New music – Upcoming Concerts
Mirror Visions Ensemble: Flights of Fantasy
Friday, October 8, 2027 @ 5:00pm – 7:00pm (PDT)
Florence Henry Memorial Chapel at The Highlands, Shoreline, WA, United States
Gilda Lyons' Scales and Tales, a historical account of mythological beasts set to texts by Lawrence de Ferry, Hesiod, John Nieuhoff, and Claudius Aelianus – plus works by Holst, Sibelius, Schubert, Gershwin, Schumann, and others.
$30
City Opera Ballet: Romeo and Juliet
Friday, October 8, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Meydenbauer Center Theatre, Bellevue, WA, United States
An all-new Romeo and Juliet, choreographed by Amber Willett and with a newly commissioned orchestral score by Jon Steinmeier.
$18-$45
The Esoterics present WILDE: Like silhouettes against the sky
Friday, October 8, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Holy Rosary Catholic Church, Seattle, WA, United States
World-premiere settings of Wilde’s poetry by the winners of this year’s POLYPHONOS competition: Kenji Oh, Casey Rule, and Gordon Williamson, as well as new works by Eric William Barnum, Dominick DiOrio, and Eric Banks.
$15-$25
Mark Morris Dance Group with The Silk Road Ensemble
Friday, October 8, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Meany Hall for the Performing Arts, Seattle, WA, United States
Mark Morris Dance Group returns to Meany Center to perform Layla and Majnun, an original dance and music production based on an ancient Persian tale.
$48-$65
City Opera Ballet: Romeo and Juliet
Saturday, October 9, 2027 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
Meydenbauer Center Theatre, Bellevue, WA, United States
An all-new Romeo and Juliet, choreographed by Amber Willett and with a newly commissioned orchestral score by Jon Steinmeier.
$18-$45
The Esoterics present WILDE: Like silhouettes against the sky
Saturday, October 9, 2027 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Christ Episcopal Church Tacoma, Tacoma, WA, United States
World-premiere settings of Wilde’s poetry by the winners of this year’s POLYPHONOS competition: Kenji Oh, Casey Rule, and Gordon Williamson, as well as new works by Eric William Barnum, Dominick DiOrio, and Eric Banks.
$15-$25
Racer Sessions: CHIVES (Brooklyn)
Saturday, October 9, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Cafe Racer, Seattle, WA, United States
A collectively organized composition and improvisation series for new and experimental music.
Free
Classical Tuesdays in Old Town: Loop 2.4.3 Percussion
Monday, October 11, 2027 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
Venue unknown, WA, United States
Thomas Kozumplik – Time-Machine_music (northwest premiere)
Free (Free)
Wayward Music Series presents Loop 2.4.3: Time Machine_music
Wednesday, October 13, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Stories of power, control, love, war, and hyper-reality inform this multi-media concert bringing together fine art, film, and composed and improvised music.
$5-$15
Racer Sessions: Naomi Moon Siegal
Saturday, October 16, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Cafe Racer, Seattle, WA, United States
A collectively organized composition and improvisation series for new and experimental music.
Free
Brass Band Northwest: Northern Lights
Saturday, October 23, 2027 @ 2:30pm – 4:15pm (PDT)
Bellevue Presbyterian Church, Bellevue, WA, United States
Lee Morris – The Northern Lights
Christophe Chagnard (arr. J. Scott) – Opre' Roma
Bert Appermont – The Green Hill
Edward Gregson – Connotations
Paul Lovatt-Cooper – Horizons
Jeffrey W. Taylor – The Age of Man
Ola Gjeilo – Northern Lights
Christophe Chagnard (arr. J. Scott) – Opre' Roma
Bert Appermont – The Green Hill
Edward Gregson – Connotations
Paul Lovatt-Cooper – Horizons
Jeffrey W. Taylor – The Age of Man
Ola Gjeilo – Northern Lights
$5-$10 suggested donation
Frequency Debut Concert: The Kreutzer Sonata
Saturday, October 23, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
A dynamic new chamber ensemble presents a program of interconnected works by Beethoven, Janáček, and Watras, plus improvisation.
$10-$20
Racer Sessions: Tristan Gianola
Saturday, October 23, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Cafe Racer, Seattle, WA, United States
A collectively organized composition and improvisation series for new and experimental music.
Free
Music of Today: Eighty & Ninety – Stuart Dempster & Bill Smith
Tuesday, October 26, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Meany Hall for the Performing Arts, Seattle, WA, United States
William O. Smith – Antiphony (ca. 1975)
Stuart Dempster – Didjeridervish (1971-72)
William O. Smith – Encounter (1970)
Robert Erickson – General Speech (1969)
Stuart Dempster – Didjeridervish (1971-72)
William O. Smith – Encounter (1970)
Robert Erickson – General Speech (1969)
$10-$15
Northwest Symphony Orchestra: Family Favorites
Thursday, October 28, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Highline Performing Arts Center, Burien, WA, United States
Williams – Star Wars Suite
Rimsky-Korsakov – Capriccio Espagnol
Wagner – Ride of the Valkyries
Brad Hawkins – Overture (world premiere)
Grieg – Peer Gynt Suite No. 1
Holst – Jig from St. Paul's Suite
Rimsky-Korsakov – Capriccio Espagnol
Wagner – Ride of the Valkyries
Brad Hawkins – Overture (world premiere)
Grieg – Peer Gynt Suite No. 1
Holst – Jig from St. Paul's Suite
$12-$15
Universal Language Project: Crowning Day
Thursday, October 28, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Resonance at SOMA Towers, Bellevue, WA, United States
A bold new multi-media work focusing on racial reconciliation as told through the eyes of a North Carolina plantation through the centuries.
$20
Wayward Music Series: Renée Baker
Thursday, October 28, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Twelve of Seattle’s outstanding improvising musicians performing works by René Baker combining conduction, graphic scores, and standard notation.
$5-$15
The Sound Ensemble: In Nature's Realm
Friday, October 29, 2027 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
John Teske – susurrus
Tom Cipullo – Rain
Greg Dixon – Cedar Forest
John Cage – Litany for the Whale
John Luther Adams – songbirdsongs
Anna Thorvaldsdottir – Hrim
Tom Cipullo – Rain
Greg Dixon – Cedar Forest
John Cage – Litany for the Whale
John Luther Adams – songbirdsongs
Anna Thorvaldsdottir – Hrim
$10-$15
Universal Language Project: Crowning Day
Friday, October 29, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Velocity Dance Center, Seattle, WA, United States
A bold new multi-media work focusing on racial reconciliation as told through the eyes of a North Carolina plantation through the centuries.
$15-$25
The Dead Music Project
Saturday, October 30, 2027 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Steinway Piano Gallery of Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
Spencer Arias – Variations on a Theme by a Dead Guy for solo piano
Kaley Eaton – P(L)AYBACK for voice and electronics
Michaud Savage – New work TBA
Aaron Grad – Razumovsky Rhythm Changes for violin and piano
Michaud Savage – Gnossienne 1
Improvised – Dead Music Revival Buzzer Bonanza
Kaley Eaton – P(L)AYBACK for voice and electronics
Michaud Savage – New work TBA
Aaron Grad – Razumovsky Rhythm Changes for violin and piano
Michaud Savage – Gnossienne 1
Improvised – Dead Music Revival Buzzer Bonanza
$10-$25 suggested donation