Commission/Premiere – Past Concerts near Seattle, WA
Universal Language Project presents: The Way West
Friday, January 22, 2016 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
Resonance at SOMA Towers, Bellevue, 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 ($10 student)
Long Piece Fest I: Antoine Beuger's / jankélévitch sextets/
Tuesday, December 15, 2015 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Inverted Space continues its “Long Piece Fest" with Antoine Beuger’s jankélévitch sextets. Seattle premiere.
$5-$15 suggested donation
A Christmas Invitation
Choir of the West,
Pacific Lutheran University Chorale, and
Pacific Lutheran University Symphony Orchestra
Saturday, December 12, 2015 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
Lagerquist Concert Hall at Pacific Lutheran University, Parkland, WA, United States
J.A.C. Redford – A Christmas Invitation
Greg Youtz – December: A Meditation on Advent
Traditional Christmas favorites & carols
Greg Youtz – December: A Meditation on Advent
Traditional Christmas favorites & carols
Pacific Lutheran University presents A Christmas Invitation
Pacific Lutheran University Chorale,
Choir of the West, and
Pacific Lutheran University Symphony Orchestra
Monday, December 7, 2015 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
The world premiere of JAC Redford's A Christmas Invitation, plus traditional Christmas favorites and a carol sing-along.
$17-$32
Tacoma Symphony Orchestra Classics II: Sibelius & Mendelssohn
Sunday, November 22, 2015 @ 2:30pm – 4:30pm (PST)
Pantages Theater, Tacoma, WA, United States
Tinoco – Before Spring (U.S. Premiere)
Sibelius – Violin Concerto
Mendelssohn – Symphony No. 5 “Reformation”
Sibelius – Violin Concerto
Mendelssohn – Symphony No. 5 “Reformation”
$19-$79
Paul Taub: New Works for Flute + Ensemble
Friday, November 20, 2015 @ 8:00pm – 11:00pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
An evening of newly commissioned chamber works by Tom Baker, Andy Clausen, David Dossett, Jessika Kenney, and Angelique Poteat.
$5-$15 sliding scale
Seattle Collaborative Orchestra: Listen to the Girls
Wednesday, November 18, 2015 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PST)
University Christian Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Michael Daugherty – Oh, Lois!
Leanna Primiani – SIRENS for Orchestra
Richard Strauss – Four Last Songs
Angelique Poteat – Listen to the Girls (world premiere)
Leanna Primiani – SIRENS for Orchestra
Richard Strauss – Four Last Songs
Angelique Poteat – Listen to the Girls (world premiere)
$20 ($10 student/senior; 18 & under free)
Inverted Space – Mind the Gap: Premieres & Encores
Wednesday, November 11, 2015 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
New works for chamber ensemble from the best of Seattle's emerging composers, featuring several world premieres.
$5-$15 suggested donation
Music of Remembrance: La Revue de Cuisine
Sunday, November 8, 2015 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PST)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Mieczyslaw Weinberg – Capriccio, Op. 11 (1943)
Mieczyslaw Weinberg – Aria, Op. 9 (1942)
Joel Engel – Freilachs, Op. 20, No. 2 (1923)
Songs of the Vilna Ghetto
Franz Schreker – The Wind (1909)
Dick Kattenburg – Deux Valses a la Ravel
Bohuslav Martinu – La revue de cuisine: ballet du Jazz (1927), H. 161
Mieczyslaw Weinberg – Aria, Op. 9 (1942)
Joel Engel – Freilachs, Op. 20, No. 2 (1923)
Songs of the Vilna Ghetto
Franz Schreker – The Wind (1909)
Dick Kattenburg – Deux Valses a la Ravel
Bohuslav Martinu – La revue de cuisine: ballet du Jazz (1927), H. 161
$30-$40
Seattle Symphony: Brahms Violin Concerto
Saturday, November 7, 2015 @ 8:00pm – 9:40pm (PST)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Kancheli – Nu.Mu.Zu. for Orchestra (world premiere)
Brahms – Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77
Martinu – Symphony No. 4
Brahms – Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77
Martinu – Symphony No. 4
$21-$121 (youth 8-18 free)
Origins: Life & the Universe
Saturday, November 7, 2015 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PST)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
In an audiovisual concert paying tribute to some of the greatest discoveries made by space scientists, eight Seattle composers will premiere original orchestral music that showcases the complexity and beauty of our universe.
