New music – Upcoming Concerts
Racer Sessions: Sam Boshnack Quintet
Sunday, May 21, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Cafe Racer, Seattle, WA, United States
A collectively organized composition and improvisation series for new and experimental music.
Free
Alumni Alchemy: UW Alumni Composers & Guests: Baker, Bassingthwaighte, Craig, Niemela, & Trębacz
Thursday, May 25, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Electroacoustic music, video, and performance featuring works by Tom Baker, Donald Craig, Douglas Niemela, Sarah Bassingthwaighte, and Ewa Trębacz.
$5-$15 donation
UW Modern Ensemble: Player's Choice
Friday, May 26, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Meany Studio Theater at Meany Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Louis Andriessen – Worker's Union
Luciano Berio – Air
John Cage – Music for Amplified Toy Pianos
Marcelo Delgado – Colores congelados
Kaija Saariaho – Mirrors
Karen Tanaka – Invisible Curve
Luciano Berio – Air
John Cage – Music for Amplified Toy Pianos
Marcelo Delgado – Colores congelados
Kaija Saariaho – Mirrors
Karen Tanaka – Invisible Curve
$10
Emerald City Music: Back to Bach
Friday, May 26, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
415 Westlake, Seattle, WA, United States
Norgard – The Well-Tempered Percussion
Bach – Double from Partita No. 1 for Solo Violin
Francis – Sillage for Violin and Piano
Bach/Busoni – Chaconne for Solo Piano
Koppel – Toccata for Vibraphone and Marimba
Schumann – Piano Quartet
Bach – Double from Partita No. 1 for Solo Violin
Francis – Sillage for Violin and Piano
Bach/Busoni – Chaconne for Solo Piano
Koppel – Toccata for Vibraphone and Marimba
Schumann – Piano Quartet
$45 (includes one drink)
Corda Quartet: Gold, Dvořák, Debussy
Saturday, May 27, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Brechemin Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Aidan Gold – Wandering Worlds, Mvt. III
Dvořák – Selections from Cypresses
Debussy – String Quartet in G minor, Op. 10
Dvořák – Selections from Cypresses
Debussy – String Quartet in G minor, Op. 10
Free
Emerald City Music: Back to Bach
Saturday, May 27, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Washington Center for the Performing Arts, Olympia, WA, United States
Norgard – The Well-Tempered Percussion
Bach – Double from Partita No. 1 for Solo Violin
Francis – Sillage for Violin and Piano
Bach/Busoni – Chaconne for Solo Piano
Koppel – Toccata for Vibraphone and Marimba
Schumann – Piano Quartet
Bach – Double from Partita No. 1 for Solo Violin
Francis – Sillage for Violin and Piano
Bach/Busoni – Chaconne for Solo Piano
Koppel – Toccata for Vibraphone and Marimba
Schumann – Piano Quartet
$10-$28
The Daphnes
Wednesday, May 31, 2028 @ 6:00pm – 8:00pm (PDT)
Stone Way Cafe, Seattle, WA, United States
The Daphnes play mesmerizing compositions infused with classical, Celtic and jazz origins.
Free
Harry Partch Celebration: Complete Works for Adapted Viola and Intoning Voice
Wednesday, May 31, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Meany Studio Theater at Meany Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Artist-in-residence Luke Fitzpatrick performs The Complete Works for Adapted Viola and Intoning Voice by Harry Partch.
$10
Harry Partch Celebration: Works Arranged for Partch's Instruments
Thursday, June 1, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Meany Studio Theater at Meany Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
A concert of works arranged for the handmade instruments of 20th-century composer Harry Partch.
$10
Harry Partch Celebration: Music by Partch, Harrison, and Tenney
Friday, June 2, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Meany Studio Theater at Meany Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Music by Harry Partch, Lou Harrison, and James Tenney.
$10
lily [bloom in my darkness]: an electroacoustic opera
Friday, June 2, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
An electroacoustic "opera" for voice, live electronic processing and sensors, violas, saxophone, electric harp, piano, choreography, and projected imagery.
$5-$15
Seattle Modern Orchestra: Mystic Clarinet with guest artist Carol Robinson
Saturday, June 3, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
William O. “Bill” Smith – Rites for solo clarinet and tape (1998)
Giacinto Scelsi – Ko-Lho for flute and clarinet (1966)
Giacinto Scelsi – Kya for clarinet and 7 instruments (1959) – Seattle premiere
Jeremy Jolley – Archipel… en résonnant à Venise… for solo clarinet, 4 instrumental groups and fixed media (2017) – world premiere
Giacinto Scelsi – Ko-Lho for flute and clarinet (1966)
Giacinto Scelsi – Kya for clarinet and 7 instruments (1959) – Seattle premiere
Jeremy Jolley – Archipel… en résonnant à Venise… for solo clarinet, 4 instrumental groups and fixed media (2017) – world premiere
$10-$25
Racer Sessions: Tightrope
Sunday, June 4, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Cafe Racer, Seattle, WA, United States
A collectively organized composition and improvisation series for new and experimental music.
Free
Spring Rites
Tuesday, June 6, 2028 @ 10:30am – 12:30pm (PDT)
SPU Nickerson Studios, Seattle, WA, United States
Music theory students at Seattle Pacific University sponsor a performance of short pieces that they have written featuring 20th-century composition techniques.
Free
Seattle Symphony: Pekka Kuusisto Mendelssohn Violin Concerto
Thursday, June 8, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:50pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Helen Grime – Snow: No. 2 from Two Eardley Pictures (US premiere)
Mendelssohn – Violin Concerto
Nielsen – Symphony No. 3
Mendelssohn – Violin Concerto
Nielsen – Symphony No. 3
$22-$122 (age 8-18 free)
Cursive Presents: As It Fell Upon A Day
Thursday, June 8, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
A unique program combining flute, clarinet, viola, voice, and piano, featuring works by Copland, Stravinsky, Takemitsu, Matyas Seiber, Netty Simons, and Anteo Fabris.
$5-$15 suggested donation
Seattle Symphony: Pekka Kuusisto Mendelssohn Violin Concerto
Friday, June 9, 2028 @ 12:00pm – 2:20pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Helen Grime – Snow: No. 2 from Two Eardley Pictures (US premiere)
Mendelssohn – Violin Concerto
Nielsen – Symphony No. 3
Mendelssohn – Violin Concerto
Nielsen – Symphony No. 3
$22-$122 (age 8-18 free)
The Esoterics: Approaching Ecstasy
Friday, June 9, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Cornish Playhouse at Seattle Center, Seattle, WA, United States
A concert-length dance collaboration based on the life and poetry of the Alexandrian poet Constantine Cavafy.
$25-$50
Wayward Music Series: Menzies + Stilwell + Chambers
Friday, June 9, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
An evening of solo electronic and electroacoustic works with New York City’s Roarke Menzies and Portland’s Samson Stilwell making their Seattle debuts, along with Seattle’s own Norm Chambers.
$5-$15
Wayward Music Series: Inverted Space Ensemble – Carter + Zorn
Saturday, June 10, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Carter – Shard
Carter – Triple Duo
Zorn – Passagen
Zorn – Bateau Ivre
Zorn – Obscure Objects of Desire
$5-$15