New music – Upcoming Concerts
The Big Gig
Saturday, July 8, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Triple Door, Seattle, WA, United States
A music spectacular peppered with comedy and dance.
$27.50-$35
Racer Sessions: Neil Welch
Sunday, July 9, 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
Seattle Chamber Music Society: Introduction to New Work by Lisa Bielawa
Monday, July 10, 2028 @ 7:00pm – 7:30pm (PDT)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Introduction by composer Lisa Bielawa to her world premiere piece with Lorna McGhee, Jeffrey Fair, and Andrew Armstrong.
Free (Free)
Seattle Chamber Music Society: Mozart, Bielawa, Schubert
Monday, July 10, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Mozart – Duo for Violin and Viola in G major, K. 423
Lisa Bielawa – Trio for Flute, Horn and Piano (world premiere)
Schubert – Quintet for Piano and Strings in A major, D. 667 "Trout"
Lisa Bielawa – Trio for Flute, Horn and Piano (world premiere)
Schubert – Quintet for Piano and Strings in A major, D. 667 "Trout"
from $52 ($16 students or 30 & under)
Jesse Myers: Living in America // Stacey Mastrian: Binary Solo+
Wednesday, July 12, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
The Royal Room, Seattle, WA, United States
Works of iconic minimalist composers, new music featuring acoustic piano and electronics, and a program for solo voice with electronics and piano.
Free
Wayward Music Series: Blown Reunion
Friday, July 14, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
64 Box-Fans pointing up: primal human conflict transformed a flexible rush of air through the circular chamber, rushes into a crack in the mountain and disappears.
$5-$10 sliding scale (free with boxfan)
Wayward Music Series: FHTAGN vs. Driftwood Orchestra
Saturday, July 15, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Get caught in the sonic crossfire as two groups present different ways to manipulate modified pieces of wood.
$5-$15 donation
Racer Sessions: Sound Underground (Miami)
Sunday, July 16, 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
Chorosynthesis: Music of Social Consciousness Choral Reading Session
Tuesday, July 18, 2028 @ 6:00pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
The Chapel of St. Ignatius, Seattle, WA, United States
We are seeking musicians to use sight-reading skills, meet other musicians, and sing through “hot-off-the-press” scores in our 5th New Music Reading Session of socially conscious music for ALL LEVELS of choral singing.
Free ($15 suggested donation)
The Octava Chamber Orchestra Summer Chamber Music Extravaganza
Saturday, July 22, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Edmonds United Methodist Church, Edmonds, WA, United States
New Music from all around the world in a variety of genres.
$15-$20 (children free)
Wayward Music Series: Laraaji
Saturday, July 22, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
New-age visionary sound artist Laraaji performs new music with modified electric zither/harp, voice, kalimba, and electronics.
$15-$20
Seattle Chamber Music Society: Kernis, Saint-Saëns, & Dvořák
Wednesday, July 26, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Aaron Jay Kernis – Trio in Red
Saint-Saëns – Sonata No. 1 for Violin and Piano in D minor, Op. 75
Dvořák – Sextet for Strings in A major, Op. 48
Saint-Saëns – Sonata No. 1 for Violin and Piano in D minor, Op. 75
Dvořák – Sextet for Strings in A major, Op. 48
from $52 ($16 students or 30 & under)
Wayward Music Series: Thea Farhadian + Ewa Trębacz
Thursday, August 3, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Fumes of disassembled harmony and dissonant refractions are followed by a violin-horn duo with computer-realized sound.
$5-$15 suggested donation
Gretchen Yanover, Electric Cello: Bridge Across Sound album release show
Friday, August 4, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
String layers create a nuanced landscape, with melodies that map the heart.
$5-$15 sliding scale
Racer Sessions: Luke Woodle
Sunday, August 6, 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
Wayward Music Series: High Plains + Wild Card + Cruel Diagonals
Friday, August 11, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Please join us for a night of music by Kranky recording artists High Plains, the new duo of Scott Morgan (loscil) and Mark Bridges, in support of their debut release Cinderland.
$10-$15
Racer Sessions: Lily Shababi
Sunday, August 13, 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
Wayward Music Series: Daryl Seaver / Cameron Shafii / RM Francis
Friday, August 18, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Sound scenes that emphasize the materiality and morphology of spatial textures, plus a compendium of non-redemptive transformations and asymmetrical translations in the twinned idioms of chocolate and sound.
$10-$15 suggested donation
Wayward Music Series: Kosaly-Meyer's 'Gradus…'
Saturday, August 19, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
An ongoing composition in progress for piano, exploring through improvisation a slowly expanding collection of pitches, and their grounding in silence, in patient attentive microscopic detail.
$5-$15 suggested donation
Racer Sessions: Bad Luck
Sunday, August 20, 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