New music – Upcoming Concerts near Seattle, WA
Andrew Joslyn & the Passenger String Quartet
Saturday, February 12, 2028 @ 4:00pm – 5:00pm (PST)
Bainbridge Waterfront Park Community Center, Bainbridge Island, WA, United States
Violist and composer Andrew Joslyn will be performing with The Passenger String Quartet, an avant-garde, experimental neo-classical group.
$5/$10/$20
Adagio: The Music of Arvo Pärt
Saturday, February 12, 2028 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PST)
On the Boards, Seattle, WA, United States
The spirit of early music meets ultra-spare modern minimalism in a meditative, intimate setting.
$20
Racer Sessions: Ebony Miranda
Saturday, February 12, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
Cafe Racer, Seattle, WA, United States
A collectively organized composition and improvisation series for new and experimental music.
Free
NOCCO Open Rehearsal: George Walker & Hanna Benn
Sunday, February 13, 2028 @ 10:00am – 1:00pm (PST)
University Christian Church, Seattle, WA, United States
We invite you and your students to observe as we put together works by black American composers, NOCCO-style – long on collaboration, short on authoritarianism.
Free
Cornish Masterclass: Composer Jesse Meyers
Monday, February 14, 2028 @ 1:30pm – 2:30pm (PST)
Cornish College of the Arts - Kerry Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Composer Jesse Meyers is giving a masterclass of his contemporary classical works and works for prepared piano.
Free (Free)
Second City Chamber Series: Past and Future Tense
Thursday, February 17, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
The Great Hall at Annie Wright School, Tacoma, WA, United States
Mendelssohn – Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor
Alexandra T. Bryant – The Open for Violin and Piano
Shostakovich – Piano Trio No. 2
Alexandra T. Bryant – The Open for Violin and Piano
Shostakovich – Piano Trio No. 2
$10-$25 (18 & under free)
Wayward Music Series: Inverted Space Ensemble
Thursday, February 17, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Newly composed works alongside a diverse mix of contemporary and experimental music. Featuring works by Charles Corey, Jacob Sundstrom, Ania Stachurska, Clint McCallum, Sergej Newski, Beat Furrer, and John Cage.
$5-$15 suggested donation
Cornish Presents: Jesse Myers
Thursday, February 17, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 9:15pm (PST)
PONCHO Concert Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
John Cage’s monumental work for the prepared piano is performed on the stage on which the instrument was born.
$10-$20
NOCCO: RESONANCE – A Celebration of Black American Composers
Friday, February 18, 2028 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PST)
New Holly Gathering Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Hanna Benn – Sankofa
Joplin – Selections from Treemonisha (1912, arr. Rick Benjamin)
Walker – Orpheus for Chamber Orchestra and narrator (1994)
Joplin – Selections from Treemonisha (1912, arr. Rick Benjamin)
Walker – Orpheus for Chamber Orchestra and narrator (1994)
$15-$25 (under 18 free)
ECCO Chamber Ensemble: What’s Love Got To Do With It?
Friday, February 18, 2028 @ 2:00pm – 5:00pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
A concert exploring our humanity as affected by technology, with music for soprano, flute, and guitar by Robert Beaser, Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, John Dowland, Gabriel Fauré, Christoph Gluck, Frederic Hand, Deirdre Lynds, Louis Sauter, Franz Schubert, and Mark Hilliard Wilson.
$10-$15 suggested donation
LUCO: Temptation
Friday, February 18, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Center for Spiritual Living, Seattle, WA, United States
Milhaud – La creation du Monde
Moidel – Love Sonnets
Hindemith – Mathis der Maler
Moidel – Love Sonnets
Hindemith – Mathis der Maler
$15-$20
Racer Sessions: Amelia May Coulter
Saturday, February 19, 2028 @ 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 Y: New Works by Emerging Artists
Monday, February 21, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Meany Hall for the Performing Arts, Seattle, WA, United States
The University of Washington School of Music and The Center for Digital Arts and Experimental Media (DXARTS) present a program of original music and new works by emerging artists.
$15 ($10 students/seniors)
Cornish Presents: Peter Evans
Wednesday, February 23, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PST)
PONCHO Concert Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
The work of trumpet player and improviser/composer Peter Evans covers a wide range of modern musical practices and traditions.
$10-20
Wayward Music Series: Lori Goldston
Wednesday, February 23, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
New works for cello and guitar.
$15
Melia Watras: '26' Album Release
Thursday, February 24, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Brechemin Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
UW faculty violist Melia Watras performs selections from 26, her newly released CD, with a video presentation and commentary.
Free (Free)
Wayward Music Series: Noel Kennon & Austin Larkin
Thursday, February 24, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Manipulated violin harmonics, sine waves, and controlled feedback, plus a small chamber ensemble who will attempt to induce sleep...
$5-$15 donation at the door
Seattle Pro Musica: Chichester Psalms
Friday, February 25, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
St. James Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
Bernstein’s beloved Chichester Psalms is paired with James MacMillan’s deeply moving Cantos sagrados in this concert of sacred music for choir and organ.
$12-$38
[CANCELLED] Seattle Composer Alliance Monthly Reading Session
Saturday, February 26, 2028 @ 1:00pm – 4:00pm (PST)
Seattle Pacific University, Crawford Music Building 211, Seattle, WA, United States
These sessions – open to the public, and all ages – are an opportunity for composers to work with performers and get real-time feedback.
Free (Free)
Racer Sessions: Simon Henneman
Saturday, February 26, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
Cafe Racer, Seattle, WA, United States
A collectively organized composition and improvisation series for new and experimental music.
Free