Commission/Premiere – Past Concerts near Seattle, WA
West Seattle Community Orchestras: Flight of Fire
Friday, May 13, 2016 @ 6:30pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
Chief Sealth International High School Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Classics to moderns, fugues to Firebird.
Free (Donations appreciated)
Esoterics presents BABBITT: Milton Babbitt Centennial
Sunday, May 8, 2016 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Christ Episcopal Church Tacoma, Tacoma, WA, United States
Celebrating Babbitt’s centenary by singing his entire catalog of a cappella choruses, several of which have never been performed live in concert.
$15-$25
Esoterics presents BABBITT: Milton Babbitt Centennial
Saturday, May 7, 2016 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Holy Rosary Catholic Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Celebrating Babbitt’s centenary by singing his entire catalog of a cappella choruses, several of which have never been performed live in concert.
$15-$25
LUCO: Chamber Music Cabaret
Saturday, May 7, 2016 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Town Hall Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
Members of LUCO present their favorite short chamber music works in a cabaret-like setting. Always a great variety of music and a really fun time!
Free (Donations welcome (reserved seating available))
Seattle Composers’ Salon: Bristow / Escoffery / Reid / Svendsen
Friday, May 6, 2016 @ 8:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
An evening of music and discussion with Seattle composers Sheila Bristow, Steve Escoffery, Clement Reid, and Jake Svendsen.
$5-$15
Esoterics presents BABBITT: Milton Babbitt Centennial
Friday, May 6, 2016 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Celebrating Babbitt’s centenary by singing his entire catalog of a cappella choruses, several of which have never been performed live in concert.
$15-$25
Wayward Music Series: Josh Archibald-Seiffer + Ania Stachurska
Thursday, May 5, 2016 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
An evening of acoustic and electronic works featuring world premieres by Archibald-Seiffer and Stachurska that explore diverse themes such as political civil war, children’s literature, the structure of language, and the uncanny.
$5-$15
The Merriman Family Young Composers Workshop Concert
Monday, May 2, 2016 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
A world-premiere chamber concert featuring new works by 10 teen composers.
Free (Free (RSVP required))
Wayward Music Series: Seattle Bass Clarinet Project
Saturday, April 30, 2016 @ 8:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Works for bass clarinet, including the world premiere of Sean Osborn’s Four Moods for bass clarinet duo and performances of pieces by Bill Smith, Jim Knodle, Daniel Barry, and others.
$5-$15
NWSO: Johnston, Bassingthwaighte, Dvořák
Saturday, April 30, 2016 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Highline Performing Arts Center, Burien, WA, United States
Donald Johnston* – Sinfonia
Sarah Bassingthwaighte* – Flute Concerto (world premiere)
Antonin Dvořák – Symphony No. 7
Sarah Bassingthwaighte* – Flute Concerto (world premiere)
Antonin Dvořák – Symphony No. 7
$15 ($12 student/senior)
Seattle Sonatina Festival
Saturday, April 30, 2016 @ 1:30pm – 4:30pm (PDT)
Wedgwood Presbyterian Church, Seattle, WA, United States
New works including Sonatina for Violin and Piano by Susan Maughlin Wood mingle with standard sonatina repertoire.
Free ($5 suggested donation)
Sound of Late: What Water Knows
Friday, April 29, 2016 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
The Center for Wooden Boats, Seattle, WA, United States
The shimmering, colorful music of composers Emily Doolittle, Nicole Portley, Bright Sheng, and Toru Takemitsu will be featured alongside music and poetry of marine biologists and commercial fishers.
$10
UW World Series: Daedalus Quartet
Friday, April 29, 2016 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Meany Hall for the Performing Arts, Seattle, WA, United States
Beethoven – String Quartet Op. 18
Huck Hodge – New Work (world premiere)
Beethoven – String Quartet No. 15 in A minor, Op. 132
Huck Hodge – New Work (world premiere)
Beethoven – String Quartet No. 15 in A minor, Op. 132
$34-$38 (age 17 & under free)
Scores of Sound: Composition Studio – Acoustic Composition
Wednesday, April 27, 2016 @ 4:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
PONCHO Concert Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Showcasing the very best work that has been achieved during the course of the semester.
Free (Free)
Wayward Music Series: Seattle Composers Alliance & NOCCO Quartet
Tuesday, April 26, 2016 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
NOCCO String Quartet performs pieces by the 10 finalists in the Seattle Composer Alliance‘s Second Annual International Call for Scores. Featuring composers from the United Kingdom, Spain, Italy, Canada, and beyond, as well as from Seattle and throughout the United States.
$5-$15
West Seattle Community Orchestras Presents: First Concert of Spring
Tuesday, April 26, 2016 @ 6:00pm – 7:30pm (PDT)
Chief Sealth International High School Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Works by Matesky, Raposo, Niehaus & Leidig, Westman, Beethoven, and Williams.
Free (Free)
Philharmonia Northwest: The New World
Sunday, April 24, 2016 @ 2:30pm – 4:30pm (PDT)
St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Schneider – computation_0: {algorithmic thoughts of the electric brain; for (computer and orchestra) {
M. Haydn – Duo Concertante for Organ and Viola
Dvořák – Symphony No. 9 “From the New World”
M. Haydn – Duo Concertante for Organ and Viola
Dvořák – Symphony No. 9 “From the New World”
$20 ($15 student/senior)
PAS Day of Percussion
Sunday, April 24, 2016 @ 10:00am – 6:30pm (PDT)
Meany 268, Seattle, WA, United States
Percussion performances by Garfield High School Drumline, Blue Thunder Drumline, UW Zimbabwean Marimba Club, Terry Longshore, and RE:Percussion Duo.
$5-$15
Taylor Bowyn Composition Recital
Friday, April 22, 2016 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
PONCHO Concert Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Taylor Bowyn, a composition student at Cornish College of the Arts, presents a senior recital. Free and open to the public.
Free (Free)
Steven Silvers & Tom Prince Composition Recital
Sunday, April 17, 2016 @ 5:00pm – 6:00pm (PDT)
PONCHO Concert Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Steven Silvers & Tom Prince, composition students at Cornish College of the Arts, present a junior recital. Free and open to the public.
Free (Free)