Commission/Premiere – Past Concerts
NWSO: Poteat, Benn, Beyer, Medina & more
Saturday, March 19, 2016 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Holy Rosary Catholic Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Angelique Poteat – Spring Grove
Hanna Benn – TBA (world premiere)
Huntley Beyer – Guardian Angel
Kari Medina – TBA (world premiere)
Joseph Canteloube – Songs of the Auvergne (selections)
Ludwig Van Beethoven – Symphony No. 1
Hanna Benn – TBA (world premiere)
Huntley Beyer – Guardian Angel
Kari Medina – TBA (world premiere)
Joseph Canteloube – Songs of the Auvergne (selections)
Ludwig Van Beethoven – Symphony No. 1
$15 ($12 student/senior)
Empowering Silenced Voices with Chorosynthesis Singers
Saturday, March 19, 2016 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Innovative choral works, featuring regional, U.S., and world premieres highlighting voices that have been silenced throughout history by exploring topics such as child abuse, terrorism, war, non-heteronormative love, natural disaster, women’s rights, and civil disobedience.
$7-$20
Talman Welle Concert
Sunday, March 13, 2016 @ 4:00pm – 7:00pm (PDT)
Stage7Pianos, Kirkland, WA, United States
Schumann – Carnaval, Op. 9
Cyril Scott – Lento
Cyril Scott – Summerland: Four Little Pieces for Pianoforte, Op. 54 Nos. 1-4
Cyril Scott – Introduction and Fugue, Op. 75 No. 5
Cyril Scott – Lento
Cyril Scott – Summerland: Four Little Pieces for Pianoforte, Op. 54 Nos. 1-4
Cyril Scott – Introduction and Fugue, Op. 75 No. 5
Free
RUMI: Within each timeless droplet
Saturday, March 12, 2016 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
Holy Rosary Catholic Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Celebrating the poetry of mystical Sufi poet Jalal ad-Din Mohammed RUMI with works by Nilo Alcala, David Asplin, Eric Banks, Bern Herbolsheimer, J David Moore, Christopher Theofanidis, and Mark Winges.
$15-$25
Universal Language Project presents: SCRAPE
Saturday, March 12, 2016 @ 8:00pm – 11:00pm (PST)
Founders Theater at Velocity Dance Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Chin – Obamatorio
Knapp – Only Those Who Have Dared
Knapp – A Letter
Knapp – Charles Who?
Knapp – Only Those Who Have Dared
Knapp – A Letter
Knapp – Charles Who?
$15-$25
RUMI: Within each timeless droplet
Friday, March 11, 2016 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Celebrating the poetry of mystical Sufi poet Jalal ad-Din Mohammed RUMI with works by Nilo Alcala, David Asplin, Eric Banks, Bern Herbolsheimer, J David Moore, Christopher Theofanidis, and Mark Winges.
$15-$25
Universal Language Project presents: SCRAPE
Friday, March 11, 2016 @ 8:00pm – 11:00pm (PST)
Resonance at SOMA Towers, Bellevue, WA, United States
Chin – Obamatorio
Knapp – Only Those Who Have Dared
Knapp – A Letter
Knapp – Charles Who?
Knapp – Only Those Who Have Dared
Knapp – A Letter
Knapp – Charles Who?
$15-$25
UW Chamber Singers and University Chorale
Wednesday, March 9, 2016 @ 7:30pm – 10:00pm (PST)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
Music dealing with suffering and redemption, including the world premiere of Robert Kyr's The Rose Led Us To Our Eyes and Arvo Pärt’s ground-breaking Passio.
$10
Inverted Space Ensemble: Long Piece Fest 2.2: asleep, forest, melody, path
Tuesday, March 8, 2016 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
A 60-minute piece using sounds gathered in Seattle, mixing piano, violin, electric guitar, and saxophone with melodies superimposed with and separated from these field recordings.
