Experimental – Past Concerts near Seattle, WA
Wayward Music Series: Mesh Collaborative + Seattle Phonographers Union
Saturday, February 3, 2018 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Featuring a single desktop computer performing digital synthesis in response to control messages sent by four human performers with laptops.
$5-$15 donation
Matrio & Resonant Bodies at The Royal Room
Thursday, February 1, 2018 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
The Royal Room, Seattle, WA, United States
Stephanie Richards and Andrew Drury mine trumpets and drums at their aural and physical extremes, exploring how sounds interact with each other and with other resonant bodies. Plus, a performance from improvising collective Matrio.
$15/$12/$8
On the Boards presents Tamara Saulwick: Endings
Thursday, February 1, 2018 @ 8:00pm – 9:00pm (PST)
On the Boards, Seattle, WA, United States
Poised between concert and theater, pre-recorded interviews (cut into vinyl and played on portable turntables and reel-to-reel tape players) and live performance are combined to create a richly textured acoustic world where stories about mortality and loss are told with warmth and candor.
$12-$30
Spontaneous Combustion New Music Festival: The City of Tomorrow (Wind Quintet)
Tuesday, January 30, 2018 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
The Royal Room, Seattle, WA, United States
Julia Wolfe – On Seven Star Shoes
Alex Temple – Thick Line
John Teske – Topographies
Hans Abrahamsen – Walden
Esa-Pekka Salonen – Memoria
Jacob Druckman – Delia Contente Che l'Alme Beatte
Alex Temple – Thick Line
John Teske – Topographies
Hans Abrahamsen – Walden
Esa-Pekka Salonen – Memoria
Jacob Druckman – Delia Contente Che l'Alme Beatte
$20 ($12 students w/ ID)
Wayward Music Series: Sarah Pyle – flora/fauna
Saturday, January 27, 2018 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Elizabeth Brown – Botanical Obsessions for solo flute (2000)
Andrew Stiefel – Let us whisper our names into the trees for flute, baroque flute, and electronics (premiere)
Sarah Pyle – Improvisations on three secular monodies by Francesca Caccini
Daniel Webbon – To Square a Circle for baroque flutist as percussionist (premiere)
Sarah Pyle – Beehive for flute and electronics (premiere)
Vivian Fine – The Flicker for solo flute (1973)
Andrew Stiefel – Let us whisper our names into the trees for flute, baroque flute, and electronics (premiere)
Sarah Pyle – Improvisations on three secular monodies by Francesca Caccini
Daniel Webbon – To Square a Circle for baroque flutist as percussionist (premiere)
Sarah Pyle – Beehive for flute and electronics (premiere)
Vivian Fine – The Flicker for solo flute (1973)
$5-$15 donation
Spontaneous Combustion New Music Festival: Sandbox Percussion
Saturday, January 27, 2018 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Music Center of the Northwest, Seattle, WA, United States
Works by Steve Reich, Andy Akiho, and more.
$20
Spontaneous Combustion New Music Festival: Orlando Cela, solo flute
Sunday, January 21, 2018 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PST)
Youngstown Cultural Arts Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Orlando Cela – Rag Lalit (2016)
Roger Briggs – Trailblazers (2006)
Bryan Ferneyhough – Cassandras Dreamsong (1970)
Jean-Patrick Besingrand – Le Soupir du Roseau dans le Bras du Vent (2015)
Mac Waters – Tinted (2017)
Robert Dick – Flames Must Not Encircle Sides (1980)
Roger Briggs – Trailblazers (2006)
Bryan Ferneyhough – Cassandras Dreamsong (1970)
Jean-Patrick Besingrand – Le Soupir du Roseau dans le Bras du Vent (2015)
Mac Waters – Tinted (2017)
Robert Dick – Flames Must Not Encircle Sides (1980)
$20 ($12 students w/ ID)
Wayward Music Series: Helen Pridmore & friends
Thursday, January 18, 2018 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Exploring graphic scores by John Cage and Earle Brown — music to see and to hear, with visual interpretation of the score as a crucial part of the performance.
$5-$15 donation
Wayward Music Series: February + Tiny Ghost
Thursday, January 11, 2018 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Premiering five pieces that seek to challenge the musical range of the double bass. Plus, Tiny Ghost challenges what they think they know about free and improvised music.
$5-$15 donation
Pacific MusicWorks Underground: All That (Baroque) Jazz
Tuesday, January 9, 2018 @ 7:00pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Naked City Brewery and Taphouse, Seattle, WA, United States
A fun, illuminating, breathtaking exploration of Baroque repertoire from Italy, England, Germany, and Poland.
$20 ($15 age 21-30)
Bach's Coffeehouse: All That (Baroque) Jazz
Sunday, January 7, 2018 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Trinity Episcopal Church, Everett, WA, United States
A fun, illuminating, breathtaking exploration of Baroque repertoire from Italy, England, Germany, and Poland.
$25 ($20 65+ and under 30)
Wayward Music Series: Pink Void + Noisegasm + OwL-Dent
Saturday, January 6, 2018 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
An evening including: Experimental soul. Crux trinket. Everything is a toy. Whirlpools. Sometimes finds ghost voices. And more.
$5-$15 donation
Pacific MusicWorks Underground: All That (Baroque) Jazz
Saturday, January 6, 2018 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
St. Augustine's in-the-Woods Episcopal Church, Freeland, WA, United States
A fun, illuminating, breathtaking exploration of Baroque repertoire from Italy, England, Germany, and Poland.
$20-$25 (18 & under FREE)
Wayward Music Series: 1_lu_1 + Neil Welch + Jacobson/Sinibaldi
Friday, December 29, 2017 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
An evening of improvised creative music.
$5-$15 donation
Wayne Horvitz and Sweeter Than the Day/Robin Holcomb
Thursday, December 28, 2017 @ 7:30pm – 10:30pm (PST)
The Royal Room, Seattle, WA, United States
Original compositions by Wayne Horvitz and Robin Holcomb.
$15
Wayward Music Series: Seattle Phonographers Union
Saturday, December 23, 2017 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Explore the ways in which we recognize, differentiate, map and navigate our sonic environment.
$5-$15 donation
Wayward Music Series: David Haney + FHTAGN: String Fury
Friday, December 15, 2017 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
A reckless carnage of harmonic versus melodic instrumentation.
$10 donation
Scores of Sound: Day 2
Thursday, December 7, 2017 @ 10:00am – 9:00pm (PST)
PONCHO Concert Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
An all-day festival including performances from many ensembles and genres, including jazz, classical, new music, African drumming, and Gamelan.
Free (Free)
On the Boards: Phil Kline’s Unsilent Night
Saturday, December 2, 2017 @ 6:00pm – 7:00pm (PST)
On the Boards, Seattle, WA, United States
Gather in the lobby of On the Boards, simultaneously press “play,” and hit the streets in a wash of shimmering electronica.
Free (Free)
DXARTS presents: Jonty Harrison’s 'Voyages'
Tuesday, November 28, 2017 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
An evening of new works of sonic and visual art exploring state-of-the-art technologies as instruments of poetry and artistic discovery.
$15 ($10 students/seniors)