New music – Upcoming Concerts
Distant Worlds: music from FINAL FANTASY® with the Seattle Symphony
Wednesday, September 11, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:15pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Featuring a tribute to the original FINAL FANTASY VII, plus guests RIKKI, original vocalist of FINAL FANTASY X, and Susan Calloway, original vocalist of FINAL FANTASY XIV.
$37-$150
Distant Worlds: music from FINAL FANTASY® with the Seattle Symphony
Thursday, September 12, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:15pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Featuring a tribute to the original FINAL FANTASY VII, plus guests RIKKI, original vocalist of FINAL FANTASY X, and Susan Calloway, original vocalist of FINAL FANTASY XIV.
$37-$150
Wayward Music Series: Bleeps+Loops – Space
Friday, September 13, 2030 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
The soundtrack to your individual meditations will be provided by a collective of modular synthesists whose individual acts will overlap to create a continuous sonic experience.
$5-$15 donation
Tale Retold, by Emerald City Music
Friday, September 13, 2030 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
415 Westlake, Seattle, WA, United States
Old meets new in the retelling of Stravinsky’s Soldier’s Tale as a cast of NYC Ballet dancers join forces with librettist Mark Campbell, followed by an edgy world premiere by Seattle’s own Angelique Poteat.
$45 ($10 students)
Sustain Music Project: Music + Yoga + Wine
Saturday, September 14, 2030 @ 1:00pm – 3:30pm (PDT)
Resonance at SOMA Towers, Bellevue, WA, United States
A one-of-a-kind yoga class featuring live music for flute and marimba, from J.S. Bach and Franz Schubert to music written in the 21st century.
$40
Tale Retold, by Emerald City Music
Saturday, September 14, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Kenneth J. Minnaert Center for the Arts, Olympia, WA, United States
Old meets new in the retelling of Stravinsky’s Soldier’s Tale as a cast of NYC Ballet dancers join forces with librettist Mark Campbell, followed by an edgy world premiere by Seattle’s own Angelique Poteat.
$28-$43 ($10 students)
Orquesta Northwest's Ballard Civic Orchestra: El Grito
Orquesta Northwest,
Orquesta Northwest's Ballard Civic Orchestra, and
Mariachi Guadalajara de Seattle
Sunday, September 15, 2030 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
National Nordic Museum, Seattle, WA, United States
John Stafford Smith – The Star Spangled Banner
Antonio Vivaldi – The Four Seasons
Lorenzo Barcelata – El Cascabel for orchestra and mariachi
Federico Chavez-Blanco – New work (world premiere)
Jean Sibelius – Finlandia, Op. 26
Carlos Islas Arias – Rapsodia Mexicana
Antonio Vivaldi – The Four Seasons
Lorenzo Barcelata – El Cascabel for orchestra and mariachi
Federico Chavez-Blanco – New work (world premiere)
Jean Sibelius – Finlandia, Op. 26
Carlos Islas Arias – Rapsodia Mexicana
Free
Pianist Geísa Dutra in Concert
Sunday, September 15, 2030 @ 3:00pm – 6:00pm (PDT)
The Youngs' Home, Bellevue, WA, United States
A not-to-be-missed opportunity for a close and intimate house concert with award-winning pianist Geísa Dutra. Music by Tom Jobim, Heitor Villa-Lobos, Enrique Granados, and more.
$25
Seattle Symphony: Mahler Symphony No. 1
Thursday, September 19, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Lotta Wennäkoski – Flounce
Johannes Brahms – Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major
Gustav Mahler – Symphony No. 1
Johannes Brahms – Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major
Gustav Mahler – Symphony No. 1
$24-$134 (age 8-18 free)
Ascend Ascend: A Poetic Performance with Janaka Stucky & Lori Goldston
Friday, September 20, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
All Pilgrims Church, Seattle, WA, United States
An immersive, multidisciplinary performance involving light, scent, and sound by mystic poet/performer Janaka Stucky and cellist/composer Lori Goldston.
