Improvisation – Past Concerts
Racer Sessions: Amelia Coulter
Sunday, June 9, 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
Kin of the Moon: Wander & Wail w/ Soprano Emily Thorner
Saturday, June 1, 2019 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Leanna Keith – Concerto for Tea Ceremony (world premiere)
Leanna Keith – Crow (world premiere)
Kaley Lane Eaton – Funeral Sentences for Damaged Cells (world premiere)
Leanna Keith – Crow (world premiere)
Kaley Lane Eaton – Funeral Sentences for Damaged Cells (world premiere)
$5-$15 sliding scale
Wayward Music Series: Karl Fousek, Norm Chambers, & RM Francis
Thursday, May 30, 2019 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Three electronic music artists with styles ranging from generative composition, to drone and minimalism, to synthesis techniques specific to the history of computer music.
$5-$15 donation
Wayward Music Series: Compassion – Janna Webbon & friends
Thursday, May 16, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
An all-ages, intergenerational event including chants by Hildegard von Bingen, musical improvisation, and performance art.
$5-$15 donation
Wayward Music Series: The Quartets Project
Saturday, May 11, 2019 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
This program features free improvisation utilizing the Chapel’s unique and beautiful acoustics.
$5-$15 donation
Wayward Music Series: A Sea of Tonality
Friday, May 10, 2019 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
This program centers around works by Toru Takemitsu explore timbre and space in both written works and structured improvisation.
$5-$15 donation
Music of Today: International Experimental Music Ensemble
Friday, May 10, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
University of Washington faculty improv band Indigo Mist and special guests Ngô Trà My (Vietnam) and Jos Zwaanengburg (Netherlands) present an evening of experimental and improvised music.
$15 ($10 students/seniors)
Wayward Music Series: Ensemble MidtVest
Thursday, May 2, 2019 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
An entire program of free improvisations with an ensemble that works with improvisation in order to create its own sound and musical language, breaking down barriers between styles and genres.
$5-$20 donation
Wayward Music Series: Stephen Fandrich w/ Gamelan Pacifica & Del Sol Quartet
Saturday, April 20, 2019 @ 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
PLU Organ Recital Series w/ William Porter
Sunday, April 7, 2019 @ 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
Emerald City Music: The Dreamers' Circus
Saturday, April 6, 2019 @ 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)
Wayward Music Series: Bodies.Space.Time.Sound, Volume 3 – aléa
Friday, April 5, 2019 @ 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, 2019 @ 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)
Joyne Hands
Saturday, March 30, 2019 @ 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: Inverted Space Ensemble – 'Twin Peaks' a la Partch
Friday, March 29, 2019 @ 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
Folio: The Art of Improvisation – Alexander Weimann
Friday, March 22, 2019 @ 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)
East of the River: Sultana – Musica of the Sephardic Diaspora
Sunday, March 17, 2019 @ 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
East of the River: Sultana – Musica of the Sephardic Diaspora
Sunday, March 17, 2019 @ 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
Seattle Improvised Music Festival: Tribute to Paul Hoskin, SIMF Founder
Friday, March 15, 2019 @ 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
Wayward Music Series: Dan Joseph + Blevin Blectum
Thursday, March 14, 2019 @ 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