UW Music of Today

Tuesday, November 19, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
The UW School of Music and the Center for Digital Arts and Experimental Media present this series highlighting works by faculty composers, graduate students, alumni, and visiting ensembles.

Free ($15 ($10 student/senior))

Kin of the Moon: F I R E ∴ R E F I R E

Friday, November 22, 2030 @ 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)

$5-$15 suggested donation

Hidden Room

Saturday, December 7, 2030 @ 8:00pm – 9:00pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
An evening collaboration of experimental video, sound, and butoh.

$5-$15 sliding scale

Seattle Symphony Presents Cellist Seth Parker Woods in Recital: That Which Is Fundamental

Wednesday, December 11, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Octave 9 at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Anton Lukoszevieze – American Poets and Cello
Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen – Plateaux pour deux for Cello & Percussion
Vinko Globokar – Toucher
Tonia Ko – Hush
Gustavo Tavares – Ladainha
Julius Eastman – The Holy Presence of Joan d’Arc

$35

Longest Night: Solstice Ceremony

Saturday, December 21, 2030 @ 7:00pm – 1:00am (PST)
Northwest Film Forum, Seattle, WA, United States
Experience "total spiritual recalibration" through ambient modular synth chill-outs, techno wig-outs, virtuosic guitar loops, guided movement activities, and participatory rituals culled from dream states.

$15

Wayward Music Series: Young Scientist + Marc Barreca solo

Saturday, January 4, 2031 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
An evening of immersive modular and computer based electronic music ambience with Young Scientist – Seattle’s original electronic music group – and veteran electronic composer Marc Barreca.

$5-$15 suggested donation

UW Faculty Concert: Indigo Mist

Monday, January 13, 2031 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
The Royal Room, Seattle, WA, United States
Faculty improv band Indigo Mist – Cuong Vu, Richard Karpen, Juan Pampin, Steve Rodby, and Ted Poor – perform experimental and improvised music at Seattle’s Royal Room.

$15

Seattle Chamber Music Society Free Recital: Sæunn Thorsteinsdóttir plays Cornish, Saariaho, & Jónsdóttir

Sunday, January 26, 2031 @ 2:00pm – 2:30pm (PST)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Jane Antonia Cornish – Portrait
Kaija Saariaho – Sept Papillons
Thuridur Jónsdóttir – 48 Images of the Moon

Free (Free)

Wayward Music Series: Carl Stone & Robert Millis

Thursday, February 20, 2031 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Computer music pioneer Carl Stone unveils new sample-based electronic music, with multidisciplinary artist Robert Millis on prepared Victrola and guitar.

$5-$15 suggested donation

Cornish Faculty Composers Concert

Friday, February 21, 2031 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
PONCHO Concert Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
James Falzone – In a World of One Color... The Sound of Wind
Kaley Lane Eaton – FREE
Ha-Yang Kim – Aeros
Tom Baker – Traces: Sarah
Heather Bentley – Winter Walks on the Moon
Jarrad Powell – Simultaneous Broken Symmetries

Free (Free)

UW School of Music Presents Music of Today: DXARTS

Tuesday, February 25, 2031 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
The University of Washington School of Music and The Center for Digital Arts and Experimental Media (DXARTS) present original music and new works by faculty composers and visiting ensembles.

Free (Free)

Wayward Music Series: Snapping the line against a wayward plot

Friday, February 28, 2031 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Michaud Savage and friends present a collection of electro-acoustic chamber works, centering on Michaud's experience as a fourth generation Seattle-ite.

$5-$50 suggested donation

Mystic Chords of Memory

Thursday, August 5, 2032 @ 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)

Wayward Music Series: Seattle Phonographers Union + Tom Varner’s Sound Vespers

Saturday, August 7, 2032 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Double bill featuring sets by the sound recordist collective Phonographers Union, & jazz French hornist Tom Varner.

$5-$15 suggested donation

Wayward Music Series: Golden Retriever + Saariselka

Friday, September 10, 2032 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Electro-acoustic double bill featuring Golden Retriever (Matt Carlson, piano/synthesizer & Jonathan Sielaff, bass clarinet) & Saariselka (Chuck Johnson, electronics/steel guitar & Marielle Jakobsons, organs & synthesizers).

Ticket price TBA

Wayward Music Series: Right Brain Music Minifest

Saturday, September 18, 2032 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
1-night explosion of improvised music, featuring local virtuosos & spontaneous jams that will stretch your imagination.

$5-$15 donation

Cedar & The Slow: Kaley Lane Eaton & Kayce Guthmiller

Wednesday, September 22, 2032 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Royal Room, Seattle, WA, United States
Composer-performer Kaley Lane Eaton presents Cedar, an electro-chamber pop song cycle, with guests Tom Baker, Ha-Yang Kim, Heather Bentley, Leanna Keith, & Kayce Guthmiller. Opening set by Guthmiller.

$15 ($20 at the door)

Wayward Music Series: Orgone Donor + RN White

Saturday, September 25, 2032 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Obscure & Terrible presents a dual cassette release show featuring synthesizer/saxophone trio Orgone Donor & experimental/noise artist RN White with an opening set from guitarist John Saint-Pelvyn.

$10-$20 donation at the door

Desert Fantasy/Hyaline/Eat Your Greens

Sunday, September 26, 2032 @ 7:30pm – 10:30pm (PDT)
The Royal Room, Seattle, WA, United States
Triple bill featuring electroacoustic percussion act Desert Fantasy; genre-bending trio Hyaline; & electronic vibraphone/drumset duo Eat Your Greens.

$10 advance ($7 students, $12 doors)

SMCO: Welcome Back Bash with Cellist Nathan Chan

Wednesday, October 6, 2032 @ 6:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
AXIS Pioneer Square, Seattle, WA, United States
SMCO & cellist Nathan Chan present an eclectic variety of music including works by Dmitri Shostakovich, Sufjan Stevens, Siamak Aghaei, & Colin Jacobsen. Includes beverages, hors d’oeuvres, & access to a visual art gallery.

$50 ($75 reserved seating)