On the Boards: Soundscapes

Saturday, January 26, 2030 @ 5:00pm – 11:00pm (PST)
On the Boards, Seattle, WA, United States
An immersive "come-and-go" evening of sound art featuring sonic works by a diverse selection of Northwest-based artists.

$25

Wayward Music Series: Seattle Phonographers Union

Saturday, January 26, 2030 @ 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: WHSS Duo

Thursday, January 31, 2030 @ 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

Seattle Improvised Music Festival: Nicodemou, Icasiano, Barlow, Bardos, Lineberry, Harvey, Star, & Banned Rehearsal

Thursday, February 7, 2030 @ 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: Freedlund, Varner, Nicodemou, Seales, Mandell, Mines, Nini, & Barlow

Friday, February 8, 2030 @ 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

[CANCELLED] Seattle Improvised Music Festival: Andrews, Bardos, Miranda, Blackwell, Freedlund, Shiroishi, & Nini

Saturday, February 9, 2030 @ 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

Wayward Music Series: SIGE Records – Experimental Love

Thursday, February 14, 2030 @ 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

Wayward Music Series: Stefan Maier, Chloe Alexandra Thompson, Marcus Price

Saturday, February 16, 2030 @ 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

Cornish Pivot Convocation: Kin of the Moon

Thursday, February 21, 2030 @ 12:00pm – 1:00pm (PST)
PONCHO Concert Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
A conversation about music and the career of being a musician with Kin of the Moon, an ensemble featuring Cornish faculty members Kaley Lane Eaton (electronics and voice), Heather Bentley (viola), and Leanna Keith (flute).

Free

Wayward Music Series: Noel Kennon – 'just fog'

Thursday, February 21, 2030 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Music that investigates the natural relationships of overtones over long durational structures.

$5-$15 donation

Cornish Presents: Kin of the Moon – A New Phase

Friday, February 22, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 8:30pm (PST)
PONCHO Concert Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Ewa Trębacz – Winter After Times of Fire
Heather Bentley – Amage #2

$15 / $10 / $5 / Cornish faculty/students free

Shara Nova (My Brightest Diamond): 'A Million And One'

Saturday, February 23, 2030 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Tractor Tavern, Seattle, WA, United States
Shara Nova blends elements of rock, art pop, and chamber music into a sound totally her own.

$18

Wayward Music Series: Don Berman’s 'Ascension Northwest' & CHA

Saturday, February 23, 2030 @ 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

Music of Today DXARTS: Until Spring

Thursday, February 28, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Morton Subotnick – A Sky of Cloudless Sulphur (8-channel tape)
James Wenlock – Three Changes (Ambisonic soundtrack)
Clayton Kinney – Splang (Ambisonic soundtrack)
Daniel Peterson – Vanishing Portals (Ambisonic soundtrack)
Wei Yang – Panta Rhei (Ambisonic soundtrack)
Ewa Trębacz – Inanna Descending (Ambisonic sound and variable ensemble)

$15 ($10 student/senior)

Emerald City Music: Reich's Music for 18 Musicians

Saturday, March 2, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 10:00pm (PST)
Kenneth J. Minnaert Center for the Arts, Olympia, WA, United States
Reich – Music for 18 Musicians

$28-$43 (students $10)

Linear Intersections: Brian Schappals, clarinet (UW MM Recital)

Saturday, March 2, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Brechemin Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Leonard Bernstein – Sonata for Clarinet and Piano
Nikola Resanovic – alt.music.ballistix
Brian Schappals – Brake
Michael Lowenstern (arr. Brian Schappals) – Stomp
Artie Shaw (arr. Brian Schappals) – Concerto for Clarinet

Free

Cello Loops that Map the Heart

Saturday, March 9, 2030 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PST)
East West Bookshop, Seattle, WA, United States
Spacious string landscapes and weaves melodies that map the heart using electric cello and loop pedal.

$15 (free for youth)

STG Presents Nils Frahm

Tuesday, March 12, 2030 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Moore Theatre, Seattle, WA, United States
Berlin-based composer/performer Nils Frahm takes an unconventional approach to an age-old instrument, with highly developed sense of control and restraint, as well as a breath-taking level of emotion and personality.

$27-$42

Wayward Music Series: Dan Joseph + Blevin Blectum

Thursday, March 14, 2030 @ 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

Wayward Music Series: FHTAGN + Andrew Quitter + Blood Rhythms

Thursday, March 28, 2030 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
The joining of an experimental chamber ensemble, tape collage and synth techniques, and a brass/drone ensemble.

$5-$15 donation