New music – Upcoming Concerts near Seattle, WA
Racer Sessions: Andria Nicodemou (Boston, MA)
Sunday, October 15, 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
Zach Finkelstein Album Release Party: 'Britten and Pears: The Canticles' featuring Byron Schenkman
Thursday, October 19, 2028 @ 5:30pm – 7:00pm (PDT)
Ada's Technical Books, Seattle, WA, United States
Admission includes a copy of the CD (physical and digital), refreshments and a short preview of the album's first track.
$20
Sæunn Thorsteinsdóttir: UW Faculty Cello Recital
Thursday, October 19, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Floyd and Delores Jones Playhouse Theater, Seattle, WA, United States
Solo cello recital including premieres of pieces by Halldór Smárason, Þuríður Jónsdóttir, Páll Ragnar Pálsson, and Melia Watras.
$20 ($10 youth/seniors)
Wayward Music Series: Akio Suzuki & Aki Onda
Thursday, October 19, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Venue unknown, WA, United States
Onda and Suzuki perform by utilizing unconventional and self-made instruments including Walkman analog cassette players and radios, found pieces of wood, nails, hammers, buckets, marbles, and glass jars, allowing the individual architecture and acoustics of the various sites to guide the flow and development of the performances.
$10
Dr. Bonner's Choral Workshop Concert 2017
Saturday, October 21, 2028 @ 6:00pm – 8:00pm (PDT)
Highline Christian Church, Burien, WA, United States
Free concert.
Free (Free)
Music of Today: Intercontinental Experimental Music Ensemble
Wednesday, October 25, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
A rare convergence of world-renowned musicians from four continents featuring Garth Knox, members of the 6 Tones, The Cuong Vu Trio , Bonnie Whiting, Richard Karpen, and Juan Pampin.
$15 ($10 students/seniors)
Earshot: Robin Holcomb + Mikolaj Trzaska
Thursday, October 26, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Celebrated pianist, vocalist, songwriter, composer, and librettist Robin Holcomb joins with trumpet player JP Carter and drummer Dylan van der Schyff. Opening: saxophonist Mikolaj Trzaska from Gdansk, Poland.
10-18
Wayward Music Series: Vocalise: Out of the Drawer
Friday, October 27, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Vocalise Women’s Ensemble's inaugural performance – Out of the Drawer – featuring new contemporary classical music by living composers for women’s voices.
$20 suggested donation
Seattle Phonographers Union at Georgetown Steam Plant
Friday, October 27, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Georgetown Steam Plant, Seattle, WA, United States
A performance using sounds that are recorded in, or evocative of, the Georgetown Steam Plant.
$25
Andy Akiho... at Emerald City Music
Friday, October 27, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 11:00pm (PDT)
415 Westlake, Seattle, WA, United States
Akiho – Stop Speaking, for solo snare drum
Akiho – 21, for cello and steel pan
Pärt – Spiegel im Spiegel, for violin and piano
Akiho – Pillar IV, for percussion quartet
Akiho – Deciduous, for violin and steel pan
Golijov – Mariel, for cello and percussion
Akiho – NO one To kNOW one
Akiho – 21, for cello and steel pan
Pärt – Spiegel im Spiegel, for violin and piano
Akiho – Pillar IV, for percussion quartet
Akiho – Deciduous, for violin and steel pan
Golijov – Mariel, for cello and percussion
Akiho – NO one To kNOW one
$45 includes open bar; $10 students
Andy Akiho... at Emerald City Music
Saturday, October 28, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Kenneth J. Minnaert Center for the Arts, Olympia, WA, United States
Akiho – Stop Speaking, for solo snare drum
Akiho – 21, for cello and steel pan
Pärt – Spiegel im Spiegel, for violin and piano
Akiho – Pillar IV, for percussion quartet
Akiho – Deciduous, for violin and steel pan
Golijov – Mariel, for cello and percussion
Akiho – NO one To kNOW one
Akiho – 21, for cello and steel pan
Pärt – Spiegel im Spiegel, for violin and piano
Akiho – Pillar IV, for percussion quartet
Akiho – Deciduous, for violin and steel pan
Golijov – Mariel, for cello and percussion
Akiho – NO one To kNOW one
$28-$43 ($10 w/ student ID)
Sound of Late: Steelworks
Saturday, October 28, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Flutter Studios, Seattle, WA, United States
Somei Satoh – Birds in Warped Time II
Anna Clyne – Beauty
Giacinto Scelsi – Kho-Lho
Sarah Kirkland Snider – Thread and Fray (West Coast premiere)
Noel Kennon – New Work (world premiere)
Anna Clyne – Steelworks (West Coast premiere)
Anna Clyne – Beauty
Giacinto Scelsi – Kho-Lho
Sarah Kirkland Snider – Thread and Fray (West Coast premiere)
Noel Kennon – New Work (world premiere)
Anna Clyne – Steelworks (West Coast premiere)
$15 includes open bar ($5 students)
Wayward Music Series: Todd Barton + Guest
Saturday, October 28, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
A live improvisation which “Follows the Sound” of a Buchla Music Easel.
$5-$15 donation at the door
Live @ Benaroya Hall: Hauschka
Friday, November 3, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Hauschka performs music from his latest release, "What If," an "...irrepressible outpouring of creativity, [that] reinvents piano music in a dramatic and exceptional fashion."
$25-$35
Peter Nelson-King: Daring modern American works for the piano
Friday, November 3, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Gallery 1412, Seattle, WA, United States
A unique concert of daring modern American works for the piano that push the boundaries of the instrument and explore the mysteries and far horizons of emotional expression.
$5-$15 suggested donation at door
Seattle Composers' Salon: Reid, Senter, Truesdell, Wilson
Friday, November 3, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
An evening of music and discussion with Seattle composers Clement Reid, Calvin Senter, Nicole Truesdell, and Mark Wilson.
$5-$15 suggested donation
Philharmonia Northwest: Finland 100
Saturday, November 4, 2028 @ 2:00pm – 4:30pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Sibelius – Finlandia
Sibelius – Karelia Suite
Rautavaara – Lintukoto ("Isle of Bliss")
Saariaho – Leino Songs
Finnish polkas
Sibelius – Oma maa ("My Native Land")
Sibelius – Karelia Suite
Rautavaara – Lintukoto ("Isle of Bliss")
Saariaho – Leino Songs
Finnish polkas
Sibelius – Oma maa ("My Native Land")
$25-$35
Saratoga Orchestra presents Un/Questionable Visionaries
Saturday, November 4, 2028 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Venue unknown, WA, United States
Mozart – Symphony in G minor, K. 550
Louise Farrenc – Symphony No. 3 in G minor
Sean Brown – Concerto for Horn and Orchestra, "The Reverence"
Louise Farrenc – Symphony No. 3 in G minor
Sean Brown – Concerto for Horn and Orchestra, "The Reverence"
$25 / $20 / students free
Kronos Quartet
Saturday, November 4, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Federal Way Performing Arts and Event Center, Federal Way, WA, United States
Combining a spirit of fearless exploration with a commitment to continually re-imagining the string quartet experience.
$17-$73
Wayward Music Series: Paul Matthew Moore
Saturday, November 4, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Composer Paul Matthew Moore brings together 8 performers for an evening of intricate, quiet electro-acoustic music and dance that will ruminate on the tradition of west coast minimalism.
$5–$15 suggested donation