Commission/Premiere – Past Concerts
Seattle Chamber Music Society: Music Under the Stars – Mendelssohn, Currier, & Dvořák
Monday, July 15, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Yesler Terrace Park, Seattle, WA, United States
Bring a picnic, stretch out on the lawn, and enjoy live chamber music performed by outstanding local students, followed by a live audio broadcast of the SCMS Summer Festival performance direct from Benaroya Hall.
Free
Bellingham Festival of Music: Arend, Rodrigo, & Brahms
Wednesday, July 10, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Western Washington University Performing Arts Center, Bellingham, WA, United States
David Arend – Zebra Brainwave Quorum (world premiere)
Joaquín Rodrigo – Concierto de Aranjuez
Johannes Brahms – Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 73
Joaquín Rodrigo – Concierto de Aranjuez
Johannes Brahms – Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 73
$45-$55 (students $12)
Seattle Chamber Music Society Summer Festival: Fauré, Beethoven, & Enescu
Monday, July 8, 2019 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Gabriel Fauré – La Bonne Chanson, Op. 61
Ludwig van Beethoven – Cello Sonata No. 3 in A major, Op. 69
Georges Enescu – Piano Trio No. 1 in G minor (US premiere)
Ludwig van Beethoven – Cello Sonata No. 3 in A major, Op. 69
Georges Enescu – Piano Trio No. 1 in G minor (US premiere)
$55 ($20 students/30 & under)
Seattle Chamber Music Society: Music Under the Stars – Fauré, Beethoven, & Enescu
Monday, July 8, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Yesler Terrace Park, Seattle, WA, United States
Bring a picnic, stretch out on the lawn, and enjoy live chamber music performed by outstanding local students, followed by a live audio broadcast of the SCMS Summer Festival performance direct from Benaroya Hall.
Free
Seattle Chamber Music Society: Music Under the Stars – Fauré, Beethoven, & Enescu
Monday, July 8, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Seattle Chinese Garden, Seattle, WA, United States
Bring a picnic, stretch out on the lawn, and enjoy live chamber music performed by outstanding local students, followed by a live audio broadcast of the SCMS Summer Festival performance direct from Benaroya Hall.
Free
Wayward Music Series: Sound of Late – Let the Light Enter
Saturday, June 29, 2019 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
$5-$15 donation
Seattle Modern Orchestra: Erin Gee’s Mouthpieces
Saturday, June 15, 2019 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Erin Gee – Mouthpiece II
Erin Gee – Mouthpiece Remix
Erin Gee – Mouthpiece (segment of the 4th letter)
Erin Gee – Mouthpiece XXIX
Erin Gee – Mouthpiece X
Kaija Saariaho – Aer
Erin Gee – Mouthpiece Remix
Erin Gee – Mouthpiece (segment of the 4th letter)
Erin Gee – Mouthpiece XXIX
Erin Gee – Mouthpiece X
Kaija Saariaho – Aer
$25 ($15 seniors, $10 students)
Ancora: In Her Own Words – A Legacy of Hope
Saturday, June 15, 2019 @ 4:00pm – 5:30pm (PDT)
Green Lake Church of Seventh-day Adventists, Seattle, WA, United States
The world-premiere performance of commissioned work by Justin Hansen, entitled The Myth, inspired by the poetry of Emily Dickinson and accompanied by string quartet.
$20 ($5 students, kids age 6-10 free)
Seattle Symphony: In the Spotlight – Hannah Kendall
Monday, June 10, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Octave 9 at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Join London-born composer Hannah Kendall for an evening of conversation and chamber music following the US premiere of her intricate and beautifully crafted orchestral work, The Spark Catchers.
