New music – Upcoming Concerts
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)
Live @ Benaroya Hall: Hauschka
Friday, November 3, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Hauschka performs music from his latest release, "What If," an "...irrepressible outpouring of creativity, [that] reinvents piano music in a dramatic and exceptional fashion."
$25-$35
Peter Nelson-King: Daring modern American works for the piano
Friday, November 3, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Gallery 1412, Seattle, WA, United States
A unique concert of daring modern American works for the piano that push the boundaries of the instrument and explore the mysteries and far horizons of emotional expression.
$5-$15 suggested donation at door
Seattle Composers' Salon: Reid, Senter, Truesdell, Wilson
Friday, November 3, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
An evening of music and discussion with Seattle composers Clement Reid, Calvin Senter, Nicole Truesdell, and Mark Wilson.
$5-$15 suggested donation
Philharmonia Northwest: Finland 100
Saturday, November 4, 2028 @ 2:00pm – 4:30pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Sibelius – Finlandia
Sibelius – Karelia Suite
Rautavaara – Lintukoto ("Isle of Bliss")
Saariaho – Leino Songs
Finnish polkas
Sibelius – Oma maa ("My Native Land")
Sibelius – Karelia Suite
Rautavaara – Lintukoto ("Isle of Bliss")
Saariaho – Leino Songs
Finnish polkas
Sibelius – Oma maa ("My Native Land")
$25-$35
Saratoga Orchestra presents Un/Questionable Visionaries
Saturday, November 4, 2028 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Venue unknown, WA, United States
Mozart – Symphony in G minor, K. 550
Louise Farrenc – Symphony No. 3 in G minor
Sean Brown – Concerto for Horn and Orchestra, "The Reverence"
Louise Farrenc – Symphony No. 3 in G minor
Sean Brown – Concerto for Horn and Orchestra, "The Reverence"
$25 / $20 / students free
Wayward Music Series: Paul Matthew Moore
Saturday, November 4, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Composer Paul Matthew Moore brings together 8 performers for an evening of intricate, quiet electro-acoustic music and dance that will ruminate on the tradition of west coast minimalism.
$5–$15 suggested donation
Kronos Quartet
Saturday, November 4, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Federal Way Performing Arts and Event Center, Federal Way, WA, United States
Combining a spirit of fearless exploration with a commitment to continually re-imagining the string quartet experience.
$17-$73
Saratoga Orchestra presents Un/Questionable Visionaries
Sunday, November 5, 2028 @ 2:30pm – 4:30pm (PST)
First Reformed Church, Oak Harbor, WA, United States
Mozart – Symphony in G minor, K. 550
Louise Farrenc – Symphony No. 3 in G minor
Sean Brown – Concerto for Horn and Orchestra, "The Reverence"
Louise Farrenc – Symphony No. 3 in G minor
Sean Brown – Concerto for Horn and Orchestra, "The Reverence"
$25 / $20 / students free
Music of Remembrance: Snow Falls
Sunday, November 5, 2028 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
World premieres of works by composers Ryuichi Sakamoto and Keiko Fujiie inspired by Japanese wartime experience, performed alongside Holocaust-inspired chamber music works.
$30-$45
BetaSounds II: AmericanSounds
Monday, November 6, 2028 @ 6:00pm – 7:00pm (PST)
The Conservatory Coffee Shop, Seattle, WA, United States
Terry Riley – Sunrise of the Planetary Dream Collector
Philip Glass – String Quartet No. 3 (movements I, III, IV, VI)
Samuel Barber – Adagio for Strings
Jessie Montgomery – Strum
Philip Glass – String Quartet No. 3 (movements I, III, IV, VI)
Samuel Barber – Adagio for Strings
Jessie Montgomery – Strum
$15 (children free with paying adult)
Cornish Presents: Projeto Arcomusical
Monday, November 6, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 9:15pm (PST)
PONCHO Concert Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
A world music sextet reimagining the Afro-Brazilian berimbau through a repertoire of unique, powerful, original concert chamber music.
$20 ($15 seniors, $10 students, $5 Teen Tix)
Ode to Hope: New Guitar Music & Poetry of the Americas
Thursday, November 9, 2028 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PST)
The Centilia Cultural Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Field – Ode to Hope, Sephardic Folk Songs, Maria Poems
Free
Meany Center presents: Juilliard String Quartet
Thursday, November 9, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 8:30pm (PST)
Meany Hall for the Performing Arts, Seattle, WA, United States
Beethoven – Quartet in A major, Op. 18, No. 5
James MacMillan – Quartet No. 2 "Why is This Night Different?” (1998)
Dvořák – Quartet No. 11 in C major, Op. 61
James MacMillan – Quartet No. 2 "Why is This Night Different?” (1998)
Dvořák – Quartet No. 11 in C major, Op. 61
$44+
Northwest Sinfonietta: Tales of Hope & Heroism
Thursday, November 9, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Krasa – Overture for Small Orchestra
Sharon Farber – Bestemming: Concerto for Cello, Narrator, and Orchestra
Beethoven – Symphony No. 3, "Eroica"
Sharon Farber – Bestemming: Concerto for Cello, Narrator, and Orchestra
Beethoven – Symphony No. 3, "Eroica"
$21.50-$46.50
Seattle Baroque Orchestra: Forces of Nature
Saturday, November 11, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Early music and new music intertwine like never before, including the world premiere of a concerto for electric theorbo by Seattle-based composer Aaron Grad.
$40 (students $20)
Northwest Sinfonietta: Tales of Hope & Heroism
Saturday, November 11, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Broadway Center, Tacoma, WA, United States
Krasa – Overture for Small Orchestra
Sharon Farber – Bestemming: Concerto for Cello, Narrator, and Orchestra
Beethoven – Symphony No. 3, "Eroica"
Sharon Farber – Bestemming: Concerto for Cello, Narrator, and Orchestra
Beethoven – Symphony No. 3, "Eroica"
$20-$50