Commission/Premiere – Past Concerts near Seattle, WA
Seattle Symphony: Surrogate Cities
Friday, April 26, 2019 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Surrogate Cities, a multimedia extravaganza by the German composer and theater artist Heiner Goebbels, studies the essence of a modern metropolis – its people, its power structures, and its place in a changing world.
$22-$122 (age 8-18 free)
UW Vocal Theatre Works: Philip Glass' 'Hydrogen Jukebox'
Friday, April 26, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Meany Studio Theater at Meany Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
A modern classic examining both the potential and failings of the American Experience and to explore ever-relevant themes of war and peace, social equity, and environmental and economic sustainability.
$10
Cornish Presents: Scores of Sound
Friday, April 26, 2019 @ 10:30am – 9:30pm (PDT)
Venue unknown, WA, United States
A 3-day festival of music: student work is performed across the Cornish campus in South Lake Union and on Capitol Hill.
Free
Seattle Symphony: Surrogate Cities
Thursday, April 25, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Surrogate Cities, a multimedia extravaganza by the German composer and theater artist Heiner Goebbels, studies the essence of a modern metropolis – its people, its power structures, and its place in a changing world.
$22-$122 (age 8-18 free)
Cornish Presents: Scores of Sound
Thursday, April 25, 2019 @ 11:30am – 9:00pm (PDT)
Venue unknown, WA, United States
A 3-day festival of music: student work is performed across the Cornish campus in South Lake Union and on Capitol Hill.
Free
Groupmuse House Concert: Wild Wind Trios w/ Onomatopoeia
Wednesday, April 24, 2019 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Private home in Loyal Heights, Seattle, WA, United States
Johann Sebastian Bach (arr. Cassie Lear) – “Aus Liebe will mein Heiland Sterben” from St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244
Jenni Brandon (arr. Cassie Lear/Soren Hamm) – Found Objects: On the Beach
Steven Luksan – Ceremony (world premiere)
Ben Seavello – Cityscape (world premiere)
Jenni Brandon (arr. Cassie Lear/Soren Hamm) – Found Objects: On the Beach
Steven Luksan – Ceremony (world premiere)
Ben Seavello – Cityscape (world premiere)
$10+ donation, RSVP required
Cornish Presents: Scores of Sound
Wednesday, April 24, 2019 @ 10:00am – 9:30pm (PDT)
Venue unknown, WA, United States
A 3-day festival of music: student work is performed across the Cornish campus in South Lake Union and on Capitol Hill.
Free
Seattle Symphony: Mozart Symphony No. 40
Saturday, April 20, 2019 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Claude Debussy & Joël-François Durand – Préludes (world premiere)
Maurice Ravel – Ma Mère l’Oye (“Mother Goose”) Suite
Marc-André Dalbavie – Flute Concerto
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K. 550
Maurice Ravel – Ma Mère l’Oye (“Mother Goose”) Suite
Marc-André Dalbavie – Flute Concerto
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K. 550
$22-$122 (age 8-18 free)
Lake Washington Symphony Orchestra: Saviour
Friday, April 19, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Westminster Chapel, Bellevue, WA, United States
Greg Nelson / Bob Farrell – Saviour
Laurence Berteig – Thorns
Laurence Berteig – Thorns
Free
Lake Washington Symphony Orchestra: Saviour
Thursday, April 18, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Westminster Chapel, Bellevue, WA, United States
Greg Nelson / Bob Farrell – Saviour
Laurence Berteig – Thorns
Laurence Berteig – Thorns
Free
Seattle Symphony: Mozart Symphony No. 40
Thursday, April 18, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Claude Debussy & Joël-François Durand – Préludes (world premiere)
Maurice Ravel – Ma Mère l’Oye (“Mother Goose”) Suite
Marc-André Dalbavie – Flute Concerto
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K. 550
Maurice Ravel – Ma Mère l’Oye (“Mother Goose”) Suite
Marc-André Dalbavie – Flute Concerto
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K. 550
$22-$122 (age 8-18 free)
