New music – Past Concerts
University of Puget Sound: Wind Ensemble/Symphony Orchestra
University of Puget Sound School of Music,
University of Puget Sound Wind Ensemble, and
University of Puget Sound Symphony Orchestra
Thursday, October 17, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Schneebeck Concert Hall at the University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA, United States
Aaron Copland – The Promise of Living
David Maslanka – Give Us This Day
Lili Boulanger – D’un matin de printemps
Igor Stravinsky – The Firebird Suite
Carlos Simon – Sweet Chariot (world premiere)
David Maslanka – Give Us This Day
Lili Boulanger – D’un matin de printemps
Igor Stravinsky – The Firebird Suite
Carlos Simon – Sweet Chariot (world premiere)
Free (Free)
Max Richter with American Contemporary Music Ensemble & Grace Davidson
Wednesday, October 16, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
The Moore Theatre, Seattle, WA, United States
Inspired equally by Bach, punk rock, and ambient electronica, composer Max Richter’s sonic world blends a formal classical training with modern technology.
$26-$76
Seattle Modern Orchestra: Earshot Jazz Festival
Tuesday, October 15, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Town Hall Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
Anthony Braxton – Composition No. 56 (1976)
Earle Brown – Oh, K (1992)
Wayne Horvitz – Vagabond: Constructions for Chamber Orchestra and Improvisers (2019) [commission/world premiere]
Darius Jones – LawNOrder (2018) [new version for SMO]
George Lewis – Artificial Life (2007)
Tyshawn Sorey – In Memoriam Muhal Richard Abrams (2018)
Earle Brown – Oh, K (1992)
Wayne Horvitz – Vagabond: Constructions for Chamber Orchestra and Improvisers (2019) [commission/world premiere]
Darius Jones – LawNOrder (2018) [new version for SMO]
George Lewis – Artificial Life (2007)
Tyshawn Sorey – In Memoriam Muhal Richard Abrams (2018)
$10-$23
Ensign Symphony & Chorus: Lux!
Monday, October 14, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Eric Whitacre – Lux Aurumque
Katharina von Schlegal, arr. Stephen Weatherford – Be Still My Soul (world premiere)
Katharina von Schlegal, arr. Stephen Weatherford – Be Still My Soul (world premiere)
$20-$40
Ladies Musical Club: Contemporary Korean Composers
Monday, October 14, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
University House Wallingford, Seattle, WA, United States
Music for soprano and piano, written by contemporary Korean composers.
Free (Free)
Music from Home: Deborah Anderson
Sunday, October 13, 2019 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
Lakewold Gardens, Lakewood, WA, United States
Original works for solo piano, saxophone and piano, viola and bassoon, and more by composer Deborah Anderson.
$25
Auburn Symphony Orchestra: 'Pictures at an Exhibition' – A Multimedia Experience
Sunday, October 13, 2019 @ 2:30pm – 4:30pm (PDT)
Auburn Performing Arts Center, Auburn, WA, United States
Mikhail Glinka – Overture to Ruslan and Lyudmila
Adam Schoenberg – Picture Studies
Modest Mussorgsky (orch. Maurice Ravel) – Pictures at an Exhibition
Adam Schoenberg – Picture Studies
Modest Mussorgsky (orch. Maurice Ravel) – Pictures at an Exhibition
$37 / $30 / $10
Seattle Symphony: Mozart Jupiter Symphony
Saturday, October 12, 2019 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Johann Sebastian Bach – Brandenburg Concerto No. 4
Olga Neuwirth – Aello - ballet mécanomorphe (US Premiere)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Symphony No. 41, "Jupiter"
Olga Neuwirth – Aello - ballet mécanomorphe (US Premiere)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Symphony No. 41, "Jupiter"
$24-$134 (age 8-18 free)
Wayward Music Series: Amy Denio – Truth Is Up For Grabs
Saturday, October 12, 2019 @ 8:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Award-winning composer Amy Denio presents her newly expanded chamber suite with projected video by James Drage.
$5-$25 suggested donation
Seattle Sings Choral Festival: Day Three
Saturday, October 12, 2019 @ 10:00am – 9:30pm (PDT)
Seattle First Baptist Church, Seattle, WA, United States
35 choirs gather in a three-day event of free public performances.
Free (Free)
Wayward Music Series: Amy Denio – Truth Is Up For Grabs
Friday, October 11, 2019 @ 8:00pm – 8:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Award-winning composer Amy Denio presents her newly expanded chamber suite with projected video by James Drage.
