New music – Upcoming Concerts near Seattle, WA
Lake Washington Symphony Orchestra: The Music of Destiny 2, A Live Visual Experience
Friday, May 18, 2029 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Westminster Chapel, Bellevue, WA, United States
Music from the video game Destiny 2 and composers Victor Hallock, Skye Lewin, Michael Salvatori, and others, benefiting the orchestra's annual Sensory Friendly concert.
$55-$75
Seattle Pro Musica: Sacred Ground
Friday, May 18, 2029 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
St. James Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
Willan – An Apostrophe to the Heavenly Host
Kõrvits – Canticle of the Sun
Woo – Amazing Grace
Kõrvits – Canticle of the Sun
Woo – Amazing Grace
$28-$38 ($12 students, $21 seniors)
Seattle Symphony: Simple Gifts Community Concert
Saturday, May 19, 2029 @ 2:00pm – 3:00pm (PDT)
Seattle Art Museum (Downtown), Seattle, WA, United States
A culminating celebration concert featuring a world premiere composed in collaboration with Alexandra Gardner and LGBTQ youth experiencing homelessness in Seattle.
Free
Lake Washington Symphony Orchestra: The Music of Destiny 2, A Live Visual Experience
Saturday, May 19, 2029 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
Westminster Chapel, Bellevue, WA, United States
Music from the video game Destiny 2 and composers Victor Hallock, Skye Lewin, Michael Salvatori, and others, benefiting the orchestra's annual Sensory Friendly concert.
$55-$75
Saltwater Music Series: Flute Dialogues
Saturday, May 19, 2029 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
Des Moines United Methodist Church (WA), Des Moines, WA, United States
LA-based Silver Edges Duo play music for flute by Muczynski, Luksan, Ginastera, and Cazares.
Free
Eastside Symphony: Bernstein, Taylor, Rachmaninoff
Saturday, May 19, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Redmond Performing Arts Center, Redmond, WA, United States
Leonard Bernstein – "Symphonic Dances" from West Side Story
Jeffrey Taylor – Conjunction (world premiere)
Sergei Rachmaninoff – Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18
Jeffrey Taylor – Conjunction (world premiere)
Sergei Rachmaninoff – Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18
$12 ($9 seniors/youth, FREE 12 & under)
Seattle Pro Musica: Sacred Ground
Saturday, May 19, 2029 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
St. James Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
Willan – An Apostrophe to the Heavenly Host
Kõrvits – Canticle of the Sun
Woo – Amazing Grace
Kõrvits – Canticle of the Sun
Woo – Amazing Grace
$28-$38 ($12 students, $21 seniors)
Music of Remembrance: Gaman – to persevere
Sunday, May 20, 2029 @ 5:00pm – 7:00pm (PDT)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Christophe Chagnard – Gaman (2018 – world premiere)
Shinji Eshima – August 6th (1995)
Erwin Schulhoff – Five Pieces for String Quartet (1923)
Mieczyslaw Weinberg – Rhapsody on Moldavian Themes (1949)
Songs from Terezin
Shinji Eshima – August 6th (1995)
Erwin Schulhoff – Five Pieces for String Quartet (1923)
Mieczyslaw Weinberg – Rhapsody on Moldavian Themes (1949)
Songs from Terezin
$45 ($30 for under 30)
UW Wind Ensemble & Symphonic Band: Dreams & Fancies
Thursday, May 24, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
Music by Maslanka, Stravinsky, and others.
$10
UW Modern Music Ensemble: Fure, Gubaidulina, Furrer, & Karpen
Thursday, May 24, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Meany Studio Theater at Meany Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Ashley Fure – Something to Hunt
Sofia Gubaidulina – So sei es
Beat Furrer – Aer
Richard Karpen – World premiere
Sofia Gubaidulina – So sei es
Beat Furrer – Aer
Richard Karpen – World premiere
$10
Seattle Art Song Society: Marcy Stonikas & Mitchell Giambalvo in Recital
Friday, May 25, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Ballard First Lutheran Church, Seattle, WA, United States
John Harbison – Mirabai Songs
Maurice Ravel – Shéhérazade
Ottorino Respighi – Deità silvane
various settings of texts around the folklore of Lorelei
Maurice Ravel – Shéhérazade
Ottorino Respighi – Deità silvane
various settings of texts around the folklore of Lorelei
$30 ($20 student, young adult, senior)
Inverted Space Ensemble: The Cimbalom & Beyond
Friday, May 25, 2029 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
György Kurtág – Scenes From A Novel
Lou Harrison – Music for Violin and Various Instruments, European, Asian, and African
James Tenney – Quintext
Lou Harrison – Music for Violin and Various Instruments, European, Asian, and African
James Tenney – Quintext
$5-$15 donation
Seattle Modern Orchestra at Oxbow: An interactive sound-video installation & concert
Saturday, May 26, 2029 @ 7:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Oxbow, Seattle, WA, United States
Infrared sensors, multichannel speakers, and software generate an interactive experience featuring video projections of musicians from the Seattle Modern Orchestra – and the musicians in dialogue with their own image.
$5 to $15 suggested donation
Frequency Ensemble w/ Yura Lee, violin
Sunday, May 27, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
Ernő Dohnányi’s Serenade, duos by Luciano Berio, Bruno Maderna, Maurice Ravel, and Melia Watras, and more.
$20 ($10 students/seniors)
Wayward Music Series: Daniel Webbon
Tuesday, May 29, 2029 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
An evening of recent compositions and collaborations ranging from traditionally notated modern classical composition to freely improvised experimental music, drawing on ideas from contemporary literature and continental philosophy.
$5-$15 donation
PNB Conversations & Dress Rehearsal: Love & Ballet
Thursday, May 31, 2029 @ 6:00pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
McCaw Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
An in-depth interviews with PNB artists during the hour preceding dress rehearsal, revealing the creative process involved in the development of a ballet.
$30
Heath/Asplund Duo: An Evening of Modern/Postmodern Art Song
Thursday, May 31, 2029 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Music for soprano with piano and viola by Cage, Ligeti, Ives, Messiaen, Webern, Lutosawski, Christian Asplund, and Jarrad Powell.
$5-$15 donation
Wayward Music Series: Kestrel, LA LUNGS, Blessed Blood, & Galbraith/Pollack
Friday, June 1, 2029 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
A diverse group of artists perform works for prepared guitar and bass, modular synth, butoh dancer, and more.
$5-$15 donation
Pacific Northwest Ballet: Love & Ballet
Friday, June 1, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
McCaw Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Talbot/Wheeldon – Tide Harmonic
Pärt/Wheeldon – After the Rain pas de deux
Beethoven/Millepied – Appassionata
Stevens (arr. Atkinson)/Peck – Year of the Rabbit
Pärt/Wheeldon – After the Rain pas de deux
Beethoven/Millepied – Appassionata
Stevens (arr. Atkinson)/Peck – Year of the Rabbit
$37-$187
Pacific Northwest Ballet: Love & Ballet
Saturday, June 2, 2029 @ 2:00pm – 4:30pm (PDT)
McCaw Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Talbot/Wheeldon – Tide Harmonic
Pärt/Wheeldon – After the Rain pas de deux
Beethoven/Millepied – Appassionata
Stevens (arr. Atkinson)/Peck – Year of the Rabbit
Pärt/Wheeldon – After the Rain pas de deux
Beethoven/Millepied – Appassionata
Stevens (arr. Atkinson)/Peck – Year of the Rabbit
$30-$180