Commission/Premiere – Past Concerts near Seattle, WA
ECCO Chamber Ensemble: What’s Love Got To Do With It?
Saturday, February 18, 2017 @ 2:00pm – 5:00pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
A concert exploring our humanity as affected by technology, with music for soprano, flute, and guitar by Robert Beaser, Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, John Dowland, Gabriel Fauré, Christoph Gluck, Frederic Hand, Deirdre Lynds, Louis Sauter, Franz Schubert, and Mark Hilliard Wilson.
$10-$15 suggested donation
NOCCO Open Rehearsal: George Walker & Hanna Benn
Monday, February 13, 2017 @ 10:00am – 1:00pm (PST)
University Christian Church, Seattle, WA, United States
We invite you and your students to observe as we put together works by black American composers, NOCCO-style – long on collaboration, short on authoritarianism.
Free
UW Faculty Recital: Cristina Valdes – Sourced
Wednesday, February 8, 2017 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
Richard Karpen – Program Notes (world premiere)
Joël-François Durand – Tombeau de Rameau
Olivier Messiaen – Petites esquisses d'oiseaux
Kotoka Suzuki – Shimmer, Tree/In Memoriam Jonathan Harvey
Joël-François Durand – Tombeau de Rameau
Olivier Messiaen – Petites esquisses d'oiseaux
Kotoka Suzuki – Shimmer, Tree/In Memoriam Jonathan Harvey
$10-$20
Angelo Rondello, piano: Music of Seattle
Saturday, February 4, 2017 @ 8:00pm – 11:00pm (PST)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Works for piano by Seattle composers Samuel Jones, Peter Vukmirovic Stevens, Angelique Poteat, and Adam Haws.
$20-$42
Scholarship Chamber Group: Evergreen Trio
Thursday, February 2, 2017 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Brechemin Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Theódore Dubois – Terzettino (1905)
Matthias McIntire – The Night is Full of Dark Imaginings (2016)
Toru Takemitsu – And then I knew 'twas Wind (1992)
Luke Fitzpatrick – Levitating Density 2 (2016) (world premiere, commissioned by the Evergreen Trio)
Claude Debussy – Sonata for Flute, Viola, and Harp
Matthias McIntire – The Night is Full of Dark Imaginings (2016)
Toru Takemitsu – And then I knew 'twas Wind (1992)
Luke Fitzpatrick – Levitating Density 2 (2016) (world premiere, commissioned by the Evergreen Trio)
Claude Debussy – Sonata for Flute, Viola, and Harp
Free
World Premiere of Collapsing Geography
Thursday, January 26, 2017 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Emily Koh – vom Empirischen Standpunkt
Viet Cuong – Soda Apple
Elliot Cole – Flowerpot Music No. 1
Tyler Kline – Two Songs After Dylan Thomas
Tyler Kline – Collapsing Geography
Howard Buss – De La Madera
Viet Cuong – Soda Apple
Elliot Cole – Flowerpot Music No. 1
Tyler Kline – Two Songs After Dylan Thomas
Tyler Kline – Collapsing Geography
Howard Buss – De La Madera
$5-$15 suggested donation
Universal Language Project: concrete-lines-fluid-curves
Saturday, January 21, 2017 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
Alhadeff Studio at Cornish Playhouse, Seattle, WA, United States
New chamber works that spin out from themes emerging in poetry and found sounds: life cycles, birth and rebirth, change and becoming, fusion and elision, flow and process, eternal recurrence.
$15-$25
Sumiko Sato: Sakaya Uta
Saturday, January 21, 2017 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Composer/pianist Sumiko Sato premieres works for sextet based on very old and historic recordings of sake-brewing work songs.
$5-$15 donation
Universal Language Project: concrete-lines-fluid-curves
Friday, January 20, 2017 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
Resonance at SOMA Towers, Bellevue, WA, United States
New chamber works that spin out from themes emerging in poetry and found sounds: life cycles, birth and rebirth, change and becoming, fusion and elision, flow and process, eternal recurrence.
