New music – Upcoming Concerts
Marrowstone Music Festival: Faculty Chamber Music – Bunch, Jones, Poulenc, Tower, & Weber
Thursday, July 25, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
WWU Performing Arts Center, Bellingham, WA, United States
Kenji Bunch – Paraphraseology
Collier Jones – Four Movements for Five Brass
Francis Poulenc – Trio for Oboe, Bassoon, and Piano
Joan Tower – Rising
Carl Maria von Weber – Clarinet Quintet in B-flat major, Op. 34
Collier Jones – Four Movements for Five Brass
Francis Poulenc – Trio for Oboe, Bassoon, and Piano
Joan Tower – Rising
Carl Maria von Weber – Clarinet Quintet in B-flat major, Op. 34
$22-$27
Seattle Composers Alliance Feedback Forum
Saturday, July 27, 2030 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
Ballard Alki Lodge IOOF, Seattle, WA, United States
Have a work-in-progress you would like to share? Want feedback on your current composition project? Curious to hear what SCA members are composing these days? Join this informal listening and critique session for SCA members to share their works.
$5 (SCA members free)
Marrowstone Music Festival: Fellowship Chamber Orchestra – Briggs, Ginastera, & Beethoven
Saturday, July 27, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
WWU Performing Arts Center, Bellingham, WA, United States
Roger Briggs – Gathering Together
Alberto Ginastera – Variaciones Concertantes
Ludwig van Beethoven – Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 36
Alberto Ginastera – Variaciones Concertantes
Ludwig van Beethoven – Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 36
$27-$35 (students $15)
Groupmuse House Concert: A Young Person's Guide to the Opera
Sunday, July 28, 2030 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Private home in Woodinville, Woodinville, WA, United States
A house concert of art songs for kids and parents alike, featuring music by Leonard Bernstein, Amy Beach, Steven Luksan, and more.
$10+ donation, RSVP required
Racer Sessions: Idit Shner (Eugene, OR)
Sunday, July 28, 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
Wayward Music Series: The Alchemy of Improvisation
Wednesday, July 31, 2030 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Blending genres and styles into a tapestry of improvised music aimed at representing the mystical qualities of life and sound.
$5-$15 donation
Wayward Music Series: Songs from the Exotic
Friday, August 2, 2030 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Aaron Kirschner – Four Love Songs of Sara Teasdale (Northwest premiere)
Hale Smith – The Valley Wind
Judith Weir – Songs from the Exotic
Hale Smith – The Valley Wind
Judith Weir – Songs from the Exotic
$5-$20 donation
Pacific Northwest Conducting Institute Finale Concert
Saturday, August 3, 2030 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Whidbey Island Center for the Arts, Langley, WA, United States
Gioachino Rossini – Overture to L'italiana in Algeri
Maurice Ravel – Le Tombeau de Couperin
Camille Saint-Saëns – Cello Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 33
Stacy Garrop – "Penelope Waits" from Mythology Symphony
Ludwig van Beethoven – Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92
Maurice Ravel – Le Tombeau de Couperin
Camille Saint-Saëns – Cello Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 33
Stacy Garrop – "Penelope Waits" from Mythology Symphony
Ludwig van Beethoven – Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92
$25 ($20 senior/military)
Wayward Music Series – Vickie Dodd & James Hoskins, and Spontanea Quartet
Saturday, August 3, 2030 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Explore new musical territory that is at once organic and otherworldly.
$5-$15 suggested donation at the door
Northwest Film Forum Puget Soundtrack: Postcard from the Badlands present 'Naer Vaer'
Sunday, August 4, 2030 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Northwest Film Forum, Seattle, WA, United States
Music that explores the intersection of Americana, modern chamber music, and instrumental rock, alongside footage representing themes of creation, community, conquest, migration, labor and play.
$16 ($13 NWFF members)
Live Music Project Concert & Happy Hour at Lagunitas Taproom
Monday, August 5, 2030 @ 5:30pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
Lagunitas Tap Room, Seattle, WA, United States
Viola, double bass, and toy piano, oh my! Three world premieres for an unusual combination of instruments.