$18.50 / $45
Wayward Music Series: Cellista, Zero Collective, & noisepoenobody
Friday, September 20, 2030 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Ambient noise with slices of hip hop, classical music, and alternative pop paired with improvisation, and noise and audio surrealism.
$5-$15 donation
Wayward Music Series: John Teske's 'vectorscores'
Saturday, September 21, 2030 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Music that uses web technologies to generate and render scores and explores some recurring thoughts, visions, and dreams from a dark and surreal time.
$5-$15 donation
Seattle Flute Society's Flute Celebration Day
Sunday, September 22, 2030 @ 2:00pm – 4:30pm (PDT)
Music Center of the Northwest, Seattle, WA, United States
Chamber music featuring members of the Seattle Symphony, Ah Tempo Flute Choir, Bellevue Youth Symphony, the Jolly-Jones Duo, and Flûtes-en-Bois, plus contemporary music by Steven Luksan, Sarah Bassingthwaighte, Leanna Keith, Bun-Ching Lam, Stuart Zobel, and Naoyuki Sawada.
Free
reSound Concert with Port Gardner Bay Music Society
Sunday, September 22, 2030 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
Our Saviour's Lutheran Church, Everett, WA, United States
Original sacred and secular choral music by local composer Michael Austin Miller.
$15 / $12 / $5
Town Music: You Had Me At Cello
Sunday, September 22, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Town Hall Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
Joshua Roman and four talented Seattle Symphony cellists ruminate on the cello’s iconic sound with a curated array of works originally written for a cello quartet, and perform unique and clever new arrangements that redefine the boundaries of the cello.
$15-$20
Bill at 93: Clarinet Works of William O. Smith
Sunday, September 22, 2030 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Gallery 1412, Seattle, WA, United States
Celebrate with William O. "Bill" Smith on his 93rd birthday with a concert featuring his works, including world premieres
$5-$15 sliding scale donation
Steve Peters: Canções Profundas (Deep Songs)
Thursday, September 26, 2030 @ 8:00pm – 8:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
An evening-length work inspired by composer Steve Peters' family history in the Azores; an evocative sonic poem exploring themes of migration, diaspora, memory, identity, and emotional/cultural ties to place.
$5-$15 suggested donation
Wayward Music Series: Different Drummer
Friday, September 27, 2030 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
A show that represents genres as varied as the artists presenting it. Prepare to be entertained, amused, and exhilarated by this unique collaboration.
$15 ($10 youth/seniors)
The Sound Ensemble: Reflections
Saturday, September 28, 2030 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Christopher Dietz – Contretemps
Jerry Mader – Zodiac for violin and chamber orchestra (world premiere)
Jennifer Butler – Under Bleak Skies
Sang Mi Ahn – Loki's Castle
Bohuslav Martinů – Nonet No. 2, H. 374
Jerry Mader – Zodiac for violin and chamber orchestra (world premiere)
Jennifer Butler – Under Bleak Skies
Sang Mi Ahn – Loki's Castle
Bohuslav Martinů – Nonet No. 2, H. 374
$20 / $15 / FREE under age 12
To the Waltz
Saturday, September 28, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Stage7Pianos, Kirkland, WA, United States
Johann Strauss, Jr. – Kaiser-Walzer ("The Emperor Waltz"), Op. 437
Maurice Ravel – La Valse, M. 72
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – A classical waltz
Johann Strauss, Jr. – On the Beautiful Blue Danube, Op. 314
Earl Zindars – Elsa
Johnny Mandel – Emily
Bill Evans – Waltz for Debby
Maurice Ravel – La Valse, M. 72
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – A classical waltz
Johann Strauss, Jr. – On the Beautiful Blue Danube, Op. 314
Earl Zindars – Elsa
Johnny Mandel – Emily
Bill Evans – Waltz for Debby
Free (Free)