$5-$25 suggested donation
Seattle Symphony Presents Selections from Density 2036: Claire Chase in Recital
Friday, October 11, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Octave 9 at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Flutist Claire Chase performs selections from Density 2036, a 23-year project she started in 2014 to commission an entirely new body of repertoire for solo flute each year until 2036.
$25
Seattle Sings Choral Festival: Day Two
Friday, October 11, 2019 @ 7:00pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Seattle First Baptist Church, Seattle, WA, United States
35 choirs gather in a three-day event of free public performances.
Free (Free)
Seattle Symphony: Mozart Jupiter Symphony
Thursday, October 10, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Johann Sebastian Bach – Brandenburg Concerto No. 4
Olga Neuwirth – Aello - ballet mécanomorphe (US Premiere)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Symphony No. 41, "Jupiter"
Olga Neuwirth – Aello - ballet mécanomorphe (US Premiere)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Symphony No. 41, "Jupiter"
$24-$134 (age 8-18 free)
Seattle Sings Choral Festival: Day One
Thursday, October 10, 2019 @ 7:00pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Seattle First Baptist Church, Seattle, WA, United States
35 choirs gather in a three-day event of free public performances.
Free (Free)
Bryce Dessner's Triptych (Eyes of One on Another)
Wednesday, October 9, 2019 @ 8:00pm – 8:00pm (PDT)
The Moore Theatre, Seattle, WA, United States
Through music, Mapplethorpe’s images, poetry by Essex Hemphill and Patti Smith, and use of both theatrical and photographic lighting techniques, Triptych puts the audience inside the artist’s viewfinder, inside his beautiful, bold, voracious view of how nature and humans look, touch, feel, hurt, and love one another.
$42.50-$72.50
PLU Artist Series: Erik Steighner, saxophone
Sunday, October 6, 2019 @ 3:00pm – 4:30pm (PDT)
Lagerquist Concert Hall at Pacific Lutheran University, Parkland, WA, United States
Joan Tower – Wings
Jennifer Higdon – Soprano Saxophone Concerto
Hilary Tann – Like Lightnings
Fernande Decruck – Sonata in C-sharp minor
Jennifer Higdon – Soprano Saxophone Concerto
Hilary Tann – Like Lightnings
Fernande Decruck – Sonata in C-sharp minor
$10 / $5
Seattle Wind Symphony Presents: Hauntings
Sunday, October 6, 2019 @ 3:00pm – 4:30pm (PDT)
Shorewood Performing Arts Center, Shoreline, WA, United States
James Kazik – Eviler Elves
Eric Whitacre – Lux Aurumque
Hugo Schmidt – The Devil's Tongue (Jason Gilliam, euphonium)
Stephen McNeff – Ghosts
Nancy Galbraith – Danza de los Duendes
Hector Berlioz – March to Scaffold (transcribed by Mark Rogers)
Gustav Holst – Hammersmith
Dmitri Shostakovich – Galop (transcribed by Donald Hunsberger)
Eric Whitacre – Lux Aurumque
Hugo Schmidt – The Devil's Tongue (Jason Gilliam, euphonium)
Stephen McNeff – Ghosts
Nancy Galbraith – Danza de los Duendes
Hector Berlioz – March to Scaffold (transcribed by Mark Rogers)
Gustav Holst – Hammersmith
Dmitri Shostakovich – Galop (transcribed by Donald Hunsberger)
$20 / $18 / $5
Philharmonia Northwest: Songs of Life – Music by Female Composers, Past & Present
Sunday, October 6, 2019 @ 2:30pm – 4:30pm (PDT)
St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Emily Doolittle – Reedbird for winds and brass
Sheila Silver – Being In Life – Concerto for French horn and Alpenhorn, Tibetan singing bowls, and string orchestra (new commission)
Amy Beach – Symphony in E minor, Op. 32 “Gaelic”
Sheila Silver – Being In Life – Concerto for French horn and Alpenhorn, Tibetan singing bowls, and string orchestra (new commission)
Amy Beach – Symphony in E minor, Op. 32 “Gaelic”
$15-$25
Choral Arts Northwest: Music of the Spheres
Saturday, October 5, 2019 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Plymouth Congregational Church, Seattle, WA, United States
A one-night-only offering of transcendent and inspired choral fireworks including Kevin Siegfried's Music of the Spheres, Johann Sebastian Bach’s Komm, Jesu, Komm, and rarely heard music by Morten Lauridsen and Joan Szymko.
$24-$32 (students free w/ID)