UW Faculty Recital: Folk – Melia Watras, viola
Wednesday, April 17, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
Melia Watras – Folk Style Project (world premiere)
Charles Corey – In Paradisum for viola and Harmonic Canon
Meila Watras – String Masks
Charles Corey – In Paradisum for viola and Harmonic Canon
Meila Watras – String Masks
$20 ($10 students/seniors)
Lily Shababi Performs Karpen, Oliveros, Mazzoli, & Shababi
Thursday, April 11, 2019 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
PONCHO Concert Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Richard Karpen – Sotto/Sopra
Lily Shababi – is it pretty enough
Lily Shababi – FANS, NEWS, AND OTHER THINGS THAT MAKE NOISE
Pauline Oliveros – Sonic Meditation X
Lily Shababi – chasing...like this
Missy Mazzoli – Vespers for Violin
Lily Shababi – is it pretty enough
Lily Shababi – FANS, NEWS, AND OTHER THINGS THAT MAKE NOISE
Pauline Oliveros – Sonic Meditation X
Lily Shababi – chasing...like this
Missy Mazzoli – Vespers for Violin
Free
Town Music Series: Third Coast Percussion Premieres Philip Glass
Sunday, April 7, 2019 @ 6:00pm – 8:00pm (PDT)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Philip Glass – Perpetulum (Northwest premiere)
Gavin Bryars – New work
Third Coast Percussion – Various works
Gavin Bryars – New work
Third Coast Percussion – Various works
$22
Seattle Collaborative Orchestra & Saratoga Orchestra: Musical Metamorphosis (Whidbey)
Saturday, April 6, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
South Whidbey High Auditorium, Langley, WA, United States
Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov – Scheherazade, 1st movement
Leanna Primiani – 1001 (world premiere)
Paul Hindemith – Symphonic Metamorphosis of Themes by Carl Maria von Weber
Walt Wagner – The Miracle, Concerto for Piano and Orchestra
Leanna Primiani – 1001 (world premiere)
Paul Hindemith – Symphonic Metamorphosis of Themes by Carl Maria von Weber
Walt Wagner – The Miracle, Concerto for Piano and Orchestra
$25 / $20 / under 18 free
Seattle Collaborative Orchestra & Saratoga Orchestra: Musical Metamorphosis (Seattle)
Friday, April 5, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Roosevelt High School Theatre, Seattle, WA, United States
Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov – Scheherazade, 1st movement
Leanna Primiani – 1001 (world premiere)
Paul Hindemith – Symphonic Metamorphosis of Themes by Carl Maria von Weber
Walt Wagner – The Miracle, Concerto for Piano and Orchestra
Leanna Primiani – 1001 (world premiere)
Paul Hindemith – Symphonic Metamorphosis of Themes by Carl Maria von Weber
Walt Wagner – The Miracle, Concerto for Piano and Orchestra
$25 / $20 / under 18 free
Pacific Northwest Ballet: Director's Choice
Sunday, March 24, 2019 @ 1:00pm – 3:00pm (PDT)
McCaw Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
An all-premiere program, handpicked by PNB director Peter Boal to highlight dancemakers who are evolving the ballet art form.
$37-$189
Seattle Symphony: Contemporary Music Marathon, Act II – Dreams
Sunday, March 24, 2019 @ 12:00am – 8:00am (PDT)
Octave 9 at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Marcin Pączkowski turns your dreams into an interactive sound installation from midnight to 7:00am, followed by a performance of John Luther Adams’ songbirdsongs at daybreak.
$75
Pacific Northwest Ballet: Director's Choice
Saturday, March 23, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
McCaw Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
An all-premiere program, handpicked by PNB director Peter Boal to highlight dancemakers who are evolving the ballet art form.
$37-$189
Seattle Symphony: Contemporary Music Marathon, Act I – Nightfall
Saturday, March 23, 2019 @ 5:00pm – 12:00am (PDT)
Octave 9 at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
A night of virtuosic performances by genre-defying artists and composers, featuring the Seattle Chamber Players, Maria Männistö (soprano), Eric Jacobs (clarinet), Seth Parker Woods (cello), Cristina Valdés (piano), Inbal Segev (cello), and Jacob Greenberg (piano).
$75