New music – Upcoming Concerts
Racer Sessions: Janna Webbon & Sarah Pyle
Saturday, May 1, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Cafe Racer, Seattle, WA, United States
A collectively organized composition and improvisation series for new and experimental music.
Free
The Merriman Family Young Composers Workshop Concert
Sunday, May 2, 2027 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
A world-premiere chamber concert featuring new works by 10 teen composers.
Free (Free (RSVP required))
Otomo Yoshihide: Project Fukushima!
Monday, May 3, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
A solo performance by guitarist, turntable performer, composer, producer, and co-founder of Project Fukushima!
$5-$15
Wayward Music Series: Josh Archibald-Seiffer + Ania Stachurska
Wednesday, May 5, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
An evening of acoustic and electronic works featuring world premieres by Archibald-Seiffer and Stachurska that explore diverse themes such as political civil war, children’s literature, the structure of language, and the uncanny.
$5-$15
Seattle Composers’ Salon: Bristow / Escoffery / Reid / Svendsen
Thursday, May 6, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
An evening of music and discussion with Seattle composers Sheila Bristow, Steve Escoffery, Clement Reid, and Jake Svendsen.
$5-$15
Esoterics presents BABBITT: Milton Babbitt Centennial
Thursday, May 6, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Celebrating Babbitt’s centenary by singing his entire catalog of a cappella choruses, several of which have never been performed live in concert.
$15-$25
Seattle Wind Symphony: American Places
Friday, May 7, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Shorewood Performing Arts Center, Shoreline, WA, United States
J.W. Jenkins – American Overture for Band
Donald Grantham – Southern Harmony
William Schuman – George Washington Bridge
H. Owen Reed – Missouri Shindig
Charles Ives – Variations on America
Eric Whitacre – October
Ron Nelson – Sonoran Desert Holiday
Donald Grantham – Southern Harmony
William Schuman – George Washington Bridge
H. Owen Reed – Missouri Shindig
Charles Ives – Variations on America
Eric Whitacre – October
Ron Nelson – Sonoran Desert Holiday
$5-$20
Wayward Music Series: Touch Conference
Friday, May 7, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Artists from the Touch label roster present and demonstrate audio-visual works, plus performances from Philip Jeck, Mark Van Hoen, and Daniel Menche.
$10
Esoterics presents BABBITT: Milton Babbitt Centennial
Friday, May 7, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Holy Rosary Catholic Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Celebrating Babbitt’s centenary by singing his entire catalog of a cappella choruses, several of which have never been performed live in concert.
$15-$25
Esoterics presents BABBITT: Milton Babbitt Centennial
Saturday, May 8, 2027 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Christ Episcopal Church Tacoma, Tacoma, WA, United States
Celebrating Babbitt’s centenary by singing his entire catalog of a cappella choruses, several of which have never been performed live in concert.
$15-$25
Racer Sessions: Dick Valentine
Saturday, May 8, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Cafe Racer, Seattle, WA, United States
A collectively organized composition and improvisation series for new and experimental music.
Free
Long Piece Fest III: Kolat/Baldwin World Premieres
Monday, May 10, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Inverted Space continues its “Long Piece Fest" with the premiere of works by Seattle composers Kevin Baldwin and Takemitsu Prize-winner Yigit Kolat.
Free ($5-$15 suggested donation)
Gretchen Yanover Solo Electric Cello Recital
Thursday, May 13, 2027 @ 6:00pm – 6:45pm (PDT)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Performing on electric cello and loop-sampler, Northwest Sinfonietta cellist Gretchen Yanover will give a recital performance of her own compositions.
Free
West Seattle Community Orchestras: Flight of Fire
Thursday, May 13, 2027 @ 6:30pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
Chief Sealth International High School Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Classics to moderns, fugues to Firebird.
Free (Donations appreciated)
Seattle Symphony: Sonic Evolution: This is Indie!
Thursday, May 13, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 10:20pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
A one-of-a-kind evening. Indie filmmaker Bill Morrison joins forces with the famed Bang on a Can co-founder Michael Gordon and virtuoso pianist and multimedia artist Tomoko Mukaiyama, followed by an intoxicating blend of Classical artistry and indie-pop charm and a unique mix of blues, hip-hop, and electronica.
$25-$52
Jesse Myers performs John Cage's Sonatas and Interludes
Friday, May 14, 2027 @ 7:00pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Stage7Pianos, Kirkland, WA, United States
A performance of John Cage’s monumental Sonatas and Interludes composed for the prepared piano, in which dozens of various-sized bolts, screws, pieces of rubber and plastic are inserted between the piano strings, transforming the sound of the instrument into a complex variety of percussive sounds.
Free
Choral Arts: Immortal Fire
Friday, May 14, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
St. Joseph Parish, Seattle, WA, United States
A finale concert pairing masterworks by Britten and Bernstein with newly commissioned works by Eric William Barnum and Jake Runestad.
$18-$25 (students free)
Choral Arts: Immortal Fire
Saturday, May 15, 2027 @ 4:00pm – 6:00pm (PDT)
St. John's Episcopal Church Olympia, Olympia, WA, United States
A finale concert pairing masterworks by Britten and Bernstein with newly commissioned works by Eric William Barnum and Jake Runestad.
$18-$25 (students free)
Racer Sessions: Heather Bentley
Saturday, May 15, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Cafe Racer, Seattle, WA, United States
A collectively organized composition and improvisation series for new and experimental music.
Free
Jonathan Shames Piano Recital
Wednesday, May 19, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Debussy – Prélude, “La terrasse des audiences du clair de lune”
Debussy – Étude, “Pour les arpèges composés”
Berio – Sonata (Seattle premiere)
J.-F. Durand – Enfance (world premiere)
Y. Kolat – Halki/Heybeliada (world premiere)
Debussy – Étude, “Pour les arpèges composés”
Berio – Sonata (Seattle premiere)
J.-F. Durand – Enfance (world premiere)
Y. Kolat – Halki/Heybeliada (world premiere)
$5-$15 suggested donation