New music – Upcoming Concerts
ECCO Chamber Ensemble: What’s Love Got To Do With It?
Friday, February 18, 2028 @ 2:00pm – 5:00pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
A concert exploring our humanity as affected by technology, with music for soprano, flute, and guitar by Robert Beaser, Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, John Dowland, Gabriel Fauré, Christoph Gluck, Frederic Hand, Deirdre Lynds, Louis Sauter, Franz Schubert, and Mark Hilliard Wilson.
$10-$15 suggested donation
NOCCO: RESONANCE – A Celebration of Black American Composers
Friday, February 18, 2028 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PST)
New Holly Gathering Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Hanna Benn – Sankofa
Joplin – Selections from Treemonisha (1912, arr. Rick Benjamin)
Walker – Orpheus for Chamber Orchestra and narrator (1994)
Joplin – Selections from Treemonisha (1912, arr. Rick Benjamin)
Walker – Orpheus for Chamber Orchestra and narrator (1994)
$15-$25 (under 18 free)
LUCO: Temptation
Friday, February 18, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Center for Spiritual Living, Seattle, WA, United States
Milhaud – La creation du Monde
Moidel – Love Sonnets
Hindemith – Mathis der Maler
Moidel – Love Sonnets
Hindemith – Mathis der Maler
$15-$20
Racer Sessions: Amelia May Coulter
Saturday, February 19, 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
Music Y: New Works by Emerging Artists
Monday, February 21, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Meany Hall for the Performing Arts, Seattle, WA, United States
The University of Washington School of Music and The Center for Digital Arts and Experimental Media (DXARTS) present a program of original music and new works by emerging artists.
$15 ($10 students/seniors)
Cornish Presents: Peter Evans
Wednesday, February 23, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PST)
PONCHO Concert Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
The work of trumpet player and improviser/composer Peter Evans covers a wide range of modern musical practices and traditions.
$10-20
Wayward Music Series: Lori Goldston
Wednesday, February 23, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
New works for cello and guitar.
$15
Melia Watras: '26' Album Release
Thursday, February 24, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Brechemin Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
UW faculty violist Melia Watras performs selections from 26, her newly released CD, with a video presentation and commentary.
Free (Free)
Wayward Music Series: Noel Kennon & Austin Larkin
Thursday, February 24, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Manipulated violin harmonics, sine waves, and controlled feedback, plus a small chamber ensemble who will attempt to induce sleep...
$5-$15 donation at the door
Seattle Pro Musica: Chichester Psalms
Friday, February 25, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
St. James Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
Bernstein’s beloved Chichester Psalms is paired with James MacMillan’s deeply moving Cantos sagrados in this concert of sacred music for choir and organ.
$12-$38
[CANCELLED] Seattle Composer Alliance Monthly Reading Session
Saturday, February 26, 2028 @ 1:00pm – 4:00pm (PST)
Seattle Pacific University, Crawford Music Building 211, Seattle, WA, United States
These sessions – open to the public, and all ages – are an opportunity for composers to work with performers and get real-time feedback.
Free (Free)
Racer Sessions: Simon Henneman
Saturday, February 26, 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
James Falzone & Bonnie Whiting: Utterances
Thursday, March 2, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
A seamless evening of original, composed, and improvised music based on text, spoken word, and translation.
$5-$15 donation
UW Chamber Singers & University Chorale: Warp and Weft: Music of the Fabric of Life
Friday, March 3, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
Sweet Honey in the Rock (arr.) – Breaths
Samuel Barber – The Coolin
James McMillan – The Gallant Weaver
Javier Busto – Ave Maria
Sedans Reinis – VINDO
Joan Szymko – River
Jake Runestad – New work
Greg Jasperse – New work
Giselle Wyers – A Field of Hosannas (world premiere)
Samuel Barber – The Coolin
James McMillan – The Gallant Weaver
Javier Busto – Ave Maria
Sedans Reinis – VINDO
Joan Szymko – River
Jake Runestad – New work
Greg Jasperse – New work
Giselle Wyers – A Field of Hosannas (world premiere)
$10
Seattle Composers’ Salon: Arteaga, Bristow, Degraw & Scribner
Friday, March 3, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
An evening of music and discussion with Seattle composers Ivan Arteaga, Sheila Bristow, Blake Degraw, and S. Eric Scribner.
$5-$15 suggested donation
The Sound Ensemble: Music for the Stage
Saturday, March 4, 2028 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Anthony Plog – Animal Ditties VII
Kevin Clark – The Burial of the Dead
Tom Baker – Three Songs
Christopher Gainey – No Sleep for the Wicked
Kevin Clark – The Burial of the Dead
Tom Baker – Three Songs
Christopher Gainey – No Sleep for the Wicked
$15/$10
PLU Symphony Orchestra: Nordic Light Symphony (US premiere)
Saturday, March 4, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
Karen Hille Phillips Center for the Performing Arts at PLU, Tacoma, WA, United States
US premiere performance of the "Nordic Light Symphony" by Latvian composer Eriks Esenvalds.
Pricing TBA
sound|counterpoint: The Red Earth Project
Sunday, March 5, 2028 @ 4:00pm – 6:00pm (PST)
Bainbridge Waterfront Park Community Center, Bainbridge Island, WA, United States
Early music favorites, a re-imagining of a solo violin sonata by Bach, tunes from jazz and rock greats, and two new works written for period instruments.
$10-$20
Sound of Late: 2000 Moving Parts
Saturday, March 11, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Flutter Studios, Seattle, WA, United States
A contemporary harp composer and performer invites the audience to experience the customarily inaudible elements of this grand instrument.
$10
Seattle Modern Orchestra: Double Portrait – Robert Erickson & Stuart Dempster
Saturday, March 11, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Robert Erickson – The Idea of Order at Key West for soprano, flute, clarinet, trumpet, viola and cello (1979)
Robert Erickson – General Speech for solo trombone (1969)
Robert Erickson – Pacific Sirens for percussion and variable instruments / voices (1969)
Stuart Dempster – Milanda Embracing for various instrumentation (1993-94)
Stuart Dempster – S.M.O.R.E.S. for ensemble and voices (2017) – world premiere
Robert Erickson – General Speech for solo trombone (1969)
Robert Erickson – Pacific Sirens for percussion and variable instruments / voices (1969)
Stuart Dempster – Milanda Embracing for various instrumentation (1993-94)
Stuart Dempster – S.M.O.R.E.S. for ensemble and voices (2017) – world premiere
$10-$25