New music – Past Concerts near Seattle, WA
Seattle Opera: Blue
Wednesday, March 2, 2022 @ 7:30pm – 10:00pm (PST)
McCaw Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
The 2020 winner for Best New Opera (Music Critics Association), Jeanine Tesori & Tazewell Thompson's Blue presents a portrait of contemporary African American life.
Ticket price TBA
Seattle Opera: Blue
Sunday, February 27, 2022 @ 2:00pm – 4:30pm (PST)
McCaw Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
The 2020 winner for Best New Opera (Music Critics Association), Jeanine Tesori & Tazewell Thompson's Blue presents a portrait of contemporary African American life.
Ticket price TBA
Seattle Opera: Blue
Saturday, February 26, 2022 @ 7:30pm – 10:00pm (PST)
McCaw Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
The 2020 winner for Best New Opera (Music Critics Association), Jeanine Tesori & Tazewell Thompson's Blue presents a portrait of contemporary African American life.
Ticket price TBA
Seattle Symphony: [untitled] 2022
Friday, February 25, 2022 @ 10:00pm – 11:55pm (PST)
Benaroya Hall – Samuel & Althea Stroum Grand Lobby, Seattle, WA, United States
Cutting-edge piano duo HOCKET & SSO musicians present works by jazz-/pop-influenced composers Hitomi Oba & Jonathan Richards that imagine a hopeful future emerging from the pandemic.
Ticket price TBD
Seattle Symphony: #What2022SoundsLike
Friday, February 25, 2022 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
Octave 9 at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Cutting-edge piano duo HOCKET & SSO musicians present works by 7 composers that imagine a hopeful future emerging from the pandemic.
Ticket price TBD
The Sound Ensemble: FROM SWEDEN WITH LOVE – A cultural exchange concert
Sunday, February 20, 2022 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PST)
National Nordic Museum, Seattle, WA, United States
Collaboration between The Sound Ensemble & composers from both Sweden & the western United States, featuring world premieres from Marie Samuelsson & PNW composer Sarah Bassingthwaighte.
Ticket price TBA
Seattle Symphony: Dausgaard Sibelius Symphony No. 1
Saturday, February 5, 2022 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Ellen Reid – New work TBA (world premiere)
Wilhelm Stenhammar – Piano Concerto No. 2 in D minor, Op. 23
Jean Sibelius – Symphony No. 1 in E minor, Op. 39
Wilhelm Stenhammar – Piano Concerto No. 2 in D minor, Op. 23
Jean Sibelius – Symphony No. 1 in E minor, Op. 39
Ticket price TBD
Seattle Symphony: Sibelius One Untuxed
Friday, February 4, 2022 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Ellen Reid – New work TBA (world premiere)
Jean Sibelius – Symphony No. 1 in E minor Op. 39
Jean Sibelius – Symphony No. 1 in E minor Op. 39
Seattle Symphony: Dausgaard Sibelius Symphony No. 1
Thursday, February 3, 2022 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Ellen Reid – New work TBA (world premiere)
Wilhelm Stenhammar – Piano Concerto No. 2 in D minor, Op. 23
Jean Sibelius – Symphony No. 1 in E minor, Op. 39
Wilhelm Stenhammar – Piano Concerto No. 2 in D minor, Op. 23
Jean Sibelius – Symphony No. 1 in E minor, Op. 39
Ticket price TBD
Seattle Symphony: EO9066
Saturday, January 29, 2022 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Thomas Dausgaard & the SSO are joined by Seattle-born composer/multi-instrumentalist Kishi Bashi in a heart-rending reflection on the internment of thousands of innocent Japanese Americans during the Second World War.
Ticket price TBD
Seattle Symphony: Tied Together
Friday, January 28, 2022 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
Octave 9 at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Boston-based group Hub New Music collaborates with renowned Silkroad Ensemble shakuhachi artist Kojiro Umezaki in a program of new music by composers from the Asia/America New Music Institute.
Ticket price TBD
Meany Center: Simone Dinnerstein
Thursday, January 27, 2022 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
Joseph C. Phillips Jr. – Never Has Been Yet
Richard Danielpour – An American Mosaic
Johann Sebastian Bach, arr. Richard Danielpour – Three Bach Transcriptions
Richard Danielpour – An American Mosaic
Johann Sebastian Bach, arr. Richard Danielpour – Three Bach Transcriptions
$65 (subscriptions available)
Seattle Symphony: EO9066
Thursday, January 27, 2022 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Thomas Dausgaard & the SSO are joined by Seattle-born composer/multi-instrumentalist Kishi Bashi in a heart-rending reflection on the internment of thousands of innocent Japanese Americans during the Second World War.
Ticket price TBD
Meany Center: Imani Winds & Catalyst Quartet
Wednesday, January 26, 2022 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
Mongo Santamaria, arr. Valerie Coleman – Afro Blue
Florence Price – Newly discovered work TBA
Jessie Montgomery – Sergeant McCauley
Roberto Sierra – Concierto de Cámara
Florence Price – Newly discovered work TBA
Jessie Montgomery – Sergeant McCauley
Roberto Sierra – Concierto de Cámara
$65 (subscriptions available)
Saint Mark’s Music Series: Flentrop Organ Concert
Friday, January 14, 2022 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Saint Mark's Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
Online and in-person
Program of organ compositions inspired by the Magnificat & the Te Deum laudamus. Works by Dieterich Buxtehude, Nicolas de Grigny, Rachel Laurin, & David Hurd, plus a world premiere from Rebecca Groom Te Velde.
$20 ($15 senior)
Seattle Symphony: The Music of John Adams
Saturday, January 8, 2022 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
John Adams conducts the SSO in this program of 3 of his own works: Must the Devil Have All the Good Tunes?, featuring pianist Jeremy Denk; the Hollywood-inspired City Noir; & Short Ride in a Fast Machine.
Ticket price TBD
Seattle Symphony: The Music of John Adams
Thursday, January 6, 2022 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
John Adams conducts the SSO in this program of 3 of his own works: Must the Devil Have All the Good Tunes?, featuring pianist Jeremy Denk; the Hollywood-inspired City Noir; & Short Ride in a Fast Machine.
Ticket price TBD
Saint Mark's Music Series: The Pageant of the Nativity
Tuesday, December 21, 2021 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Saint Mark's Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
Online and in-person
This dramatic telling of the Nativity story features costumes, visual art, & special instrumental accompaniment to reflect upon the Nativity of Christ. Hymns, carols, & choir anthems range from medieval chant to 21st-c. world premieres.
Free (Free)
Choral Arts Northwest: A Light in Winter
Sunday, December 12, 2021 @ 3:00pm – 4:30pm (PST)
Trinity Episcopal Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Musical contemplation of the season celebrating our emergence from pandemic silence. Featuring world premieres from Jessica French & Melinda Bargreen, & interspersed with works for solo guitar.
$25-$30 suggested donation; students free
Choral Arts Northwest: A Light in Winter
Saturday, December 11, 2021 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Trinity Episcopal Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Musical contemplation of the season celebrating our emergence from pandemic silence. Featuring world premieres from Jessica French & Melinda Bargreen, & interspersed with works for solo guitar.
$25-$30 suggested donation; students free