New music – Upcoming Concerts
Seattle Symphony: Des Moines Beach Park Community Concert
Friday, October 13, 2028 @ 7:00pm – 8:00pm (PDT)
Des Moines Beach Park Auditorium, Des Moines, WA, United States
Alexandra Gardner – Coyote Turns for string quartet
Beethoven – Septet in E-flat major
Beethoven – Septet in E-flat major
Free
Second City Chamber Series: Masters & Winners
Friday, October 13, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
The Great Hall at Annie Wright School, Tacoma, WA, United States
Beethoven – Piano Trio in D minor, Op. 70, No.1 “Ghost”
Woodhouse – Taured
Tchaikovsky – Piano Trio in A minor, Op. 50
Woodhouse – Taured
Tchaikovsky – Piano Trio in A minor, Op. 50
$25/$23/$10 (age 18 & under free)
Jesse Myers: The Minimal Piano
Friday, October 13, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
John Adams – China Gates
Philip Glass – Mad Rush
Philip Glass – Etude No. 9
Christopher Cerrone – Hoyt-Schermerhorn
Missy Mazzoli – Orizzonte
Missy Mazzoli – Isabelle Eberhardt Dreams of Pianos
Jesse Myers – Error of My Ways
Steve Reich – Piano Counterpoint
Philip Glass – Mad Rush
Philip Glass – Etude No. 9
Christopher Cerrone – Hoyt-Schermerhorn
Missy Mazzoli – Orizzonte
Missy Mazzoli – Isabelle Eberhardt Dreams of Pianos
Jesse Myers – Error of My Ways
Steve Reich – Piano Counterpoint
$5-$15 suggested donation
Seattle Symphony: [untitled] 1
Friday, October 13, 2028 @ 10:00pm – 11:20pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
John Adams – Road Movies
Thomas Adès – Life Story
Steve Reich – Different Trains
Thomas Adès – Life Story
Steve Reich – Different Trains
$16
The Sound Ensemble: Kammermusik
Saturday, October 14, 2028 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Darius Milhaud – Symphonie de Chambre: I. Le Printemps, Op. 43
Michael Djupstrom – To the Eastern Sea
Darius Milhaud – Symphonie de Chambre: II. Pastorale, Op. 49
Judd Greenstein – At the End of a Really Great Day
Darius Milhaud – Symphonie de Chambre; III. Sérénade, Op. 71
James Falzone – In a World of One Color... The Sound of Wind
Paul Hindemith – Kammermusik I
Michael Djupstrom – To the Eastern Sea
Darius Milhaud – Symphonie de Chambre: II. Pastorale, Op. 49
Judd Greenstein – At the End of a Really Great Day
Darius Milhaud – Symphonie de Chambre; III. Sérénade, Op. 71
James Falzone – In a World of One Color... The Sound of Wind
Paul Hindemith – Kammermusik I
$15 (under age 12 free)
Seattle Metropolitan Chamber Orchestra: Voices of Courage
Sunday, October 15, 2028 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute, Seattle, WA, United States
Jessie Montgomery – Banner
Silvestre Revueltas – Homenaje a Federico Garcia Lorca
George Walker – Lyric for Strings
Aaron Copland – Music for the Theatre
Silvestre Revueltas – Homenaje a Federico Garcia Lorca
George Walker – Lyric for Strings
Aaron Copland – Music for the Theatre
$25 ($15 students/seniors)
Kerry Turner horn recital & masterclass
Sunday, October 15, 2028 @ 6:00pm – 8:00pm (PDT)
Brechemin Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
A combination recital-master class including original compositions. Free and open to the public.
Free
Racer Sessions: Andria Nicodemou (Boston, MA)
Sunday, October 15, 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
Zach Finkelstein Album Release Party: 'Britten and Pears: The Canticles' featuring Byron Schenkman
Thursday, October 19, 2028 @ 5:30pm – 7:00pm (PDT)
Ada's Technical Books, Seattle, WA, United States
Admission includes a copy of the CD (physical and digital), refreshments and a short preview of the album's first track.
$20
Sæunn Thorsteinsdóttir: UW Faculty Cello Recital
Thursday, October 19, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Floyd and Delores Jones Playhouse Theater, Seattle, WA, United States
Solo cello recital including premieres of pieces by Halldór Smárason, Þuríður Jónsdóttir, Páll Ragnar Pálsson, and Melia Watras.
