Improvisation – Past Concerts
UW School of Music: Student Chamber Improvisation Concert
Friday, March 8, 2019 @ 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
The Daphnes: 'Braids of Kabuya'
Wednesday, February 27, 2019 @ 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
Wayward Music Series: Don Berman’s 'Ascension Northwest' & CHA
Saturday, February 23, 2019 @ 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
Piano Drop
Saturday, February 23, 2019 @ 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: Kurdish Rhythm & Free Improvisation
Friday, February 22, 2019 @ 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
Cornish Presents: Kin of the Moon – A New Phase
Friday, February 22, 2019 @ 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
Seattle Symphony: Songplay, featuring Joyce DiDonato
Monday, February 18, 2019 @ 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
Wayward Music Series: Stefan Maier, Chloe Alexandra Thompson, Marcus Price
Saturday, February 16, 2019 @ 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
Wayward Music Series: SIGE Records – Experimental Love
Thursday, February 14, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
"Experimental Love" is a collective exploration of drone, free improv, abstracted song, and electroacoustic composition
$5-$15 donation
Seattle Improvised Music Festival: Racer Sessions with Holland Andrews
Sunday, February 10, 2019 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
Cafe Racer, Seattle, WA, United States
Curated groupings and solo sets along with twelve locals representing several generations and a wide range of musical activity.
$5-$20 suggested donation
[CANCELLED] Seattle Improvised Music Festival: Sax Quartet
Sunday, February 10, 2019 @ 6:00pm – 7:30pm (PST)
Couth Buzzard Books, Seattle, WA, United States
Curated groupings and solo sets along with twelve locals representing several generations and a wide range of musical activity.
CANCELLED
[CANCELLED] Seattle Improvised Music Festival: Andrews, Bardos, Miranda, Blackwell, Freedlund, Shiroishi, & Nini
Saturday, February 9, 2019 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
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.
CANCELLED
Seattle Improvised Music Festival: Freedlund, Varner, Nicodemou, Seales, Mandell, Mines, Nini, & Barlow
Friday, February 8, 2019 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PST)
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-$20 suggested donation
Seattle Improvised Music Festival: Nicodemou, Icasiano, Barlow, Bardos, Lineberry, Harvey, Star, & Banned Rehearsal
Thursday, February 7, 2019 @ 8:30pm – 10:30pm (PST)
Hollow Earth Radio, Seattle, WA, United States
Curated groupings and solo sets along with twelve locals representing several generations and a wide range of musical activity.
$5-$20 suggested donation
Seattle Improvised Music Festival: Blackwell, Miranda, Freelund, Icasiano, Seales, Varner, & Shiroishi
Wednesday, February 6, 2019 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
Gallery 1412, Seattle, WA, United States
Curated groupings and solo sets along with twelve locals representing several generations and a wide range of musical activity.
$5-$20 suggested donation
Cheating, Lying, Stealing
Sunday, February 3, 2019 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
Washington Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Anna Clyne – Paint Box
Carla Kihlstedt – Forestbed
David Lang – Cheating, Lying, Stealing
Marc Mellits – Tight Sweater
Caroline Shaw – Valencia
Carla Kihlstedt – Forestbed
David Lang – Cheating, Lying, Stealing
Marc Mellits – Tight Sweater
Caroline Shaw – Valencia
$20
Wayward Music Series: David Watson/John Krausbauer + Bill Horist + Amelia Coulter
Friday, February 1, 2019 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Adventurous and experimental music in the gorgeous Chapel Performance Space.
$5-$15 at the door
Wayward Music Series: WHSS Duo
Thursday, January 31, 2019 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Compositions and improvisations for bassoon, piano, and electronics, exploring music from the obscure to the sublime.
$5-$15 donation
Wayward Music Series: Seattle Phonographers Union
Saturday, January 26, 2019 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Collective improvisation using only unprocessed field recordings, exploring the ways in which we recognize, differentiate, map, and navigate our sonic environment.
$5-$15 donation
Wayward Music Series: Mike Marlin & Friends – Purging Demons Through Sonic Oversight
Friday, January 25, 2019 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Music to set a backfire against the raging inferno of ridiculosophy and abandonment of reason.
$5-$15 donation at the door