Commission/Premiere – Past Concerts
Seattle Modern Orchestra: Mystic Clarinet with guest artist Carol Robinson
Saturday, June 3, 2017 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
William O. “Bill” Smith – Rites for solo clarinet and tape (1998)
Giacinto Scelsi – Ko-Lho for flute and clarinet (1966)
Giacinto Scelsi – Kya for clarinet and 7 instruments (1959) – Seattle premiere
Jeremy Jolley – Archipel… en résonnant à Venise… for solo clarinet, 4 instrumental groups and fixed media (2017) – world premiere
Giacinto Scelsi – Ko-Lho for flute and clarinet (1966)
Giacinto Scelsi – Kya for clarinet and 7 instruments (1959) – Seattle premiere
Jeremy Jolley – Archipel… en résonnant à Venise… for solo clarinet, 4 instrumental groups and fixed media (2017) – world premiere
$10-$25
lily [bloom in my darkness]: an electroacoustic opera
Friday, June 2, 2017 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
An electroacoustic "opera" for voice, live electronic processing and sensors, violas, saxophone, electric harp, piano, choreography, and projected imagery.
$5-$15
Seattle Pacific University: Symphony of Psalms
Friday, June 2, 2017 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
First Free Methodist Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Premiere performance of Symphony of Psalms composed by SPU Emeritus Professor Dr. Eric Hanson in commemoration of SPU’s 125th Celebration.
Free (Free)
UW Wind Ensemble, Symphonic, & Alumni Bands: Home
Thursday, May 25, 2017 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
Gershwin – Rhapsody in Blue
Hodge – Trumpet concerto
Hodge – Trumpet concerto
$10
Music of Remembrance: Ceija
Sunday, May 21, 2017 @ 5:00pm – 7:00pm (PDT)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
The world premiere of a striking multimedia work by rising young composer Mary Kouyoumdjian; works by Osvaldo Golijov paired with new choreography from the innovative Olivier Wevers; and evocative songs by Korngold.
$30-$45
OSSCS: Organ Symphony
Sunday, May 21, 2017 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
First Free Methodist Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Vivaldi – Gloria in D major, RV 589
2016 –2017 OSSCS Composer Contest winning composition
Saint-Saëns – Symphony No. 3 in C minor (“Organ”), Op. 78
2016 –2017 OSSCS Composer Contest winning composition
Saint-Saëns – Symphony No. 3 in C minor (“Organ”), Op. 78
$10-$25, youth free
Seattle Metropolitan Chamber Orchestra: SPARK.1
Saturday, May 20, 2017 @ 8:00pm – 11:00pm (PDT)
Fred Wildlife Refuge, Seattle, WA, United States
SMCO partners with local DJs, producers, and visual artists for SPARK, a new performance series that takes the classical music genre far outside the realm of the expected.
$25
Sound of Late: Magic With Everyday Objects
Saturday, May 20, 2017 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
The music of New York composer Missy Mazzoli, including her transformative Magic with Everyday Objects.
$10
Seattle Metropolitan Chamber Orchestra: Four Horns
Friday, May 19, 2017 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Vivaldi – Concerto for Strings in D minor, RV 127
Beethoven – Romance No. 2 in F major, Op. 50
Mozart – Symphony No. 25 in G minor, K. 183
Piazzolla – Oblivion, Libertango (arr. Larson)
World Premiere TBA – Horn Quartet and Orchestra
Horn Quartet feature TBA
Beethoven – Romance No. 2 in F major, Op. 50
Mozart – Symphony No. 25 in G minor, K. 183
Piazzolla – Oblivion, Libertango (arr. Larson)
World Premiere TBA – Horn Quartet and Orchestra
Horn Quartet feature TBA
$20/$15
Symphony Tacoma: Mountain and Sea
Saturday, May 13, 2017 @ 7:30pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Pantages Theater, Tacoma, WA, United States
Grieg – Suite No. 1 from Peer Gynt
Daniel Ott – Fire Mountain (world premiere)
Debussy – La Mer
Daniel Ott – Fire Mountain (world premiere)
Debussy – La Mer
$19-$80
Angelo Rondello, piano: Music of Our Sister Cities
Thursday, May 11, 2017 @ 7:30pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Works by sister-city composers Fernando Sulpizi (Italy), Fumio Uno (Japan), Szilárd Kovács (Hungary), and Knut Vaage (Norway).