$20 ($10 youth/seniors)
Wayward Music Series: Akio Suzuki & Aki Onda
Thursday, October 19, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Venue unknown, WA, United States
Onda and Suzuki perform by utilizing unconventional and self-made instruments including Walkman analog cassette players and radios, found pieces of wood, nails, hammers, buckets, marbles, and glass jars, allowing the individual architecture and acoustics of the various sites to guide the flow and development of the performances.
$10
Dr. Bonner's Choral Workshop Concert 2017
Saturday, October 21, 2028 @ 6:00pm – 8:00pm (PDT)
Highline Christian Church, Burien, WA, United States
Free concert.
Free (Free)
Music of Today: Intercontinental Experimental Music Ensemble
Wednesday, October 25, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
A rare convergence of world-renowned musicians from four continents featuring Garth Knox, members of the 6 Tones, The Cuong Vu Trio , Bonnie Whiting, Richard Karpen, and Juan Pampin.
$15 ($10 students/seniors)
Earshot: Robin Holcomb + Mikolaj Trzaska
Thursday, October 26, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Celebrated pianist, vocalist, songwriter, composer, and librettist Robin Holcomb joins with trumpet player JP Carter and drummer Dylan van der Schyff. Opening: saxophonist Mikolaj Trzaska from Gdansk, Poland.
10-18
Wayward Music Series: Vocalise: Out of the Drawer
Friday, October 27, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Vocalise Women’s Ensemble's inaugural performance – Out of the Drawer – featuring new contemporary classical music by living composers for women’s voices.
$20 suggested donation
Andy Akiho... at Emerald City Music
Friday, October 27, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 11:00pm (PDT)
415 Westlake, Seattle, WA, United States
Akiho – Stop Speaking, for solo snare drum
Akiho – 21, for cello and steel pan
Pärt – Spiegel im Spiegel, for violin and piano
Akiho – Pillar IV, for percussion quartet
Akiho – Deciduous, for violin and steel pan
Golijov – Mariel, for cello and percussion
Akiho – NO one To kNOW one
Akiho – 21, for cello and steel pan
Pärt – Spiegel im Spiegel, for violin and piano
Akiho – Pillar IV, for percussion quartet
Akiho – Deciduous, for violin and steel pan
Golijov – Mariel, for cello and percussion
Akiho – NO one To kNOW one
$45 includes open bar; $10 students
Seattle Phonographers Union at Georgetown Steam Plant
Friday, October 27, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Georgetown Steam Plant, Seattle, WA, United States
A performance using sounds that are recorded in, or evocative of, the Georgetown Steam Plant.
$25
Andy Akiho... at Emerald City Music
Saturday, October 28, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Kenneth J. Minnaert Center for the Arts, Olympia, WA, United States
Akiho – Stop Speaking, for solo snare drum
Akiho – 21, for cello and steel pan
Pärt – Spiegel im Spiegel, for violin and piano
Akiho – Pillar IV, for percussion quartet
Akiho – Deciduous, for violin and steel pan
Golijov – Mariel, for cello and percussion
Akiho – NO one To kNOW one
Akiho – 21, for cello and steel pan
Pärt – Spiegel im Spiegel, for violin and piano
Akiho – Pillar IV, for percussion quartet
Akiho – Deciduous, for violin and steel pan
Golijov – Mariel, for cello and percussion
Akiho – NO one To kNOW one
$28-$43 ($10 w/ student ID)
Wayward Music Series: Todd Barton + Guest
Saturday, October 28, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
A live improvisation which “Follows the Sound” of a Buchla Music Easel.
$5-$15 donation at the door
Sound of Late: Steelworks
Saturday, October 28, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Flutter Studios, Seattle, WA, United States
Somei Satoh – Birds in Warped Time II
Anna Clyne – Beauty
Giacinto Scelsi – Kho-Lho
Sarah Kirkland Snider – Thread and Fray (West Coast premiere)
Noel Kennon – New Work (world premiere)
Anna Clyne – Steelworks (West Coast premiere)
Anna Clyne – Beauty
Giacinto Scelsi – Kho-Lho
Sarah Kirkland Snider – Thread and Fray (West Coast premiere)
Noel Kennon – New Work (world premiere)
Anna Clyne – Steelworks (West Coast premiere)
$15 includes open bar ($5 students)