Commission/Premiere – Past Concerts
UW School of Music & DXARTS: Music of Today w/ Bonnie Whiting & Cristina Valdés
Wednesday, May 1, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Meany Studio Theater at Meany Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Joël-François Durand – La mesure des choses mvt. IV "La mesure du temps" (world premiere)
Huck Hodge – Fracture (world premiere)
Sofia Gubaidulina – Rumore e Silenzio
Huck Hodge – Fracture (world premiere)
Sofia Gubaidulina – Rumore e Silenzio
$15 ($10 student/senior)
Landscape With Birds: Paul Taub, flute
Tuesday, April 30, 2019 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
Folio: Seattle Athenaeum at Pike Market, Seattle, WA, United States
20th-century music from three continents, for bass flute, alto flute, and piccolo.
$25 ($20 Folio members)
North Corner Chamber Orchestra: Creation
Sunday, April 28, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Triple Door, Seattle, WA, United States
Franz Joseph Haydn – Overture to The Creation
Darius Milhaud – La Création du monde, Op. 81a
Wayne Horvitz – New work (world premiere)
Darius Milhaud – La Création du monde, Op. 81a
Wayne Horvitz – New work (world premiere)
$30 / $20 / $10
Seattle Symphony Chamber Concert: American Horizons
Sunday, April 28, 2019 @ 6:00pm – 7:30pm (PDT)
Octave 9 at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Edgard Varèse – Poème Électronique
Steve Reich – Vermont Counterpoint
Nina C. Young – Spero Lucem
Kaley Lane Eaton – New work (world premiere)
Mary Kouyoumdjian – Sedna, Beneath the Sea
Mason Bates – White Lies for Lomax
Derek Bermel – Nine Revolutions (world premiere)
Steve Reich – Vermont Counterpoint
Nina C. Young – Spero Lucem
Kaley Lane Eaton – New work (world premiere)
Mary Kouyoumdjian – Sedna, Beneath the Sea
Mason Bates – White Lies for Lomax
Derek Bermel – Nine Revolutions (world premiere)
$35
UW Vocal Theatre Works: Philip Glass' 'Hydrogen Jukebox'
Saturday, April 27, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Meany Studio Theater at Meany Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
A modern classic examining both the potential and failings of the American Experience and to explore ever-relevant themes of war and peace, social equity, and environmental and economic sustainability.
$10
North Corner Chamber Orchestra: Creation
Saturday, April 27, 2019 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
The Royal Room, Seattle, WA, United States
Franz Joseph Haydn – Overture to The Creation
Darius Milhaud – La Création du monde, Op. 81a
Wayne Horvitz – New work (world premiere)
Darius Milhaud – La Création du monde, Op. 81a
Wayne Horvitz – New work (world premiere)
$30 / $20 / $10
Seattle Symphony: Surrogate Cities
Friday, April 26, 2019 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Surrogate Cities, a multimedia extravaganza by the German composer and theater artist Heiner Goebbels, studies the essence of a modern metropolis – its people, its power structures, and its place in a changing world.
$22-$122 (age 8-18 free)
UW Vocal Theatre Works: Philip Glass' 'Hydrogen Jukebox'
Friday, April 26, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Meany Studio Theater at Meany Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
A modern classic examining both the potential and failings of the American Experience and to explore ever-relevant themes of war and peace, social equity, and environmental and economic sustainability.
$10
Cornish Presents: Scores of Sound
Friday, April 26, 2019 @ 10:30am – 9:30pm (PDT)
Venue unknown, WA, United States
A 3-day festival of music: student work is performed across the Cornish campus in South Lake Union and on Capitol Hill.
Free
Seattle Symphony: Surrogate Cities
Thursday, April 25, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Surrogate Cities, a multimedia extravaganza by the German composer and theater artist Heiner Goebbels, studies the essence of a modern metropolis – its people, its power structures, and its place in a changing world.
$22-$122 (age 8-18 free)
Cornish Presents: Scores of Sound
Thursday, April 25, 2019 @ 11:30am – 9:00pm (PDT)
Venue unknown, WA, United States
A 3-day festival of music: student work is performed across the Cornish campus in South Lake Union and on Capitol Hill.