$22-$32
FIRELIGHT! 18th Annual Seattle Children’s Hospital Benefit Concert
Friday, November 6, 2015 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
A new concert by Grammy-winning composer Mateo Messina featuring Sweet Water, Shawn Smith, the Northwest Symphony Orchestra and the UW Chorale.
$42-$200
Seattle Symphony: Brahms Violin Concerto
Friday, November 6, 2015 @ 12:00pm – 2:20pm (PST)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Kancheli – Nu.Mu.Zu. for Orchestra (world premiere)
Brahms – Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77
Martinu – Symphony No. 4
Brahms – Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77
Martinu – Symphony No. 4
$21-$121 (youth 8-18 free)
Seattle Symphony: Brahms Violin Concerto
Thursday, November 5, 2015 @ 7:30pm – 9:50pm (PST)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Kancheli – Nu.Mu.Zu. for Orchestra (world premiere)
Brahms – Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77
Martinu – Symphony No. 4
Brahms – Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77
Martinu – Symphony No. 4
$21-$121 (youth 8-18 free)
Cornish Presents Gamelan Pacifica: Music for Gamelan and String Quartet
Sunday, November 1, 2015 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PST)
PONCHO Concert Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
An unusual chamber music concert featuring premieres of several new works by Seattle composers Marguerite Brown, Stephen Fandrich, Jessika Kenney and Eyvind Kang.
$5-$20
NWSO: Doolittle, Van Kirk, Boshnack & more
Friday, October 30, 2015 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Highline Performing Arts Center, Burien, WA, United States
Emily Doolittle – Two Jigs and Some Fireworks
Keith Van Kirk – Heroic Overture
Modest Mussorgsky – Night on Bald Mountain
Samantha Boshnack – TBA (world premiere)
Jorge Mejia – Danza, Magia y Ritual (Dance, Magic and Ritual)
Antonin Dvořák – Slavonic Dance, Op. 46, No. 1
Keith Van Kirk – Heroic Overture
Modest Mussorgsky – Night on Bald Mountain
Samantha Boshnack – TBA (world premiere)
Jorge Mejia – Danza, Magia y Ritual (Dance, Magic and Ritual)
Antonin Dvořák – Slavonic Dance, Op. 46, No. 1
$15 ($12 student/senior)
Simple Measures: Cello Divas III: Bach
Sunday, October 25, 2015 @ 6:00pm – 8:00pm (PDT)
Town Hall Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
J.S. Bach – Brandenburg Concerto No. 6
Popper – Requiem
Poteat – In Paradisum
Popper – Requiem
Poteat – In Paradisum
$15-$30
Seattle Symphony: [untitled] 1
Friday, October 23, 2015 @ 10:00pm – 11:00pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Richard Karpen – Program Music (world premiere)
Joël-François Durand – Mundus Imaginalis (world premiere)
Huck Hodge – pulse - cut - seethe - blur (world premiere)
Joël-François Durand – Mundus Imaginalis (world premiere)
Huck Hodge – pulse - cut - seethe - blur (world premiere)
$15
Simple Measures: Cello Divas III: Bach
Friday, October 23, 2015 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Hale's Palladium, Seattle, WA, United States
J.S. Bach – Brandenburg Concerto No. 6
Popper – Requiem
Poteat – In Paradisum
Popper – Requiem
Poteat – In Paradisum
$15-$30
St. Helens Quartet performs Borcherding's 'Sound Games'
Tuesday, October 20, 2015 @ 8:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
PONCHO Concert Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Premiere of Cornish student Roderick Borcherding's new string quartet, a contemporary classical work exploring techniques in sound.
Free