$15-$25
Empowering Silenced Voices 2.0 with Chorosynthesis Singers
Saturday, January 14, 2017 @ 7:30pm – 9:15pm (PST)
SPU Nickerson Studios, Seattle, WA, United States
A symphony of voices embedded with social consciousness.
$10-$25
Wayward Music Series: State of Mind – Susan Maughlin Wood & Michaud Savage
Saturday, January 14, 2017 @ 7:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
New works for string sextet.
$10
The Esoterics present KAY: Ulysses Kay Centennial
Sunday, January 8, 2017 @ 7:00pm – 8:00pm (PST)
Christ Episcopal Church Tacoma, Tacoma, WA, United States
Celebrating the centennial of African-American composer, conductor, and professor Ulysses Kay.
$15-$25
The Esoterics present KAY: Ulysses Kay Centennial
Saturday, January 7, 2017 @ 8:00pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Holy Rosary Catholic Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Celebrating the centennial of African-American composer, conductor, and professor Ulysses Kay.
$15-$25
The Sound Ensemble: Life After Y2K
Saturday, January 7, 2017 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Sarah Bassingthwaighte – Premiere
Sean Osborn – 12-4-6 (2005)
Marcin Pączkowski – Deep Decline (2015)
Greg Dixon – Piece for tuba and electronics (premiere)
Daron Hagen – Chamber Symphony (2003)
Sean Osborn – 12-4-6 (2005)
Marcin Pączkowski – Deep Decline (2015)
Greg Dixon – Piece for tuba and electronics (premiere)
Daron Hagen – Chamber Symphony (2003)
$10-$15
The Esoterics present KAY: Ulysses Kay Centennial
Friday, January 6, 2017 @ 8:00pm – 9:00pm (PST)
St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Celebrating the centennial of African-American composer, conductor, and professor Ulysses Kay.
$15-$25
Seattle Composers' Salon: Baker, Hamilton, Olmstead, Shaskus
Friday, January 6, 2017 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
An informal presentation of new and in-progress works by Tom Baker, Jay Hamilton, Andrew Olmstead, and Jeremy Shaskus.
$5-$15 donation
Violin, Viola & Video Virtuosity on Winter Solstice
Wednesday, December 21, 2016 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Žibuoklė Martinaitytė – Serenity Diptychs
Ayal Adler – Contrasts in Time
David A. Jaffe – Cluck Old Hen Variations
Dominique de Williencourt – Mont Ararat
Daniel Felsenfeld – Hooked to the Silver Screen
Randall Woolf – TBA
Brian Moon – Duetto con Bobik
Ayal Adler – Contrasts in Time
David A. Jaffe – Cluck Old Hen Variations
Dominique de Williencourt – Mont Ararat
Daniel Felsenfeld – Hooked to the Silver Screen
Randall Woolf – TBA
Brian Moon – Duetto con Bobik
$5-$15 sliding scale
Serendipity Quartet: Sunnier, Rainier – A String Quartet for Seattle
Sunday, December 18, 2016 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Town Hall Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
Shostakovich – String Quartet No. 8
Dvořák – String Quartet No. 12 ("American")
Adam Stern – Crossroads
Dvořák – String Quartet No. 12 ("American")
Adam Stern – Crossroads
Free (Free)
Choral Arts Northwest: Not One Sparrow is Forgotten
Sunday, December 11, 2016 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PST)
Plymouth Congregational Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Artistic Director Robert Bode leads a Christmas program featuring new choral music and guitarist Bob McCaffery-Lent.
$24-$28
Wintertide: A Concert Fantasy for the Holidays
Saturday, December 10, 2016 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
Saint Mark's Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
A multi-media concert that will heighten our delight in the winter season, including works by Ola Gjeilo and a premiere from Seattle composer Donald Skirvin.
$5-$25