$25
Port Townsend Chamber Orchestra: James Cohn's Concertina Concerto
Sunday, June 9, 2019 @ 2:00pm – 3:30pm (PDT)
Port Townsend High School, Port Townsend, WA, United States
James Cohn – Concerto for Concertina and Strings, Op. 44 (West Coast premiere)
Edvard Grieg – Holberg Suite, Op. 40
Zequinha de Abreu – Tico-Tico no Fubá
Edvard Grieg – Holberg Suite, Op. 40
Zequinha de Abreu – Tico-Tico no Fubá
Free
Seattle Symphony: Holst 'The Planets'
Sunday, June 9, 2019 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Hannah Kendall – The Spark Catchers (US premiere)
Joseph Haydn – Symphony No. 98
Gustav Holst – The Planets
Joseph Haydn – Symphony No. 98
Gustav Holst – The Planets
$22-$122 (youth 8-18 free)
Bellevue Presbyterian Sanctuary Chorus & Festival Orchestra: Dan Forrest's 'Jubilate Deo'
Sunday, June 9, 2019 @ 11:00am – 12:30pm (PDT)
Venue unknown, WA, United States
Dan Forrest's Jubilate Deo brings to life the global aspect of Psalm 100 “Sing joyfully to God all ye lands” by drawing from a wide spectrum of global musical influences and setting it in seven different languages.
Free
Bellevue Presbyterian Sanctuary Chorus & Festival Orchestra: Dan Forrest's 'Jubilate Deo'
Sunday, June 9, 2019 @ 9:00am – 10:30am (PDT)
Venue unknown, WA, United States
Dan Forrest's Jubilate Deo brings to life the global aspect of Psalm 100 “Sing joyfully to God all ye lands” by drawing from a wide spectrum of global musical influences and setting it in seven different languages.
Free
Seattle Symphony: Holst 'The Planets'
Saturday, June 8, 2019 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Hannah Kendall – The Spark Catchers (US premiere)
Joseph Haydn – Symphony No. 98
Gustav Holst – The Planets
Joseph Haydn – Symphony No. 98
Gustav Holst – The Planets
$22-$122 (youth 8-18 free)
Wayward Music Series: Lori Goldston – Rivulet
Friday, June 7, 2019 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Seattle cellist and composer Lori Goldston, joined by a broadly skilled ensemble of local collaborators, premiers Rivulet, a new piece created especially for this concert about collective strength and imagination.
$5-$15 donation
West Seattle Community Orchestras: Out of This World
Friday, June 7, 2019 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Chief Sealth International High School Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
A performance of classics and recent compositions, including Gustav Holst's "Jupiter, Bringer of Jollity" from The Planets and Richard Meyer's Rosin Eating Zombies from Outer Space.
Free
Port Townsend Chamber Orchestra: James Cohn's Concertina Concerto
Friday, June 7, 2019 @ 6:30pm – 8:00pm (PDT)
Finnriver Farm and Cidery, Chimacum, WA, United States
James Cohn – Concerto for Concertina and Strings, Op. 44 (West Coast premiere)
Edvard Grieg – Holberg Suite, Op. 40
Zequinha de Abreu – Tico-Tico no Fubá
Edvard Grieg – Holberg Suite, Op. 40
Zequinha de Abreu – Tico-Tico no Fubá
Free
Seattle Symphony: Holst 'The Planets'
Thursday, June 6, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Hannah Kendall – The Spark Catchers (US premiere)
Joseph Haydn – Symphony No. 98
Gustav Holst – The Planets
Joseph Haydn – Symphony No. 98
Gustav Holst – The Planets
$22-$122 (youth 8-18 free)
Cascadian Chorale: Joy!
Sunday, June 2, 2019 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
St. Margaret's Episcopal Church, Bellevue, WA, United States
Gerald Finzi – My Spirit Sang All Day
Johann Sebastian Bach – Jesu, meine Freude, BWV 227
Joy DeCoursey-Porter – There was the One
Joy DeCoursey-Porter – Christi crux est mea lux
Joy DeCoursey-Porter – I shall not live in vain
Kevin Siegfried – Shaker Songs
William Walton – The Twelve
Johann Sebastian Bach – Jesu, meine Freude, BWV 227
Joy DeCoursey-Porter – There was the One
Joy DeCoursey-Porter – Christi crux est mea lux
Joy DeCoursey-Porter – I shall not live in vain
Kevin Siegfried – Shaker Songs
William Walton – The Twelve
$20 ($15 students/seniors)
Great Bend Chorale: I Was A Stranger
Sunday, June 2, 2019 @ 4:00pm – 6:00pm (PDT)
William D. Harvey Theatre at Olympic College, Bremerton, WA, United States
John Muehleisen – Borders
Andrey Stolyarov – Out of the Depths (Psalm 130)
Andrey Stolyarov – Out of the Depths (Psalm 130)
$20 ($16 senior/military)