New music – Past Concerts near Seattle, WA
The Sound Ensemble: EXTRACTION – Art on the Edge of the Abyss
Sunday, October 3, 2021 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
The Royal Room, Seattle, WA, United States
Žibuoklė Martinaitytė – Solastalgia (US premiere)
Henning Kraggerud – ROMANTARCTICA
Jerry Mader – Pietà: Lament at the Edge of the Abyss (world premiere)
Henning Kraggerud – ROMANTARCTICA
Jerry Mader – Pietà: Lament at the Edge of the Abyss (world premiere)
$15 advance, $20 at the door, $7 student
The Sound Ensemble: EXTRACTION – Art on the Edge of the Abyss
Saturday, October 2, 2021 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Trinity Church Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
Žibuoklė Martinaitytė – Solastalgia (US premiere)
Henning Kraggerud – ROMANTARCTICA
Jerry Mader – Pietà: Lament at the Edge of the Abyss (world premiere)
Henning Kraggerud – ROMANTARCTICA
Jerry Mader – Pietà: Lament at the Edge of the Abyss (world premiere)
$20 (students/seniors "pay-what-you-can", ages 12 & under free)
Wayward Music Series: Puget Sounds Wind Quintet
Friday, October 1, 2021 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Eric Ewazen – Roaring Fork
Frank Ticheli – In C Dorian
Don Bowyer – 5-4-3 Miniatures
Valerie Coleman – Umoja
David P. Jones – New work TBA (world premiere)
Frank Ticheli – In C Dorian
Don Bowyer – 5-4-3 Miniatures
Valerie Coleman – Umoja
David P. Jones – New work TBA (world premiere)
Free
Desert Fantasy/Hyaline/Eat Your Greens
Sunday, September 26, 2021 @ 7:30pm – 10:30pm (PDT)
The Royal Room, Seattle, WA, United States
Triple bill featuring electroacoustic percussion act Desert Fantasy; genre-bending trio Hyaline; & electronic vibraphone/drumset duo Eat Your Greens.
$10 advance ($7 students, $12 doors)
Seattle Symphony: R. Schumann Symphony No. 3
Sunday, September 26, 2021 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Natalie Dietterich – aeolian dust
Charles Ives – Three Places in New England (Orchestral Set No. 1)
Robert Schumann – Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major, Op. 97 "Rhenisch"
Charles Ives – Three Places in New England (Orchestral Set No. 1)
Robert Schumann – Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major, Op. 97 "Rhenisch"
Ticket price TBD
Seattle Symphony: R. Schumann Symphony No. 3
Saturday, September 25, 2021 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Natalie Dietterich – aeolian dust
Charles Ives – Three Places in New England (Orchestral Set No. 1)
Robert Schumann – Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major, Op. 97 "Rhenisch"
Charles Ives – Three Places in New England (Orchestral Set No. 1)
Robert Schumann – Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major, Op. 97 "Rhenisch"
Ticket price TBD
Seattle Symphony: R. Schumann Symphony No. 3
Thursday, September 23, 2021 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Natalie Dietterich – aeolian dust
Charles Ives – Three Places in New England (Orchestral Set No. 1)
Robert Schumann – Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major, Op. 97 "Rhenisch"
Charles Ives – Three Places in New England (Orchestral Set No. 1)
Robert Schumann – Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major, Op. 97 "Rhenisch"
Ticket price TBD
Seattle Symphony: Free Opening Weekend Concert
Sunday, September 19, 2021 @ 12:30pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Celebration including the unveiling of a commissioned work of Indigenous art, a cross-cultural musical performance, & a mainstage performance by the SSO at 2pm.
Free (Free (reservation required))
Seattle Symphony: Opening Night Gala
Saturday, September 18, 2021 @ 5:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Cocktail hour performances; a full concert with the Thomas Dausgaard & the orchestra, featuring Igor Stravinsky's Firebird Suite; & a formal dinner featuring Chef Kristi Brown.
$1000-$50,000
Joey Largent & Katrina Wolfe: Dreams of the Forty Whales of the Harmonic Reed System
Saturday, August 14, 2021 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Joey Largent joins his quartet, Glacial Time Communion, in presenting a new, long-duration composition for 4 re-tuned reed boxes in collaboration with interdisciplinary visual/performing artist Katrina Wolfe.
$5-$15 suggested donation
Wayward Music Series: Seattle Phonographers Union + Tom Varner’s Sound Vespers
Saturday, August 7, 2021 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Double bill featuring sets by the sound recordist collective Phonographers Union, & jazz French hornist Tom Varner.
$5-$15 suggested donation
Mystic Chords of Memory
Thursday, August 5, 2021 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
Olympic Sculpture Park, Seattle, WA, United States
Composer/performer Nat Evans & saxophonists Neil Welch & Kate Olson perform a new, semi-improvisatory work while drifting around Olympic Sculpture Park.
