New music – Past Concerts
Westerlies Fest: Student Workshop Ensembles & The Westerlies
Sunday, September 23, 2018 @ 4:00pm – 5:30pm (PDT)
SPU Nickerson Studios, Seattle, WA, United States
Student workshop ensembles premiere newly created original compositions alongside The Westerlies.
Free (Free (RSVP Required))
Bill at 92: Clarinet Works of William O. Smith
Saturday, September 22, 2018 @ 8:00pm – 11:00pm (PDT)
Gallery 1412, Seattle, WA, United States
A program of music for clarinet by William O. Smith, including three world premieres.
$5-$15 sliding scale donation
Wayward Music Series: Lou Mallozzi + Gyre
Saturday, September 22, 2018 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Experiments in sound that take the form of installations, fixed media works, and improvised music with non-standard configurations of analog and digital electronics.
$5-$15 donation
Westerlies Fest: Theo Bleckmann, Kate Davis, & The Westerlies
Saturday, September 22, 2018 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Venue unknown, WA, United States
Seattle-bred, New York-based brass quartet The Westerlies join jazz singer and new music composer Theo Bleckmann and multi-instrumentalist and singer Kate Davis.
$25 ($15 students)
Fine Rain Falling: Autumn Concert
Saturday, September 22, 2018 @ 7:00pm – 8:00pm (PDT)
Queen Anne Christian Church, Seattle, WA, United States
A vocal concert of madrigals, folk songs, original arrangements, and covers.
$15 (students $5), cash or check only
Sue Lee Piano Recital
Friday, September 21, 2018 @ 8:30pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Music Center of the Northwest, Seattle, WA, United States
Johann Sebastian Bach – "Schafe können sicher weiden," BWV 208
Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Sonata No. 18
Sergei Rachmaninoff – Romance
Sue Lee – Romance
Frederic Chopin – Piano Sonata No. 2
Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Sonata No. 18
Sergei Rachmaninoff – Romance
Sue Lee – Romance
Frederic Chopin – Piano Sonata No. 2
Free (Free (RSVP requested))
Wayward Music Series: Soren Hamm & Cassie Lear
Friday, September 21, 2018 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Music by Takemitsu, Iannaconne, Crockcoft and more, ranging from impressionist-inspired music to contemporary showpieces to modern minimalist works.
$5-$15 donation
Philharmonia Northwest: 2018-2019 Season Launch Party
Sunday, September 16, 2018 @ 4:00pm – 6:00pm (PDT)
Private home in Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
Hear music from around the world, plus composer Sarah Bassingthwaighte talks about what inspired a recent work.
Free (Free (RSVP required))
Wayward Music Series: Lost Chocolate Lab & Possibly Possible
Friday, September 14, 2018 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Solo guitar atmospheric improvisations that weave threads against a projected backdrop of visuals and ambient, shoegazy walls of sound alongside top-down videos.
$5-$15 donation
Emerald City Music: Four Seasons
Friday, September 14, 2018 @ 8:00pm – 11:00pm (PDT)
415 Westlake, Seattle, WA, United States
Tartini/Kreisler – Devil’s Trill
Wiancko – American Haiku
Bottesini – Gran Duo Concertante
Piazzolla – Four Seasons
Wiancko – American Haiku
Bottesini – Gran Duo Concertante
Piazzolla – Four Seasons
$45 ($10 students)
Wayward Music Series: The Living (Part 2) – Contemporary Music for Solo Piano
Thursday, September 13, 2018 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Howard Skempton – Images
Ian Venables – The Stourhead Follies, Op. 4
Stephen Sondheim/Frederic Rzewski – I’m Still Here
Ken Benshoof – Spindrift
John Joubert – Lyric Fantasy on Themes from Jane Eyre, Op. 144 (American premiere)
Ian Venables – The Stourhead Follies, Op. 4
Stephen Sondheim/Frederic Rzewski – I’m Still Here
Ken Benshoof – Spindrift
John Joubert – Lyric Fantasy on Themes from Jane Eyre, Op. 144 (American premiere)
$5-$15 donation
Seattle Symphony: Distant Worlds – Music From FINAL FANTASY®
Thursday, September 13, 2018 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Combining video and music to immerse the audience in the fantastical video game world.
$35+
Ladies Musical Club: Zelos Saxophone Quartet
Thursday, September 13, 2018 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
Seattle Central Library, Seattle, WA, United States
A dynamic, engaging group with a beautiful sound performs music from Bach to the current day.
Free
Seattle Symphony: Distant Worlds – Music From FINAL FANTASY®
Wednesday, September 12, 2018 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Combining video and music to immerse the audience in the fantastical video game world.
$35+
Ladies Musical Club: Zelos Saxophone Quartet
Sunday, September 9, 2018 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
Bainbridge Island Museum of Art Auditorium, Bainbridge Island, WA, United States
A dynamic, engaging group with a beautiful sound performs music from Bach to the current day.
Free (Free (RSVP Required))
Ladies Musical Club: Zelos Saxophone Quartet
Sunday, September 9, 2018 @ 1:00pm – 2:30pm (PDT)
Church of the Redeemer, Kenmore, WA, United States
A dynamic, engaging group with a beautiful sound performs music from Bach to the current day.
Free
Wayward Music Series: Dr. Kelsey ‘Cacophonie’ Tamayo
Saturday, September 8, 2018 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Original compositions by an ex-classical musician who likes to hit things, strum things, and, in general, make noise.
$5-$15 donation
American Voices: Gershwin, Porter, Dayton, Beach
Saturday, September 8, 2018 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Whatcom Museum Old City Hall, Bellingham, WA, United States
George Gershwin – Three Preludes (arr. Alan Arnold)
Quincy Porter – Suite for Viola Alone
Peter Dayton – Viola Sonata (West Coast consortium premiere)
Amy Beach – Violin Sonata, Op. 34
Quincy Porter – Suite for Viola Alone
Peter Dayton – Viola Sonata (West Coast consortium premiere)
Amy Beach – Violin Sonata, Op. 34
$10-$20 suggested donation
Wayward Music Series: Karen Bentley Pollick, violin
Thursday, September 6, 2018 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
An array of new electronic music with violin featuring composers such as Jaffe, Basica, Young, Jette, Lortie, Paranosic, and Mitrano.
$5-$15 donation
CHA at Racer Sessions
Sunday, September 2, 2018 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Cafe Racer, Seattle, WA, United States
Spontaneous, hyper-contemporary creations for multi-disciplinary trio in a beloved Seattle venue.
Free