Commission/Premiere | Past Concerts

Robert Erickson – The Idea of Order at Key West for soprano, flute, clarinet, trumpet, viola and cello (1979)
Robert Erickson – General Speech for solo trombone (1969)
Robert Erickson – Pacific Sirens for percussion and variable instruments / voices (1969)
Stuart Dempster – Milanda Embracing for various instrumentation (1993-94)
Stuart Dempster – S.M.O.R.E.S. for ensemble and voices (2017) – world premiere

$10-$25

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UW Chamber Singers & University Chorale: Warp and Weft: Music of the Fabric of Life

UW Chorale and UW Chamber Singers

Friday, March 3, 2017 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)

Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States

Sweet Honey in the Rock (arr.) – Breaths
Samuel Barber – The Coolin
James McMillan – The Gallant Weaver
Javier Busto – Ave Maria
Sedans Reinis – VINDO
Joan Szymko – River
Jake Runestad – New work
Greg Jasperse – New work
Giselle Wyers – A Field of Hosannas (world premiere)

$10

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Mark Tse Conducts Bernstein, Varèse, Sondheim & More

Mark Tse

Sunday, February 26, 2017 @ 2:00pm – 3:00pm (PST)

Brechemin Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States

Bernstein – Prelude, Fugue, and Riffs
Varèse – Octandre
Sondheim – "No More" from Into the Woods
Yang – TBA (premiere)
Copland – Appalachian Spring for 13 instruments

Free

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Wayward Music Series: Lori Goldston

Mark Hilliard Wilson and Lori Goldston

Thursday, February 23, 2017 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PST)

The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States

New works for cello and guitar.

$15

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NOCCO: RESONANCE – A Celebration of Black American Composers

North Corner Chamber Orchestra (NOCCO)

Sunday, February 19, 2017 @ 7:30pm – 7:30pm (PST)

Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute, Seattle, WA, United States

Hanna Benn – Sankofa
Joplin – Selections from Treemonisha (1912, arr. Rick Benjamin)
Walker – Orpheus for Chamber Orchestra and narrator (1994)

$15-$25 (under 18 free)

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Wayward Music Series: Melanie Voytovich

Melanie Voytovich

Saturday, February 18, 2017 @ 8:00pm – 9:15pm (PST)

The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States

A night of new work with premiers by Bradley Hawkins and Ella Mahler/Melanie Voytovich.

$5-$15 sliding scale donation

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NOCCO: RESONANCE – A Celebration of Black American Composers

North Corner Chamber Orchestra (NOCCO)

Saturday, February 18, 2017 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PST)

New Holly Gathering Hall, Seattle, WA, United States

Hanna Benn – Sankofa
Joplin – Selections from Treemonisha (1912, arr. Rick Benjamin)
Walker – Orpheus for Chamber Orchestra and narrator (1994)

$15-$25 (under 18 free)

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ECCO Chamber Ensemble: What’s Love Got To Do With It?

Ecco Chamber Ensemble

Saturday, February 18, 2017 @ 2:00pm – 5:00pm (PST)

The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States

A concert exploring our humanity as affected by technology, with music for soprano, flute, and guitar by Robert Beaser, Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, John Dowland, Gabriel Fauré, Christoph Gluck, Frederic Hand, Deirdre Lynds, Louis Sauter, Franz Schubert, and Mark Hilliard Wilson.

$10-$15 suggested donation

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NOCCO Open Rehearsal: George Walker & Hanna Benn

North Corner Chamber Orchestra (NOCCO)

Monday, February 13, 2017 @ 10:00am – 1:00pm (PST)

University Christian Church, Seattle, WA, United States

We invite you and your students to observe as we put together works by black American composers, NOCCO-style – long on collaboration, short on authoritarianism.

Free

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UW Faculty Recital: Cristina Valdes – Sourced

Cristina Valdés

Wednesday, February 8, 2017 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)

Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States

Richard Karpen – Program Notes (world premiere)
Joël-François Durand – Tombeau de Rameau
Olivier Messiaen – Petites esquisses d'oiseaux
Kotoka Suzuki – Shimmer, Tree/In Memoriam Jonathan Harvey

$10-$20

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Angelo Rondello, piano: Music of Seattle

Seattle Music Exchange Project and Angelo Rondello

Saturday, February 4, 2017 @ 8:00pm – 11:00pm (PST)

Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States

Works for piano by Seattle composers Samuel Jones, Peter Vukmirovic Stevens, Angelique Poteat, and Adam Haws.

$20-$42

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Scholarship Chamber Group: Evergreen Trio

Evergreen Trio

Thursday, February 2, 2017 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)

Brechemin Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States

Theódore Dubois – Terzettino (1905)
Matthias McIntire – The Night is Full of Dark Imaginings (2016)
Toru Takemitsu – And then I knew 'twas Wind (1992)
Luke Fitzpatrick – Levitating Density 2 (2016) (world premiere, commissioned by the Evergreen Trio)
Claude Debussy – Sonata for Flute, Viola, and Harp

Free

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World Premiere of Collapsing Geography

Melanie Voytovich, Storm Benjamin, and Ursula Sahagian

Thursday, January 26, 2017 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)

The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States

Emily Koh – vom Empirischen Standpunkt
Viet Cuong – Soda Apple
Elliot Cole – Flowerpot Music No. 1
Tyler Kline – Two Songs After Dylan Thomas
Tyler Kline – Collapsing Geography
Howard Buss – De La Madera

$5-$15 suggested donation

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Sumiko Sato: Sakaya Uta

Sumiko Sato and Wayward Music Series

Saturday, January 21, 2017 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)

The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States

Composer/pianist Sumiko Sato premieres works for sextet based on very old and historic recordings of sake-brewing work songs.

$5-$15 donation

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Commission/Premiere – Past Concerts