Commission/Premiere – Past Concerts
Universal Language Project: concrete-lines-fluid-curves
Saturday, January 21, 2017 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
Alhadeff Studio at Cornish Playhouse, Seattle, WA, United States
New chamber works that spin out from themes emerging in poetry and found sounds: life cycles, birth and rebirth, change and becoming, fusion and elision, flow and process, eternal recurrence.
$15-$25
Universal Language Project: concrete-lines-fluid-curves
Friday, January 20, 2017 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
Resonance at SOMA Towers, Bellevue, WA, United States
New chamber works that spin out from themes emerging in poetry and found sounds: life cycles, birth and rebirth, change and becoming, fusion and elision, flow and process, eternal recurrence.
$15-$25
Empowering Silenced Voices 2.0 with Chorosynthesis Singers
Saturday, January 14, 2017 @ 7:30pm – 9:15pm (PST)
SPU Nickerson Studios, Seattle, WA, United States
A symphony of voices embedded with social consciousness.
$10-$25
Wayward Music Series: State of Mind – Susan Maughlin Wood & Michaud Savage
Saturday, January 14, 2017 @ 7:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
New works for string sextet.
$10
The Esoterics present KAY: Ulysses Kay Centennial
Sunday, January 8, 2017 @ 7:00pm – 8:00pm (PST)
Christ Episcopal Church Tacoma, Tacoma, WA, United States
Celebrating the centennial of African-American composer, conductor, and professor Ulysses Kay.
$15-$25
The Esoterics present KAY: Ulysses Kay Centennial
Saturday, January 7, 2017 @ 8:00pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Holy Rosary Catholic Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Celebrating the centennial of African-American composer, conductor, and professor Ulysses Kay.
$15-$25
The Sound Ensemble: Life After Y2K
Saturday, January 7, 2017 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Sarah Bassingthwaighte – Premiere
Sean Osborn – 12-4-6 (2005)
Marcin Pączkowski – Deep Decline (2015)
Greg Dixon – Piece for tuba and electronics (premiere)
Daron Hagen – Chamber Symphony (2003)
Sean Osborn – 12-4-6 (2005)
Marcin Pączkowski – Deep Decline (2015)
Greg Dixon – Piece for tuba and electronics (premiere)
Daron Hagen – Chamber Symphony (2003)
$10-$15
Seattle Composers' Salon: Baker, Hamilton, Olmstead, Shaskus
Friday, January 6, 2017 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
An informal presentation of new and in-progress works by Tom Baker, Jay Hamilton, Andrew Olmstead, and Jeremy Shaskus.
$5-$15 donation
The Esoterics present KAY: Ulysses Kay Centennial
Friday, January 6, 2017 @ 8:00pm – 9:00pm (PST)
St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Celebrating the centennial of African-American composer, conductor, and professor Ulysses Kay.
$15-$25
Violin, Viola & Video Virtuosity on Winter Solstice
Wednesday, December 21, 2016 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Žibuoklė Martinaitytė – Serenity Diptychs
Ayal Adler – Contrasts in Time
David A. Jaffe – Cluck Old Hen Variations
Dominique de Williencourt – Mont Ararat
Daniel Felsenfeld – Hooked to the Silver Screen
Randall Woolf – TBA
Brian Moon – Duetto con Bobik
Ayal Adler – Contrasts in Time
David A. Jaffe – Cluck Old Hen Variations
Dominique de Williencourt – Mont Ararat
Daniel Felsenfeld – Hooked to the Silver Screen
Randall Woolf – TBA
Brian Moon – Duetto con Bobik
$5-$15 sliding scale
Serendipity Quartet: Sunnier, Rainier – A String Quartet for Seattle
Sunday, December 18, 2016 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Town Hall Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
Shostakovich – String Quartet No. 8
Dvořák – String Quartet No. 12 ("American")
Adam Stern – Crossroads
Dvořák – String Quartet No. 12 ("American")
Adam Stern – Crossroads
Free (Free)
Choral Arts Northwest: Not One Sparrow is Forgotten
Sunday, December 11, 2016 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PST)
Plymouth Congregational Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Artistic Director Robert Bode leads a Christmas program featuring new choral music and guitarist Bob McCaffery-Lent.
$24-$28
Wintertide: A Concert Fantasy for the Holidays
Saturday, December 10, 2016 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
Saint Mark's Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
A multi-media concert that will heighten our delight in the winter season, including works by Ola Gjeilo and a premiere from Seattle composer Donald Skirvin.
$5-$25
Choral Arts Northwest: Not One Sparrow is Forgotten
Saturday, December 10, 2016 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
St. Joseph Parish, Seattle, WA, United States
Artistic Director Robert Bode leads a Christmas program featuring new choral music and guitarist Bob McCaffery-Lent.
$24-$28
Madrona Makes Music: A Holiday Benefit Concert for Julia's Place
Saturday, December 10, 2016 @ 3:00pm – 4:00pm (PST)
Madrona Grace Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Local performers present a holiday extravaganza that covers everything from Massenet's Meditation and Schubert's Ave Maria to Stevie Wonder's I Wish and Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah.
Free
Wintertide: A Concert Fantasy for the Holidays
Friday, December 9, 2016 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
Saint Mark's Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
A multi-media concert that will heighten our delight in the winter season, including works by Ola Gjeilo and a premiere from Seattle composer Donald Skirvin.
$5-$25
Seattle Collaborative Orchestra: Questions & Answers
Tuesday, December 6, 2016 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Roosevelt High School Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Brendan McMullen – Unquestioned (world premiere)
Charles Ives – The Unanswered Question
Lili Boulanger – D’un soir triste
Lili Boulanger – D’un matin du printemps
Tchaikovsky – Symphony No. 5
Charles Ives – The Unanswered Question
Lili Boulanger – D’un soir triste
Lili Boulanger – D’un matin du printemps
Tchaikovsky – Symphony No. 5
$10-$20 (18 & under free)
The Esoterics present TEASDALE: Across the endless spaces
Sunday, December 4, 2016 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Christ Episcopal Church Tacoma, Tacoma, WA, United States
Performing the entire oeuvre of choral works by Donald Skirvin from his career-long “love affair” with rhapsodic American poetess Sara Teasdale.
$15-$25
The Esoterics present TEASDALE: Across the endless spaces
Saturday, December 3, 2016 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
Holy Rosary Catholic Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Performing the entire oeuvre of choral works by Donald Skirvin from his career-long “love affair” with rhapsodic American poetess Sara Teasdale.
$15-$25
Northwest Girlchoir: December Moon, December Stars
Saturday, December 3, 2016 @ 7:00pm – 8:45pm (PST)
First Free Methodist Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Reflective, shimmering holiday repertoire illuminated by sun, moon, and stars.
$15-$20