Commission/Premiere – Past Concerts near Seattle, WA
Esoterics: DĒSIGNŌ – The reimagined motet: The expression of invention
Friday, June 8, 2018 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Contemporary choral music exploring the motet, not only as the most virtuosic and architectural form of ancient choral music, but also for the “play on words” so common in its construction. Works by Lisa Bielawa, Joshua Fishbein, Eric Banks, Jaakko Mäntyjärvi, and Richard Strauss.
$25 / $18
Seattle Symphony presents: Young Composers Workshop – A Concert of World Premieres
Monday, June 4, 2018 @ 7:00pm – 8:00pm (PDT)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
10 new works for chamber ensemble, written by teenage composers and performed by Seattle Symphony musicians.
Free (Free (RSVP required))
Seattle Mandolin Orchestra: The Wheel
Sunday, June 3, 2018 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
Trinity Parish Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Joseph Pollard White – Medallion
Parisa Sabet – The Stars Are Setting
Ashkan Saberi – Destiny Suite
Jeffrey Bowen – Of Seven and the Four
Farid Javidan – Potter and Clay
Parisa Sabet – The Stars Are Setting
Ashkan Saberi – Destiny Suite
Jeffrey Bowen – Of Seven and the Four
Farid Javidan – Potter and Clay
$15-$25 (age 12 & under FREE)
Cascadian Chorale: Stormy Weather
Sunday, June 3, 2018 @ 3:30pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
St. Thomas Episcopal Church, Medina, WA, United States
Music celebrating the weather by composers old and new, ranging from Brahms and Elgar to Joy Porter and Joan Szymko.
$20 ($15 student/senior)
OSSCS: Thirsting for Hope
Sunday, June 3, 2018 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
First Free Methodist Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Mendelssohn – Psalm 42, Op. 42
Robert Brooks – The Migration and Death of Esperanza Soledad Hernández
Dvořák – Symphony No. 7 in D minor, Op. 70
Robert Brooks – The Migration and Death of Esperanza Soledad Hernández
Dvořák – Symphony No. 7 in D minor, Op. 70
$25 ($20 seniors, $10 students, youth free)
Wayward Music Series: Arun Chandra & Scott Goodwin
Saturday, June 2, 2018 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
An extremely unique perspective on composition and computer music, plus electronic inspired by rhythmic minimalism, club music, video game soundtracks and the science fiction works of Greg Egan and Liu Cixi.
$5-$15 donation
Cascadian Chorale: Stormy Weather
Saturday, June 2, 2018 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Church of the Holy Cross, Redmond, WA, United States
Music celebrating the weather by composers old and new, ranging from Brahms and Elgar to Joy Porter and Joan Szymko.
$20 ($15 student/senior)
Heath/Asplund Duo: An Evening of Modern/Postmodern Art Song
Thursday, May 31, 2018 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Music for soprano with piano and viola by Cage, Ligeti, Ives, Messiaen, Webern, Lutosawski, Christian Asplund, and Jarrad Powell.
$5-$15 donation
Wayward Music Series: Daniel Webbon
Tuesday, May 29, 2018 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
An evening of recent compositions and collaborations ranging from traditionally notated modern classical composition to freely improvised experimental music, drawing on ideas from contemporary literature and continental philosophy.
$5-$15 donation
UW Modern Music Ensemble: Fure, Gubaidulina, Furrer, & Karpen
Thursday, May 24, 2018 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Meany Studio Theater at Meany Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Ashley Fure – Something to Hunt
Sofia Gubaidulina – So sei es
Beat Furrer – Aer
Richard Karpen – World premiere
Sofia Gubaidulina – So sei es
Beat Furrer – Aer
Richard Karpen – World premiere
$10
Music of Remembrance: Gaman – to persevere
Sunday, May 20, 2018 @ 5:00pm – 7:00pm (PDT)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Christophe Chagnard – Gaman (2018 – world premiere)
Shinji Eshima – August 6th (1995)
Erwin Schulhoff – Five Pieces for String Quartet (1923)
Mieczyslaw Weinberg – Rhapsody on Moldavian Themes (1949)
Songs from Terezin
Shinji Eshima – August 6th (1995)
Erwin Schulhoff – Five Pieces for String Quartet (1923)
Mieczyslaw Weinberg – Rhapsody on Moldavian Themes (1949)
Songs from Terezin
$45 ($30 for under 30)
Wayward Music Series: Sonic Lighthouse
Saturday, May 19, 2018 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
A one-of-a-kind device invented by Jimmy Johnson that spins a highly focused beam of sound around a horizontal plane that is sure to thrill audience members.
$10 ($5-$15 suggested donation at the door)
Eastside Symphony: Bernstein, Taylor, Rachmaninoff
Saturday, May 19, 2018 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Redmond Performing Arts Center, Redmond, WA, United States
Leonard Bernstein – "Symphonic Dances" from West Side Story
Jeffrey Taylor – Conjunction (world premiere)
Sergei Rachmaninoff – Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18
Jeffrey Taylor – Conjunction (world premiere)
Sergei Rachmaninoff – Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18
$12 ($9 seniors/youth, FREE 12 & under)
Saltwater Music Series: Flute Dialogues
Saturday, May 19, 2018 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
Des Moines United Methodist Church (WA), Des Moines, WA, United States
LA-based Silver Edges Duo play music for flute by Muczynski, Luksan, Ginastera, and Cazares.
Free
Seattle Symphony: Simple Gifts Community Concert
Saturday, May 19, 2018 @ 2:00pm – 3:00pm (PDT)
Seattle Art Museum (Downtown), Seattle, WA, United States
A culminating celebration concert featuring a world premiere composed in collaboration with Alexandra Gardner and LGBTQ youth experiencing homelessness in Seattle.
Free
Harry Partch Festival 2018: Day 3
Sunday, May 13, 2018 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
New works composed for Partch’s instruments as well as rarely or never-before performed works from the composer’s archives.
$25 ($10 students/seniors)
Pacific Lutheran University: Sacraments of the Heart
Saturday, May 12, 2018 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Lagerquist Concert Hall at Pacific Lutheran University, Parkland, WA, United States
New music by Jeffrey Moidel, and songs by Richard Strauss and Henri Duparc.
Free
Sound of Late: Rituals
Saturday, May 12, 2018 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Flutter Studios, Seattle, WA, United States
Pauline Oliveros – Tuning Meditation
Anna Thorvaldsdottir – Sequences (Seattle premiere)
Chet Udell – Gjallarhorn
Andrea Reinkemeyer – in the speaking silence (world premiere)
Alvin Singleton – Et Nunc (Seattle premiere)
Pauline Oliveros – Thirteen Changes
Anna Thorvaldsdottir – Sequences (Seattle premiere)
Chet Udell – Gjallarhorn
Andrea Reinkemeyer – in the speaking silence (world premiere)
Alvin Singleton – Et Nunc (Seattle premiere)
Pauline Oliveros – Thirteen Changes
$15
Jason McGill et al: Solo/Duo/Trio
Saturday, May 12, 2018 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Jason McGill and collaborators Andrew Olmstead and Tom Scully present a night of new works and improvisation.
$5-$15 donation
Harry Partch Festival 2018: Day 2
Saturday, May 12, 2018 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
New works composed for Partch’s instruments as well as rarely or never-before performed works from the composer’s archives.
$25 ($10 students/seniors)