New music – Upcoming Concerts
Music of Remembrance: Gaman – to persevere
Sunday, May 20, 2029 @ 5:00pm – 7:00pm (PDT)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Christophe Chagnard – Gaman (2018 – world premiere)
Shinji Eshima – August 6th (1995)
Erwin Schulhoff – Five Pieces for String Quartet (1923)
Mieczyslaw Weinberg – Rhapsody on Moldavian Themes (1949)
Songs from Terezin
Shinji Eshima – August 6th (1995)
Erwin Schulhoff – Five Pieces for String Quartet (1923)
Mieczyslaw Weinberg – Rhapsody on Moldavian Themes (1949)
Songs from Terezin
$45 ($30 for under 30)
UW Wind Ensemble & Symphonic Band: Dreams & Fancies
Thursday, May 24, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
Music by Maslanka, Stravinsky, and others.
$10
UW Modern Music Ensemble: Fure, Gubaidulina, Furrer, & Karpen
Thursday, May 24, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Meany Studio Theater at Meany Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Ashley Fure – Something to Hunt
Sofia Gubaidulina – So sei es
Beat Furrer – Aer
Richard Karpen – World premiere
Sofia Gubaidulina – So sei es
Beat Furrer – Aer
Richard Karpen – World premiere
$10
Seattle Art Song Society: Marcy Stonikas & Mitchell Giambalvo in Recital
Friday, May 25, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Ballard First Lutheran Church, Seattle, WA, United States
John Harbison – Mirabai Songs
Maurice Ravel – Shéhérazade
Ottorino Respighi – Deità silvane
various settings of texts around the folklore of Lorelei
Maurice Ravel – Shéhérazade
Ottorino Respighi – Deità silvane
various settings of texts around the folklore of Lorelei
$30 ($20 student, young adult, senior)
Inverted Space Ensemble: The Cimbalom & Beyond
Friday, May 25, 2029 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
György Kurtág – Scenes From A Novel
Lou Harrison – Music for Violin and Various Instruments, European, Asian, and African
James Tenney – Quintext
Lou Harrison – Music for Violin and Various Instruments, European, Asian, and African
James Tenney – Quintext
$5-$15 donation
Seattle Modern Orchestra at Oxbow: An interactive sound-video installation & concert
Saturday, May 26, 2029 @ 7:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Oxbow, Seattle, WA, United States
Infrared sensors, multichannel speakers, and software generate an interactive experience featuring video projections of musicians from the Seattle Modern Orchestra – and the musicians in dialogue with their own image.
$5 to $15 suggested donation
Frequency Ensemble w/ Yura Lee, violin
Sunday, May 27, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
Ernő Dohnányi’s Serenade, duos by Luciano Berio, Bruno Maderna, Maurice Ravel, and Melia Watras, and more.
$20 ($10 students/seniors)
Wayward Music Series: Daniel Webbon
Tuesday, May 29, 2029 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
An evening of recent compositions and collaborations ranging from traditionally notated modern classical composition to freely improvised experimental music, drawing on ideas from contemporary literature and continental philosophy.
$5-$15 donation
PNB Conversations & Dress Rehearsal: Love & Ballet
Thursday, May 31, 2029 @ 6:00pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
McCaw Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
An in-depth interviews with PNB artists during the hour preceding dress rehearsal, revealing the creative process involved in the development of a ballet.
$30
Heath/Asplund Duo: An Evening of Modern/Postmodern Art Song
Thursday, May 31, 2029 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Music for soprano with piano and viola by Cage, Ligeti, Ives, Messiaen, Webern, Lutosawski, Christian Asplund, and Jarrad Powell.
$5-$15 donation
Wayward Music Series: Kestrel, LA LUNGS, Blessed Blood, & Galbraith/Pollack
Friday, June 1, 2029 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
A diverse group of artists perform works for prepared guitar and bass, modular synth, butoh dancer, and more.
