New music – Past Concerts
ROCO Connections: A Dust in Time
Friday, November 19, 2021 @ 5:30pm – 6:30pm (PST)
Online and in-person
The ROCO String Quartet presents Huang Ruo’s A Dust in Time: Passacaglia for Strings, a 60-minute uninterrupted musical meditation inspired by the Tibetan sand mandala.
Free (Online: Free | In person: $35)
Roulette: Jessica Pavone – 'Lull' for String Octet & Soloists
Friday, November 19, 2021 @ 5:00pm – 7:00pm (PST)
Online and in-person
Composer/violist Jessica Pavone presents Lull, a new chamber work reflecting a multifaceted experience of ‘stasis’ – quietude & introspection sustained amidst the tension & instability of the pandemic.
Free (Free ($20-$25 in person))
Seattle Symphony: Beach Gaelic Symphony
Thursday, November 18, 2021 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Online and in-person
Music Director Thomas Dausgaard conducts this powerhouse program featuring Amy Beach’s “Gaelic” Symphony No. 2, plus the world premiere of a rare double harp concerto by American composer Hannah Lash.
Online: from $12.99 | In-person: $24-$134
Arts Night at the Opera House: Stacey Eliason, horn & Sharon Fernandez, piano
Thursday, November 18, 2021 @ 6:00pm – 7:30pm (PST)
Marysville Opera House, Marysville, WA, United States
Program will include:
Gioachino Rossini – Introduction, Theme, & Variations
Paul Basler – Folk Songs for Horn & Piano
Sue Jean Park – The Veil for horn & electronics
Ludwig van Beethoven, arr. François Brémond – "II. Adagio cantabile" from Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13 “Pathétique”
Robert W. Smith – In a Gentle Rain
Gioachino Rossini – Introduction, Theme, & Variations
Paul Basler – Folk Songs for Horn & Piano
Sue Jean Park – The Veil for horn & electronics
Ludwig van Beethoven, arr. François Brémond – "II. Adagio cantabile" from Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13 “Pathétique”
Robert W. Smith – In a Gentle Rain
Free (Free)
WWU: Composers of Western (C.O.W.)
Wednesday, November 17, 2021 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
WWU Performing Arts Center, Bellingham, WA, United States
Online and in-person
Brand-new works for strings, woodwinds, trumpet, voice, piano, & percussion, including 2 premieres by this year's COW Ensemble.
Free
Roulette: Bob Bellerue – 'Radioactive Desire'
Wednesday, November 17, 2021 @ 5:00pm – 7:00pm (PST)
Online and in-person
Experience a multidimensional sound world in this public premiere of Bob Bellerue's Radioactive Desire, a work for 6 improvising chamber musicians whose sounds are fed into a menagerie of unusual speaker systems.
Free (Free ($20-$25 in person))
Eastman School of Music Composition Department: EARS
Monday, November 15, 2021 @ 4:30pm – 6:00pm (PST)
Online and in-person
Concert featuring works by students of the Eastman Audio Research Studio (EARS), a platform for research, experimentation, & realization of new music & sound art.
Free
Atlanta Chamber Players: Opening Concert – Now & Then
Sunday, November 14, 2021 @ 1:00pm – 3:00pm (PST)
Online and in-person
Benjamin Krause – Notes From Inside
Jessie Montgomery – Peace
Kenji Bunch – Dies Irie
Jennifer Higdon – Southern Harmony
Johannes Brahms – Piano Quartet No. 3 in C minor, Op. 60
Jessie Montgomery – Peace
Kenji Bunch – Dies Irie
Jennifer Higdon – Southern Harmony
Johannes Brahms – Piano Quartet No. 3 in C minor, Op. 60
Free (Online: Free | In person: $0-25)
ROCO In Concert: A Stitch in Time
Saturday, November 13, 2021 @ 3:00pm – 4:30pm (PST)
Online and in-person
Hilary Purrington – Threshold (world premiere)
Mark Adamo – Last Year
Jonathan Peters – Arthropod Suite
Ludwig van Beethoven – Symphony No. 8 in F major, Op. 93
Mark Adamo – Last Year
Jonathan Peters – Arthropod Suite
Ludwig van Beethoven – Symphony No. 8 in F major, Op. 93
Free (Online: Free | In person: Pay-what-you-can)
Wayward Music Series: Garrett Fisher/GraceAnn Cummings: Blueprints for Solo Piano
Friday, November 12, 2021 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Pianist GraceAnn Cummings premieres Garrett Fisher’s Blueprints for Solo Piano, a technically demanding set of works based on Fisher’s unique collaborative approach to music-making.
