New music – Past Concerts
reSound: James Whitbourn's 'Annelies'
Friday, May 17, 2019 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Trinity Lutheran Church, Lynnwood, WA, United States
A stunning, full-length choral work capturing the essence of Anne Frank’s humor, her fears and observations, and her unwavering hope when facing one of the worst horrors that the modern world has endured.
$25 ($20 early bird)
Seattle Symphony: Pixar in Concert
Thursday, May 16, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
A visually stunning multi-media family show featuring video montages of memorable clips from every one of Pixar’s 14 films – accompanied live by the Seattle Symphony.
$35-$100
Wayward Music Series: Compassion – Janna Webbon & friends
Thursday, May 16, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
An all-ages, intergenerational event including chants by Hildegard von Bingen, musical improvisation, and performance art.
$5-$15 donation
UW School of Music: 'The Innocents' w/ John Lane & Allen Otte
Thursday, May 16, 2019 @ 2:30pm – 4:30pm (PDT)
Brechemin Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
A lecture-concert for a performance art piece that is a response to the well-known Innocents Project, which works to exonerate wrongly convicted individuals and advocates for reforms to the criminal justice system.
Free
Wayward Music Series: 'The Innocents' & UW Percussion Ensemble (RESCHEDULED)
Tuesday, May 14, 2019 @ 8:00pm – 11:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
A musical response to the Innocence Project, using spoken word, electronics, field recordings, found objects, and traditional percussion to focus on the exoneration of those wrongly convicted and reform of the criminal justice system.
$5-$15 suggested donation
Seattle Symphony: Organist Katelyn Emerson in Recital
Monday, May 13, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Fantasia in F minor, K. 608
Horatio Parker – Organ Sonata in E-flat major, Op. 65 "Allegretto"
Charles Tournemire – Fantaisie Improvisation on "Ave maris stella"
Percy Whitlock – Five Short Pieces, "Allegretto"
Johann Sebastian Bach – Passacaglia in C minor, BWV 582
Rachel Laurin – Finale, Op. 78
Franz Liszt – Fantasy and Fugue on the Chorale "Ad nos, ad salutarem undam," S. 259
Horatio Parker – Organ Sonata in E-flat major, Op. 65 "Allegretto"
Charles Tournemire – Fantaisie Improvisation on "Ave maris stella"
Percy Whitlock – Five Short Pieces, "Allegretto"
Johann Sebastian Bach – Passacaglia in C minor, BWV 582
Rachel Laurin – Finale, Op. 78
Franz Liszt – Fantasy and Fugue on the Chorale "Ad nos, ad salutarem undam," S. 259
$21-$32
Bellevue Youth Symphony Orchestra: Spring Masterworks Concert
Sunday, May 12, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
Renton IKEA Performing Arts Center, Renton, WA, United States
Jonathan Bailey Holland – Shards of Serenity
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36
$18 / $12
Choral Arts Northwest: The Big Blue Marble – Music, Nature, & the Environment
Sunday, May 12, 2019 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
Trinity Episcopal Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Antonin Dvořák – Songs of Nature, Op. 63
Jake Runestad – Settings of the poetry of Henry David Thoreau and John Muir
John David Earnest – World premiere
Rick Asher – World premiere
Jake Runestad – Settings of the poetry of Henry David Thoreau and John Muir
John David Earnest – World premiere
Rick Asher – World premiere
$28 ($24 senior/military, FREE students)
Seattle Symphony: Lullaby Project Celebration Concert
Sunday, May 12, 2019 @ 11:00am – 12:00pm (PDT)
Octave 9 at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Featuring songs created by parents at Mary’s Place and performed by Seattle Symphony musicians, in celebration of Mother's Day.
Free
Choral Arts Northwest: The Big Blue Marble – Music, Nature, & the Environment
Saturday, May 11, 2019 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Plymouth Congregational Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Antonin Dvořák – Songs of Nature, Op. 63
Jake Runestad – Settings of the poetry of Henry David Thoreau and John Muir
John David Earnest – World premiere
Rick Asher – World premiere
Jake Runestad – Settings of the poetry of Henry David Thoreau and John Muir
John David Earnest – World premiere
Rick Asher – World premiere
$28 ($24 senior/military, FREE students)
Wayward Music Series: The Quartets Project
Saturday, May 11, 2019 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
This program features free improvisation utilizing the Chapel’s unique and beautiful acoustics.
