Commission/Premiere – Past Concerts
Vashon Island Chorale: Legacy – Imprinting a Past for a Future
Saturday, April 21, 2018 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Vashon Center for the Arts, Vashon, WA, United States
Featuring a new work by Giselle Wyers commissioned by the choir, along with diverse musical acts celebrating the theme of legacy.
$20 ($15 seniors, $5 students)
Kin of the Moon: What Better Than Call A Dance?
Friday, April 20, 2018 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
A hybrid of through composed and improvised music, the retrospective/reworking includes dance music of the Renaissance, and new view on the waltz and the tango, and a sort of EDM thing... and electronics.
$5-$15 donation
Pacific Northwest Ballet: Emergence
Friday, April 20, 2018 @ 7:30pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
McCaw Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
A trio of blockbusters includes the return of Crystal Pite’s mesmerizing Emergence and Alejandro Cerrudo’s cinematic Little mortal jump, a work by turns playful, potent, and poignant.
$30-$180
Pacific Northwest Ballet: Emergence
Thursday, April 19, 2018 @ 7:30pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
McCaw Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
A trio of blockbusters includes the return of Crystal Pite’s mesmerizing Emergence and Alejandro Cerrudo’s cinematic Little mortal jump, a work by turns playful, potent, and poignant.
$30-$180
Seattle Modern Orchestra: The Clouds Receding
Saturday, April 14, 2018 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Furrer – Aria for soprano and six instruments (1999, West Coast premiere)
Garcia – the clouds receding into the mountains for viola and ensemble (2017, world premiere)
Ligeti – Melodien for chamber orchestra (1971, Seattle premiere)
Garcia – the clouds receding into the mountains for viola and ensemble (2017, world premiere)
Ligeti – Melodien for chamber orchestra (1971, Seattle premiere)
$25 / $15 / $10
Pacific Northwest Ballet: Emergence
Saturday, April 14, 2018 @ 7:30pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
McCaw Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
A trio of blockbusters includes the return of Crystal Pite’s mesmerizing Emergence and Alejandro Cerrudo’s cinematic Little mortal jump, a work by turns playful, potent, and poignant.
$37-$187
Redmond Chorale: Fauré Requiem
Saturday, April 14, 2018 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Church of the Holy Cross, Redmond, WA, United States
A glorious French choral standard, paired with a new commission by Colorado composer Kevin Padworski.
$16 ($13 students/seniors, $40 family)
Pacific Northwest Ballet: Emergence
Saturday, April 14, 2018 @ 2:00pm – 4:30pm (PDT)
McCaw Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
A trio of blockbusters includes the return of Crystal Pite’s mesmerizing Emergence and Alejandro Cerrudo’s cinematic Little mortal jump, a work by turns playful, potent, and poignant.
$30-$180
Wayward Music Series: Adam Briggs
Friday, April 13, 2018 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Premiere of Adam Briggs' first string quartet and a large work for split percussion and orchestra.
$5-$15 donation
Pacific Northwest Ballet: Emergence
Friday, April 13, 2018 @ 7:30pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
McCaw Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
A trio of blockbusters includes the return of Crystal Pite’s mesmerizing Emergence and Alejandro Cerrudo’s cinematic Little mortal jump, a work by turns playful, potent, and poignant.
$37-$187
The King's Singers: GOLD50
Thursday, April 12, 2018 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Seattle First Baptist Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Celebrate 50 years of mesmerizing performances and musical diversity by The King’s Singers.
Sold out
PNB Conversations & Dress Rehearsal: Emergence
Thursday, April 12, 2018 @ 6:00pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
McCaw Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
In-depth interviews with choreographers, stagers, designers, dancers, and other artists during the hour preceding dress rehearsal reveal the creative process involved in the development of a ballet.
$30
The Sound Ensemble: You Didn't Know They Composed
Saturday, April 7, 2018 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Bjork – Overture
Rush – Woodwind Quintet
Beck – Selections from the Song Reader
Dessner – Murder Ballades
James McAlister – New work (Sound Ensemble commission)
Rush – Woodwind Quintet
Beck – Selections from the Song Reader
Dessner – Murder Ballades
James McAlister – New work (Sound Ensemble commission)
$15 (students/seniors $10)
Wayward Music Series: THINGS THAT BREAK
Friday, April 6, 2018 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
A multidisciplinary concert experience in the realms of new music, stop-motion animation, storytelling, visual art, and theatrical performances.
$5-$15 donation
Seattle Symphony: John Luther Adams 'Become Desert'
Saturday, March 31, 2018 @ 8:00pm – 10:30pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Beethoven – Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major, Op. 73, “Emperor”
John Luther Adams – Become Desert (world premiere)
John Luther Adams – Become Desert (world premiere)
$22-$122 (age 8-18 free)
Seattle Philharmonic Orchestra: Gipps, Ibert, Bach, & more
Saturday, March 31, 2018 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Kuhlau – Overture, William Shakespeare, Op. 74
Gipps – Symphony No. 2 (US premiere)
Ibert – Concerto for Flute and Orchestra
J.S. Bach – Prelude and Fugue in E-flat, BWV 522, "St. Anne" (orch. by Frederick Stock)
Gipps – Symphony No. 2 (US premiere)
Ibert – Concerto for Flute and Orchestra
J.S. Bach – Prelude and Fugue in E-flat, BWV 522, "St. Anne" (orch. by Frederick Stock)
$20-$30
Seattle Symphony: John Luther Adams 'Become Desert'
Thursday, March 29, 2018 @ 7:30pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Beethoven – Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major, Op. 73, “Emperor”
John Luther Adams – Become Desert (world premiere)
John Luther Adams – Become Desert (world premiere)
$22-$122 (age 8-18 free)
Deceptive Cadence: Celebrating Paul Taub’s 38 Years at Cornish
Sunday, March 25, 2018 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
PONCHO Concert Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Angelique Poteat – Song and Dance
Bern Herbolsheimer – Ashik Dances Before His Love
Beth Fleenor – New work
Jovina Santos Neto – Sertao Carioca
Alexandra Gardner – The Way of Ideas
Helena Tulve – Pulss, möön ja voolamine
Bern Herbolsheimer – Ashik Dances Before His Love
Beth Fleenor – New work
Jovina Santos Neto – Sertao Carioca
Alexandra Gardner – The Way of Ideas
Helena Tulve – Pulss, möön ja voolamine
$10 / $5
Pacific Northwest Ballet: Director’s Choice
Sunday, March 25, 2018 @ 1:00pm – 3:30pm (PDT)
McCaw Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Peter Boal's annual selection offers audiences a riveting duet, a favorite work, a little controversy, and a world premiere by PNB dancer Ezra Thomson.
$37-$187
Pacific Northwest Ballet: Director’s Choice
Saturday, March 24, 2018 @ 7:30pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
McCaw Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Peter Boal's annual selection offers audiences a riveting duet, a favorite work, a little controversy, and a world premiere by PNB dancer Ezra Thomson.
$37-$187