Free ($5 suggested donation, RSVP requested)
Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival: Violin Variations
Tuesday, August 6, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Orcas Center, Eastsound, WA, United States
Friedrich Hermann – Burlesque in G major, Op. 9 for three violins
Ludwig van Beethoven – String Trio in G major, Op. 9 No. 1
Gerard Schwarz – Duo for violin and cello
Camille Saint-Saëns (arr. Franz Liszt/Vladimir Horowitz) – Danse macabre for solo piano
Robert Schumann – Piano Quintet in E-flat major, Op. 44
Ludwig van Beethoven – String Trio in G major, Op. 9 No. 1
Gerard Schwarz – Duo for violin and cello
Camille Saint-Saëns (arr. Franz Liszt/Vladimir Horowitz) – Danse macabre for solo piano
Robert Schumann – Piano Quintet in E-flat major, Op. 44
$35 ($10 ages 18 & under)
Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival: Violin Variations
Wednesday, August 7, 2030 @ 5:30pm – 7:30pm (PDT)
Orcas Center, Eastsound, WA, United States
Friedrich Hermann – Burlesque in G major, Op. 9 for three violins
Ludwig van Beethoven – String Trio in G major, Op. 9 No. 1
Gerard Schwarz – Duo for violin and cello
Camille Saint-Saëns (arr. Franz Liszt/Vladimir Horowitz) – Danse macabre for solo piano
Robert Schumann – Piano Quintet in E-flat major, Op. 44
Ludwig van Beethoven – String Trio in G major, Op. 9 No. 1
Gerard Schwarz – Duo for violin and cello
Camille Saint-Saëns (arr. Franz Liszt/Vladimir Horowitz) – Danse macabre for solo piano
Robert Schumann – Piano Quintet in E-flat major, Op. 44
$35 ($10 ages 18 & under)
Wayward Music Series: East Coast Meets West
Thursday, August 8, 2030 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Paul Moravec – Epithalamion
Peter Nelson-King – In Memoriam (world premiere)
Alan Vizzutti – Quadrat
Michael Weinstein – Sonata for Trumpet and Piano
Peter Nelson-King – In Memoriam (world premiere)
Alan Vizzutti – Quadrat
Michael Weinstein – Sonata for Trumpet and Piano
$5-$20 donation
Wayward Music Series: Inverted Space Ensemble
Friday, August 9, 2030 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Inverted Space explores the haunting and sublime music of Bun-Ching Lam, Brian Banks, and Lou Harrison.
$5-$15 suggested donation at the door
Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival: Dedication for Martin Friedmann
Tuesday, August 13, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Orcas Center, Eastsound, WA, United States
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – String Quartet No. 17 in B-flat major, K. 458 "The Hunt"
Kevin Puts – Arcana for solo cello and string quintet
Franz Schubert – "Andante con moto" from String Quartet No. 14 in D minor, "Death and the Maiden"
Clara Schumann – Scherzo No. 2 in C minor, Op. 14 for solo piano
Johannes Brahms – Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34
Kevin Puts – Arcana for solo cello and string quintet
Franz Schubert – "Andante con moto" from String Quartet No. 14 in D minor, "Death and the Maiden"
Clara Schumann – Scherzo No. 2 in C minor, Op. 14 for solo piano
Johannes Brahms – Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34
$35 ($10 ages 18 & under)
Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival: Dedication for Martin Friedmann
Wednesday, August 14, 2030 @ 5:30pm – 7:30pm (PDT)
Orcas Center, Eastsound, WA, United States
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – String Quartet No. 17 in B-flat major, K. 458 "The Hunt"
Kevin Puts – Arcana for solo cello and string quintet
Franz Schubert – "Andante con moto" from String Quartet No. 14 in D minor, "Death and the Maiden"
Clara Schumann – Scherzo No. 2 in C minor, Op. 14 for solo piano
Johannes Brahms – Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34
Kevin Puts – Arcana for solo cello and string quintet
Franz Schubert – "Andante con moto" from String Quartet No. 14 in D minor, "Death and the Maiden"
Clara Schumann – Scherzo No. 2 in C minor, Op. 14 for solo piano
Johannes Brahms – Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34
$35 ($10 ages 18 & under)
Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival: World Premiere Finale on Lopez Island
Thursday, August 15, 2030 @ 5:30pm – 7:30pm (PDT)
Lopez Center for Community and the Arts, Lopez Island, WA, United States
Hugo Wolf – Italian Serenade
TBA – Selected works for guitar and violin
Kevin Puts – New work for string quartet (world premiere)
Kevin Puts – Air for violin and piano
Ernest Chausson – Concerto in D major, Op. 21 for violin, piano, and string quartet
TBA – Selected works for guitar and violin
Kevin Puts – New work for string quartet (world premiere)
Kevin Puts – Air for violin and piano
Ernest Chausson – Concerto in D major, Op. 21 for violin, piano, and string quartet
$40 ($10 ages 18 & under)
Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival: World Premiere Finale
Friday, August 16, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Orcas Center, Eastsound, WA, United States
Hugo Wolf – Italian Serenade
TBA – Selected works for guitar and violin
Kevin Puts – New work for string quartet (world premiere)
Kevin Puts – Air for violin and piano
Ernest Chausson – Concerto in D major, Op. 21 for violin, piano, and string quartet
TBA – Selected works for guitar and violin
Kevin Puts – New work for string quartet (world premiere)
Kevin Puts – Air for violin and piano
Ernest Chausson – Concerto in D major, Op. 21 for violin, piano, and string quartet
$35 ($10 ages 18 & under)
Music at St. James Cathedral Summer Organ Concerts w/ Gregory Peterson
Friday, August 16, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
St. James Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
A recital from the classic organ repertoire with music by Johann Sebastian Bach, César Franck, Herbert Howells, Johann Gottfried Walther, Claude Debussy, Gerald Near, and Craig Phillips.
$18