$5-$15 donation
Pacific Northwest Ballet: Love & Ballet
Friday, June 1, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
McCaw Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Talbot/Wheeldon – Tide Harmonic
Pärt/Wheeldon – After the Rain pas de deux
Beethoven/Millepied – Appassionata
Stevens (arr. Atkinson)/Peck – Year of the Rabbit
Pärt/Wheeldon – After the Rain pas de deux
Beethoven/Millepied – Appassionata
Stevens (arr. Atkinson)/Peck – Year of the Rabbit
$37-$187
Pacific Northwest Ballet: Love & Ballet
Saturday, June 2, 2029 @ 2:00pm – 4:30pm (PDT)
McCaw Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Talbot/Wheeldon – Tide Harmonic
Pärt/Wheeldon – After the Rain pas de deux
Beethoven/Millepied – Appassionata
Stevens (arr. Atkinson)/Peck – Year of the Rabbit
Pärt/Wheeldon – After the Rain pas de deux
Beethoven/Millepied – Appassionata
Stevens (arr. Atkinson)/Peck – Year of the Rabbit
$30-$180
Ancora: Postcards – Songs from the Four Corners
Saturday, June 2, 2029 @ 4:30pm – 6:00pm (PDT)
Green Lake Church of Seventh-day Adventists, Seattle, WA, United States
Sergei Rachmaninoff – Six Choruses, Op.15
Bob Chilcott – Furusato
Einojuhani Rautavaara – Suite de Lorca
Abbie Betinis – From Behind the Caravan: Songs of Hâfez
Bob Chilcott – Furusato
Einojuhani Rautavaara – Suite de Lorca
Abbie Betinis – From Behind the Caravan: Songs of Hâfez
$14 ($11 seniors)
Cascadian Chorale: Stormy Weather
Saturday, June 2, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Church of the Holy Cross, Redmond, WA, United States
Music celebrating the weather by composers old and new, ranging from Brahms and Elgar to Joy Porter and Joan Szymko.
$20 ($15 student/senior)
Pacific Northwest Ballet: Love & Ballet
Saturday, June 2, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
McCaw Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Talbot/Wheeldon – Tide Harmonic
Pärt/Wheeldon – After the Rain pas de deux
Beethoven/Millepied – Appassionata
Stevens (arr. Atkinson)/Peck – Year of the Rabbit
Pärt/Wheeldon – After the Rain pas de deux
Beethoven/Millepied – Appassionata
Stevens (arr. Atkinson)/Peck – Year of the Rabbit
$37-$187
UW Composition Studio w/ Inverted Space Ensemble
Saturday, June 2, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Brechemin Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Innovative works by emerging composers that explore unconventional sonic landscapes. Music by Aidan Gold, Irene Putnam, Nikki Chang, Wei Yang, and Daniel Webbon.
Free
Wayward Music Series: Arun Chandra & Scott Goodwin
Saturday, June 2, 2029 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
An extremely unique perspective on composition and computer music, plus electronic inspired by rhythmic minimalism, club music, video game soundtracks and the science fiction works of Greg Egan and Liu Cixi.
$5-$15 donation
OSSCS: Thirsting for Hope
Sunday, June 3, 2029 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
First Free Methodist Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Mendelssohn – Psalm 42, Op. 42
Robert Brooks – The Migration and Death of Esperanza Soledad Hernández
Dvořák – Symphony No. 7 in D minor, Op. 70
Robert Brooks – The Migration and Death of Esperanza Soledad Hernández
Dvořák – Symphony No. 7 in D minor, Op. 70
$25 ($20 seniors, $10 students, youth free)
Seattle Bach Choir presents: Abide With Us
Sunday, June 3, 2029 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
Trinity Parish Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Frank Martin – Mass for Double Choir
Thomas Tallis – If Ye Love Me
Anton Bruckner – Locus Iste
Josef Rheinberger – Abendlied
Rosephayne Powell – Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child
Ola Gjeilo – Ubi Caritas
Shawn Kirchner – Unclouded Day
Thomas Tallis – If Ye Love Me
Anton Bruckner – Locus Iste
Josef Rheinberger – Abendlied
Rosephayne Powell – Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child
Ola Gjeilo – Ubi Caritas
Shawn Kirchner – Unclouded Day
$20 ($18 senior/student)