New music – Upcoming Concerts near Seattle, WA
Wayward Music Series: Wobbly – 'Monitress'
Friday, December 22, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
A battery of mobile devices driven by their built-in microphones react instantly with error-prone variations on the notes and sounds they believe they are hearing.
$5-$15 donation
Wayward Music Series: Seattle Phonographers Union
Saturday, December 23, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Explore the ways in which we recognize, differentiate, map and navigate our sonic environment.
$5-$15 donation
Wayward Music Series: 1_lu_1 + Neil Welch + Jacobson/Sinibaldi
Friday, December 29, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
An evening of improvised creative music.
$5-$15 donation
Seattle Composers' Salon: Farley, Keyt, McKnight & O'Keefe
Friday, January 5, 2029 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
An evening of music and discussion with Seattle composers Carson Farley, Aaron Keyt, Ian McKnight, and Patrick O’Keefe.
$5-$15 donation
Wayward Music Series: Pink Void + Noisegasm + OwL-Dent
Saturday, January 6, 2029 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
An evening including: Experimental soul. Crux trinket. Everything is a toy. Whirlpools. Sometimes finds ghost voices. And more.
$5-$15 donation
Faculty Recital: Robin McCabe, piano, with Rachelle McCabe
Thursday, January 11, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 8:30pm (PST)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
Bernstein – Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
Brahms – Variations on a Theme by Haydn
William Hirtz – Wizard of Oz Fantasy
Brahms – Variations on a Theme by Haydn
William Hirtz – Wizard of Oz Fantasy
$20 (students $10)
Wayward Music Series: February + Tiny Ghost
Thursday, January 11, 2029 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Premiering five pieces that seek to challenge the musical range of the double bass. Plus, Tiny Ghost challenges what they think they know about free and improvised music.
$5-$15 donation
Jesse Myers: To Sober & Quiet the Mind
Friday, January 12, 2029 @ 8:00pm – 9:00pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
An evening of spacious solo piano works from the masters of time and space – Arvo Pärt, Morton Feldman, and more
$5-$15 suggested donation
Bern Herbolsheimer Musical Memorial
Herbolsheimer Music Trust,
Stephen Bryant,
Christina Siemens,
Sarah Mattox, and
St. Helens String Quartet
Saturday, January 13, 2029 @ 5:00pm – 8:00pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Celebrating life and music by the late Bern Herbolsheimer.
Free (Free)
Cornish Presents: Morten Alfred Høirup & Ruthie Dornfeld
Thursday, January 18, 2029 @ 8:00pm – 9:00pm (PST)
PONCHO Concert Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
An expressive, intimate musical dialogue of music inspired by folk traditions from Scandinavia, America, and beyond.
$10 ($5 seniors, students, Teen Tix)
Wayward Music Series: Helen Pridmore & friends
Thursday, January 18, 2029 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Exploring graphic scores by John Cage and Earle Brown — music to see and to hear, with visual interpretation of the score as a crucial part of the performance.
$5-$15 donation
Spontaneous Combustion New Music Festival: Delgani String Quartet
Friday, January 19, 2029 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Alan Hovhaness – String Quartet No. 1
György Ligeti – String Quartet No. 1
Benjamin Krause – String Quartet No. 1
György Ligeti – String Quartet No. 1
Benjamin Krause – String Quartet No. 1
$20 ($12 students with ID)
Thalia Symphony Orchestra: Mozart, Respighi, Sibelius, & White
Friday, January 19, 2029 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Music by Mozart, Respighi, Sibelius, and the West Coast premiere of Joseph Pollard White's Concerto for Oboe d'amore.
$20
NUMUS Northwest 2018 Music Festival
Saturday, January 20, 2029 @ 8:30am – 9:30pm (PST)
Cornish College of the Arts - Kerry Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
A day-long event dedicated to the creation, performance, and experience of new music.
$20 day pass (students free w/ID)
Naeim Rahmani & the Seattle Guitar Ensemble
Saturday, January 20, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Queen Anne Christian Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Heitor Villa-Lobos – Five Preludes
Leo Brouwer – Tres Apuntes
Federico Moreno Torroba – Suite Castellana
Domenico Scarlatti – Sonata in D minor, K. 1
Ashkan Saberi – A Piece for Guitar Orchestra, Habanera
Jeffrey Bowen – Ruba'i (Quatrain)
Tom Baker – Circus Music
Leo Brouwer – Tres Apuntes
Federico Moreno Torroba – Suite Castellana
Domenico Scarlatti – Sonata in D minor, K. 1
Ashkan Saberi – A Piece for Guitar Orchestra, Habanera
Jeffrey Bowen – Ruba'i (Quatrain)
Tom Baker – Circus Music
$10
SMCO & Choral Arts NW: Journeys of Discovery & Hope
Saturday, January 20, 2029 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Plymouth Congregational Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Gabriela Lena Frank – Leyendas, an Andean Walkabout
Joseph Haydn – Mass for Troubled Times, Hob. XXII/11 “Nelson Mass”
Joseph Haydn – Mass for Troubled Times, Hob. XXII/11 “Nelson Mass”
$15-$25
Spontaneous Combustion New Music Festival: Orlando Cela, solo flute
Sunday, January 21, 2029 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PST)
Youngstown Cultural Arts Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Orlando Cela – Rag Lalit (2016)
Roger Briggs – Trailblazers (2006)
Bryan Ferneyhough – Cassandras Dreamsong (1970)
Jean-Patrick Besingrand – Le Soupir du Roseau dans le Bras du Vent (2015)
Mac Waters – Tinted (2017)
Robert Dick – Flames Must Not Encircle Sides (1980)
Roger Briggs – Trailblazers (2006)
Bryan Ferneyhough – Cassandras Dreamsong (1970)
Jean-Patrick Besingrand – Le Soupir du Roseau dans le Bras du Vent (2015)
Mac Waters – Tinted (2017)
Robert Dick – Flames Must Not Encircle Sides (1980)
$20 ($12 students w/ ID)
Spontaneous Combustion New Music Festival: Hub New Music
Monday, January 22, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
18th & Union - An Arts Space, Seattle, WA, United States
The Seattle premiere performance by Boston's Hub New Music features the world premiere of a new major work by Robert Honstein.
$20
Spontaneous Combustion New Music Festival: Iktus Duo
Thursday, January 25, 2029 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Works by Lou Harrison, Joseph Pereira, Adam Vidiksis, James Romig, and Washington-based composer Bruce Hamilton.
$20 (students $12)
UW Percussion & Third Coast Percussion: Danny Clay's 'Playbook'
Friday, January 26, 2029 @ 6:30pm – 8:00pm (PST)
Meany 268, Seattle, WA, United States
An interactive performance featuring music from Bay Area composer Danny Clay's Playbook, a set of whimsical scores and instructions utilizing found-object and traditional percussion. Audience members are welcome to bring their own instruments and participate.
Free (Free (RSVP required))