Experimental – Upcoming Concerts near Seattle, WA
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
UW School of Music Presents Music of Today: DXARTS
Wednesday, October 23, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
Edgard Varèse – Poème électronique
Francis Dhomont – Novars
Richard Karpen – The Other
Francis Dhomont – Novars
Richard Karpen – The Other
Free (Free)
Thalia Symphony Orchestra: Mendelssohn Symphony No. 3 'Scottish'
Saturday, October 26, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Heather Bentley – Laniakea (world premiere)
Edvard Grieg – Peer Gynt
Felix Mendelssohn – Symphony No. 3 (“Scottish”)
Edvard Grieg – Peer Gynt
Felix Mendelssohn – Symphony No. 3 (“Scottish”)
$24 ($18 student/senior)
Wayward Music Series: Body.Space.Time.Sound – Volume 4: Cube
Friday, November 1, 2030 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
An evening of scored, interdisciplinary improvisations featuring musicians Tom Baker and Kate Olson, and movement artists Alia Swersky and Corrie Befort.
$15
Seattle Symphony Presents Kate Soper in Recital
Sunday, November 3, 2030 @ 6:30pm – 8:00pm (PST)
Octave 9 at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Kate Soper – Dialogue
Kate Soper – The Fragments of Parmenides
Kate Soper – The Understanding of All Things
Kate Soper – Dialogue II
Kate Soper – The Fragments of Parmenides
Kate Soper – The Understanding of All Things
Kate Soper – Dialogue II
$25
Wayward Music Series: Earshot – Travis Laplante
Monday, November 4, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Saxophonist and composer Travis Laplante performs a "mystifying and transporting" solo concert.
$10-$27
Wayward Music Series: Satchel Henneman – Life is No Way to Treat an Animal, Pt. 3
Friday, November 8, 2030 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Tom Baker – Resonate
Dayna Hanson – Mimus Polyglottos
Gregg Belisle-Chi – Fear and Trembling
Dayna Hanson – Mimus Polyglottos
Gregg Belisle-Chi – Fear and Trembling
$5-$15 suggested donation
Wayward Music Series: Yann Novak + Robert Crouch + Ian Wellman
Thursday, November 14, 2030 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Los Angeles artists Yann Novak, Robert Crouch, and Ian Wellman visit Seattle for an interdisciplinary performance featuring recorded and electronic sounds.
$5-$15 suggested donation
Wayward Music Series: SIMF – Odeya Nini + Blackwell/Mines duo
Friday, November 15, 2030 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Double bill featuring the double bass duo of Abbey Blackwell and Kelsey Mines, and Los Angeles-based vocalist and composer Odeya Nini.
$5-$20 suggested donation
Wayward Music Series: Mosaic Art Ensemble
Saturday, November 16, 2030 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
An interdisciplinary group of musicians, actors, and dancers presents an evening of collaborative performance based around a series of new solo musical works.
$5-$15 suggested donation
UW Music of Today
Tuesday, November 19, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
The UW School of Music and the Center for Digital Arts and Experimental Media present this series highlighting works by faculty composers, graduate students, alumni, and visiting ensembles.
Free ($15 ($10 student/senior))
Wayward Music Series: Pete Leinonen solo + quartet
Thursday, November 21, 2030 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Double bassist, composer, and bandleader Pete Leinonen presents long form improvisation as a soloist, and together with saxophonist Wally Shoup, trumpeter Jim Knodle, and percussionist Greg Campbell.
$5-$20 suggested donation
Kin of the Moon: F I R E ∴ R E F I R E
Friday, November 22, 2030 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Neil Welch – No house on fire, no.
Ewa Trębacz – Winter After Times of Fire
Leanna Keith and Em Piro – imagination is an act of rebellion (premiere)
Ewa Trębacz – Winter After Times of Fire
Leanna Keith and Em Piro – imagination is an act of rebellion (premiere)
$5-$15 suggested donation
Jack Straw Piano Series: Dana Reason, Lori Goldston, & Nicholas Brannen
Saturday, December 7, 2030 @ 4:00pm – 6:00pm (PST)
Jack Straw Cultural Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Jack Straw Artist Dana Reason is joined by cellist Lori Goldston and pianist Nicholas Brannen.
$10-$20 suggested donation
University of Washington Composition Studio
Saturday, December 7, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Brechemin Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Music by students, faculty, alumni, and guests of the UW Composition program.
Free (Free)
Hidden Room
Joan Laage and
Rob Angus
Saturday, December 7, 2030 @ 8:00pm – 9:00pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
An evening collaboration of experimental video, sound, and butoh.
$5-$15 sliding scale
Seattle Symphony Presents Cellist Seth Parker Woods in Recital: That Which Is Fundamental
Wednesday, December 11, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Octave 9 at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Anton Lukoszevieze – American Poets and Cello
Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen – Plateaux pour deux for Cello & Percussion
Vinko Globokar – Toucher
Tonia Ko – Hush
Gustavo Tavares – Ladainha
Julius Eastman – The Holy Presence of Joan d’Arc
Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen – Plateaux pour deux for Cello & Percussion
Vinko Globokar – Toucher
Tonia Ko – Hush
Gustavo Tavares – Ladainha
Julius Eastman – The Holy Presence of Joan d’Arc
$35
Longest Night: Solstice Ceremony
Saturday, December 21, 2030 @ 7:00pm – 1:00am (PST)
Northwest Film Forum, Seattle, WA, United States
Experience "total spiritual recalibration" through ambient modular synth chill-outs, techno wig-outs, virtuosic guitar loops, guided movement activities, and participatory rituals culled from dream states.
$15
Wayward Music Series: Young Scientist + Marc Barreca solo
Saturday, January 4, 2031 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
An evening of immersive modular and computer based electronic music ambience with Young Scientist – Seattle’s original electronic music group – and veteran electronic composer Marc Barreca.
$5-$15 suggested donation