New music – Upcoming Concerts
Bellingham Festival of Music: Arend, Rodrigo, & Brahms
Wednesday, July 10, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Western Washington University Performing Arts Center, Bellingham, WA, United States
David Arend – Zebra Brainwave Quorum (world premiere)
Joaquín Rodrigo – Concierto de Aranjuez
Johannes Brahms – Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 73
Joaquín Rodrigo – Concierto de Aranjuez
Johannes Brahms – Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 73
$45-$55 (students $12)
Wayward Music Series: Twenty Six Minutes Equals One Day
Wednesday, July 10, 2030 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
A worldwide, collaborative project that features field recordings and pictures from all over the globe.
$5-$15 donation
Emerald Ensemble: Songs of Nature
Thursday, July 11, 2030 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Antonín Dvořák’s V Přírodě, Op. 63 is the anchor for an evening of music celebrating the natural world around us.
$30
Icicle Creek Chamber Music Festival: Dvořák, Harbison, & Schubert
Friday, July 12, 2030 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Canyon Wren Recital Hall at Icicle Creek, Leavenworth, WA, United States
Antonín Dvořák – Bagatelles, Op. 47
John Harbison – November 19, 1828 for piano quartet
Franz Schubert – Piano Trio No. 1 in B-flat major, D. 898
John Harbison – November 19, 1828 for piano quartet
Franz Schubert – Piano Trio No. 1 in B-flat major, D. 898
$22 / $12 / FREE age 12 & under
Icicle Creek Chamber Music Festival: Crumb, Rachmaninoff, & Brahms
Saturday, July 13, 2030 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Icicle Creek Center for the Arts – Snowy Owl Theater, Leavenworth, WA, United States
George Crumb – Vox Balaenae for electric flute, cello, and amplified piano
Sergei Rachmaninoff – Suite No. 2, Op. 17 for two pianos
Johanns Brahms – String Quintet No. 2 in G major, Op. 111
Sergei Rachmaninoff – Suite No. 2, Op. 17 for two pianos
Johanns Brahms – String Quintet No. 2 in G major, Op. 111
$22 / $12 / FREE age 12 & under
Wayward Music Series: Neal Kosaly-Meyer's 'Gradus…'
Saturday, July 13, 2030 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
A piano composition in perpetual progress. The score in a nutshell is: “learn to play the piano one note at a time.”
$5-$15 donation
Seattle Chamber Music Society Free Recital: Introduction to 'Voyage Out' by Sebastian Currier
Monday, July 15, 2030 @ 7:00pm – 7:30pm (PDT)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
A 30-minute recital featuring an introduction to Sebastian Currier's new work Voyage Out.
Free
Seattle Chamber Music Society: Music Under the Stars – Mendelssohn, Currier, & Dvořák
Monday, July 15, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Yesler Terrace Park, Seattle, WA, United States
Bring a picnic, stretch out on the lawn, and enjoy live chamber music performed by outstanding local students, followed by a live audio broadcast of the SCMS Summer Festival performance direct from Benaroya Hall.
Free
Seattle Chamber Music Society: Music Under the Stars – Mendelssohn, Currier, & Dvořák
Monday, July 15, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Seattle Chinese Garden, Seattle, WA, United States
Bring a picnic, stretch out on the lawn, and enjoy live chamber music performed by outstanding local students, followed by a live audio broadcast of the SCMS Summer Festival performance direct from Benaroya Hall.
Free
Seattle Chamber Music Society Summer Festival: Mendelssohn, Currier, & Dvořák
Monday, July 15, 2030 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Fanny Mendelssohn – String Quartet in E-flat major
Sebastian Currier – Voyage Out (world premiere)
Antonín Dvořák – Piano Quartet No. 2 in E-flat major, Op. 87
Sebastian Currier – Voyage Out (world premiere)
Antonín Dvořák – Piano Quartet No. 2 in E-flat major, Op. 87
$55 ($20 students/30 & under)
Wayward Music Series: Rich Pellegrin & Neil Welch
Wednesday, July 17, 2030 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Having played together for a decade as part of the Rich Pellegrin Quintet, saxophonist Neil Welch and pianist Rich Pellegrin perform together for the first time as a duo casting light on abstract sound/silences through various means.
$5-$15 donation
Seattle Improvised Music Festival: Holland Andrews, Ambrosia Bardos, & Ebony Miranda
Friday, July 19, 2030 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Three improvisational artists explore sound for voice, electronics, and cello ranging from expansive loops to pre-composed material.
$5-$20 donation
Chamber Music Madness: Premeditated Strings – Janáček & Shaskus
Saturday, July 20, 2030 @ 2:30pm – 4:30pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Leoš Janáček – Suite for string orchestra
Jeremy Shaskus – Rasputin's Revenge
Jeremy Shaskus – Rasputin's Revenge
Free
Cascadia Art Museum: Classical Date Night – Debussy, Mendelssohn, Ponce, & Lewin
Saturday, July 20, 2030 @ 6:00pm – 7:00pm (PDT)
Cascadia Art Museum, Edmonds, WA, United States
Claude Debussy (arr. Jascha Heifetz) – Beau Soir
Felix Mendelssohn – Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64: mvt. II
Manuel Ponce (arr. Jascha Heifetz) – Estrellita
Cal Lewin – New works (world premieres)
Felix Mendelssohn – Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64: mvt. II
Manuel Ponce (arr. Jascha Heifetz) – Estrellita
Cal Lewin – New works (world premieres)
$18 ($12 museum members)
Icicle Creek Chamber Music Festival: Bach, Adams, & Tchaikovsky
Saturday, July 20, 2030 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Icicle Creek Center for the Arts – Snowy Owl Theater, Leavenworth, WA, United States
Johann Sebastian Bach – Concerto for Two Keyboards in C minor, BWV 1062
John Adams – Hallelujah Junction
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – String Sextet in D minor, Op. 70 "Souvenir de Florence"
John Adams – Hallelujah Junction
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – String Sextet in D minor, Op. 70 "Souvenir de Florence"
$22 / $12 / FREE age 12 & under
Octava Chamber Orchestra: Summer Chamber Music Extravaganza
Saturday, July 20, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Maple Park Church, Lynnwood, WA, United States
Featuring new music from all around the world in a variety of genres.
$13-$20 (kids FREE)
Wayward Music Series: Symbion Project + Dahliia
Saturday, July 20, 2030 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
A mix of three electronic artists who use Japanese koto, modular synthesis, field recordings, ultrasonic audio/visual projections, musique concrète, drone tones, and modular synthesizers with spatialized sound processing.
$10-$15 donation
Racer Sessions: Carmen Rothwell (NYC)
Sunday, July 21, 2030 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Cafe Racer, Seattle, WA, United States
A collectively organized composition and improvisation series for new and experimental music.
Free
First Lutheran Church of Tacoma: Listen Live at Lunch – Classical Guitar
Wednesday, July 24, 2030 @ 12:00pm – 1:00pm (PDT)
First Lutheran Church Tacoma, Tacoma, WA, United States
Music by Princess Elisabeth of Hesse, John Dowland, Gaspar Sanz, Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre, and more.
Free
Jack Straw Cultural Center: Guillaume de Machaut – Explorations
Wednesday, July 24, 2030 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Jack Straw Cultural Center, Seattle, WA, United States
A new work that radically reimagines the work of medieval composer Guillaume de Machaut paired with historical perspective with music from the time of Machaut.
Free