Electronic – Upcoming Concerts
Wayward Music Series: Swarm + Stew: Honoring Stuart Dempster on his 80th
Friday, July 9, 2027 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Honoring trombonist, composer, and multi-media performer Stuart Dempster with a score that allows for spontaneity, surprise, and the unexpected; it encourages deep listening in each moment; it prescribes loving dedication to its auditors and to its inspiration.
$5-$15
Wayward Music Series: A Microscope / Curtis Dahl / Kenny Mandell
Friday, August 13, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
If Morton Feldman had a baby with Mahalia Jackson, that baby would grow up to have a lot in common with NYC-based musician Kris Wettstein...
$5-$15
Wayward Music Series: Rachel Green & Daniel Salo | Erin Jorgensen
Wednesday, August 25, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
An operatic installment of impassioned and surreal sounds, plus narcotic marimba lullabies for adults.
$5-$15
Wayward Music Series: Eric Frye + Raica + RM Francis
Thursday, August 26, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
The premiere of Eric Frye's six-channel electroacoustic piece, On Small Differences in Sensation.
$5-$15
Wayward Music Series: Jean-Baptiste/Palmer/Traeger + Klingele + SS Nomad
Wednesday, September 1, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
An aggressive, incessantly minimalist style; intersections of sound created by instruments and found objects; electronic sounds and field recordings.
$5-$15
Wayward Music Series: Spill + Bad Luck
Wednesday, September 15, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Textural, linear and fast-moving sound collage, plus saxophone/electronics from the founders of Racer Sessions.
$5-$15
Wayward Music Series: Timm Mason / Will Smith / Skerik
Wednesday, September 22, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
An evening of site-specific electroacoustic compositions and improvisations with three original works from Seattle artists Timm Mason, Will Smith, and Skerik.
$5-$15
Wayward Music Series: Donoso + Hall + Bardo:Basho
Thursday, September 30, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Building and manipulating an immersive sound world under a chain of progressive rhythms, cinematic textures, and elegant melodicism.
$5-$15
Wayward Music Series: Coverdale + Van Hoen + Fischer
Wednesday, October 6, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Blurring the boundary between the human and the electronic machine.
$15
Compassion in Deeds Benefit Concert
Friday, October 8, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Debussy – Violin Sonata in G minor
Reich – Electric Counterpoint
Schumann – Piano Quintet in E-flat major, Op. 44
Reich – Electric Counterpoint
Schumann – Piano Quintet in E-flat major, Op. 44
$8-$20
Wayward Music Series presents Loop 2.4.3: Time Machine_music
Wednesday, October 13, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Stories of power, control, love, war, and hyper-reality inform this multi-media concert bringing together fine art, film, and composed and improvised music.
$5-$15
The Sound Ensemble: In Nature's Realm
Friday, October 29, 2027 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
John Teske – susurrus
Tom Cipullo – Rain
Greg Dixon – Cedar Forest
John Cage – Litany for the Whale
John Luther Adams – songbirdsongs
Anna Thorvaldsdottir – Hrim
Tom Cipullo – Rain
Greg Dixon – Cedar Forest
John Cage – Litany for the Whale
John Luther Adams – songbirdsongs
Anna Thorvaldsdottir – Hrim
$10-$15
The Dead Music Project
Saturday, October 30, 2027 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Steinway Piano Gallery of Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
Spencer Arias – Variations on a Theme by a Dead Guy for solo piano
Kaley Eaton – P(L)AYBACK for voice and electronics
Michaud Savage – New work TBA
Aaron Grad – Razumovsky Rhythm Changes for violin and piano
Michaud Savage – Gnossienne 1
Improvised – Dead Music Revival Buzzer Bonanza
Kaley Eaton – P(L)AYBACK for voice and electronics
Michaud Savage – New work TBA
Aaron Grad – Razumovsky Rhythm Changes for violin and piano
Michaud Savage – Gnossienne 1
Improvised – Dead Music Revival Buzzer Bonanza
$10-$25 suggested donation
Cornish Presents: Bora Yoon
Thursday, November 4, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
PONCHO Concert Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
A passionately interdisciplinary artist who conjures audiovisual soundscapes using digital devices, voice, and found objects and instruments from a variety of cultures and historical centuries.
$10-$20
Wayward Music Series: Musica Elettronica Viva
Friday, November 5, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Venue unknown, WA, United States
Three old friends reconvene to share the stage and break new collective ground.
$5-$15 at the door
Satchel Henneman: New Works for Guitar
Thursday, November 11, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Premiering six new works by young Northwest composers for classical guitar, electric guitar, guitar and computer, chamber music, prepared guitar, and dance.
$5-$15 donation
Master class: John Chowning, 'Composing Music From the Inside-out'
Tuesday, November 16, 2027 @ 12:00pm – 1:00pm (PST)
PONCHO Concert Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
A lecture-demonstration showing how the capacity of computer systems 50 years ago limited composers/researchers to only one of the sound generating/processing tools that are available today: synthesis.
Free (Free)
Cornish Presents: John Chowning
Wednesday, November 17, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PST)
PONCHO Concert Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
A performance from electronic music pioneer John Chowning, who discovered FM synthesis in 1967 and revolutionized the music industry.
$10-$20
John Cage Musicircus
Friday, November 19, 2027 @ 6:30pm – 10:00pm (PST)
Town Hall Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
Musical works and lectures written and influenced by John Cage. Dance inspired by Cage and Cunningham. Live art inspired by the I Ching and chance operations.
$5-$15 donation (youth free)
Unsilent Night
Friday, December 3, 2027 @ 6:00pm – 7:00pm (PST)
On the Boards, Seattle, WA, United States
NYC composer Phil Kline’s beautiful mix of electronica and holiday caroling hits the streets in a wash of shimmering electronica.
Free (Free)