New music – Past Concerts
An Index of Possibility feat. EarthToneSkyTone
Thursday, March 21, 2019 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Fred Wildlife Refuge, Seattle, WA, United States
Ethereal melodies, meditative ostinatos, and explosive waves of sound. A night of mesmerizing lights and percussion music transforming Robert Honstein's six-movement An Index of Possibility into a multimedia experience.
$10 ($15 @ door)
Pacific Northwest Ballet: Director's Choice
Thursday, March 21, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
McCaw Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
An all-premiere program, handpicked by PNB director Peter Boal to highlight dancemakers who are evolving the ballet art form.
$37-$189
Seattle Symphony: Shostakovich Symphony No. 15
Thursday, March 21, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Johann Sebastian Bach – Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565
John Harbison – What Do We Make of Bach?
Dmitri Shostakovich – Symphony No. 15 in A major, Op. 141
John Harbison – What Do We Make of Bach?
Dmitri Shostakovich – Symphony No. 15 in A major, Op. 141
$22-$122 (age 8-18 free)
Virtuoso Introspective w/ Swedish pianist Niklas Sivelöv
Thursday, March 21, 2019 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
Venue unknown, WA, United States
Music by Bach, Beethoven, Scriabin, and Sivelöv.
$20 ($15 for museum members)
Orca Concert Series: American Quintets
Wednesday, March 20, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Samuel Barber – Summer Music, Op. 31
John Steinmetz – Quintet
Sean Osborn – Preludes and Counterpoints (world premiere)
John Steinmetz – Quintet
Sean Osborn – Preludes and Counterpoints (world premiere)
$25 / $15 / Free for youth/students
Cornish Presents: Splinter Reeds
Tuesday, March 19, 2019 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
PONCHO Concert Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
The West Coast's first reed quintet, comprising five innovative musicians with a shared passion for new music.
Free (Free (RSVP required))
Michael Tilson Thomas San Francisco Symphony
Tuesday, March 19, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:15pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Michael Tilson Thomas – Agnegram
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Violin Concerto No. 3 in G major, K. 216
Ludwig van Beethoven – Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major, Op. 55 "Eroica"
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Violin Concerto No. 3 in G major, K. 216
Ludwig van Beethoven – Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major, Op. 55 "Eroica"
$82-$165
UW School of Music: Talea Ensemble Composition Reading Workshop
Tuesday, March 19, 2019 @ 4:00pm – 6:00pm (PDT)
Meany Studio Theater at Meany Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Members of New York’s acclaimed Talea Ensemble perform readings of new works by students of the University of Washington School of Music.
Free
UW School of Music: The Here & Now
Monday, March 18, 2019 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
Brechemin Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Ryan Farris – Across the Channel (world premiere)
Gerald Kechley – Little Flower
Jennifer Higdon – Song for Flute
Brian Schappals – Ave generosa (world premiere)
Sandesh Nagaraj – Unfreedom
Marc Mellits – Tight Sweater
Jennifer Higdon – Song for Flute
Brian Schappals – Ave generosa (world premiere)
Sandesh Nagaraj – Unfreedom
Marc Mellits – Tight Sweater
Free
Seattle Symphonic Band Winter Concert
Sunday, March 17, 2019 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
North Seattle College Performance Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
John Barnes Chance – Incantation and Dance
Dmitri Shostakovich – Festive Overture
Aaron Copland (arr. Kenneth Singleton) – The Promise of Living
Bob Margolis – Color
Leonard Bernstein (arr. Robert Longfield) – Slava!
Leonard Bernstein (arr. William J. Duthoit) – Selections from West Side Story
Edwin Eugene Bagley – National Emblem March
Steve Shafer – Prism
Dmitri Shostakovich – Festive Overture
Aaron Copland (arr. Kenneth Singleton) – The Promise of Living
Bob Margolis – Color
Leonard Bernstein (arr. Robert Longfield) – Slava!
Leonard Bernstein (arr. William J. Duthoit) – Selections from West Side Story
Edwin Eugene Bagley – National Emblem March
Steve Shafer – Prism
Free
Northwest Clarinet Choir: Grainger, Cardon, Puccini, Grieg
Sunday, March 17, 2019 @ 6:00pm – 7:15pm (PDT)
Music Center of the Northwest, Seattle, WA, United States
Music for large clarinet ensemble including Irish folk tunes, classical, contemporary, opera, and ragtime.
Free
Nelda Swiggett Quintet: 'Alaska Suite'
Sunday, March 17, 2019 @ 6:00pm – 7:30pm (PDT)
Madrona Grace Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Engaging the power of artistic expression to connect audience members deeply and emotionally to the scientific realities of climate change.
$10-$50
Mostly Nordic: Iceland – Afterquake
Sunday, March 17, 2019 @ 4:00pm – 6:00pm (PDT)
Venue unknown, WA, United States
Music written in the decade after the economic crash of 2008 by Icelandic composers Jón Nordal, Páll Ragnar Pálsson, and Þuríður Jónsdóttir.
$30 ($25 museum members)
Northwest Chamber Chorus: The Singing Heart
Sunday, March 17, 2019 @ 3:00pm – 4:30pm (PDT)
Phinney Ridge Lutheran Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Music that opens our hearts and inspires us to be alive and free, including works by Josef Rheinberger, Charles Stanford, Randall Thompson, Emma Lou Diemer, Gwyneth Walker, Leonard Cohen, and more.
$25 ($20 seniors & singers, FREE students)
Brass Band Northwest: 'The Armed Man' – a mass for peace
Saturday, March 16, 2019 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Bellevue Presbyterian Church, Bellevue, WA, United States
An hour-long work based on L'Homme armé, a secular melody that was used as the basis for mass settings in the Renaissance. By combining texts from Jewish, Muslim, and Christian traditions, the composer transformed this music into a plea for world peace.
$25 / $20 / $5 (kids age 6-10 free)
Choral Arts Northwest: Passion & Resurrection
Saturday, March 16, 2019 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Trinity Episcopal Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Antonio Lotti – Crucifixus a 8
Johann Sebastian Bach – Christ lag in Todesbanden, BWV 4
Ēriks Ešenvalds – Passion and Resurrection
Johann Sebastian Bach – Christ lag in Todesbanden, BWV 4
Ēriks Ešenvalds – Passion and Resurrection
$28 ($24 senior/military, FREE students)
Woodland Theater: Mike Gamble’s MultiMeteorchestra, Erin Jorgensen, & Simon Henneman
Saturday, March 16, 2019 @ 8:00pm – 11:00pm (PDT)
Woodland Theater, Seattle, WA, United States
A quartet of diverse instrumentation, plus solo sets from marimbist Erin Jorgensen and guitarist Simon Henneman.
$10-$20 sliding scale
Pacific Northwest Ballet: Director's Choice
Saturday, March 16, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
McCaw Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
An all-premiere program, handpicked by PNB director Peter Boal to highlight dancemakers who are evolving the ballet art form.
$37-$189
Saltwater Music Series: Sixteen Going on Seventeen
Saturday, March 16, 2019 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
Des Moines United Methodist Church (WA), Des Moines, WA, United States
An evening of music written by composers in their teenage years.
Free
Monroe Concert Band: Nature's Fury
Saturday, March 16, 2019 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Wagner Performing Arts Center, Monroe, WA, United States
Discover the power of Mother Nature through the musical story of the volcano that destroyed Pompeii in Vesuvius, or the sudden downpour of a cloudburst.
Free