New music – Upcoming Concerts near Seattle, WA
Racer Sessions: Cry & Roar 6
Sunday, January 24, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
Cafe Racer, Seattle, WA, United States
A 3-day music festival celebrating the sixth anniversary of the Racer Sessions, Seattle’s weekly experimental and avant-garde music series.
Cover by donation
Melia Watras Viola Recital
Tuesday, January 26, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
Violist Melia Watras presents a program of music influenced by mythology and folklore.
$20 (students $10)
The Daphnes + Hotel Vignette at the Royal Room
Tuesday, January 26, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 9:45pm (PST)
The Royal Room, Seattle, WA, United States
Mesmerizing modern chamber pop compositions followed by the ramblings and bumbles of Nils Petersen.
Free (Free)
UW Modern Music Ensemble: Kurtág, Schönberg, Bartók
Friday, January 29, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Meany Studio Theater at Meany Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Kurtág – Hommage à R. Sch., Op. 15d
Schönberg – Kammersymphonie No. 1, Op. 9
Bartók – Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion
Schönberg – Kammersymphonie No. 1, Op. 9
Bartók – Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion
$10
Nineteen Crimes + Red Fable
Saturday, January 30, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
A powerful evening of sound and film.
$5-$15 donation
The Washington Wind Symphony presents “Ventus Festum”
Sunday, January 31, 2027 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PST)
Kirkland Performance Center, Kirkland, WA, United States
Higdon – Fanfare Ritmico
Schwantner – From a Dark Millennium
Newman – Moon by Night
Dello Joio – Fantasies on a Theme by Haydn
Grainger – Immovable Do
Respighi – Vetrate di Chiesa (Church Windows)
Sousa – The Gladiator
Schwantner – From a Dark Millennium
Newman – Moon by Night
Dello Joio – Fantasies on a Theme by Haydn
Grainger – Immovable Do
Respighi – Vetrate di Chiesa (Church Windows)
Sousa – The Gladiator
$10-$20
UW World Series: Sō Percussion
Sunday, January 31, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
Steve Reich – Mallet Quartet
Glenn Kotche – Drum Kit Quartet No. 51
John Cage – Third Construction
Bryce Dessner – Music For Wood and Strings
Glenn Kotche – Drum Kit Quartet No. 51
John Cage – Third Construction
Bryce Dessner – Music For Wood and Strings
$35-$40
Gabriel Kahane & Brooklyn Rider
Monday, February 1, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
Tractor Tavern, Seattle, WA, United States
Hailed by Rolling Stone as "one of the year's very best albums", singer-songwriter Gabriel Kahane teams up with string quartet Brooklyn Rider to celebrate their new collaborative album, The Fiction Issue.
$15
Counterpoint | Phase: Music of Steve Reich
Tuesday, February 2, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
On the Boards, Seattle, WA, United States
A hypnotic evening of music in a non-traditional setting from the American master of minimalism.
Limited tix available at the door
Seattle Symphony & Chorale: [Untitled] 2
Friday, February 5, 2027 @ 10:00pm – 11:15pm (PST)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Feldman – Intersection No. 2 for Orchestra
Wolff – For Bob
Brown – Music for Cello and Piano
Cage – Living Room Music
Feldman – Rothko Chapel
Wolff – For Bob
Brown – Music for Cello and Piano
Cage – Living Room Music
Feldman – Rothko Chapel
$15
Sunday Sunset Concerts with Erin Jorgensen
Sunday, February 7, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Velocity Dance Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Prepare your ears for a strange radio station broadcast from outer space: DIY philosophy, stream-of-consciousness thoughts, whispering in your ear, snippets of JS Bach, and low marimba overtones.
$10
Graphic Scores: New Commissions
Friday, February 12, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Common Area Maintenance, Seattle, WA, United States
Inverted Space has commissioned four new graphic scores as visual art and instruction for performance. Works by Luke Fitzpatrick, Ania Stachurska, Jacob Sundstrom, and Kevin Baldwin will be premiered.
Donations welcome
Seaver & Witscher | Mark Lewis | RM Francis
Friday, February 12, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Cleaning & math in a musical context; new electronica; and computer music that incorporates granular synthesis, spectral processing, algorithmic composition, and image sonification.
$5-$15
Racer Sessions: Christian Pincock
Sunday, February 14, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
Cafe Racer, Seattle, WA, United States
A collectively organized composition and improvisation series for new and experimental music.
Free
Sam Boshnack Quintet: The Nellie Bly Project
Thursday, February 18, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
The Royal Room, Seattle, WA, United States
Sam Boshnack Quintet will perform the Nellie Bly Project in entirety as well as other new works. Boshnack composed this suite of music illustrating the daredevil, feminist, journalist, & iconoclast Nellie Bly (1864 – 1922).
$7-$10
Inverted Space: Ferneyhough residency
Friday, February 19, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Brian Ferneyhough – Fanfare for Klaus Huber
Brian Ferneyhough – Mort Subite
Brian Ferneyhough – Adagissimo
Brian Ferneyhough – Intermedio alla Ciaccona
Brian Ferneyhough – Flurries
Mark Applebaum – Ferneyhough ReMix
Mark Applebaum – Fanfare for Brian Ferneyhough
Joel-Francois Durand – Enfance (premiere)
Joel-Francois Durand – Hermetic Definition
Brian Ferneyhough – Mort Subite
Brian Ferneyhough – Adagissimo
Brian Ferneyhough – Intermedio alla Ciaccona
Brian Ferneyhough – Flurries
Mark Applebaum – Ferneyhough ReMix
Mark Applebaum – Fanfare for Brian Ferneyhough
Joel-Francois Durand – Enfance (premiere)
Joel-Francois Durand – Hermetic Definition
$5-$15
Seattle Modern Orchestra Benefit Concert
Saturday, February 20, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Steve Reich – Cello Counterpoint
Brian Ferneyhough – Time and Motion Study I
Ewa Trebacz – Minotaur for Horn and Surround Sound
Helena Tulve – Abysses for flute solo and ensemble
Brian Ferneyhough – Time and Motion Study I
Ewa Trebacz – Minotaur for Horn and Surround Sound
Helena Tulve – Abysses for flute solo and ensemble
$20-$250
Kronos Quartet: Beyond Zero
Saturday, February 20, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
The Moore Theatre, Seattle, WA, United States
Kronos Quartet combines a spirit of fearless exploration with a commitment to continually re-imagining the string quartet experience.
$20-$75
Racer Sessions: Eliot Eidelman
Sunday, February 21, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
Cafe Racer, Seattle, WA, United States
A collectively organized composition and improvisation series for new and experimental music.
Free
Music of Today: Garth Knox, viola
Monday, February 22, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
A program of new and improvised music by internationally renowned violist Garth Knox, joined by faculty violist Melia Watras and students from the UW viola studio.
$10-$15