Commission/Premiere – Past Concerts near Seattle, WA
VOCES8: Underneath the Stars
Friday, March 4, 2016 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Town Hall Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
From traditional Renaissance harmonies to more modern compositions, including the premiere of Norwegian composer/pianist Ola Gjeilo’s The River and an amplified, modern pop set.
$25
Wayward Music Series: Lori Freedman + Seth Josel
Thursday, March 3, 2016 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
New works traversing the limits and thresholds of the low clarinets, plus the US premiere of
point/wave
, a 45-minute piece for steel-stringed acoustic guitar and live ambient sound processing by composer Cat Lamb.
point/wave
, a 45-minute piece for steel-stringed acoustic guitar and live ambient sound processing by composer Cat Lamb.
$5-$15
Seattle Metropolitan Chamber Orchestra: World Sounds
Saturday, February 27, 2016 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PST)
First Free Methodist Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Milhaud – Le boeuf sur le toit
Kodály – Hungarian Rondo
Grieg – Two Elegiac Melodies
World Premiere – International Composition Competition
World Premiere – Local Composers Competition
Piazzolla – Oblivion
Piazzolla – Libertango
Kodály – Hungarian Rondo
Grieg – Two Elegiac Melodies
World Premiere – International Composition Competition
World Premiere – Local Composers Competition
Piazzolla – Oblivion
Piazzolla – Libertango
$20 ($15 student/senior)
Town Music: ‘we do it to one another,’ Poetry and Performance Featuring Joshua Roman, Tracy K. Smith, and Jessica Rivera
Thursday, February 25, 2016 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Town Hall Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
A performance of Joshua Roman's we do it to one another (based on Tracy K. Smith's Life on Mars), a reading by Smith, and a conversation between the artists on the creative process, music, and poetry.
$10-$25
Kronos Quartet Workshop
Tuesday, February 23, 2016 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PST)
Brechemin Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
The internationally renowned Kronos Quartet leads a workshop exploring new works by UW professor emeritus Ken Benshoof and violist Garth Knox, commissioned for the group's project Fifty for the Future: The Kronos Learning Repertoire.
Free
Music of Today: Garth Knox, viola
Monday, February 22, 2016 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
A program of new and improvised music by internationally renowned violist Garth Knox, joined by faculty violist Melia Watras and students from the UW viola studio.
$10-$15
Simple Measures + Spectrum Dance: Rambunctions 2.0
Sunday, February 21, 2016 @ 2:00pm – 3:30pm (PST)
Cornish Playhouse at Seattle Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Engaging, evocative works by African-American composers Pamela Z, Wynton Marsalis, and T. J. Anderson.
$20-$40
Kronos Quartet: Beyond Zero
Saturday, February 20, 2016 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
The Moore Theatre, Seattle, WA, United States
Kronos Quartet combines a spirit of fearless exploration with a commitment to continually re-imagining the string quartet experience.
$20-$75
Simple Measures + Spectrum Dance: Rambunctions 2.0
Saturday, February 20, 2016 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Cornish Playhouse at Seattle Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Engaging, evocative works by African-American composers Pamela Z, Wynton Marsalis, and T. J. Anderson.
$20-$40
Simple Measures + Spectrum Dance: Rambunctions 2.0
Friday, February 19, 2016 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Cornish Playhouse at Seattle Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Engaging, evocative works by African-American composers Pamela Z, Wynton Marsalis, and T. J. Anderson.
$20-$40
Simple Measures + Spectrum Dance: Rambunctions 2.0
Thursday, February 18, 2016 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Cornish Playhouse at Seattle Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Engaging, evocative works by African-American composers Pamela Z, Wynton Marsalis, and T. J. Anderson.
$20-$40
NWSO: Huling, Tonooka, Jones, Bernstein
Friday, February 12, 2016 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Highline Performing Arts Center, Burien, WA, United States
Tim Huling – Flock in Flight
Sumi Tonooka – For Malala (world premiere)
Samuel Jones – Trombone Concerto
Leonard Bernstein – On the Town: Three Dance Episodes
Sumi Tonooka – For Malala (world premiere)
Samuel Jones – Trombone Concerto
Leonard Bernstein – On the Town: Three Dance Episodes
$15 ($12 student/senior)
Graphic Scores: New Commissions
Friday, February 12, 2016 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Common Area Maintenance, Seattle, WA, United States
Inverted Space has commissioned four new graphic scores as visual art and instruction for performance. Works by Luke Fitzpatrick, Ania Stachurska, Jacob Sundstrom, and Kevin Baldwin will be premiered.
Donations welcome
Auburn Symphony Orchestra: A World-Premiere Tribute to Auburn
Sunday, January 31, 2016 @ 2:30pm – 4:30pm (PST)
Auburn Performing Arts Center, Auburn, WA, United States
Ott – New work (world premiere)
Brahms – Academic Festival Overture
Shostakovich – Piano Concerto No. 2
Shostakovich – Festive Overture
Brahms – Academic Festival Overture
Shostakovich – Piano Concerto No. 2
Shostakovich – Festive Overture
$10-$35
Octava Chamber Orchestra: Mozart, Delian, Fauré
Saturday, January 30, 2016 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Maple Park Church, Lynnwood, WA, United States
Mozart – Sinfonia Concertante in E-flat major
Delian – Suite No. 8, Letters to Eternity (world premiere)
Fauré – Masques et Bergamasques
Delian – Suite No. 8, Letters to Eternity (world premiere)
Fauré – Masques et Bergamasques
$15-$20 (kids free)
Auburn Symphony Orchestra: A World-Premiere Tribute to Auburn
Saturday, January 30, 2016 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Auburn Performing Arts Center, Auburn, WA, United States
Ott – New work (world premiere)
Brahms – Academic Festival Overture
Shostakovich – Piano Concerto No. 2
Shostakovich – Festive Overture
Brahms – Academic Festival Overture
Shostakovich – Piano Concerto No. 2
Shostakovich – Festive Overture
$10-$35
Melia Watras Viola Recital
Tuesday, January 26, 2016 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
Violist Melia Watras presents a program of music influenced by mythology and folklore.
$20 (students $10)
Universal Language Project presents: The Way West
Saturday, January 23, 2016 @ 8:00pm – 11:30pm (PST)
Velocity Dance Center, Seattle, WA, United States
An event with music, words, and smoke inspired by the optimism and grandeur of the West. Works by Brian Cobb, Karen Thomas, and Tim Carey.
$25 ($15 student)
Wayward Music Series: Medina/Walsh, Thunder Grey Pilgrim, et al
Saturday, January 23, 2016 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Short film with processed guitar and synthesizer; experimental sonic and video environments, using a network of old cameras, TVs, modular synthesizers, and other glitch boxes; a doom-laden string trio; and reverb drenched psych folk.
$5-$15
Wayward Music Series: Anne H. Goldberg, Music & Movement
Friday, January 22, 2016 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Debut solo concert in Seattle featuring works by Vinko Globokar, Beat Furrer, Georges Aperghis, Jacob ter Velduis, and Kevin Baldwin, a world premiere of her own music, and others.
$5-$15