New music – Upcoming Concerts near Seattle, WA
Second City Chamber Series: Looking Back – Looking Forward
Saturday, November 20, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
The Great Hall at Annie Wright School, Tacoma, WA, United States
Carl Phillip Stamitz – Quartet for Clarinet and Strings
Jerry Kracht – Night Song and Fast Ride for Clarinet and String Quartet
William Doppmann – Dance Variations for Solo Clarinet
Johannes Brahms – Quintet for Clarinet and Strings
Jerry Kracht – Night Song and Fast Ride for Clarinet and String Quartet
William Doppmann – Dance Variations for Solo Clarinet
Johannes Brahms – Quintet for Clarinet and Strings
$10-$25 (18 & under free)
Racer Sessions: WAH album release
Saturday, November 20, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
Cafe Racer, Seattle, WA, United States
A collectively organized composition and improvisation series for new and experimental music.
Free
Music, Thanks and Giving: A Benefit Concert of Healing and Love
Thursday, November 25, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Venue unknown, WA, United States
An evening of incredible music and powerful performances by some of Seattle's top musicians.
Free
Racer Sessions: Andrew Forbe
Saturday, November 27, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
Cafe Racer, Seattle, WA, United States
A collectively organized composition and improvisation series for new and experimental music.
Free
Luke Fitzpatrick: Cage & Partch
Thursday, December 2, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 7:30pm (PST)
Floyd and Delores Jones Playhouse Theater, Seattle, WA, United States
John Cage's Freeman Etudes for solo violin and the 17 Lyrics by Li Po for adapted viola and voice by Harry Partch.
$10-$20
The Esoterics present TEASDALE: Across the endless spaces
Thursday, December 2, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
St. Stephen's Episcopal 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
Wayne Horvitz: Factotum: Music of Work and Place
Thursday, December 2, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Songs of working men and women.
$5–$15 donation at the door
Unsilent Night
Friday, December 3, 2027 @ 6:00pm – 7:00pm (PST)
On the Boards, Seattle, WA, United States
NYC composer Phil Kline’s beautiful mix of electronica and holiday caroling hits the streets in a wash of shimmering electronica.
Free (Free)
Northwest Girlchoir: December Moon, December Stars
Friday, December 3, 2027 @ 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
The Esoterics present TEASDALE: Across the endless spaces
Friday, December 3, 2027 @ 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
The Esoterics present TEASDALE: Across the endless spaces
Saturday, December 4, 2027 @ 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
UW Composers' Studio Series
Saturday, December 4, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Brechemin Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Composition students present their explorations into experimental sound, theater, and audio design.
Free
Racer Sessions: Katie Levine
Saturday, December 4, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
Cafe Racer, Seattle, WA, United States
A collectively organized composition and improvisation series for new and experimental music.
Free
UW Modern Ensemble: Steve Reich 80th Birthday Celebration
Monday, December 6, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
A program devoted to the music of renowned living composer Steve Reich:
Pendulum Music
Drumming Part I
Triple Quartet
Clapping Music
Vermont Counterpoint
Radio Rewrite
Pendulum Music
Drumming Part I
Triple Quartet
Clapping Music
Vermont Counterpoint
Radio Rewrite
$10
Matmos: Ultimate Care II
Thursday, December 9, 2027 @ 8:30pm – 10:00pm (PST)
The Vera Project, Seattle, WA, United States
A single, continuous, thirty-eight-minute experience constructed entirely out of the sounds generated by a Whirlpool Ultimate Care II model washing machine.
$15
Seattle Pro Musica: Star of Wonder
Friday, December 10, 2027 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PST)
First Baptist Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Music from a thousand years of choral music, from medieval chant to contemporary works, evoking the winter lights of the holiday season.
$12-$38
Seattle Pro Musica: Star of Wonder
Friday, December 10, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
First Baptist Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Music from a thousand years of choral music, from medieval chant to contemporary works, evoking the winter lights of the holiday season.
$12-$38
Choral Arts Northwest: Not One Sparrow is Forgotten
Friday, December 10, 2027 @ 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
Choral Arts Northwest: Not One Sparrow is Forgotten
Saturday, December 11, 2027 @ 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
Racer Sessions: Evil Genius
Saturday, December 11, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
Cafe Racer, Seattle, WA, United States
A collectively organized composition and improvisation series for new and experimental music.
Free