New music – Upcoming Concerts near Seattle, WA
Wayward Music Series: Love Theme + Sun Pack
Friday, September 29, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
New-age dirges with drones, dark-toned horns, and background static, plus the sound of sitting on the rocks by a lake...
$12 advance, $14 at the door
Wayward Music Series: Radiosonde
Saturday, September 30, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
With scores designed by Graczyk and Baker, the group follows prompts (shapes, words, colors) to give an overall shape to the moment-by-moment decisions being made in real-time.
$5-$15 donation
Racer Sessions: Gregg Belisle-Chi
Sunday, October 1, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Cafe Racer, Seattle, WA, United States
A collectively organized composition and improvisation series for new and experimental music.
Free
Wayward Music Series: Matrio + Trevor O’Loughlin
Thursday, October 5, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Venue unknown, WA, United States
Matrio is an improvising collective; with influences ranging from Olivier Messiaen to The Art Ensemble of Chicago, Matrio creates set-long experiences that explore the space between sound, noise, music, and silence.
$5-$15 at the door
Wayward Music Series: John Teske's 'vectorscores' and Sean Hamilton
Friday, October 6, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Using web technology to create scores and parts for musicians that use animation to present musical material, generate and update parts in real-time, and allow a musician’s choices to influence other players’ parts.
$5-$15 suggested donation
The Esoterics presents Gravitas: Investigating gravity
Friday, October 6, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, Seattle, WA, United States
New choral works by Steven Stucky and Robert Paterson, and world premiere commissions by POLYPHONOS winners Conrad Asman, Daniel Sabzghabaei, and Vahram Sarkissian.
$15-$25
The Esoterics presents Gravitas: Investigating Gravity
Saturday, October 7, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Holy Rosary Catholic Church, Seattle, WA, United States
New choral works by Steven Stucky and Robert Paterson, and world premiere commissions by POLYPHONOS winners Conrad Asman, Daniel Sabzghabaei, and Vahram Sarkissian.
$22 / $15
Haller Lake Music Series: Seattle Music Teacher Association Teacher Showcase
Sunday, October 8, 2028 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
Haller Lake United Methodist Church, Seattle, WA, United States
A benefit concert for SMTA showcasing performing members of Seattle Music Teachers Association.
$5-$20 suggested donation
The Esoterics present Gravitas: Investigating Gravity
Sunday, October 8, 2028 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Christ Episcopal Church Tacoma, Tacoma, WA, United States
New choral works by Steven Stucky and Robert Paterson, and world premiere commissions by POLYPHONOS winners Conrad Asman, Daniel Sabzghabaei, and Vahram Sarkissian.
$22 ($15 students/seniors)
Racer Sessions: Sean Hamilton (Miami, FL)
Sunday, October 8, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Cafe Racer, Seattle, WA, United States
A collectively organized composition and improvisation series for new and experimental music.
