New music – Upcoming Concerts
Wayward Music Series: Bit Graves (Jordan Rundle & Marcus Price)
Friday, June 15, 2029 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Using strongly timed programming to live-process analog machines, creating sounds that range from ambient to abrasive.
$5-$15 donation
Seattle Symphony: [untitled] 3
Friday, June 15, 2029 @ 10:00pm – 11:00pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall – Samuel & Althea Stroum Grand Lobby, Seattle, WA, United States
Alexandra Gardner – Coyote Turns
Ahmet Adnan Saygun – Partita for Solo Cello, Op. 31
Mason Bates – Red River
Ahmet Adnan Saygun – Partita for Solo Cello, Op. 31
Mason Bates – Red River
$16
Seattle Philharmonic Strings: Nighttime Serenade
Saturday, June 16, 2029 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Seattle Public Library – Central Branch, Seattle, WA, United States
Mozart – Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
Vaughan Williams – Violin Concerto
Puccini – Crisantemi
Dvořák – Serenade for Strings
Vaughan Williams – Violin Concerto
Puccini – Crisantemi
Dvořák – Serenade for Strings
Free (Free)
Wayward Music Series: Kin of the Moon & Renee Baker
Saturday, June 16, 2029 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Kin of the Moon premieres Renee Baker's new work Tyaga: Divine Life Suite.
$5-$15 donation
Seattle Symphony: Wonderful Town
Saturday, June 16, 2029 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Alexandra Gardner – New Work (world premiere)
Bernstein – Prelude, Fugue and Riffs
Bernstein – Wonderful Town
Bernstein – Prelude, Fugue and Riffs
Bernstein – Wonderful Town
$22-$122 (ages 8-18 free)
Washington Wind Symphony: Winds Gone Wild
Sunday, June 17, 2029 @ 2:00pm – 3:30pm (PDT)
Redmond Performing Arts Center, Redmond, WA, United States
Jack Stamp – Gavorkna Fanfare
Johan de Meij – UFO Concerto
Clifton Williams – Symphonic Dance No. 3, "Fiesta"
Scott McAllister – Black Dog
Gregory Youtz – Frederick Street
Johan de Meij – UFO Concerto
Clifton Williams – Symphonic Dance No. 3, "Fiesta"
Scott McAllister – Black Dog
Gregory Youtz – Frederick Street
$20 / $15 / $10
Seattle Symphony: Copland Symphony No. 3
Thursday, June 21, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Bernstein – Overture to Candide
John Williams – Suite from Memoirs of a Geisha
John Williams – Elegy for Solo Cello and Orchestra
Copland – Symphony No. 3
John Williams – Suite from Memoirs of a Geisha
John Williams – Elegy for Solo Cello and Orchestra
Copland – Symphony No. 3
$22-$122 (ages 8-18 free)
New Music on the Rock: Earth Music – Raising Our Elemental Awareness
Saturday, June 23, 2029 @ 4:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Venue unknown, WA, United States
Two concerts and a composers' forum, featuring works by Spencer Arias, Sarah Bassingthwaite, Janice Giteck, Jerry Mader, Jacob Mashak, Nicholas Toombs, and Angelique Poteat.
$20-$35
Seattle Symphony: Copland Symphony No. 3
Saturday, June 23, 2029 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Bernstein – Overture to Candide
John Williams – Suite from Memoirs of a Geisha
John Williams – Elegy for Solo Cello and Orchestra
Copland – Symphony No. 3
John Williams – Suite from Memoirs of a Geisha
John Williams – Elegy for Solo Cello and Orchestra
Copland – Symphony No. 3
$22-$122 (ages 8-18 free)
Wayward Music Series: Anna Friz & Afroditi Psarra
Saturday, June 23, 2029 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
An evening of experimental works for multimedia and different sound concepts.
$5-$15 donation
Groupmuse House Concert: Second Shift
Friday, June 29, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Private home in West Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
A fun recital of art song and improvisation.