$5-$15 suggested donation
David A. Jaffe: The Space Between Us
Saturday, March 5, 2016 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
David A. Jaffe – The Space Between Us
Shostakovich – String Quartet No. 9
David A. Jaffe – Cluck Old Hen Variations
David A. Jaffe – Impossible Animals
Rebecca Clarke – Poem
Shostakovich – String Quartet No. 9
David A. Jaffe – Cluck Old Hen Variations
David A. Jaffe – Impossible Animals
Rebecca Clarke – Poem
$15 online, sliding scale at the door
Graphic Scores: New Commissions – II
Friday, March 4, 2016 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Common Area Maintenance, Seattle, WA, United States
Inverted Space has commissioned four new graphic scores as visual art and instruction for performance. Works by Luke Fitzpatrick, Ania Stachurska, Jacob Sundstrom, and Kevin Baldwin will be premiered.
Donations welcome
VOCES8: Underneath the Stars
Friday, March 4, 2016 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Town Hall Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
From traditional Renaissance harmonies to more modern compositions, including the premiere of Norwegian composer/pianist Ola Gjeilo’s The River and an amplified, modern pop set.
$25
Wayward Music Series: Lori Freedman + Seth Josel
Thursday, March 3, 2016 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
New works traversing the limits and thresholds of the low clarinets, plus the US premiere of
point/wave
, a 45-minute piece for steel-stringed acoustic guitar and live ambient sound processing by composer Cat Lamb.
point/wave
, a 45-minute piece for steel-stringed acoustic guitar and live ambient sound processing by composer Cat Lamb.
$5-$15
Seattle Metropolitan Chamber Orchestra: World Sounds
Saturday, February 27, 2016 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PST)
First Free Methodist Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Milhaud – Le boeuf sur le toit
Kodály – Hungarian Rondo
Grieg – Two Elegiac Melodies
World Premiere – International Composition Competition
World Premiere – Local Composers Competition
Piazzolla – Oblivion
Piazzolla – Libertango
Kodály – Hungarian Rondo
Grieg – Two Elegiac Melodies
World Premiere – International Composition Competition
World Premiere – Local Composers Competition
Piazzolla – Oblivion
Piazzolla – Libertango
$20 ($15 student/senior)
Town Music: ‘we do it to one another,’ Poetry and Performance Featuring Joshua Roman, Tracy K. Smith, and Jessica Rivera
Thursday, February 25, 2016 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Town Hall Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
A performance of Joshua Roman's we do it to one another (based on Tracy K. Smith's Life on Mars), a reading by Smith, and a conversation between the artists on the creative process, music, and poetry.
$10-$25
Kronos Quartet Workshop
Tuesday, February 23, 2016 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PST)
Brechemin Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
The internationally renowned Kronos Quartet leads a workshop exploring new works by UW professor emeritus Ken Benshoof and violist Garth Knox, commissioned for the group's project Fifty for the Future: The Kronos Learning Repertoire.
Free
Music of Today: Garth Knox, viola
Monday, February 22, 2016 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
A program of new and improvised music by internationally renowned violist Garth Knox, joined by faculty violist Melia Watras and students from the UW viola studio.
$10-$15
Simple Measures + Spectrum Dance: Rambunctions 2.0
Sunday, February 21, 2016 @ 2:00pm – 3:30pm (PST)
Cornish Playhouse at Seattle Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Engaging, evocative works by African-American composers Pamela Z, Wynton Marsalis, and T. J. Anderson.
$20-$40
Kronos Quartet: Beyond Zero
Saturday, February 20, 2016 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
The Moore Theatre, Seattle, WA, United States
Kronos Quartet combines a spirit of fearless exploration with a commitment to continually re-imagining the string quartet experience.
$20-$75
Simple Measures + Spectrum Dance: Rambunctions 2.0
Saturday, February 20, 2016 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Cornish Playhouse at Seattle Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Engaging, evocative works by African-American composers Pamela Z, Wynton Marsalis, and T. J. Anderson.
$20-$40