New music – Upcoming Concerts
UW Wind Ensemble & Symphonic Band with Michael Partingon: Colors & Contrasts
Thursday, December 7, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
Northwest premiere of A Concerto of Colours (2017) by Stephen Goss.
$10
Wayward Music Series: Inverted Space Ensemble
Thursday, December 7, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Fred Frith – Elegy for Elias
John Luther Adams – Canticles of the Sky
Kurt Weill – Alabama Song (arr. Morton Feldman)
Lou Harrison – Suite for Violin and American Gamelan
John Luther Adams – Canticles of the Sky
Kurt Weill – Alabama Song (arr. Morton Feldman)
Lou Harrison – Suite for Violin and American Gamelan
$5-$15 suggested donation
Scores of Sound: Day 3
Friday, December 8, 2028 @ 10:00am – 9:00pm (PST)
PONCHO Concert Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
An all-day festival including performances from many ensembles and genres, including jazz, classical, new music, African drumming, and Gamelan.
Free (Free)
The Miró Quartet... at Emerald City Music
Friday, December 8, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 11:00pm (PST)
415 Westlake, Seattle, WA, United States
Haydn – String Quartet in E-flat major, Op. 71, No. 3
Puts – Credo, for string quartet
Schumann – String Quartet no. 1 in A minor, Op. 41
Puts – Credo, for string quartet
Schumann – String Quartet no. 1 in A minor, Op. 41
$45 includes open bar; $10 students
Wayward Music Series: Eveline Müller & the Klang Quintet
Friday, December 8, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Featuring Eveline on the Boeing, Stuart McLeod on brainwave manipulator and various objects, Carl Farrow on electronics, Bob Rees on xylophone and percussion, and more...
$5-$15 donation
Seattle Pro Musica: Winter Rose
Saturday, December 9, 2028 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PST)
Seattle First Baptist Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Celebrating the light and hope symbolized by the winter rose with such favorites as Lo, how a rose e’er blooming by Praetorius and A spotless rose by Herbert Howells.
$12-$38
Seattle Pro Musica: Winter Rose
Saturday, December 9, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
First Baptist Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Celebrating the light and hope symbolized by the winter rose with such favorites as Lo, how a rose e’er blooming by Praetorius and A spotless rose by Herbert Howells.
$12-$38
UW Composition Studio ft. UW Modern Ensemble Guests
Saturday, December 9, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Brechemin Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Innovative works by emerging composers explore unconventional sonic landscapes. With guest musicians from the UW Modern Ensemble.
Free
The Miró Quartet... at Emerald City Music
Saturday, December 9, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 10:00pm (PST)
The Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA, United States
Haydn – String Quartet in E-flat major, Op. 71, No. 3
Puts – Credo, for string quartet
Schumann – String Quartet no. 1 in A minor, Op. 41
Puts – Credo, for string quartet
Schumann – String Quartet no. 1 in A minor, Op. 41
$28-$43 ($10 w/ student ID)
Wayward Music Series: Seth Parker Woods, cello
Saturday, December 9, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Edward Hamel – Gray Neon Life (Seattle premiere)
Pierre Alexandre Tremblay – asinglewordisnotenough 3 (invariant) (Seattle premiere)
Alvin Singleton – Argoru II (Seattle premiere)
George Lewis – Not Alone (Seattle premiere)
Pierre Alexandre Tremblay – asinglewordisnotenough 3 (invariant) (Seattle premiere)
Alvin Singleton – Argoru II (Seattle premiere)
George Lewis – Not Alone (Seattle premiere)
$5-$15 donation
Cornish Presents: Quince Contemporary Vocal Ensemble
Saturday, December 9, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PST)
PONCHO Concert Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
A highly regarded, four-voice, all-woman ensemble that thrives on unique musical challenges and a genre-bending, contemporary repertoire.
$20 / $15 / $10 / $5
Wayward Music Series: David Haney + FHTAGN: String Fury
Friday, December 15, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
A reckless carnage of harmonic versus melodic instrumentation.
$10 donation
NOCCO: Mystics, Servants, & Devils
Saturday, December 16, 2028 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PST)
Magnolia United Church of Christ, Seattle , WA, United States
Bach – Brandenburg Concerto No. 1
Pärt – Fratres
Jim Knapp – Newly Commissioned Work
Stravinsky – L'Histoire du Soldat
Pärt – Fratres
Jim Knapp – Newly Commissioned Work
Stravinsky – L'Histoire du Soldat
$25 / $15 / under 18 free
Wayward Music Series: Neal Kosaly-Meyer 'Finnegans Wake Project'
Saturday, December 16, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Presented with carefully considered sets, props, sound design, and with acute attention to musical detail.
$5-$15 donation
NOCCO: Mystics, Servants, & Devils
Sunday, December 17, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
The Royal Room, Seattle, WA, United States
Bach – Brandenburg Concerto No. 1
Pärt – Fratres
Jim Knapp – Newly Commissioned Work
Stravinsky – L'Histoire du Soldat
Pärt – Fratres
Jim Knapp – Newly Commissioned Work
Stravinsky – L'Histoire du Soldat
$25 / $15
Wayward Music Series: Sue Ann Harkey & friends
Thursday, December 21, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
What Happens If I Do Nothing – Field recordings to improvise to...
$5-$15 donation
Wayward Music Series: Wobbly – 'Monitress'
Friday, December 22, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
A battery of mobile devices driven by their built-in microphones react instantly with error-prone variations on the notes and sounds they believe they are hearing.
$5-$15 donation
Wayward Music Series: Seattle Phonographers Union
Saturday, December 23, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Explore the ways in which we recognize, differentiate, map and navigate our sonic environment.
$5-$15 donation
Wayward Music Series: 1_lu_1 + Neil Welch + Jacobson/Sinibaldi
Friday, December 29, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
An evening of improvised creative music.
$5-$15 donation
Seattle Composers' Salon: Farley, Keyt, McKnight & O'Keefe
Friday, January 5, 2029 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
An evening of music and discussion with Seattle composers Carson Farley, Aaron Keyt, Ian McKnight, and Patrick O’Keefe.
$5-$15 donation