Commission/Premiere – Past Concerts
Seattle Collaborative Orchestra & Saratoga Orchestra: Musical Metamorphosis (Whidbey)
Saturday, April 6, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
South Whidbey High Auditorium, Langley, WA, United States
Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov – Scheherazade, 1st movement
Leanna Primiani – 1001 (world premiere)
Paul Hindemith – Symphonic Metamorphosis of Themes by Carl Maria von Weber
Walt Wagner – The Miracle, Concerto for Piano and Orchestra
Leanna Primiani – 1001 (world premiere)
Paul Hindemith – Symphonic Metamorphosis of Themes by Carl Maria von Weber
Walt Wagner – The Miracle, Concerto for Piano and Orchestra
$25 / $20 / under 18 free
Seattle Collaborative Orchestra & Saratoga Orchestra: Musical Metamorphosis (Seattle)
Friday, April 5, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Roosevelt High School Theatre, Seattle, WA, United States
Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov – Scheherazade, 1st movement
Leanna Primiani – 1001 (world premiere)
Paul Hindemith – Symphonic Metamorphosis of Themes by Carl Maria von Weber
Walt Wagner – The Miracle, Concerto for Piano and Orchestra
Leanna Primiani – 1001 (world premiere)
Paul Hindemith – Symphonic Metamorphosis of Themes by Carl Maria von Weber
Walt Wagner – The Miracle, Concerto for Piano and Orchestra
$25 / $20 / under 18 free
Pacific Northwest Ballet: Director's Choice
Sunday, March 24, 2019 @ 1:00pm – 3:00pm (PDT)
McCaw Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
An all-premiere program, handpicked by PNB director Peter Boal to highlight dancemakers who are evolving the ballet art form.
$37-$189
Seattle Symphony: Contemporary Music Marathon, Act II – Dreams
Sunday, March 24, 2019 @ 12:00am – 8:00am (PDT)
Octave 9 at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Marcin Pączkowski turns your dreams into an interactive sound installation from midnight to 7:00am, followed by a performance of John Luther Adams’ songbirdsongs at daybreak.
$75
Pacific Northwest Ballet: Director's Choice
Saturday, March 23, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
McCaw Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
An all-premiere program, handpicked by PNB director Peter Boal to highlight dancemakers who are evolving the ballet art form.
$37-$189
Seattle Symphony: Contemporary Music Marathon, Act I – Nightfall
Saturday, March 23, 2019 @ 5:00pm – 12:00am (PDT)
Octave 9 at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
A night of virtuosic performances by genre-defying artists and composers, featuring the Seattle Chamber Players, Maria Männistö (soprano), Eric Jacobs (clarinet), Seth Parker Woods (cello), Cristina Valdés (piano), Inbal Segev (cello), and Jacob Greenberg (piano).
$75
Orca Concert Series & Harmony for Hope: American Quintets
Saturday, March 23, 2019 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Woodinville Unitarian Universalist Church, Woodinville, WA, United States
Samuel Barber – Summer Music, Op. 31
John Steinmetz – Quintet
Sean Osborn – Preludes and Counterpoints (world premiere)
John Steinmetz – Quintet
Sean Osborn – Preludes and Counterpoints (world premiere)
$25 / $15 / Free for youth/students
Pacific Northwest Ballet: Director's Choice
Friday, March 22, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
McCaw Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
An all-premiere program, handpicked by PNB director Peter Boal to highlight dancemakers who are evolving the ballet art form.
$37-$189
Pacific Northwest Ballet: Director's Choice
Thursday, March 21, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
McCaw Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
An all-premiere program, handpicked by PNB director Peter Boal to highlight dancemakers who are evolving the ballet art form.
$37-$189
Orca Concert Series: American Quintets
Wednesday, March 20, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Samuel Barber – Summer Music, Op. 31
John Steinmetz – Quintet
Sean Osborn – Preludes and Counterpoints (world premiere)
John Steinmetz – Quintet
Sean Osborn – Preludes and Counterpoints (world premiere)
$25 / $15 / Free for youth/students
UW School of Music: The Here & Now
Monday, March 18, 2019 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
Brechemin Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Ryan Farris – Across the Channel (world premiere)
Gerald Kechley – Little Flower
Jennifer Higdon – Song for Flute
Brian Schappals – Ave generosa (world premiere)
Sandesh Nagaraj – Unfreedom
Marc Mellits – Tight Sweater
Jennifer Higdon – Song for Flute
Brian Schappals – Ave generosa (world premiere)
Sandesh Nagaraj – Unfreedom
Marc Mellits – Tight Sweater
Free
Pacific Northwest Ballet: Director's Choice
Saturday, March 16, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
McCaw Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
An all-premiere program, handpicked by PNB director Peter Boal to highlight dancemakers who are evolving the ballet art form.
$37-$189
Pacific Northwest Ballet: Director's Choice
Saturday, March 16, 2019 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
McCaw Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
An all-premiere program, handpicked by PNB director Peter Boal to highlight dancemakers who are evolving the ballet art form.
$37-$189
Pacific Northwest Ballet: Director's Choice
Friday, March 15, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
McCaw Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
An all-premiere program, handpicked by PNB director Peter Boal to highlight dancemakers who are evolving the ballet art form.
$37-$189
Seattle Symphony Community Concert
Friday, March 15, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Meany Hall for the Performing Arts, Seattle, WA, United States
Seth Krimsky – New work (world premiere)
Páll Ragnar Pálsson – Quake
Richard Karpen – New work (world premiere)
Páll Ragnar Pálsson – Quake
Richard Karpen – New work (world premiere)
Free (Free (RSVP requested))
UW Faculty Concert: Michael Partington, guitar & Michael Brockman, saxophone
Wednesday, March 13, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Brechemin Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Music for guitar and saxophone from the Renaissance to Piazzolla – including the world premiere of a new work by Stephen Goss.
Free
Seattle Symphony: Brooklyn to Ballard
Sunday, March 10, 2019 @ 6:00pm – 7:30pm (PDT)
Octave 9 at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Seattle Symphony Composer-in-Residence and clarinetist Derek Bermel curates an evening of performances featuring cellist Seth Parker Woods, pianist Ethan Iverson, and Seattle Symphony musicians.
$35
Seattle Modern Orchestra: A Celebration of Robert Aitken
Saturday, March 9, 2019 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Robert Aitken – My Song
Robert Aitken – Lalita
Toru Takemitsu – Bryce
Iannis Xenakis – Phlegra
Brian Cherney – Die Klingende Zeit
Robert Aitken – Lalita
Toru Takemitsu – Bryce
Iannis Xenakis – Phlegra
Brian Cherney – Die Klingende Zeit
$25 ($15 seniors, $10 students)
Groupmuse House Concert: Classical Guitar & Saxophone? Yes!
Friday, March 8, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Private home in Inverness, Seattle, WA, United States
Music for guitar and saxophone from the Renaissance to Piazzolla – including the world premiere of a new work by Stephen Goss.
$10+ donation, RSVP required
Seattle Art Song Society: Womxn's Voices
Friday, March 8, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 10:30pm (PST)
Ballard First Lutheran Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Featuring music by womxn composers Nina Simone, Hildegard von Bingen, Clara Schumann, Germaine Tailleferre, Libby Larsen, Juliana Hall, and more.
Free