Commission/Premiere – Past Concerts
Wayward Music Series: Seattle Bass Clarinet Project
Saturday, April 30, 2016 @ 8:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Works for bass clarinet, including the world premiere of Sean Osborn’s Four Moods for bass clarinet duo and performances of pieces by Bill Smith, Jim Knodle, Daniel Barry, and others.
$5-$15
Seattle Sonatina Festival
Saturday, April 30, 2016 @ 1:30pm – 4:30pm (PDT)
Wedgwood Presbyterian Church, Seattle, WA, United States
New works including Sonatina for Violin and Piano by Susan Maughlin Wood mingle with standard sonatina repertoire.
Free ($5 suggested donation)
Sound of Late: What Water Knows
Friday, April 29, 2016 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
The Center for Wooden Boats, Seattle, WA, United States
The shimmering, colorful music of composers Emily Doolittle, Nicole Portley, Bright Sheng, and Toru Takemitsu will be featured alongside music and poetry of marine biologists and commercial fishers.
$10
UW World Series: Daedalus Quartet
Friday, April 29, 2016 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Meany Hall for the Performing Arts, Seattle, WA, United States
Beethoven – String Quartet Op. 18
Huck Hodge – New Work (world premiere)
Beethoven – String Quartet No. 15 in A minor, Op. 132
Huck Hodge – New Work (world premiere)
Beethoven – String Quartet No. 15 in A minor, Op. 132
$34-$38 (age 17 & under free)
Scores of Sound: Composition Studio – Acoustic Composition
Wednesday, April 27, 2016 @ 4:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
PONCHO Concert Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Showcasing the very best work that has been achieved during the course of the semester.
Free (Free)
Wayward Music Series: Seattle Composers Alliance & NOCCO Quartet
Tuesday, April 26, 2016 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
NOCCO String Quartet performs pieces by the 10 finalists in the Seattle Composer Alliance‘s Second Annual International Call for Scores. Featuring composers from the United Kingdom, Spain, Italy, Canada, and beyond, as well as from Seattle and throughout the United States.
$5-$15
West Seattle Community Orchestras Presents: First Concert of Spring
Tuesday, April 26, 2016 @ 6:00pm – 7:30pm (PDT)
Chief Sealth International High School Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Works by Matesky, Raposo, Niehaus & Leidig, Westman, Beethoven, and Williams.
Free (Free)
Philharmonia Northwest: The New World
Sunday, April 24, 2016 @ 2:30pm – 4:30pm (PDT)
St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Schneider – computation_0: {algorithmic thoughts of the electric brain; for (computer and orchestra) {
M. Haydn – Duo Concertante for Organ and Viola
Dvořák – Symphony No. 9 “From the New World”
M. Haydn – Duo Concertante for Organ and Viola
Dvořák – Symphony No. 9 “From the New World”
$20 ($15 student/senior)
PAS Day of Percussion
Sunday, April 24, 2016 @ 10:00am – 6:30pm (PDT)
Meany 268, Seattle, WA, United States
Percussion performances by Garfield High School Drumline, Blue Thunder Drumline, UW Zimbabwean Marimba Club, Terry Longshore, and RE:Percussion Duo.
$5-$15
Taylor Bowyn Composition Recital
Friday, April 22, 2016 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
PONCHO Concert Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Taylor Bowyn, a composition student at Cornish College of the Arts, presents a senior recital. Free and open to the public.
Free (Free)
Steven Silvers & Tom Prince Composition Recital
Sunday, April 17, 2016 @ 5:00pm – 6:00pm (PDT)
PONCHO Concert Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Steven Silvers & Tom Prince, composition students at Cornish College of the Arts, present a junior recital. Free and open to the public.
Free (Free)
Seattle Symphony: Dvořák Cello Concerto
Saturday, April 16, 2016 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Anatoli Liadov – The Enchanted Lake, Op. 62
Valentyn Sylvestrov – Symphony No. 8 (U.S. Premiere)
Dvořák – Cello Concerto
Valentyn Sylvestrov – Symphony No. 8 (U.S. Premiere)
Dvořák – Cello Concerto
$21-$124 (age 8-18 free)
Tacoma Symphony Orchestra Pops: Symphonic Django!
Saturday, April 16, 2016 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Pantages Theater, Tacoma, WA, United States
TSO performs the music of gypsy jazz guitarist Django Reinhardt, joined by guitar virtuoso John Jorgenson, jazz violinist Ben Powell, and a gypsy jazz troupe that will include former Northwest Sinfonietta conductor Christophe Chagnard.
$19-$80
Seattle Symphony: Dvořák Cello Concerto
Thursday, April 14, 2016 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Anatoli Liadov – The Enchanted Lake, Op. 62
Valentyn Sylvestrov – Symphony No. 8 (U.S. Premiere)
Dvořák – Cello Concerto
Valentyn Sylvestrov – Symphony No. 8 (U.S. Premiere)
Dvořák – Cello Concerto
$21-$124 (age 8-18 free)
Music Northwest: Piano Brilliance
Sunday, April 10, 2016 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
Venue unknown, WA, United States
Piano music of the 21st century by African, American, and Russian composers – a one-of-a-kind concert, heard nowhere else on the planet.
$16-$18 (students 25 and under free w/reservation)
Musica Electronica
Saturday, April 9, 2016 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Luciano Berio – Differences (1959)
Ewa Trębacz – Ligeia for ensemble and surround sound (2015) – World premiere
Kaija Saariaho – Lichtbogen (1986)
Ewa Trębacz – Ligeia for ensemble and surround sound (2015) – World premiere
Kaija Saariaho – Lichtbogen (1986)
$20 ($10 student/senior)
14/48: BoomBox
Saturday, April 2, 2016 @ 10:00pm – 11:55pm (PDT)
The Royal Room, Seattle, WA, United States
1 theme, 12 composers, 24 hours to write. Go!
$14-$20
14/48: BoomBox
Saturday, April 2, 2016 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Royal Room, Seattle, WA, United States
1 theme, 12 composers, 24 hours to write. Go!
$14-$20
Viola and Vixens: A Celebration of Female Composers in honor of Women's History Month
Thursday, March 31, 2016 @ 6:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Seattle University - Pigott Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Featuring the world premiere of a new work by renowned composer and Seattle native Angelique Poteat, plus works by Libby Larsen, Jennifer Higdon, and Rebecca Clarke.
Free
[POSTPONED] Seattle Collaborative Orchestra: Let’s Get Emotional
Tuesday, March 22, 2016 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Roosevelt High School Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Brendan McMullen – Unworkable Devices (world premiere)
Lili Boulanger – D’un Soir Triste & D’un Matin de Printemps
Howard Hanson – Symphony No. 2
Lili Boulanger – D’un Soir Triste & D’un Matin de Printemps
Howard Hanson – Symphony No. 2
$20 ($10 student/senior; 18 & under free)