New music – Past Concerts
Seattle Opera: A Youth Opera for Families – ‘Robin Hood’
Saturday, February 3, 2018 @ 2:00pm – 3:00pm (PST)
Cornish Playhouse at Seattle Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Presented by Seattle Opera and Seattle Public Theater, this opera is performed by youth ages 7–18 with a professional chamber orchestra.
Sold Out
First Friday Salons: Unique trios & duos
Friday, February 2, 2018 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Resonance at SOMA Towers, Bellevue, WA, United States
Brahms – Trio in A minor, Op. 114
Robert Muczinsky – Fantasy Trio
Sean Osborn – Romance for Cello and Piano
Robert Muczinsky – Fantasy Trio
Sean Osborn – Romance for Cello and Piano
$20
Seattle Opera: A Youth Opera for Families – ‘Robin Hood’
Friday, February 2, 2018 @ 7:00pm – 8:00pm (PST)
Cornish Playhouse at Seattle Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Presented by Seattle Opera and Seattle Public Theater, this opera is performed by youth ages 7–18 with a professional chamber orchestra.
Sold Out
Karen Bentley Pollick Performs Music by New York Women Composers
Thursday, February 1, 2018 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
New works by Marga Richter, Faye-Ellen Silverman, Adrienne Elisha, Rain Worthington, Victoria Bond, Karen Bentley Pollick, and more.
$5-$15 suggested donation
Spontaneous Combustion New Music Festival: Ashley Bathgate, cello
Thursday, February 1, 2018 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Rainier Arts Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Works for solo cello by living composers, with and without electronics.
$20
Spontaneous Combustion New Music Festival: The City of Tomorrow (Wind Quintet)
Tuesday, January 30, 2018 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
The Royal Room, Seattle, WA, United States
Julia Wolfe – On Seven Star Shoes
Alex Temple – Thick Line
John Teske – Topographies
Hans Abrahamsen – Walden
Esa-Pekka Salonen – Memoria
Jacob Druckman – Delia Contente Che l'Alme Beatte
Alex Temple – Thick Line
John Teske – Topographies
Hans Abrahamsen – Walden
Esa-Pekka Salonen – Memoria
Jacob Druckman – Delia Contente Che l'Alme Beatte
$20 ($12 students w/ ID)
Art from Ashes: MOR International Holocaust Remembrance Day Concert
Monday, January 29, 2018 @ 5:00pm – 7:00pm (PST)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Featuring chamber music written in Terezín and the Vilna ghetto, and works by composers whose lives were cut short by Nazi persecution.
Free (Free)
Music Northwest: Music for Flutes & Harpsichord
Sunday, January 28, 2018 @ 3:00pm – 3:00pm (PST)
First Lutheran Church of West Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
Telemann – Fantasia for Solo Flute
Bach – Trio Sonata for Two Flutes and Harpsichord, BWV 1039
Peter Bruun – Autumn, What is your Plan?
R. Murray Schafer – Sonatina for Flute and Harpsichord
Shulamit Ran – Flute duet TBA
Katherine Hoover – Flute duet TBA
Bach – Trio Sonata for Two Flutes and Harpsichord, BWV 1039
Peter Bruun – Autumn, What is your Plan?
R. Murray Schafer – Sonatina for Flute and Harpsichord
Shulamit Ran – Flute duet TBA
Katherine Hoover – Flute duet TBA
$16-$18 (students 26 & under free w/RSVP)
Basically Baroque with Saratoga Orchestra of Whidbey Island
Sunday, January 28, 2018 @ 2:30pm – 4:30pm (PST)
Nordic Hall, Coupeville, WA, United States
Handel – Concerto Grosso Op. 6, No. 7
Vivaldi – Concerto for two oboes in D minor RV 535
Hidgon – Dance Card
Vivaldi – Concerto for two oboes in D minor RV 535
Hidgon – Dance Card
$25 ($20 senior/military)
Wayward Music Series: Sarah Pyle – flora/fauna
Saturday, January 27, 2018 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Elizabeth Brown – Botanical Obsessions for solo flute (2000)
Andrew Stiefel – Let us whisper our names into the trees for flute, baroque flute, and electronics (premiere)
Sarah Pyle – Improvisations on three secular monodies by Francesca Caccini
Daniel Webbon – To Square a Circle for baroque flutist as percussionist (premiere)
Sarah Pyle – Beehive for flute and electronics (premiere)
Vivian Fine – The Flicker for solo flute (1973)
Andrew Stiefel – Let us whisper our names into the trees for flute, baroque flute, and electronics (premiere)
Sarah Pyle – Improvisations on three secular monodies by Francesca Caccini
Daniel Webbon – To Square a Circle for baroque flutist as percussionist (premiere)
Sarah Pyle – Beehive for flute and electronics (premiere)
Vivian Fine – The Flicker for solo flute (1973)
$5-$15 donation
Spontaneous Combustion New Music Festival: Sandbox Percussion
Saturday, January 27, 2018 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Music Center of the Northwest, Seattle, WA, United States
Works by Steve Reich, Andy Akiho, and more.