Free
Groupmuse House Concert: Wild Wind Trios w/ Onomatopoeia
Wednesday, April 24, 2019 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Private home in Loyal Heights, Seattle, WA, United States
Johann Sebastian Bach (arr. Cassie Lear) – “Aus Liebe will mein Heiland Sterben” from St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244
Jenni Brandon (arr. Cassie Lear/Soren Hamm) – Found Objects: On the Beach
Steven Luksan – Ceremony (world premiere)
Ben Seavello – Cityscape (world premiere)
Jenni Brandon (arr. Cassie Lear/Soren Hamm) – Found Objects: On the Beach
Steven Luksan – Ceremony (world premiere)
Ben Seavello – Cityscape (world premiere)
$10+ donation, RSVP required
Cornish Presents: Scores of Sound
Wednesday, April 24, 2019 @ 10:00am – 9:30pm (PDT)
Venue unknown, WA, United States
A 3-day festival of music: student work is performed across the Cornish campus in South Lake Union and on Capitol Hill.
Free
Seattle Symphony: Mozart Symphony No. 40
Saturday, April 20, 2019 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Claude Debussy & Joël-François Durand – Préludes (world premiere)
Maurice Ravel – Ma Mère l’Oye (“Mother Goose”) Suite
Marc-André Dalbavie – Flute Concerto
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K. 550
Maurice Ravel – Ma Mère l’Oye (“Mother Goose”) Suite
Marc-André Dalbavie – Flute Concerto
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K. 550
$22-$122 (age 8-18 free)
Lake Washington Symphony Orchestra: Saviour
Friday, April 19, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Westminster Chapel, Bellevue, WA, United States
Greg Nelson / Bob Farrell – Saviour
Laurence Berteig – Thorns
Laurence Berteig – Thorns
Free
Lake Washington Symphony Orchestra: Saviour
Thursday, April 18, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Westminster Chapel, Bellevue, WA, United States
Greg Nelson / Bob Farrell – Saviour
Laurence Berteig – Thorns
Laurence Berteig – Thorns
Free
Seattle Symphony: Mozart Symphony No. 40
Thursday, April 18, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Claude Debussy & Joël-François Durand – Préludes (world premiere)
Maurice Ravel – Ma Mère l’Oye (“Mother Goose”) Suite
Marc-André Dalbavie – Flute Concerto
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K. 550
Maurice Ravel – Ma Mère l’Oye (“Mother Goose”) Suite
Marc-André Dalbavie – Flute Concerto
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K. 550
$22-$122 (age 8-18 free)
UW Faculty Recital: Folk – Melia Watras, viola
Wednesday, April 17, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
Melia Watras – Folk Style Project (world premiere)
Charles Corey – In Paradisum for viola and Harmonic Canon
Meila Watras – String Masks
Charles Corey – In Paradisum for viola and Harmonic Canon
Meila Watras – String Masks
$20 ($10 students/seniors)
Lily Shababi Performs Karpen, Oliveros, Mazzoli, & Shababi
Thursday, April 11, 2019 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
PONCHO Concert Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Richard Karpen – Sotto/Sopra
Lily Shababi – is it pretty enough
Lily Shababi – FANS, NEWS, AND OTHER THINGS THAT MAKE NOISE
Pauline Oliveros – Sonic Meditation X
Lily Shababi – chasing...like this
Missy Mazzoli – Vespers for Violin
Lily Shababi – is it pretty enough
Lily Shababi – FANS, NEWS, AND OTHER THINGS THAT MAKE NOISE
Pauline Oliveros – Sonic Meditation X
Lily Shababi – chasing...like this
Missy Mazzoli – Vespers for Violin
Free
Town Music Series: Third Coast Percussion Premieres Philip Glass
Sunday, April 7, 2019 @ 6:00pm – 8:00pm (PDT)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Philip Glass – Perpetulum (Northwest premiere)
Gavin Bryars – New work
Third Coast Percussion – Various works
Gavin Bryars – New work
Third Coast Percussion – Various works
$22