Free
Seattle Metropolitan Chamber Orchestra: Voices of Courage
Wednesday, October 11, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Fremont Abbey Arts Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Jessie Montgomery – Banner
Silvestre Revueltas – Homenaje a Federico Garcia Lorca
George Walker – Lyric for Strings
Aaron Copland – Music for the Theatre
Silvestre Revueltas – Homenaje a Federico Garcia Lorca
George Walker – Lyric for Strings
Aaron Copland – Music for the Theatre
$25 ($15 students/seniors)
Town Music: Benjamin Beilman with Anna Polonsky
Thursday, October 12, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
PONCHO Concert Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Beethoven – Sonata in D major Op. 12, No. 1
Benjamin Britten – Suite Op. 6
Kaija Anneli Saariaho – Tocar
Brahms – Sonata No. 3 in D minor, Op. 108
Benjamin Britten – Suite Op. 6
Kaija Anneli Saariaho – Tocar
Brahms – Sonata No. 3 in D minor, Op. 108
$20/$15 for members
Seattle Modern Orchestra: In Time of War…
Thursday, October 12, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Crumb – Dream Sequence (Images II) for violin, cello, piano and percussion (1976)
Crumb – Black Angels (Images I) for electric string quartet (1969)
Eastman – Gay Guerrilla (1979) – Version for 13 strings
Crumb – Black Angels (Images I) for electric string quartet (1969)
Eastman – Gay Guerrilla (1979) – Version for 13 strings
$25 / $15 / $10
Seattle Symphony: Des Moines Beach Park Community Concert
Friday, October 13, 2028 @ 7:00pm – 8:00pm (PDT)
Des Moines Beach Park Auditorium, Des Moines, WA, United States
Alexandra Gardner – Coyote Turns for string quartet
Beethoven – Septet in E-flat major
Beethoven – Septet in E-flat major
Free
Second City Chamber Series: Masters & Winners
Friday, October 13, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
The Great Hall at Annie Wright School, Tacoma, WA, United States
Beethoven – Piano Trio in D minor, Op. 70, No.1 “Ghost”
Woodhouse – Taured
Tchaikovsky – Piano Trio in A minor, Op. 50
Woodhouse – Taured
Tchaikovsky – Piano Trio in A minor, Op. 50
$25/$23/$10 (age 18 & under free)
Jesse Myers: The Minimal Piano
Friday, October 13, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
John Adams – China Gates
Philip Glass – Mad Rush
Philip Glass – Etude No. 9
Christopher Cerrone – Hoyt-Schermerhorn
Missy Mazzoli – Orizzonte
Missy Mazzoli – Isabelle Eberhardt Dreams of Pianos
Jesse Myers – Error of My Ways
Steve Reich – Piano Counterpoint
Philip Glass – Mad Rush
Philip Glass – Etude No. 9
Christopher Cerrone – Hoyt-Schermerhorn
Missy Mazzoli – Orizzonte
Missy Mazzoli – Isabelle Eberhardt Dreams of Pianos
Jesse Myers – Error of My Ways
Steve Reich – Piano Counterpoint
$5-$15 suggested donation
Seattle Symphony: [untitled] 1
Friday, October 13, 2028 @ 10:00pm – 11:20pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
John Adams – Road Movies
Thomas Adès – Life Story
Steve Reich – Different Trains
Thomas Adès – Life Story
Steve Reich – Different Trains
$16
The Sound Ensemble: Kammermusik
Saturday, October 14, 2028 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Darius Milhaud – Symphonie de Chambre: I. Le Printemps, Op. 43
Michael Djupstrom – To the Eastern Sea
Darius Milhaud – Symphonie de Chambre: II. Pastorale, Op. 49
Judd Greenstein – At the End of a Really Great Day
Darius Milhaud – Symphonie de Chambre; III. Sérénade, Op. 71
James Falzone – In a World of One Color... The Sound of Wind
Paul Hindemith – Kammermusik I
Michael Djupstrom – To the Eastern Sea
Darius Milhaud – Symphonie de Chambre: II. Pastorale, Op. 49
Judd Greenstein – At the End of a Really Great Day
Darius Milhaud – Symphonie de Chambre; III. Sérénade, Op. 71
James Falzone – In a World of One Color... The Sound of Wind
Paul Hindemith – Kammermusik I
$15 (under age 12 free)
Seattle Metropolitan Chamber Orchestra: Voices of Courage
Sunday, October 15, 2028 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute, Seattle, WA, United States
Jessie Montgomery – Banner
Silvestre Revueltas – Homenaje a Federico Garcia Lorca
George Walker – Lyric for Strings
Aaron Copland – Music for the Theatre
Silvestre Revueltas – Homenaje a Federico Garcia Lorca
George Walker – Lyric for Strings
Aaron Copland – Music for the Theatre
$25 ($15 students/seniors)
Kerry Turner horn recital & masterclass
Sunday, October 15, 2028 @ 6:00pm – 8:00pm (PDT)
Brechemin Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
A combination recital-master class including original compositions. Free and open to the public.
Free