$20
Basically Baroque with Saratoga Orchestra of Whidbey Island
Saturday, January 27, 2018 @ 2:30pm – 4:30pm (PST)
Island Church of Whidbey, Langley, WA, United States
Handel – Concerto Grosso Op. 6, No. 7
Vivaldi – Concerto for two oboes in D minor RV 535
Hidgon – Dance Card
Vivaldi – Concerto for two oboes in D minor RV 535
Hidgon – Dance Card
$25 ($20 senior/military)
Inverted Space Ensemble: Cage, Ligeti, Stockhausen
Friday, January 26, 2018 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Cage – Freeman Etudes for solo violin (Book 1)
Ligeti – Études for solo piano (Book 1)
Stockhausen – Plus Minus
Ligeti – Études for solo piano (Book 1)
Stockhausen – Plus Minus
$5-$15 donation
UW Percussion & Third Coast Percussion: Danny Clay's 'Playbook'
Friday, January 26, 2018 @ 6:30pm – 8:00pm (PST)
Meany 268, Seattle, WA, United States
An interactive performance featuring music from Bay Area composer Danny Clay's Playbook, a set of whimsical scores and instructions utilizing found-object and traditional percussion. Audience members are welcome to bring their own instruments and participate.
Free (Free (RSVP required))
Spontaneous Combustion New Music Festival: Iktus Duo
Thursday, January 25, 2018 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Works by Lou Harrison, Joseph Pereira, Adam Vidiksis, James Romig, and Washington-based composer Bruce Hamilton.
$20 (students $12)
Spontaneous Combustion New Music Festival: Hub New Music
Monday, January 22, 2018 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
18th & Union - An Arts Space, Seattle, WA, United States
The Seattle premiere performance by Boston's Hub New Music features the world premiere of a new major work by Robert Honstein.
$20
Spontaneous Combustion New Music Festival: Orlando Cela, solo flute
Sunday, January 21, 2018 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PST)
Youngstown Cultural Arts Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Orlando Cela – Rag Lalit (2016)
Roger Briggs – Trailblazers (2006)
Bryan Ferneyhough – Cassandras Dreamsong (1970)
Jean-Patrick Besingrand – Le Soupir du Roseau dans le Bras du Vent (2015)
Mac Waters – Tinted (2017)
Robert Dick – Flames Must Not Encircle Sides (1980)
Roger Briggs – Trailblazers (2006)
Bryan Ferneyhough – Cassandras Dreamsong (1970)
Jean-Patrick Besingrand – Le Soupir du Roseau dans le Bras du Vent (2015)
Mac Waters – Tinted (2017)
Robert Dick – Flames Must Not Encircle Sides (1980)
$20 ($12 students w/ ID)
SMCO & Choral Arts NW: Journeys of Discovery & Hope
Saturday, January 20, 2018 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Plymouth Congregational Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Gabriela Lena Frank – Leyendas, an Andean Walkabout
Joseph Haydn – Mass for Troubled Times, Hob. XXII/11 “Nelson Mass”
Joseph Haydn – Mass for Troubled Times, Hob. XXII/11 “Nelson Mass”
$15-$25
Naeim Rahmani & the Seattle Guitar Ensemble
Saturday, January 20, 2018 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Queen Anne Christian Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Heitor Villa-Lobos – Five Preludes
Leo Brouwer – Tres Apuntes
Federico Moreno Torroba – Suite Castellana
Domenico Scarlatti – Sonata in D minor, K. 1
Ashkan Saberi – A Piece for Guitar Orchestra, Habanera
Jeffrey Bowen – Ruba'i (Quatrain)
Tom Baker – Circus Music
Leo Brouwer – Tres Apuntes
Federico Moreno Torroba – Suite Castellana
Domenico Scarlatti – Sonata in D minor, K. 1
Ashkan Saberi – A Piece for Guitar Orchestra, Habanera
Jeffrey Bowen – Ruba'i (Quatrain)
Tom Baker – Circus Music
$10
NUMUS Northwest 2018 Music Festival
Saturday, January 20, 2018 @ 8:30am – 9:30pm (PST)
Cornish College of the Arts - Kerry Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
A day-long event dedicated to the creation, performance, and experience of new music.
$20 day pass (students free w/ID)