New music – Past Concerts
Seattle Symphony: The Movie Music of John Williams
Friday, November 8, 2019 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
From Harry Potter to Star Wars to Indiana Jones, John Williams has penned some of the most unforgettable film scores of all time.
$35-$101
Wayward Music Series: Satchel Henneman – Life is No Way to Treat an Animal, Pt. 3
Friday, November 8, 2019 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Tom Baker – Resonate
Dayna Hanson – Mimus Polyglottos
Gregg Belisle-Chi – Fear and Trembling
Dayna Hanson – Mimus Polyglottos
Gregg Belisle-Chi – Fear and Trembling
$5-$15 suggested donation
Pacific Northwest Ballet: Locally Sourced
Friday, November 8, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
McCaw Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
PNB turns to local talent with a triple bill of new works by Eva Stone, Donald Byrd, and Miles Pertl. Featuring music by Nadia Boulanger, Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre, Fanny Mendelssohn, Clara Schumann, Emmanuel Witzthum, and Cosmo Sheldrake.
$37-$190
Wayward Music Series: Pneuma
Thursday, November 7, 2019 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Quartet consisting of clarinets, voice, and electronics presents a body of work at the intersections of Jewish music, contemporary classical music, and free jazz.
$10-$20 sliding scale
Pacific Lutheran University: Music of Norway – Knut Vaage & the Valen Piano Trio
Knut Vaage and
Valen Trio
Wednesday, November 6, 2019 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Scandinavian Cultural Center at Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, WA, United States
Pacific Lutheran University presents acclaimed piano trio with Norwegian composer Knut Vaage.
$10 / $5 / free
Seattle Symphony: Chick Corea Rhapsody in Blue
Wednesday, November 6, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Overture to Don Giovanni, K. 527
Chick Corea – Piano Concerto No. 1
George Gershwin – Piano Solo Selections
George Gershwin – Rhapsody in Blue
Chick Corea – Piano Concerto No. 1
George Gershwin – Piano Solo Selections
George Gershwin – Rhapsody in Blue
$67-$127
Wayward Music Series: Earshot – Travis Laplante
Monday, November 4, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Saxophonist and composer Travis Laplante performs a "mystifying and transporting" solo concert.
$10-$27
Seattle Symphony Presents Kate Soper in Recital
Sunday, November 3, 2019 @ 6:30pm – 8:00pm (PST)
Octave 9 at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Kate Soper – Dialogue
Kate Soper – The Fragments of Parmenides
Kate Soper – The Understanding of All Things
Kate Soper – Dialogue II
Kate Soper – The Fragments of Parmenides
Kate Soper – The Understanding of All Things
Kate Soper – Dialogue II
$25
Music of Remembrance Presents 'Passage; Confronting Intolerance'
Sunday, November 3, 2019 @ 4:00pm – 6:00pm (PST)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Ryuichi Sakamoto – Passage
Shinji Eshima – Veritas
Paul Schoenfield – Camp Songs
Shinji Eshima – Veritas
Paul Schoenfield – Camp Songs
$55 ($30 under 30, $5 Teentix)
Dia de Los Muertos Benefit Concert for Casa Latina
Carlos Monzón,
Singing in the Rain Family Choir,
Sari Breznau, and
Orquesta Northwest's Ballard Civic Orchestra
Sunday, November 3, 2019 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PST)
Plymouth Congregational Church, Seattle, WA, United States
A truly awesome afternoon of music and multicultural community, helping to support the empowering work of Casa Latina. Featuring a new work by Mexican composer Arturo Márquez, with texts based on the words of Guillermo Velázquez, Mahatma Ghandi, Chief Seattle, and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Free (Free)
Seattle Modern Orchestra: Norwegian Odyssé
Sunday, November 3, 2019 @ 1:30pm – 3:30pm (PST)
National Nordic Museum, Seattle, WA, United States
Rebecka Sofia Ahvenniemi – Barnet som blev osynligt ("The child who became invisible") for soprano, percussion and electronics (US premiere)
Anders Torgunrod Røshol – Livorno Fragments (US premiere)
Lasse Thoresen – Hagen ("The Garden") (US premiere)
Knut Vaage – Odyssé for sinfonietta (US premiere)
Knut Vaage – Svev for piano trio (US premiere)
Anders Torgunrod Røshol – Livorno Fragments (US premiere)
Lasse Thoresen – Hagen ("The Garden") (US premiere)
Knut Vaage – Odyssé for sinfonietta (US premiere)
Knut Vaage – Svev for piano trio (US premiere)
$30 / $25 / $10
Inside the Music with GraceAnn Cummings: Garrett Fisher's Ragas for solo piano
Saturday, November 2, 2019 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Premiere of Garrett Fisher's Ragas for solo piano. Other works include music from the African Diaspora, Gorecki's piano sonata, and two Scriabin etudes.
