Commission/Premiere – Past Concerts
City Opera Ballet: Romeo and Juliet
Saturday, October 8, 2016 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Meydenbauer Center Theatre, Bellevue, WA, United States
An all-new Romeo and Juliet, choreographed by Amber Willett and with a newly commissioned orchestral score by Jon Steinmeier.
$18-$45
Mirror Visions Ensemble: Flights of Fantasy
Saturday, October 8, 2016 @ 5:00pm – 7:00pm (PDT)
Florence Henry Memorial Chapel at The Highlands, Shoreline, WA, United States
Gilda Lyons' Scales and Tales, a historical account of mythological beasts set to texts by Lawrence de Ferry, Hesiod, John Nieuhoff, and Claudius Aelianus – plus works by Holst, Sibelius, Schubert, Gershwin, Schumann, and others.
$30
Mark Morris Dance Group with The Silk Road Ensemble
Saturday, October 8, 2016 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Meany Hall for the Performing Arts, Seattle, WA, United States
Mark Morris Dance Group returns to Meany Center to perform Layla and Majnun, an original dance and music production based on an ancient Persian tale.
$48-$65
Mark Morris Dance Group with The Silk Road Ensemble
Friday, October 7, 2016 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Meany Hall for the Performing Arts, Seattle, WA, United States
Mark Morris Dance Group returns to Meany Center to perform Layla and Majnun, an original dance and music production based on an ancient Persian tale.
$48-$65
The Esoterics present WILDE: Like silhouettes against the sky
Friday, October 7, 2016 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, Seattle, WA, United States
World-premiere settings of Wilde’s poetry by the winners of this year’s POLYPHONOS competition: Kenji Oh, Casey Rule, and Gordon Williamson, as well as new works by Eric William Barnum, Dominick DiOrio, and Eric Banks.
$15-$25
Mark Morris Dance Group with The Silk Road Ensemble
Thursday, October 6, 2016 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Meany Hall for the Performing Arts, Seattle, WA, United States
Mark Morris Dance Group returns to Meany Center to perform Layla and Majnun, an original dance and music production based on an ancient Persian tale.
$48-$65
Cursive: Imagist Alchemy
Thursday, October 6, 2016 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Kenyon Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Rarely-heard mid-century American works inspired by the Imagist poetry movement.
$5-$14
Thornton Creek Clarinet Quartet Chamber Concert
Tuesday, September 20, 2016 @ 7:00pm – 8:00pm (PDT)
Northgate Community Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Works by Mozart, Mussorgsky, Stella Sung, Jean Francaix, Shostakovich, and Richard Sentieri – written (or arranged) for clarinet.
Free (Free)
Emerald City Music: Series Debut, 'Wanderlust'
Saturday, September 17, 2016 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Kenneth J. Minnaert Center for the Arts, Olympia, WA, United States
Barber – Souvenirs, Suite for Piano Four Hands
Fung – Birdsong for Violin and Piano
Connesson – Techno Parade for Flute, Clarinet, and Piano
Ligeti – Six Bagatelles for Wind Quintet
Tchaikovsky – Souvenir de Florence for String Sextet
Fung – Birdsong for Violin and Piano
Connesson – Techno Parade for Flute, Clarinet, and Piano
Ligeti – Six Bagatelles for Wind Quintet
Tchaikovsky – Souvenir de Florence for String Sextet
$10-$43
Emerald City Music: Series Debut, 'Wanderlust'
Friday, September 16, 2016 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
415 Westlake, Seattle, WA, United States
Barber – Souvenirs, Suite for Piano Four Hands
Fung – Birdsong for Violin and Piano
Connesson – Techno Parade for Flute, Clarinet, and Piano
Ligeti – Six Bagatelles for Wind Quintet
Tchaikovsky – Souvenir de Florence for String Sextet
Fung – Birdsong for Violin and Piano
Connesson – Techno Parade for Flute, Clarinet, and Piano
Ligeti – Six Bagatelles for Wind Quintet
Tchaikovsky – Souvenir de Florence for String Sextet
$45 (includes one drink)
Wayward Music Series: Eric Frye + Raica + RM Francis
Friday, August 26, 2016 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
The premiere of Eric Frye's six-channel electroacoustic piece, On Small Differences in Sensation.
$5-$15
Stacey Mastrian & Stephen F. Lilly: Back & Forth
Thursday, August 18, 2016 @ 8:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Music and sonic artworks for solo voice as well as spoken word and singing with kalimba, piano, and pre-recorded and live electronics.
$5-$15
Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival: Orcas-trations – Four Centuries of Music
Wednesday, August 17, 2016 @ 5:30pm – 7:30pm (PDT)
Orcas Center, Eastsound, WA, United States
Chamber music by Ginastera, Debussy/Heifetz, Mozart, Brahms, and a newly commissioned piece by Abbie Betinis.
$10-$39
Music in the American Wild: Olympic National Park
Wednesday, August 17, 2016 @ 1:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Olympic National Park, WA, United States
Eleven composers and seven performers come together to fill seven national parks – our country's grandest natural venues – with a new opus of inherently American music.
Free (Free)
Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival: Orcas-trations – Four Centuries of Music
Tuesday, August 16, 2016 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Orcas Center, Eastsound, WA, United States
Chamber music by Ginastera, Debussy/Heifetz, Mozart, Brahms, and a newly commissioned piece by Abbie Betinis.
$10-$39
Music in the American Wild: Olympic National Park
Tuesday, August 16, 2016 @ 5:00pm – 6:00pm (PDT)
Olympic National Park, WA, United States
Eleven composers and seven performers come together to fill seven national parks – our country's grandest natural venues – with a new opus of inherently American music.
Free (Free)
Music in the American Wild: Olympic National Park
Monday, August 15, 2016 @ 7:30pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
Olympic National Park, WA, United States
Eleven composers and seven performers come together to fill seven national parks – our country's grandest natural venues – with a new opus of inherently American music.
Free (Free)
Music in the American Wild: Mount Rainier National Park
Sunday, August 14, 2016 @ 2:00pm – 3:00pm (PDT)
Mount Rainier National Park, WA, United States
Eleven composers and seven performers come together to fill seven national parks – our country's grandest natural venues – with a new opus of inherently American music.
Free (Free)
Music in the American Wild: Mount Rainier National Park
Saturday, August 13, 2016 @ 2:00pm – 3:00pm (PDT)
Mount Rainier National Park, WA, United States
Eleven composers and seven performers come together to fill seven national parks – our country's grandest natural venues – with a new opus of inherently American music.
Free (Free)
Wayward Music Series: Parnassus Project
Friday, August 12, 2016 @ 8:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
A concert exploring American mysticism, featuring works by John Luther Adams, Lou Harrison, Peter Garland, and a new work by Luke Fitzpatrick.
$5-$15