Experimental – Past Concerts near Seattle, WA
Sound of Late: Rituals
Saturday, May 12, 2018 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Flutter Studios, Seattle, WA, United States
Pauline Oliveros – Tuning Meditation
Anna Thorvaldsdottir – Sequences (Seattle premiere)
Chet Udell – Gjallarhorn
Andrea Reinkemeyer – in the speaking silence (world premiere)
Alvin Singleton – Et Nunc (Seattle premiere)
Pauline Oliveros – Thirteen Changes
Anna Thorvaldsdottir – Sequences (Seattle premiere)
Chet Udell – Gjallarhorn
Andrea Reinkemeyer – in the speaking silence (world premiere)
Alvin Singleton – Et Nunc (Seattle premiere)
Pauline Oliveros – Thirteen Changes
$15
On the Boards presents JACK & by Kaneza Schaal and Cornell Alston
Saturday, May 12, 2018 @ 5:00pm – 6:30pm (PDT)
On the Boards, Seattle, WA, United States
A new experimental theater work that considers the measureless damages of being in prison, with live music by musician and composer Rucyl Mills.
General admission $23-$30 / Seniors $21-$23 / Under 25: $12-$15
Wayward Music Series: Body.Space.Time.Sound (BSTS)
Friday, May 11, 2018 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
An evening of scored improvisation consisting of 6 musician/dancer pairings exploring the theme of time and duration.
$10-$20 sliding scale
On the Boards presents JACK & by Kaneza Schaal and Cornell Alston
Thursday, May 10, 2018 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
On the Boards, Seattle, WA, United States
A new experimental theater work that considers the measureless damages of being in prison, with live music by musician and composer Rucyl Mills.
General admission $23-$30 / Seniors $21-$23 / Under 25: $12-$15
Wayward Music Series: Matt Shoemaker Memorial Concert
Saturday, May 5, 2018 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
A memorial concert featuring performances by Colin Andrew Sheffield, Jim Haynes, Climax Golden Twins, and Dave Knott.
$5-$15 donation
Wayward Music Series: Blake DeGraw & Noel Kennon/Greg Kelley
Thursday, May 3, 2018 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Works for twelve violins, six violins, twelve vocalists, and solo voice with fixed media.
$5-$15 donation
Jack Straw Spring 2018 Artist Showcase
Sunday, April 22, 2018 @ 2:00pm – 6:00pm (PDT)
Jack Straw Cultural Center, Seattle, WA, United States
An afternoon of music and performance celebrating work produced by resident artists in the Jack Straw Artist Support Program: Beth Fleenor, Gin Hammond, Aaron J. Shay, and Neil Welch.
Free (Free ($5-$15 suggested donation))
Drone Cinema Film Festival
Saturday, April 21, 2018 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Showcasing cutting-edge minimalist works of ethereal beauty that transmute sonic drones into the visual realm.
$5-$15 donation
Kin of the Moon: What Better Than Call A Dance?
Friday, April 20, 2018 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
A hybrid of through composed and improvised music, the retrospective/reworking includes dance music of the Renaissance, and new view on the waltz and the tango, and a sort of EDM thing... and electronics.
$5-$15 donation
48-Hour Composition Competition
Saturday, April 14, 2018 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Gallery 1412, Seattle, WA, United States
48 hours to compose, six days to prepare, and one very unusual concert.
Free
The Sound Ensemble: You Didn't Know They Composed
Saturday, April 7, 2018 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Bjork – Overture
Rush – Woodwind Quintet
Beck – Selections from the Song Reader
Dessner – Murder Ballades
James McAlister – New work (Sound Ensemble commission)
Rush – Woodwind Quintet
Beck – Selections from the Song Reader
Dessner – Murder Ballades
James McAlister – New work (Sound Ensemble commission)
$15 (students/seniors $10)
Peter Nelson-King: The Magpie's Shadow
Thursday, March 22, 2018 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Peter Nelson-King – The Magpie's Shadow (2017/18) (world premiere)
Hans Erich Apostel – Kubiniana, Op. 13 (1947)
Ernest Bloch – Five Sketches in Sepia (1923)
Fulvio Caldini – Iblis Suite, Op. 3a (1981)
Hans Erich Apostel – Kubiniana, Op. 13 (1947)
Ernest Bloch – Five Sketches in Sepia (1923)
Fulvio Caldini – Iblis Suite, Op. 3a (1981)
$5-$15 suggested donation
Wayward Music Series: David Stout – 'The Janus Switch'
Saturday, March 17, 2018 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
A digital performance work merging live cinema and electronic sound in a poetic exploration of generative audio-visual feedback structures.
$5-$15 donation
UW Composition Studio: Comprovisation
Saturday, March 10, 2018 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Brechemin Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
University of Washington School of Music graduate students in composition, jazz, performance, and theory collaborate in experimental improvisations exploring new conceptual and sonic territory.
Free (Free)
Wayward Music Series: Andrew McInnis + Ray Larsen Ensemble
Friday, March 9, 2018 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Strange otherworldly chord voicing inspired by the high Andes of Peru, plus new works for trumpet with a surprise cast.
$5-$15 donation
Sound of Late: Book of the Dark
Saturday, March 3, 2018 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Ruth Crawford Seeger – Diaphonic Suite No. 1
Alexander Miller – Short Stanzas
Arvo Pärt – Summa
Adriana Verdié – Confluencia
Alan Shockley – Book of the Dark (world premiere)
Alexander Miller – Short Stanzas
Arvo Pärt – Summa
Adriana Verdié – Confluencia
Alan Shockley – Book of the Dark (world premiere)
$15 ($5 students)
DXARTS' Music of Today: to speak, to strike
Wednesday, February 21, 2018 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
Daniel Webbon – An infinite number of others, for string quartet
Wei Yang – ….verse…. for cello and piano
Marcin Pączkowski – Drum Memory, for percussion and interactive sound processing
Cameron Fraser – Chatra, electro-acoustic percussion
Daniel Peterson – Spun-Glass Garden
Daniel Peterson & Adam S. Hogan – Foresta (open wood)
Wei Yang – ….verse…. for cello and piano
Marcin Pączkowski – Drum Memory, for percussion and interactive sound processing
Cameron Fraser – Chatra, electro-acoustic percussion
Daniel Peterson – Spun-Glass Garden
Daniel Peterson & Adam S. Hogan – Foresta (open wood)
$15 / $10
The Sound Ensemble: A Life Transformed
Saturday, February 10, 2018 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Call for Scores Winner – Work TBD
Arnold Schoenberg – Verklärte Nacht (sextet)
Kevin Clark – Commissioned Work
John Adams – Chamber Symphony
Arnold Schoenberg – Verklärte Nacht (sextet)
Kevin Clark – Commissioned Work
John Adams – Chamber Symphony
$15
Spite House presents Leanna Keith
Tuesday, February 6, 2018 @ 8:30pm – 11:30pm (PST)
The Spite House, Seattle, WA, United States
Genre-bending, looping, and flutes of all shapes/sizes and materials.
$20 donation encouraged (not required)
On the Boards presents Tamara Saulwick: Endings
Sunday, February 4, 2018 @ 5:00pm – 6:00pm (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