Free (Free)
Listen Live at Lunch: Onomatopoeia Trio
Wednesday, August 4, 2021 @ 12:00pm – 1:00pm (PDT)
First Lutheran Church Tacoma, Tacoma, WA, United States
Flute/sax/horn trio Onomatopoeia presents a wide-ranging program spanning the 18th Century to today. Works by W.A. Mozart, Friedrich Kuhlau, & Ben Seavello, with pops arrangements by Jessi Harvey.
Free
[SOLD OUT] Orchestra Seattle & Seattle Chamber Singers: Summer Serenade
Sunday, August 1, 2021 @ 5:30pm – 7:30pm (PDT)
Mount Baker Community Club, Seattle, WA, United States
Sheila Bristow – When Music Sounds (world premiere)
Johann Sebastian Bach – Wachet auf ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 140
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – "I. Marcia" from Serenade No. 6 for Orchestra in D major, K. 239 "Serenata notturna"
Arthur Honegger – Pastorale d'été, H. 31
Antonín Dvořák – Serenade for Strings in E major, Op. 22, B. 52
Johann Sebastian Bach – Wachet auf ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 140
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – "I. Marcia" from Serenade No. 6 for Orchestra in D major, K. 239 "Serenata notturna"
Arthur Honegger – Pastorale d'été, H. 31
Antonín Dvořák – Serenade for Strings in E major, Op. 22, B. 52
Sold Out
Collaborative Musicians Project: American Nostalgia with consonari [LIVESTREAM / IN-PERSON]
Thursday, July 8, 2021 @ 6:00pm – 7:30pm (PDT)
Cross of Christ Lutheran Church, Bellevue, WA, United States
consonari (Anna Larson, violin & Kaden Larson, piano) present an evening of music with nostalgic ties to America. Works by Sergei Prokofiev, Don Freund, George N. Gianopoulos, Charles Ives, & more.
$10 ($5 students & ages 60+)
[LIVESTREAM + in person] Social Distancing Concert at the Couth Buzzard
Friday, March 13, 2020 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Couth Buzzard, Seattle, WA, United States
Alfonso X the Wise (attributed) – "To Dispell All Doubts" and "One Who Serves Sanat Maria" from the Cantigas de Santa Maria
Narciso Yepes (arranger) – Excerpts from Suite Espanol based on themes by Gaspar Sanz
Francesco Corbetta – Two Chaconnes
Andrew York – Woven World
Carlos Moscardini – Argentina (1959) ("Milonga de un entrevaro," "Un Ultimate Aliente," "Camino des troopas")
Quique Sinese – Seras Verdad, Terunno, El Abrazo
Mark Hilliard Wilson – Suite Mas Costa (Montserratina, Dalí, Maia and the bullfrog)
Narciso Yepes (arranger) – Excerpts from Suite Espanol based on themes by Gaspar Sanz
Francesco Corbetta – Two Chaconnes
Andrew York – Woven World
Carlos Moscardini – Argentina (1959) ("Milonga de un entrevaro," "Un Ultimate Aliente," "Camino des troopas")
Quique Sinese – Seras Verdad, Terunno, El Abrazo
Mark Hilliard Wilson – Suite Mas Costa (Montserratina, Dalí, Maia and the bullfrog)
Free (Free)
Seattle Symphony: Celebrate Asia
Sunday, March 8, 2020 @ 4:00pm – 5:30pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Huang Ruo – Folk Songs for Orchestra
Conrad Tao – The Oneiroi in New York
Chen Yi – Si Ji
George Gershwin – Rhapsody in Blue
Conrad Tao – The Oneiroi in New York
Chen Yi – Si Ji
George Gershwin – Rhapsody in Blue
$33-$100
Sam Boshnack Quintet w/ Marina Albero & Adriana Giordano opening
Friday, March 6, 2020 @ 7:00pm – 11:00pm (PST)
The Royal Room, Seattle, WA, United States
All original music by composer/trumpeter Samantha Boshnack, who synthesizes a dazzling array of musical influences in sophisticated, fun, highly original compositions – from intricate chamber writing to lush jazz panoramas and funky brass band-inspired grooves.
$12-$15
Auburn Symphony Orchestra Chamber Series: Uncommon Voices – Music for Woodwind Quintet
Friday, March 6, 2020 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Kent Lutheran Church, Kent, WA, United States
Enjoy a taste of new and rarely heard works by a diverse set of composers including Claude Arrieu, Ruth Crawford Seeger, Kevin Scott, Godwin Sadoh, Gwyneth Walker, and others.
$20 ($10 students)
UW Chamber Singers & University Chorale – How Shall I hold my Soul Still? Songs of Love, Loss and Betrayal
Thursday, March 5, 2020 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Meany Hall for the Performing Arts, Seattle, WA, United States
An eclectic program of American contemporary choral works, the winter quarter concert by the Chamber Singers and University Chorale examines love through many lenses.
$10