$15
Orchestra Seattle & Seattle Chamber Singers: Memorials
Saturday, November 2, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
First Free Methodist Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Jennifer Higdon – blue cathedral
Huntley Beyer – Circumference (world premiere),
Ludwig van Beethoven – Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major, Op. 55 “Eroica”
Huntley Beyer – Circumference (world premiere),
Ludwig van Beethoven – Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major, Op. 55 “Eroica”
$25 / $20 / $10 / FREE for youth
Emerald City Music: In The Dark
Saturday, November 2, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Washington Center for the Performing Arts, Olympia, WA, United States
On the heels of Halloween weekend, immerse yourself in a terrifying musical experience with Georg Friedrich Haas’ In iij. Noct. for string quartet, with the absence of light as the focus.
$28-$43 (students $10)
Emerald City Music: In The Dark
Friday, November 1, 2019 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
415 Westlake, Seattle, WA, United States
On the heels of Halloween weekend, immerse yourself in a terrifying musical experience with Georg Friedrich Haas’ In iij. Noct. for string quartet, with the absence of light as the focus.
$45 (students $10)
Wayward Music Series: Body.Space.Time.Sound – Volume 4: Cube
Friday, November 1, 2019 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
An evening of scored, interdisciplinary improvisations featuring musicians Tom Baker and Kate Olson, and movement artists Alia Swersky and Corrie Befort.
$15
Corvid Ensemble presents: Quoth the Raven
Tuesday, October 29, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Fremont Abbey Arts Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Like the crows of Seattle, we're smart, we do what we want, and we like shiny things.
$21.50 ($11.50 student / senior)
The Washington Wind Symphony presents ‘Horizon’
Sunday, October 27, 2019 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Redmond Performing Arts Center, Redmond, WA, United States
Julie Giroux – Symphony No. V "Elements"
Eric Whitacre – Sleep
Satoshi Yagisawa – Machu Picchu: City in the Sky
Felix Mendelssohn – Overture for Winds (arr. John Boyd)
Josef Rheinberger – Abendlied ("Evening Song") (arr. Shelley Hanson)
Philip Sparke – Music of the Spheres
Eric Whitacre – Sleep
Satoshi Yagisawa – Machu Picchu: City in the Sky
Felix Mendelssohn – Overture for Winds (arr. John Boyd)
Josef Rheinberger – Abendlied ("Evening Song") (arr. Shelley Hanson)
Philip Sparke – Music of the Spheres
$15 ($10 seniors /youth FREE)
UW Wind Ensemble: Chamber Winds Concert
Sunday, October 27, 2019 @ 1:30pm – 3:30pm (PDT)
Brechemin Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Members of the UW Wind Ensemble perform wind music arranged for small ensembles.
Free (Free)
Opus 7 presents: Chasing the Moon
Saturday, October 26, 2019 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Seattle First Baptist Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Celebrating the moon and the 50th Anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing with music by Morten Lauridsen, Ildebrando Pizzetti, Antonín Dvořák, David Hamilton, Stephen Chatman, Bob Chilcott, Daniel Elder, Meredith Monk, and more.
$20-$40 (students pay-as-able)