$42 (students $20)
Octava Chamber Orchestra: Mozart, Bach, Edward
Sunday, May 7, 2017 @ 6:00pm – 8:00pm (PDT)
Maple Park Church, Lynnwood, WA, United States
Mozart – Don Giovanni, overture
Bach – Concerto for 3 Violins BWV 1064R
Michel Edward – Symphony No. 3 (world premiere)
Bach – Concerto for 3 Violins BWV 1064R
Michel Edward – Symphony No. 3 (world premiere)
$15-$20 (children free)
Bainbridge Island Youth Orchestras performs a premiere by Yiğit Kolat
Sunday, May 7, 2017 @ 4:00pm – 6:00pm (PDT)
Grace Church, Bainbridge Island, WA, United States
Works by Mozart and Tchaikovsky and a world premiere from Yiğit Kolat.
Free (Free)
Choral Arts Northwest: Unclouded Day
Sunday, May 7, 2017 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
St. Thomas Episcopal Church, Medina, WA, United States
Muehleisen – Finding Your Voice
Kirchner – Unclouded Day
Averitt – Over Jordan
Additional works TBA
Kirchner – Unclouded Day
Averitt – Over Jordan
Additional works TBA
$24-$28
Choral Arts Northwest: Unclouded Day
Saturday, May 6, 2017 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Plymouth Congregational Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Muehleisen – Finding Your Voice
Kirchner – Unclouded Day
Averitt – Over Jordan
Additional works TBA
Kirchner – Unclouded Day
Averitt – Over Jordan
Additional works TBA
$24-$28
Eighth Blackbird with Will Oldham
Thursday, May 4, 2017 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
The Neptune Theatre, Seattle, WA, United States
David Lang – learn to fly
Bryce Dessner – Murder Ballades
Frederic Rzewski – Coming Together (speaker: Will Oldham)
Will Oldham – Songs
Bryce Dessner – Murder Ballades
Frederic Rzewski – Coming Together (speaker: Will Oldham)
Will Oldham – Songs
$35 + fees
Vashon Island Chorale presents Victory & Beauty: Haydn’s Lord Nelson Mass
Sunday, April 30, 2017 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
Vashon Center for the Arts, Vashon, WA, United States
Haydn – Lord Nelson Mass
Kaplan – Song of Songs
Kaplan – Song of Songs
$5-$20
Vashon Island Chorale presents Victory & Beauty: Haydn’s Lord Nelson Mass
Saturday, April 29, 2017 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Vashon Center for the Arts, Vashon, WA, United States
Haydn – Lord Nelson Mass
Kaplan – Song of Songs
Kaplan – Song of Songs
$5-$20
Cascadian Chorale: Cascadian Composers
Sunday, April 23, 2017 @ 3:30pm – 5:30pm (PDT)
St. Thomas Episcopal Church, Medina, WA, United States
Celebrating the many facets of Bern Herbolsheimer's musical personality, plus new and beautiful music by local composers Christopher Lee Fraley, Jeremy Kings, Joy DeCoursey-Porter, and more.
$17 ($12 student/senior)
Cascadian Chorale: Cascadian Composers
Saturday, April 22, 2017 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Church of the Holy Cross, Redmond, WA, United States
Celebrating the many facets of Bern Herbolsheimer's musical personality, plus new and beautiful music by local composers Christopher Lee Fraley, Jeremy Kings, Joy DeCoursey-Porter, and more.
$17 ($12 student/senior)