat improvises live, on-the-fly soundtrack performances for Buster Keaton’s classic silent films, The Playhouse & Sherlock Jr.. Outdoor seating.
Free (Free)
SPU Presents Joseph Daley's 'Seven Deadly Sins'
Friday, January 31, 2020 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
First Free Methodist Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Featuring a genre-bending work by Joseph Daley that includes freely improvised sections and Latin-American grooves. Also featuring original chamber works by SPU student composers.
Free (Free)
Mostly Nordic: Impressions of L. A. Ring (Denmark)
Sunday, January 12, 2020 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PST)
National Nordic Museum, Seattle, WA, United States
Danish jazz and improvisational artist Nikolaj Hess presents opens Mostly Nordic's 25th season with this musical homage to painter and fellow Dane L.A. Ring.
$30 / $25 / $10
Jack Straw Winter Showcase
Saturday, December 21, 2019 @ 2:00pm – 6:00pm (PST)
Jack Straw Cultural Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Jack Straw Cultural Center celebrates the solstice with performances from a wide range of artists from the Artist Support Program, including clarinetist/composer James Falzone, Seattle Art Song Society, Okinawan sanshin player and singer Mako Willett, and others.
$10-$20 suggested donation
Jack Straw Piano Series: Dana Reason, Lori Goldston, & Nicholas Brannen
Saturday, December 7, 2019 @ 4:00pm – 6:00pm (PST)
Jack Straw Cultural Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Jack Straw Artist Dana Reason is joined by cellist Lori Goldston and pianist Nicholas Brannen.
$10-$20 suggested donation
Kin of the Moon: F I R E ∴ R E F I R E
Friday, November 22, 2019 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Neil Welch – No house on fire, no.
Ewa Trębacz – Winter After Times of Fire
Leanna Keith and Em Piro – imagination is an act of rebellion (premiere)
Ewa Trębacz – Winter After Times of Fire
Leanna Keith and Em Piro – imagination is an act of rebellion (premiere)
$5-$15 suggested donation
Wayward Music Series: Pete Leinonen solo + quartet
Thursday, November 21, 2019 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Double bassist, composer, and bandleader Pete Leinonen presents long form improvisation as a soloist, and together with saxophonist Wally Shoup, trumpeter Jim Knodle, and percussionist Greg Campbell.
$5-$20 suggested donation
Wayward Music Series: SIMF – Odeya Nini + Blackwell/Mines duo
Friday, November 15, 2019 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Double bill featuring the double bass duo of Abbey Blackwell and Kelsey Mines, and Los Angeles-based vocalist and composer Odeya Nini.
$5-$20 suggested donation
Wayward Music Series: Pneuma
Thursday, November 7, 2019 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Quartet consisting of clarinets, voice, and electronics presents a body of work at the intersections of Jewish music, contemporary classical music, and free jazz.
$10-$20 sliding scale
Wayward Music Series: Earshot – Travis Laplante
Monday, November 4, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Saxophonist and composer Travis Laplante performs a "mystifying and transporting" solo concert.
$10-$27
Emerald City Music: In The Dark
Saturday, November 2, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Washington Center for the Performing Arts, Olympia, WA, United States
On the heels of Halloween weekend, immerse yourself in a terrifying musical experience with Georg Friedrich Haas’ In iij. Noct. for string quartet, with the absence of light as the focus.
$28-$43 (students $10)
Emerald City Music: In The Dark
Friday, November 1, 2019 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
415 Westlake, Seattle, WA, United States
On the heels of Halloween weekend, immerse yourself in a terrifying musical experience with Georg Friedrich Haas’ In iij. Noct. for string quartet, with the absence of light as the focus.
$45 (students $10)
Wayward Music Series: Body.Space.Time.Sound – Volume 4: Cube
Friday, November 1, 2019 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
An evening of scored, interdisciplinary improvisations featuring musicians Tom Baker and Kate Olson, and movement artists Alia Swersky and Corrie Befort.
$15
Thalia Symphony Orchestra: Mendelssohn Symphony No. 3 'Scottish'
Saturday, October 26, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Heather Bentley – Laniakea (world premiere)
Edvard Grieg – Peer Gynt
Felix Mendelssohn – Symphony No. 3 (“Scottish”)
Edvard Grieg – Peer Gynt
Felix Mendelssohn – Symphony No. 3 (“Scottish”)
$24 ($18 student/senior)
Duo Violão + 1 in Concert
Sunday, October 13, 2019 @ 7:00pm – 7:00pm (PDT)
Phinney Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Internationally acclaimed Rogério Souza and genre-bending Edinho Gerber join with in-demand percussionist Ami Molinelli to brilliantly demonstrate Brazilian choro’s virtuosic possibilities.
$20 / $18 / $10
Wayward Music Series: Different Drummer
Friday, September 27, 2019 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
A show that represents genres as varied as the artists presenting it. Prepare to be entertained, amused, and exhilarated by this unique collaboration.
$15 ($10 youth/seniors)