New music – Upcoming Concerts
Universal Language Project Presents: The Elements
Thursday, May 20, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Resonance at SOMA Towers, Bellevue, WA, United States
An interactive event with visual artist Scott Kolbo and the iconoclast band TORCH.
$15-$25
Pulse Emitter / Bardo:Basho / Marcus Price / J. Ryan
Friday, May 21, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Hyper-melodic synth music, pastoral and medieval textures, compositions that keep you guessing, and a trek to the inner reaches of the mind.
$5-$15
Kirkland Choral Society presents Luminous: The Music of Ola Gjeilo
Friday, May 21, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Bastyr University Chapel, Kenmore, WA, United States
Featuring our world premiere performance of Glory, plus many Gjeilo favorites.
$15-$20 (age 12 & under free)
Universal Language Project Presents: The Elements
Friday, May 21, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Velocity Dance Center, Seattle, WA, United States
An interactive event with visual artist Scott Kolbo and the iconoclast band TORCH.
$15-$25
Racer Sessions: Simon Henneman / Ashlyn Elizabeth Fletcher
Saturday, May 22, 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
UW Modern Music Ensemble
Sunday, May 23, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Meany Studio Theater at Meany Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Messiaen – Pièce pour piano et quatuor à cordes (1991)
Tristan Murail – Feuilles à travers les cloches (1998)
Takemitsu – Rain Spell (1983)
Aperghis – Les Sept crimes de l’amour (1979)
Sofia Gubaidulina – Quasi Hoquetus (1985)
Lutoslawski – String Quartet (1964)
Tristan Murail – Feuilles à travers les cloches (1998)
Takemitsu – Rain Spell (1983)
Aperghis – Les Sept crimes de l’amour (1979)
Sofia Gubaidulina – Quasi Hoquetus (1985)
Lutoslawski – String Quartet (1964)
$10
Cursive presents: Black Anemones
Wednesday, May 26, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Vespertine Noise, Seattle, WA, United States
A unique chamber music concert of individualist masterworks by Schulhoff, Fine, Schwantner, and others.
$5-$15 suggested donation
Voix Etouffees (‘Stifled Voices’): Schulhoff, Tokayer, Korngold & Weill
Thursday, May 27, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Haller Lake United Methodist Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Schulhoff – Selections from Jazz Partita for Solo Piano
Tokayer – Unpublished duets
Korngold – Selections from Shakespearean Songs and Much Ado About Nothing
Weill – Songs for soprano/piano
Tokayer – Unpublished duets
Korngold – Selections from Shakespearean Songs and Much Ado About Nothing
Weill – Songs for soprano/piano
$5-$20 suggested donation
James Aston Composition Recital
Thursday, May 27, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
SPU Nickerson Studios, Seattle, WA, United States
James Aston, a composition student at Seattle Pacific University, presents a senior recital. Free and open to the public.
Free (Free)
Second Inversion Showcase at Northwest Folklife 2016
Thursday, May 27, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Seattle Center House Theatre, Seattle, WA, United States
A showcase of great contemporary classical ensembles in the Northwest: Portland-Seattle based new music ensemble Sound of Late, the Seattle-based Skyros Quartet, and the bi-coastal brass quartet The Westerlies!
Free
Racer Sessions: Ross Hammond (Sacramento, CA)
Saturday, May 29, 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 Daphnes / The Blue Janes
Thursday, June 3, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Garden House, Seattle, WA, United States
Two local trios woo and delight with beautiful vocals and strings of all sizes.
$10-$12
Wayward Music Series: Julio Lopezhiler & friends
Thursday, June 3, 2027 @ 8:30pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Centered around questions of identity, agency, and cohabitation, this music makes its home in the liminal spaces between sound, noise, and silence.
$5-$15
Cascadian Chorale: Shakespeare & Friends
Friday, June 4, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Church of the Holy Cross, Redmond, WA, United States
Shakespeare settings by living composers, settings of Shakespeare-era poets, and music of Shakespeare’s time.
$12-$17 (under 18 free)
sound|counterpoint: The Red Earth Project
Friday, June 4, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Queen Anne Christian Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Early music favorites, a re-imagining of a solo violin sonata by Bach, tunes from jazz and rock greats, and the world premiere of two new works written for period instruments.
$25 suggested donation, 12 & under free
Tender Buttons + guest TBA
Friday, June 4, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Rewinding classic electronic musics in a swarm of devices and languages, composed in the moment via a shared esthetic of severe improvisational methods. Friendly spirits Fluxus, WDR, Cage, On-U and Kling Klang are never far away.
$5-$15
sound|counterpoint: The Red Earth Project
Saturday, June 5, 2027 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Mt. Vernon, WA, United States
Early music favorites, a re-imagining of a solo violin sonata by Bach, tunes from jazz and rock greats, and the world premiere of two new works written for period instruments.
$20 suggested donation, 12 & under free
Seattle Bach Choir presents Swift as a Shadow: Shakespeare in Song
Saturday, June 5, 2027 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
Trinity Parish Church, Seattle, WA, United States
A concert of music for choir a cappella and with piano featuring settings of text by Shakespeare and his contemporaries, in honor of the 400th anniversary of his death.
$15-$18
Cascadian Chorale: Shakespeare & Friends
Saturday, June 5, 2027 @ 3:30pm – 5:30pm (PDT)
St. Thomas Episcopal Church, Medina, WA, United States
Shakespeare settings by living composers, settings of Shakespeare-era poets, and music of Shakespeare’s time.
$12-$17 (under 18 free)
Mostly Nordic: Winds of Change – The Icelandic Spirit
Saturday, June 5, 2027 @ 4:00pm – 6:00pm (PDT)
Nordic Heritage Museum (venue closed), Seattle, WA, United States
A program combining old and new, with "fresh ink" pieces and old Icelandic folk songs in sizzling new arrangements.
$25-$60