New music – Upcoming Concerts
Wayward Music Series: State of Mind – Susan Maughlin Wood & Michaud Savage
Friday, January 14, 2028 @ 7:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
New works for string sextet.
$10
Different Drummer
Friday, January 14, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Kenyon Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
What do you get when you combine two symphony musicians, a Scottish fiddle champion, and a world-class tap dancer?
$8-$14
Empowering Silenced Voices 2.0 with Chorosynthesis Singers
Friday, January 14, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:15pm (PST)
SPU Nickerson Studios, Seattle, WA, United States
A symphony of voices embedded with social consciousness.
$10-$25
Racer Sessions: Ian Christiansen Quartet (Portland)
Saturday, January 15, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
Cafe Racer, Seattle, WA, United States
A collectively organized composition and improvisation series for new and experimental music.
Free
Seattle Phonographers Union & Guests
Wednesday, January 19, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
A collective of artists improvising with unprocessed field recordings performs one of their infrequent “ambient” sets.
$5-$15 suggested donation
She has wings
Thursday, January 20, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Trinity Lutheran Church, Lynnwood, WA, United States
The Radcliffe Choral Society joins Northwest Girlchoir Amore and the small ensembles of Seattle Pro Musica for a collaborative concert.
$15 (26 & under free)
Russian Music of the 1960s: Brendan Kinsella, piano
Thursday, January 20, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Meany Studio Theater at Meany Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
1960s-era violin sonatas by Edison Denisov, Dmitri Shostakovich, and Alfred Schnittke.
$10-$20
Universal Language Project: concrete-lines-fluid-curves
Thursday, January 20, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
Resonance at SOMA Towers, Bellevue, WA, United States
New chamber works that spin out from themes emerging in poetry and found sounds: life cycles, birth and rebirth, change and becoming, fusion and elision, flow and process, eternal recurrence.
$15-$25
Saratoga Orchestra presents: J.S. Bach, Arnold, Elgar & Shaw
Friday, January 21, 2028 @ 2:30pm – 4:00pm (PST)
Island Church of Whidbey, Langley, WA, United States
J.S. Bach – Brandenburg Concerto No. 5
Malcolm Arnold – Concerto for Flute
Caroline Shaw – Entr'acte for String Orchestra
Edward Elgar – Serenade for Strings
Malcolm Arnold – Concerto for Flute
Caroline Shaw – Entr'acte for String Orchestra
Edward Elgar – Serenade for Strings
$25/$20/Free
Seattle Chamber Music Society: Mozart, Higdon, Fauré
Friday, January 21, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Mozart – Duo for Violin and Viol in B-flat major, K. 424
Jennifer Higdon – Piano Trio
Fauré – Quartet for Piano and Strings in C minor, Op. 15
Jennifer Higdon – Piano Trio
Fauré – Quartet for Piano and Strings in C minor, Op. 15
$16-$52
Sumiko Sato: Sakaya Uta
Friday, January 21, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Composer/pianist Sumiko Sato premieres works for sextet based on very old and historic recordings of sake-brewing work songs.
$5-$15 donation
Universal Language Project: concrete-lines-fluid-curves
Friday, January 21, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
Alhadeff Studio at Cornish Playhouse, Seattle, WA, United States
New chamber works that spin out from themes emerging in poetry and found sounds: life cycles, birth and rebirth, change and becoming, fusion and elision, flow and process, eternal recurrence.
$15-$25
Saratoga Orchestra presents: J.S. Bach, Arnold, Elgar & Shaw
Saturday, January 22, 2028 @ 2:30pm – 4:00pm (PST)
Nordic Hall, Coupeville, WA, United States
J.S. Bach – Brandenburg Concerto No. 5
Malcolm Arnold – Concerto for Flute
Caroline Shaw – Entr'acte for String Orchestra
Edward Elgar – Serenade for Strings
Malcolm Arnold – Concerto for Flute
Caroline Shaw – Entr'acte for String Orchestra
Edward Elgar – Serenade for Strings
$25/$20/Free
Seattle Chamber Music Society: Brahms, Kernis, Smetana
Saturday, January 22, 2028 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PST)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Brahms – Sonata for Viola and Piano in F minor, Op. 120, No. 1
Aaron Jay Kernis – Perpetual Chaconne
Smetana – Trio for Violin, Cello and Piano in G minor, Op. 15
Aaron Jay Kernis – Perpetual Chaconne
Smetana – Trio for Violin, Cello and Piano in G minor, Op. 15
$16-$52
Racer Sessions: Cry and Roar Festival (Day 3)
Saturday, January 22, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
Cafe Racer, Seattle, WA, United States
A collectively organized composition and improvisation series for new and experimental music.
Free
World Premiere of Collapsing Geography
Wednesday, January 26, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Emily Koh – vom Empirischen Standpunkt
Viet Cuong – Soda Apple
Elliot Cole – Flowerpot Music No. 1
Tyler Kline – Two Songs After Dylan Thomas
Tyler Kline – Collapsing Geography
Howard Buss – De La Madera
Viet Cuong – Soda Apple
Elliot Cole – Flowerpot Music No. 1
Tyler Kline – Two Songs After Dylan Thomas
Tyler Kline – Collapsing Geography
Howard Buss – De La Madera
$5-$15 suggested donation
Seattle Chamber Music Society: Janáček, Reich, Shostakovich
Thursday, January 27, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Janáček – Pohadka
Reich – Different Trains
Shostakovich – Quintet for Piano and Strings in G minor, Op. 57
Reich – Different Trains
Shostakovich – Quintet for Piano and Strings in G minor, Op. 57
$16-$52
Cornish Presents: Scrape
Thursday, January 27, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PST)
PONCHO Concert Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Original music by Jim Knapp for string orchestra, harp, and guitar.
$5-$10
NUMUS Northwest Music Festival
Friday, January 28, 2028 @ 9:00am – 10:00pm (PST)
Cornish College of the Arts - Kerry Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
A day-long, artistically-stunning event dedicated to the creation, performance, and experience of new music in Seattle.
$20 day pass (students free)
Whatcom Symphony Orchestra: Harmony from Discord with Jennifer Koh
Saturday, January 29, 2028 @ 3:00pm – 5:30pm (PST)
Mount Baker Theatre, Bellingham, WA, United States
Mendelssohn – Violin Concerto
Eliezer Elper – Al Naharot Bavel (On The Rivers of Babylon)
Schulhoff – Symphony No. 2
Eliezer Elper – Al Naharot Bavel (On The Rivers of Babylon)
Schulhoff – Symphony No. 2
$15-$54