$5-$15 donation
Symphony Tacoma: Ode to Joy
Saturday, May 11, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Pantages Theater, Tacoma, WA, United States
World Premiere TBA
Ludwig van Beethoven – Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 'Choral'
Ludwig van Beethoven – Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 'Choral'
$24-$78
Resonance Masters Series presents: Philip Glass' 'Annunciation' Premiere feat. Paul Barnes & Skyros Quartet
Saturday, May 11, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Resonance at SOMA Towers, Bellevue, WA, United States
Christoph Willibald Glück (arr. Alexander Siloti) – "Ballet" from Orfeo ed Euridice
Philip Glass (arr. Paul Barnes) – Selections from Orphée, Suite for piano
arr. Seraphim Dedes – Today is Suspended
Victoria Bond – Simeron Kremate
Traditional – Hristos anesti ("Christ is Risen")
N. Takis (from John Sakellarides) – Communion Hymn of the Annunciation
Philip Glass – Annunciation (Washington premiere)
Philip Glass (arr. Paul Barnes) – Selections from Orphée, Suite for piano
arr. Seraphim Dedes – Today is Suspended
Victoria Bond – Simeron Kremate
Traditional – Hristos anesti ("Christ is Risen")
N. Takis (from John Sakellarides) – Communion Hymn of the Annunciation
Philip Glass – Annunciation (Washington premiere)
$30 (students $15)
Northwest Chorale: A Very Choral Springtime feat. John Rutter's 'Requiem'
Saturday, May 11, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
First Free Methodist Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Johann Sebastian Bach – Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden, BWV 230
Anton Bruckner – "Graduale" from Locus iste
Johannes Brahms – Schaffe in mir, Gott, ein rein Herz, Op 29 No. 2
S.T. Joshi – Sunset (world premiere)
Brian Butz – Absalom (world premiere)
John Rutter – Requiem
Anton Bruckner – "Graduale" from Locus iste
Johannes Brahms – Schaffe in mir, Gott, ein rein Herz, Op 29 No. 2
S.T. Joshi – Sunset (world premiere)
Brian Butz – Absalom (world premiere)
John Rutter – Requiem
Free
Ladies Musical Club: Nicole Truesdell's 'Memories of You'
Friday, May 10, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
St. John's Episcopal Church Kirkland, Kirkland, WA, United States
LMC member composer Nicole Truesdell's Memories of You, plus music by Gabriel Fauré, Elliott Carter, Alexander Glazunov, and Ernest Bloch.
Free
Music of Today: International Experimental Music Ensemble
Friday, May 10, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
University of Washington faculty improv band Indigo Mist and special guests Ngô Trà My (Vietnam) and Jos Zwaanengburg (Netherlands) present an evening of experimental and improvised music.
$15 ($10 students/seniors)
The Neuroscience of a One-Track Mind: A Lecture-Concert
Monday, May 6, 2019 @ 6:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
The Royal Room, Seattle, WA, United States
A scintillating lecture from neuroscientist Chantel Prat, a centuries-spanning solo marimba performance by Erin Jorgensen, and the most adorable cupcake toast this side of the Cascades.
$20-$30
Mostly Nordic: Denmark – Romantic Muse & Northern Spirit
Sunday, May 5, 2019 @ 4:00pm – 6:00pm (PDT)
Venue unknown, WA, United States
Members of Ensemble MidtVest perform music by Niels Gade, Clara Schumann, Per Nørgaard, and Johannes Brahms.
$30 ($25 museum members)
Seattle Wind Symphony: Night at the Opera
Sunday, May 5, 2019 @ 3:00pm – 4:30pm (PDT)
Shorewood Performing Arts Center, Shoreline, WA, United States
Franz von Suppe – Overture to Light Cavalry
Giacomo Puccini – "O mio babbino caro" from Gianni Schicchi
Giacomo Puccini – "Nessun dorma" from Turandot
George Gershwin – Porgy and Bess
Richard Wagner – "Elsa's Procession" from Lohengrin
Andrew Lloyd Webber – Phantom of the Opera
John Philip Sousa – El Capitan
Giacomo Puccini – "O mio babbino caro" from Gianni Schicchi
Giacomo Puccini – "Nessun dorma" from Turandot
George Gershwin – Porgy and Bess
Richard Wagner – "Elsa's Procession" from Lohengrin
Andrew Lloyd Webber – Phantom of the Opera
John Philip Sousa – El Capitan
$20 / $18 / $5
South Sound Classical Choir: Mozart, Dienes, Gjeilo
Sunday, May 5, 2019 @ 3:00pm – 4:30pm (PDT)
Mason United Methodist Church, Tacoma, WA, United States
Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Johann Sebastian Bach, Katherine Dienes, Ola Gjeilo, Stephen Paulus, Johannes Brahms, and more, performed by 60 volunteer members from Puyallup and Tacoma.
Free