New music – Past Concerts
Wayward Music Series: Austin Larkin & Ensemble
Friday, April 19, 2019 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
A composition of harmonics and tuned densities unfolding and persisting in time. Transmute states of variance and continuity are held, extended, and measured through the vibration of strings and resonant bodies within a room.
$5-$15 donation
DXARTS & Swedish Neuroscience Institute: Music of Today: Performing with the Brain
Friday, April 19, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Meany Studio Theater at Meany Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Patients suffering from motor disability improvise with professional musicians in this performance led by composers and a neuroscientist.
Free
Lake Washington Symphony Orchestra: Saviour
Friday, April 19, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Westminster Chapel, Bellevue, WA, United States
Greg Nelson / Bob Farrell – Saviour
Laurence Berteig – Thorns
Laurence Berteig – Thorns
Free
Groupmuse House Concert: Spire Duo – Her Light Escape
Friday, April 19, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Private home in Phinney Ridge, Seattle, WA, United States
The words of master poets capture the joy, dejection, wonder, and renewal of a year in a life well-lived through the music of composers such as Benjamin Britten, André Previn, Dominick Argento, and more.
$10+ donation, RSVP required
Noel Kennon Cornish Senior Recital
Thursday, April 18, 2019 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
PONCHO Concert Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Noel Kennon, a student of composition at Cornish College of the Arts, presents a senior recital.
Free
Seattle Symphony: Mozart Symphony No. 40
Thursday, April 18, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Claude Debussy & Joël-François Durand – Préludes (world premiere)
Maurice Ravel – Ma Mère l’Oye (“Mother Goose”) Suite
Marc-André Dalbavie – Flute Concerto
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K. 550
Maurice Ravel – Ma Mère l’Oye (“Mother Goose”) Suite
Marc-André Dalbavie – Flute Concerto
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K. 550
$22-$122 (age 8-18 free)
Meany Center presents: Time for Three
Thursday, April 18, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Meany Hall for the Performing Arts, Seattle, WA, United States
Groundbreaking and category-shattering – a string trio with an infectious energy, virtuosity, and showmanship. Expect Bach, Brahms, and ingenious mash-ups of indie hits.
$40-$48
Lake Washington Symphony Orchestra: Saviour
Thursday, April 18, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Westminster Chapel, Bellevue, WA, United States
Greg Nelson / Bob Farrell – Saviour
Laurence Berteig – Thorns
Laurence Berteig – Thorns
Free
Sean McCanna, piano & Alex Michels, composition & trumpet (Cornish junior recital)
Wednesday, April 17, 2019 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
PONCHO Concert Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
A vast range of music from classical and pop to electronic and surf music, displaying the creative minds of two friends and how they work together and grow together as musicians.
Free
Music at St. James Cathedral: The Office of Tenebræ
Wednesday, April 17, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
St. James Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
Thomas Tallis – Lamentations of Jeremiah the Prophet
Paweł Łukaszewski – O vos omnes
Gregorio Allegri – Miserere mei, Deus
Traditional – Gregorian Chant
Paweł Łukaszewski – O vos omnes
Gregorio Allegri – Miserere mei, Deus
Traditional – Gregorian Chant
Free
UW Faculty Recital: Folk – Melia Watras, viola
Wednesday, April 17, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
Melia Watras – Folk Style Project (world premiere)
Charles Corey – In Paradisum for viola and Harmonic Canon
Meila Watras – String Masks
Charles Corey – In Paradisum for viola and Harmonic Canon
Meila Watras – String Masks
$20 ($10 students/seniors)
UW Composition Studio with the UW Modern Music Ensemble
Tuesday, April 16, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Brechemin Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Emerging composers explore unconventional sonic landscapes in a collaboration with the UW Modern Music Ensemble.
Free
Ladies Musical Club: Rachmaninoff, Debussy, Sondheim
Monday, April 15, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
University House Wallingford, Seattle, WA, United States
Claude Debussy – “Clair de Lune” from Suite Bergamasque
Sergei Rachmaninoff – Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 36 (1931 version)
Stephen Sondheim – Selections from Into the Woods, Sweeney Todd, Passion, Follies, Marry Me a Little, and Evening Primrose
Sergei Rachmaninoff – Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 36 (1931 version)
Stephen Sondheim – Selections from Into the Woods, Sweeney Todd, Passion, Follies, Marry Me a Little, and Evening Primrose
Free (Free)
Music of Remembrance: 'The City Without Jews' screening w/ new live score
Monday, April 15, 2019 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
The Paramount Theatre, Seattle, WA, United States
A special screening of Die Stadt ohne Juden ("The City Without Jews"), a recently-remastered 1924 silent film based on a dystopian novel anticipating the rise of Nazism, with a new score by Guenter Buchwald, performed live.
$10
PLU Artist Series: Jeffrey Jacob, piano
Sunday, April 14, 2019 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Lagerquist Concert Hall at Pacific Lutheran University, Parkland, WA, United States
A lecture-concert showcasing George Crumb's Makrokosmos Volume II, "Twelve Fantasy Pieces After the Zodiac for Amplified Piano."
Free
Wayward Music Series: Onomatopoeia
Saturday, April 13, 2019 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Johann Sebastian Bach (arr. Cassie Lear) – "Aus Liebe will mein Heiland Sterben" from St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244
Jenni Brandon (arr. Cassie Lear/Soren Hamm) – Found Objects: On the Beach
Steven Luksan – Ceremony
Ben Seavello – Cityscape
Chris Thile (arr. Rebecca Olason) – Various works
Jenni Brandon (arr. Cassie Lear/Soren Hamm) – Found Objects: On the Beach
Steven Luksan – Ceremony
Ben Seavello – Cityscape
Chris Thile (arr. Rebecca Olason) – Various works
$5-$15 donation
Seattle Symphony: Dvořák New World Symphony
Saturday, April 13, 2019 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
George Walker – Sinfonia No. 5, “Visions”
Karol Szymanowski – Violin Concerto No. 2, Op. 61
Antonín Dvořák – Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95 “From the New World”
Karol Szymanowski – Violin Concerto No. 2, Op. 61
Antonín Dvořák – Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95 “From the New World”
$22-$122 (age 8-18 free)
UW School of Music: Harry Partch Ensemble
Saturday, April 13, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Meany Studio Theater at Meany Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Featuring Partch’s hand-made musical instruments which are in long-term residence at the University of Washington, along with works by other contemporary composers.
$10
Northwest Mahler Festival Fundraiser: Songs by Alma Mahler & Other Women Composers
Saturday, April 13, 2019 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
Phinney Ridge Lutheran Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Featuring songs by woman composers including Khosrovidukht, Barbara Strozzi, Clara Schumann, Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel, Josephine Lang, Alma Mahler, Florence Price, and Joni Mitchell.
free
Wayward Music Series: YOU DIED! + Tree Cathedral + Bit Graves
Friday, April 12, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Blending aspects of noise and ambience to create ever-evolving and dynamic pieces of electronic music.
$5-$15 donation