$5-$15 donation
Carpe Diem String Quartet: American Favorites
Friday, November 12, 2021 @ 5:30pm – 7:30pm (PST)
Online and in-person
Korine Fujiwara – May Basket
Jonathan Bingham – SOLOS
Antonín Dvořák – String Quartet No. 12 in F major, Op. 96, “American”
Amy Beach – Piano Quintet in F-Sharp minor, Op. 67
Jonathan Bingham – SOLOS
Antonín Dvořák – String Quartet No. 12 in F major, Op. 96, “American”
Amy Beach – Piano Quintet in F-Sharp minor, Op. 67
Online: $10-$40 sliding scale | In person: $80
University of Buffalo Faculty Recital: Seth Parker Woods, cello
Friday, November 12, 2021 @ 4:30pm – 6:30pm (PST)
Online and in-person
Seth Parker Woods performs the triple role of cellist, narrator/guide, & movement artist in this evening-length, multimedia concert tour de force featuring music written for him.
Free (Online: Free | In person: $10-$23)
Wayward Music Series: Neil Welch
Thursday, November 11, 2021 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Performance celebrating saxophonist/composer Neil Welch’s new album, featuring composer/performer Nat Evans; a work for solo saxophone; & an 11-member ensemble performing Welch's Concepción Picciotto.
$10-$20 at the door
DXARTS Fall Concert: Real & Imagined Soundworlds – with Guest Artist Jeff Rice
Tuesday, November 9, 2021 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
Nature recordist/sound designer Jeff Rice’s sound portraits frame an evening of Ambisonic sound by DXARTS composers & associated researchers, drawing the listener through known & unknown soundscapes.
Free
Meany Center: Gabriel Kahane
Saturday, November 6, 2021 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
Marriage, fatherhood, & mortality come to the fore against the backdrop of the pandemic & political turmoil in a new collection of songs from composer/pianist/singer Gabriel Kahane, presented in this intimate performance.
$65 (subscriptions available)
Center for New Music: Del Sol String Quartet | Composer Incubator
Saturday, November 6, 2021 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
3 stunning new works by Adeliia Faizullina, Marguerite Brown, & deVon Russell Gray, performed by the Del Sol String Quartet.
Free (Online: Free | In person: $20-$15)
[CANCELLED] Wayward Music Series: Beetlebox
Saturday, November 6, 2021 @ 6:00pm – 8:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Electroacoustic music from composer/keyboardist Beetlebox, featuring live piano sounds intricately intertwined with homemade software synthesizers & interactive computer accompaniment.
$5-$15 suggested donation
Roulette: Laurie Berg & Karl Scholz – superposition
Friday, November 5, 2021 @ 5:00pm – 7:00pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
New collaborative performance work by choreographer Laurie Berg & sound artist Karl Scholz that utilizes the unique acoustics of Roulette’s space to knit sound via an ever shifting speaker configuration.
Free (Free ($20-$25 in person))
Composers Concordance: Woodwind Motion
Friday, November 5, 2021 @ 4:30pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Concert event pairing new music for woodwind quintet with an array of contemporary dance choreographies. Featuring the Sylvan Winds; choreographer Max Pollak; & an NYC premiere for composer Stanley Babin.
Free (Online: Free | In-person: $15-$20)
International Contemporary Ensemble: TargetMargin@7 – Nov 5
Friday, November 5, 2021 @ 4:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
ICE members showcase their work with Nicholas Houfek’s ColorSynth, a software interface that converts musical pitches into color & light. Find improvisation, synthesizers, & more in this audiovisual smorgasbord.
Free (Free (RSVP required))