Improvisation – Past Concerts
Wayward Music Series: John Teske's 'vectorscores'
Saturday, September 21, 2019 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Music that uses web technologies to generate and render scores and explores some recurring thoughts, visions, and dreams from a dark and surreal time.
$5-$15 donation
Wayward Music Series: Cellista, Zero Collective, & noisepoenobody
Friday, September 20, 2019 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Ambient noise with slices of hip hop, classical music, and alternative pop paired with improvisation, and noise and audio surrealism.
$5-$15 donation
Tale Retold, by Emerald City Music
Friday, September 13, 2019 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
415 Westlake, Seattle, WA, United States
Old meets new in the retelling of Stravinsky’s Soldier’s Tale as a cast of NYC Ballet dancers join forces with librettist Mark Campbell, followed by an edgy world premiere by Seattle’s own Angelique Poteat.
$45 ($10 students)
Nash Naubert’s 'Music of Now'
Saturday, August 24, 2019 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Join flutist Nash Naubert accompanied by Aditya Kalyanpur on tabla for an Indian classical music performance.
$30 ($24 youth / senior)
Wayward Music Series: Aaron Butler & Bonnie Whiting
Friday, August 23, 2019 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Featuring works composed for Butler, a recently revived piece from 1973, and duo improvisations with Whiting.
$5-$15 suggested donation
Beetle Box at Tim’s Tavern
Thursday, August 22, 2019 @ 9:15pm – 11:15pm (PDT)
Tim's Tavern, Seattle, WA, United States
Beetle Box is an experimental composer, keyboardist, and solo artist who creates original, piano-centered electronic music for live performance.
$10
Wayward Music Series: Bassett, Samara, Suzuki, Krausbauer, Kelley, & Millis
Thursday, August 22, 2019 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Touring duos Marcia Bassett & Samara Lubelski (NYC), and Kaori Suzuki & John Krausbauer (Oakland) perform at the Chapel Performance Space with Seattle’s Greg Kelley & Rob Millis.
$8-$15 suggested donation at the door
Beetle Box at Substation
Wednesday, August 21, 2019 @ 8:30pm – 10:30pm (PDT)
Substation, Seattle, WA, United States
Beetle Box is an experimental composer, keyboardist, and solo artist who creates original, piano-centered electronic music for live performance.
$10
Wayward Music Series – Vickie Dodd & James Hoskins, and Spontanea Quartet
Saturday, August 3, 2019 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Explore new musical territory that is at once organic and otherworldly.
$5-$15 suggested donation at the door
Wayward Music Series: The Alchemy of Improvisation
Wednesday, July 31, 2019 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Blending genres and styles into a tapestry of improvised music aimed at representing the mystical qualities of life and sound.
$5-$15 donation
Racer Sessions: Idit Shner (Eugene, OR)
Sunday, July 28, 2019 @ 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: Carmen Rothwell (NYC)
Sunday, July 21, 2019 @ 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 Improvised Music Festival: Holland Andrews, Ambrosia Bardos, & Ebony Miranda
Friday, July 19, 2019 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Three improvisational artists explore sound for voice, electronics, and cello ranging from expansive loops to pre-composed material.
$5-$20 donation
Wayward Music Series: Rich Pellegrin & Neil Welch
Wednesday, July 17, 2019 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Having played together for a decade as part of the Rich Pellegrin Quintet, saxophonist Neil Welch and pianist Rich Pellegrin perform together for the first time as a duo casting light on abstract sound/silences through various means.
$5-$15 donation
Wayward Music Series: Neal Kosaly-Meyer's 'Gradus…'
Saturday, July 13, 2019 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
A piano composition in perpetual progress. The score in a nutshell is: “learn to play the piano one note at a time.”
$5-$15 donation
Racer Sessions: Illegal Son (Portland)
Sunday, July 7, 2019 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Cafe Racer, Seattle, WA, United States
Portland trombonist Denzel Mendoza (PJCE, Haley Heynderickx, American DREAMers) presents a new trio for trombone, acoustic bass, and drums.
Free
Island Consort presents: Rich Pellegrin, piano
Saturday, June 29, 2019 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Crawford House, Langley, WA, United States
Solo piano improvisations in the vein of beloved 20th-century composers such as Claude Debussy, Dmitri Shostakovich, Bela Bartok, Benjamin Britten, and Sergei Prokofiev.
$20 suggested donation
Wayward Music Series: Lotus Lungs + Welch + Coulter/Freedlund
Saturday, June 22, 2019 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Improvised acoustic and electric sets from three innovative and accomplished guitarists; acoustic solo works for soprano, tenor and bass saxophones; and free improv for voice and trombone.
$5-$15 donation at the door
Seattle Improvised Music Festival: Dance & Music
Thursday, June 20, 2019 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Curated groupings and solo sets along with twelve locals representing several generations and a wide range of musical activity.
$5-$15 donation
Wayward Music Series: Feder / Gilleran / Han = Recess
Thursday, June 13, 2019 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Guitarist Janet Feder (Denver), drummer Jen Gilleran, and pianist James Han reunite for an evening of compositions and improvisations based on structure, film, weather patterns, and politics. Maybe.
$5-$15 at the door