New music – Upcoming Concerts near Seattle, WA
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))
Inverted Space Ensemble: Cage, Ligeti, Stockhausen
Friday, January 26, 2029 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Cage – Freeman Etudes for solo violin (Book 1)
Ligeti – Études for solo piano (Book 1)
Stockhausen – Plus Minus
Ligeti – Études for solo piano (Book 1)
Stockhausen – Plus Minus
$5-$15 donation
Basically Baroque with Saratoga Orchestra of Whidbey Island
Saturday, January 27, 2029 @ 2:30pm – 4:30pm (PST)
Island Church of Whidbey, Langley, WA, United States
Handel – Concerto Grosso Op. 6, No. 7
Vivaldi – Concerto for two oboes in D minor RV 535
Hidgon – Dance Card
Vivaldi – Concerto for two oboes in D minor RV 535
Hidgon – Dance Card
$25 ($20 senior/military)
Spontaneous Combustion New Music Festival: Sandbox Percussion
Saturday, January 27, 2029 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Music Center of the Northwest, Seattle, WA, United States
Works by Steve Reich, Andy Akiho, and more.
$20
Wayward Music Series: Sarah Pyle – flora/fauna
Saturday, January 27, 2029 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Elizabeth Brown – Botanical Obsessions for solo flute (2000)
Andrew Stiefel – Let us whisper our names into the trees for flute, baroque flute, and electronics (premiere)
Sarah Pyle – Improvisations on three secular monodies by Francesca Caccini
Daniel Webbon – To Square a Circle for baroque flutist as percussionist (premiere)
Sarah Pyle – Beehive for flute and electronics (premiere)
Vivian Fine – The Flicker for solo flute (1973)
Andrew Stiefel – Let us whisper our names into the trees for flute, baroque flute, and electronics (premiere)
Sarah Pyle – Improvisations on three secular monodies by Francesca Caccini
Daniel Webbon – To Square a Circle for baroque flutist as percussionist (premiere)
Sarah Pyle – Beehive for flute and electronics (premiere)
Vivian Fine – The Flicker for solo flute (1973)
$5-$15 donation
Basically Baroque with Saratoga Orchestra of Whidbey Island
Sunday, January 28, 2029 @ 2:30pm – 4:30pm (PST)
Nordic Hall, Coupeville, WA, United States
Handel – Concerto Grosso Op. 6, No. 7
Vivaldi – Concerto for two oboes in D minor RV 535
Hidgon – Dance Card
Vivaldi – Concerto for two oboes in D minor RV 535
Hidgon – Dance Card
$25 ($20 senior/military)
Music Northwest: Music for Flutes & Harpsichord
Sunday, January 28, 2029 @ 3:00pm – 3:00pm (PST)
First Lutheran Church of West Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
Telemann – Fantasia for Solo Flute
Bach – Trio Sonata for Two Flutes and Harpsichord, BWV 1039
Peter Bruun – Autumn, What is your Plan?
R. Murray Schafer – Sonatina for Flute and Harpsichord
Shulamit Ran – Flute duet TBA
Katherine Hoover – Flute duet TBA
Bach – Trio Sonata for Two Flutes and Harpsichord, BWV 1039
Peter Bruun – Autumn, What is your Plan?
R. Murray Schafer – Sonatina for Flute and Harpsichord
Shulamit Ran – Flute duet TBA
Katherine Hoover – Flute duet TBA
$16-$18 (students 26 & under free w/RSVP)
Art from Ashes: MOR International Holocaust Remembrance Day Concert
Monday, January 29, 2029 @ 5:00pm – 7:00pm (PST)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Featuring chamber music written in Terezín and the Vilna ghetto, and works by composers whose lives were cut short by Nazi persecution.
Free (Free)
Spontaneous Combustion New Music Festival: The City of Tomorrow (Wind Quintet)
Tuesday, January 30, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
The Royal Room, Seattle, WA, United States
Julia Wolfe – On Seven Star Shoes
Alex Temple – Thick Line
John Teske – Topographies
Hans Abrahamsen – Walden
Esa-Pekka Salonen – Memoria
Jacob Druckman – Delia Contente Che l'Alme Beatte
Alex Temple – Thick Line
John Teske – Topographies
Hans Abrahamsen – Walden
Esa-Pekka Salonen – Memoria
Jacob Druckman – Delia Contente Che l'Alme Beatte
$20 ($12 students w/ ID)
Karen Bentley Pollick Performs Music by New York Women Composers
Thursday, February 1, 2029 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
New works by Marga Richter, Faye-Ellen Silverman, Adrienne Elisha, Rain Worthington, Victoria Bond, Karen Bentley Pollick, and more.
$5-$15 suggested donation
Spontaneous Combustion New Music Festival: Ashley Bathgate, cello
Thursday, February 1, 2029 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Rainier Arts Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Works for solo cello by living composers, with and without electronics.
$20
Seattle Opera: A Youth Opera for Families – ‘Robin Hood’
Friday, February 2, 2029 @ 7:00pm – 8:00pm (PST)
Cornish Playhouse at Seattle Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Presented by Seattle Opera and Seattle Public Theater, this opera is performed by youth ages 7–18 with a professional chamber orchestra.
Sold Out
First Friday Salons: Unique trios & duos
Friday, February 2, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Resonance at SOMA Towers, Bellevue, WA, United States
Brahms – Trio in A minor, Op. 114
Robert Muczinsky – Fantasy Trio
Sean Osborn – Romance for Cello and Piano
Robert Muczinsky – Fantasy Trio
Sean Osborn – Romance for Cello and Piano
$20
Seattle Opera: A Youth Opera for Families – ‘Robin Hood’
Saturday, February 3, 2029 @ 2:00pm – 3:00pm (PST)
Cornish Playhouse at Seattle Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Presented by Seattle Opera and Seattle Public Theater, this opera is performed by youth ages 7–18 with a professional chamber orchestra.
Sold Out
Seattle Opera: A Youth Opera for Families – ‘Robin Hood’
Saturday, February 3, 2029 @ 7:00pm – 8:00pm (PST)
Cornish Playhouse at Seattle Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Presented by Seattle Opera and Seattle Public Theater, this opera is performed by youth ages 7–18 with a professional chamber orchestra.
Sold Out
Wayward Music Series: Mesh Collaborative + Seattle Phonographers Union
Saturday, February 3, 2029 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Featuring a single desktop computer performing digital synthesis in response to control messages sent by four human performers with laptops.
$5-$15 donation
Seattle Collaborative Orchestra: Visions of Sound
Sunday, February 4, 2029 @ 3:00pm – 4:30pm (PST)
University Christian Church, Seattle, WA, United States
David Lien – Aeromancy for Saxophone, Orchestra, and Organ (world premiere)
Angelique Poteat – Beyond Much Difference (2015)
Modeste Mussorgsky – Pictures at an Exhibition (1874)
Angelique Poteat – Beyond Much Difference (2015)
Modeste Mussorgsky – Pictures at an Exhibition (1874)
$20 (students/seniors $10, under 18 free)
Bach's Lunch: The Discovery Trio
Tuesday, February 6, 2029 @ 12:10pm – 12:50pm (PST)
Christ Episcopal Church Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
Bring a lunch and hear UW Scholarship ensemble The Discovery Trio perform new and old music for baroque instruments.
Free