$10 +
Seattle Symphony: Brahms V. Radiohead
Wednesday, July 11, 2029 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
An amazing process of analysis, discovery, deconstruction and reconstruction led to Brahms V. Radiohead — a synthesis of Brahms' First Symphony (1882) and Radiohead's OK Computer (1997).
$30-$65
Wayward Music Series: Gradus – for Fux, Tesla, and Milo the Wrestler
Saturday, July 14, 2029 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
In the 17th year of this piano composition in perpetual progress, Gradus is played with an ear to the quiet (and sometimes not-so-quiet) sounds of the environment.
$5-$15 donation
SCMS Summer Festival: Howard, Rachmaninoff, Brahms
Monday, July 16, 2029 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
James Newton Howard – 1:33...At least
James Newton Howard – Untitled
James Newton Howard – They Have Just Arrived at This New Level (world premiere)
Sergei Rachmaninoff – Trio No. 1 for Violin, Cello and Piano in G minor, "Elegiac"
Johannes Brahms – Sonata for Violin and Piano in G major, Op. 78
James Newton Howard – Untitled
James Newton Howard – They Have Just Arrived at This New Level (world premiere)
Sergei Rachmaninoff – Trio No. 1 for Violin, Cello and Piano in G minor, "Elegiac"
Johannes Brahms – Sonata for Violin and Piano in G major, Op. 78
$52 ($16 students and 30 & under)
Octava Chamber Orchestra: Summer Chamber Music Extravaganza
Saturday, July 21, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Maple Park Church, Lynnwood, WA, United States
New music from all around the world in a variety of genres by Frank Halferty, Greg Bartholomew, Jean Chatillon, Andrzej Panufnik, Patrick O'Keefe, Joe Oakes, and Nathan Jensen.
$20 ($15 student/senior)
SCMS Free Recital: Erin Keefe & Osmo Vänskä play Aho & Vänskä
Monday, July 23, 2029 @ 7:00pm – 7:30pm (PDT)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Kalevi Aho – ER-OS
Osmo Vanska – New work
Osmo Vanska – New work
Free
Marrowstone Music Festival Faculty Chamber Music: Beethoven, Barber, Tower, & Dvořák
Thursday, July 26, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Western Washington University Performing Arts Center, Bellingham, WA, United States
Ludwig van Beethoven – String Trio in C minor, Op. 9 No. 3
Samuel Barber – Summer Music, Op. 31
Joan Tower – Rising for flute and string quartet
Antonin Dvořák – Piano Quintet No. 2 in A major, Op. 81
Samuel Barber – Summer Music, Op. 31
Joan Tower – Rising for flute and string quartet
Antonin Dvořák – Piano Quintet No. 2 in A major, Op. 81
$20 ($25 reserved, $10 students)
Wayward Music Series: Lea Bertucci & Chloe Alexandra Thompson
Friday, July 27, 2029 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Works of extreme experimentation – one artist performing saxophone and tapes, the other performing using Pure Data, Arduino, hardware, and voice.
$5-$15 donation
Marrowstone Music Festival Faculty Chamber Music: Beethoven, Horowitz, Harrison, & Dvořák
Thursday, August 2, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Western Washington University Performing Arts Center, Bellingham, WA, United States
Ludwig van Beethoven – Wind Octet in E-flat major, Op. 103
Joseph Horowitz – Music Hall Suite for brass quintet
Lou Harrison – Varied Trio for violin, piano, and percussion
Antonin Dvořák – String Sextet in A major, Op. 48
Joseph Horowitz – Music Hall Suite for brass quintet
Lou Harrison – Varied Trio for violin, piano, and percussion
Antonin Dvořák – String Sextet in A major, Op. 48
$20 ($25 reserved, $10 students)
Wayward Music Series: Doug Theriault (Portland) & RM Francis
Saturday, August 11, 2029 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Live cut-up guitar improvisations using custom-made electronics and innovative approaches to computer-generated sound.
$5-$15 donation