New music – Upcoming Concerts
UW Chamber Singers & University Chorale: ODRANOEL
Wednesday, March 13, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
Paying tribute to the 500th anniversary of the passing of Leonardo da Vinci, with Italian madrigals both new and of the time of this Renaissance genius.
$10
Wayward Music Series: Dan Joseph + Blevin Blectum
Thursday, March 14, 2030 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
A long-form work for hammer dulcimer and electronics informed by acoustic ecology, ambient music, and early minimalism – and more.
$10 at the door
Seattle Symphony Community Concert
Friday, March 15, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Meany Hall for the Performing Arts, Seattle, WA, United States
Seth Krimsky – New work (world premiere)
Páll Ragnar Pálsson – Quake
Richard Karpen – New work (world premiere)
Páll Ragnar Pálsson – Quake
Richard Karpen – New work (world premiere)
Free (Free (RSVP requested))
Pacific Northwest Ballet: Director's Choice
Friday, March 15, 2030 @ 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
Groupmuse House Concert: Spring is in the Air!
Friday, March 15, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Private home in Northeast Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
Franz Schubert – Piano Sonata in A minor, D. 784
Nikolai Kapustin – Eight Concert Etudes, Op. 40 No. 3
Margaret Bonds – Troubled Water
Franz Liszt – Mephisto Waltz No. 1, S. 514
Nikolai Kapustin – Eight Concert Etudes, Op. 40 No. 3
Margaret Bonds – Troubled Water
Franz Liszt – Mephisto Waltz No. 1, S. 514
$10+ donation, RSVP required
The Arts at Saint Mark's: The Cathedral Trio
Friday, March 15, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Saint Mark's Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
A world-class trio performs a perfect balance of beloved traditional idioms and engaging new music.
$15 ($10 students/seniors)
Seattle Improvised Music Festival: Tribute to Paul Hoskin, SIMF Founder
Friday, March 15, 2030 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
A large group of veteran Seattle improvisers gathers to pay tribute to SIMF founder Paul Hoskin.
$5-$20 at the door
Choral Arts Northwest: Passion & Resurrection
Friday, March 15, 2030 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Plymouth Congregational 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)
Pacific Northwest Ballet: Director's Choice
Saturday, March 16, 2030 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (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, 2030 @ 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, 2030 @ 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
Pacific Northwest Ballet: Director's Choice
Saturday, March 16, 2030 @ 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
Choral Arts Northwest: Passion & Resurrection
Saturday, March 16, 2030 @ 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)
Brass Band Northwest: 'The Armed Man' – a mass for peace
Saturday, March 16, 2030 @ 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)
Woodland Theater: Mike Gamble’s MultiMeteorchestra, Erin Jorgensen, & Simon Henneman
Saturday, March 16, 2030 @ 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
Northwest Chamber Chorus: The Singing Heart
Sunday, March 17, 2030 @ 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)
Mostly Nordic: Iceland – Afterquake
Sunday, March 17, 2030 @ 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 Clarinet Choir: Grainger, Cardon, Puccini, Grieg
Sunday, March 17, 2030 @ 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, 2030 @ 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
Seattle Symphonic Band Winter Concert
Sunday, March 17, 2030 @ 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