New music – Upcoming Concerts
Racer Sessions: Sean Hamilton (Miami, FL)
Sunday, October 8, 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 Metropolitan Chamber Orchestra: Voices of Courage
Wednesday, October 11, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Fremont Abbey Arts Center, 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)
Town Music: Benjamin Beilman with Anna Polonsky
Thursday, October 12, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
PONCHO Concert Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Beethoven – Sonata in D major Op. 12, No. 1
Benjamin Britten – Suite Op. 6
Kaija Anneli Saariaho – Tocar
Brahms – Sonata No. 3 in D minor, Op. 108
Benjamin Britten – Suite Op. 6
Kaija Anneli Saariaho – Tocar
Brahms – Sonata No. 3 in D minor, Op. 108
$20/$15 for members
Seattle Modern Orchestra: In Time of War…
Thursday, October 12, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Crumb – Dream Sequence (Images II) for violin, cello, piano and percussion (1976)
Crumb – Black Angels (Images I) for electric string quartet (1969)
Eastman – Gay Guerrilla (1979) – Version for 13 strings
Crumb – Black Angels (Images I) for electric string quartet (1969)
Eastman – Gay Guerrilla (1979) – Version for 13 strings
$25 / $15 / $10
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
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
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