New music – Upcoming Concerts near Seattle, WA
Karin Stevens Dance & the ULP: 'Saci – A Brazilian Folktale' & 'The Greater Trumps'
Friday, December 1, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Cornish Playhouse at Seattle Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Jovino Santos-Neto – Saci – A Brazilian Folktale
Stravinsky/Thorpe – The Greater Trumps
Stravinsky/Thorpe – The Greater Trumps
$50 / $35 / $25 / $20 / $15 / $5
The Esoterics present Excelsis: Contemplating extremity
Friday, December 1, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Kevin Puts – To touch the sky
Kevin Puts – If I were a swan
Paul John Rudoi – Spheres of Influence
Kala Pierson - Flung open (world premiere commission)
Andrea Clearfield - Khandroma (world premiere commission)
Kevin Puts – If I were a swan
Paul John Rudoi – Spheres of Influence
Kala Pierson - Flung open (world premiere commission)
Andrea Clearfield - Khandroma (world premiere commission)
$22 in advance ($15 students/seniors)
The Esoterics present Excelsis: Contemplating extremity
Saturday, December 2, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
Holy Rosary Catholic Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Kevin Puts – To touch the sky
Kevin Puts – If I were a swan
Paul John Rudoi – Spheres of Influence
Kala Pierson – Flung open (world premiere commission)
Andrea Clearfield – Khandroma (world premiere commission)
Kevin Puts – If I were a swan
Paul John Rudoi – Spheres of Influence
Kala Pierson – Flung open (world premiere commission)
Andrea Clearfield – Khandroma (world premiere commission)
$22 in advance ($15 students/seniors)
Ladies Musical Club: Expressions of Winter: Original Works by LMC Composers
Sunday, December 3, 2028 @ 2:00pm – 3:30pm (PST)
Music Center of the Northwest, Seattle, WA, United States
Original works for voice and piano by LMC member composers.
Free (Free)
The Esoterics present Excelsis: Contemplating extremity
Sunday, December 3, 2028 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Christ Episcopal Church Tacoma, Tacoma, WA, United States
Kevin Puts – To touch the sky
Kevin Puts – If I were a swan
Paul John Rudoi – Spheres of Influence
Kala Pierson – Flung open (world premiere commission)
Andrea Clearfield – Khandroma (world premiere commission)
Kevin Puts – If I were a swan
Paul John Rudoi – Spheres of Influence
Kala Pierson – Flung open (world premiere commission)
Andrea Clearfield – Khandroma (world premiere commission)
$22 in advance ($15 students/seniors)
UW Modern Ensemble
Tuesday, December 5, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Brechemin Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Messiaen – Quartet for the End of Time
Stockhausen – Tierkreis
Glass – Music in Similar Motion
Stockhausen – Tierkreis
Glass – Music in Similar Motion
Free
Scores of Sound: Day 1
Wednesday, December 6, 2028 @ 10:00am – 9:00pm (PST)
PONCHO Concert Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
An all-day festival including performances from many ensembles and genres, including jazz, classical, new music, African drumming, and Gamelan.
Free (Free)
UW Wind Ensemble & Symphonic Band with Michael Partingon: Colors & Contrasts
Thursday, December 7, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
Northwest premiere of A Concerto of Colours (2017) by Stephen Goss.
$10
Wayward Music Series: Inverted Space Ensemble
Thursday, December 7, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Fred Frith – Elegy for Elias
John Luther Adams – Canticles of the Sky
Kurt Weill – Alabama Song (arr. Morton Feldman)
Lou Harrison – Suite for Violin and American Gamelan
John Luther Adams – Canticles of the Sky
Kurt Weill – Alabama Song (arr. Morton Feldman)
Lou Harrison – Suite for Violin and American Gamelan
$5-$15 suggested donation
Scores of Sound: Day 3
Friday, December 8, 2028 @ 10:00am – 9:00pm (PST)
PONCHO Concert Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
An all-day festival including performances from many ensembles and genres, including jazz, classical, new music, African drumming, and Gamelan.
Free (Free)
Wayward Music Series: Eveline Müller & the Klang Quintet
Friday, December 8, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Featuring Eveline on the Boeing, Stuart McLeod on brainwave manipulator and various objects, Carl Farrow on electronics, Bob Rees on xylophone and percussion, and more...
$5-$15 donation
The Miró Quartet... at Emerald City Music
Friday, December 8, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 11:00pm (PST)
415 Westlake, Seattle, WA, United States
Haydn – String Quartet in E-flat major, Op. 71, No. 3
Puts – Credo, for string quartet
Schumann – String Quartet no. 1 in A minor, Op. 41
Puts – Credo, for string quartet
Schumann – String Quartet no. 1 in A minor, Op. 41
$45 includes open bar; $10 students
Seattle Pro Musica: Winter Rose
Saturday, December 9, 2028 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PST)
Seattle First Baptist Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Celebrating the light and hope symbolized by the winter rose with such favorites as Lo, how a rose e’er blooming by Praetorius and A spotless rose by Herbert Howells.
$12-$38
The Miró Quartet... at Emerald City Music
Saturday, December 9, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 10:00pm (PST)
The Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA, United States
Haydn – String Quartet in E-flat major, Op. 71, No. 3
Puts – Credo, for string quartet
Schumann – String Quartet no. 1 in A minor, Op. 41
Puts – Credo, for string quartet
Schumann – String Quartet no. 1 in A minor, Op. 41
$28-$43 ($10 w/ student ID)
Seattle Pro Musica: Winter Rose
Saturday, December 9, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
First Baptist Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Celebrating the light and hope symbolized by the winter rose with such favorites as Lo, how a rose e’er blooming by Praetorius and A spotless rose by Herbert Howells.
$12-$38
UW Composition Studio ft. UW Modern Ensemble Guests
Saturday, December 9, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Brechemin Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Innovative works by emerging composers explore unconventional sonic landscapes. With guest musicians from the UW Modern Ensemble.
Free
Wayward Music Series: Seth Parker Woods, cello
Saturday, December 9, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Edward Hamel – Gray Neon Life (Seattle premiere)
Pierre Alexandre Tremblay – asinglewordisnotenough 3 (invariant) (Seattle premiere)
Alvin Singleton – Argoru II (Seattle premiere)
George Lewis – Not Alone (Seattle premiere)
Pierre Alexandre Tremblay – asinglewordisnotenough 3 (invariant) (Seattle premiere)
Alvin Singleton – Argoru II (Seattle premiere)
George Lewis – Not Alone (Seattle premiere)
$5-$15 donation
Cornish Presents: Quince Contemporary Vocal Ensemble
Saturday, December 9, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PST)
PONCHO Concert Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
A highly regarded, four-voice, all-woman ensemble that thrives on unique musical challenges and a genre-bending, contemporary repertoire.
$20 / $15 / $10 / $5
Wayward Music Series: David Haney + FHTAGN: String Fury
Friday, December 15, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
A reckless carnage of harmonic versus melodic instrumentation.
$10 donation
NOCCO: Mystics, Servants, & Devils
Saturday, December 16, 2028 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PST)
Magnolia United Church of Christ, Seattle , WA, United States
Bach – Brandenburg Concerto No. 1
Pärt – Fratres
Jim Knapp – Newly Commissioned Work
Stravinsky – L'Histoire du Soldat
Pärt – Fratres
Jim Knapp – Newly Commissioned Work
Stravinsky – L'Histoire du Soldat
$25 / $15 / under 18 free