Experimental – Past Concerts
Seattle Symphony: Evolution of Voices
Sunday, April 10, 2022 @ 6:00pm – 8:00pm (PDT)
Octave 9 at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
SSO Clarinetist Eric Jacobs performs new commissions from Angélica Negrón & Peter Shin for singing bass clarinetist & electronics – contemplations on how musicians use their voices & their space in their communities.
Ticket price TBD
Composers Concordance: The Formation Solenne
Saturday, December 11, 2021 @ 4:00pm – 5:30pm (PST)
Online and in-person
German ensemble Formation Solenne presents a program of eclectic contemporary music for voice, piano, & other instruments, including the American premiere of Gene Pritsker’s mini-opera Soubrette on the Toilet".
Free (Online: Free | In person: $20-$25)
UW Modern Music Ensemble
Monday, December 6, 2021 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Brechemin Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Louis Andriessen – Dubbelspoor for piano, harpsichord, celesta, & vibraphone/glockenspiel
Sylvano Bussotti – Selections from Sette Fogli: una collezione occulta
Pauline Oliveros – Elemental Gallop for flute, piano, cello, & voice
Frederic Rzewski – Spots for 4 instruments
Julius Eastman – Joy Boy
Sylvano Bussotti – Selections from Sette Fogli: una collezione occulta
Pauline Oliveros – Elemental Gallop for flute, piano, cello, & voice
Frederic Rzewski – Spots for 4 instruments
Julius Eastman – Joy Boy
Free
Joey Largent & Katrina Wolfe: Basaltic Void Dervishes
Saturday, December 4, 2021 @ 6:00pm – 9:00pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Joey Largent presents his expanded solo work for 10 amplified cymbals & field recordings as a 3-hour immersive performance in collaboration with movement artists Katrina Wolfe & Kawtee Wolfe, performed in near darkness.
$5-$15 donation
Roulette: Zeljko McMullen – 8 hours
Saturday, November 27, 2021 @ 11:00am – 7:00pm (PST)
Online and in-person
Artist/composer/filmmaker Zeljko McMullen presents 8 hours of 3-minute long etudes strung together to form an emotional & psychic journey, accompanied by a visual din of animated abstract sigil paintings.
Free (Free ($20-$25 in person))
Wayward Music Series: Seattle Phonographers Union
Saturday, November 20, 2021 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Collective improvisation using only unprocessed field recordings, exploring the ways in which we recognize, differentiate, map, & navigate our sonic environment.
$5-$15 donation
Roulette: Bob Bellerue – 'Radioactive Desire'
Wednesday, November 17, 2021 @ 5:00pm – 7:00pm (PST)
Online and in-person
Experience a multidimensional sound world in this public premiere of Bob Bellerue's Radioactive Desire, a work for 6 improvising chamber musicians whose sounds are fed into a menagerie of unusual speaker systems.
Free (Free ($20-$25 in person))
Eastman School of Music Composition Department: EARS
Monday, November 15, 2021 @ 4:30pm – 6:00pm (PST)
Online and in-person
Concert featuring works by students of the Eastman Audio Research Studio (EARS), a platform for research, experimentation, & realization of new music & sound art.
Free
Wayward Music Series: Neil Welch
Thursday, November 11, 2021 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Performance celebrating saxophonist/composer Neil Welch’s new album, featuring composer/performer Nat Evans; a work for solo saxophone; & an 11-member ensemble performing Welch's Concepción Picciotto.
$10-$20 at the door
DXARTS Fall Concert: Real & Imagined Soundworlds – with Guest Artist Jeff Rice
Tuesday, November 9, 2021 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
Nature recordist/sound designer Jeff Rice’s sound portraits frame an evening of Ambisonic sound by DXARTS composers & associated researchers, drawing the listener through known & unknown soundscapes.
Free
[CANCELLED] Wayward Music Series: Beetlebox
Saturday, November 6, 2021 @ 6:00pm – 8:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Electroacoustic music from composer/keyboardist Beetlebox, featuring live piano sounds intricately intertwined with homemade software synthesizers & interactive computer accompaniment.
$5-$15 suggested donation
Wayward Music Series: Young Scientist + Marc Barreca
Friday, November 5, 2021 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Young Scientist, Seattle’s pioneer electronic music group, emerges from the laboratory for an evening of immersive modular electronic music with Marc Barreca, celebrating the release of his latest CD The Empty Bridge.
$5-$15 donation
Roulette: Laurie Berg & Karl Scholz – superposition
Friday, November 5, 2021 @ 5:00pm – 7:00pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
New collaborative performance work by choreographer Laurie Berg & sound artist Karl Scholz that utilizes the unique acoustics of Roulette’s space to knit sound via an ever shifting speaker configuration.
Free (Free ($20-$25 in person))
International Contemporary Ensemble: TargetMargin@7 – Nov 5
Friday, November 5, 2021 @ 4:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
ICE members showcase their work with Nicholas Houfek’s ColorSynth, a software interface that converts musical pitches into color & light. Find improvisation, synthesizers, & more in this audiovisual smorgasbord.
Free (Free (RSVP required))
Roulette: Laurie Berg & Karl Scholz – superposition
Thursday, November 4, 2021 @ 5:00pm – 7:00pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
New collaborative performance work by choreographer Laurie Berg & sound artist Karl Scholz that utilizes the unique acoustics of Roulette’s space to knit sound via an ever shifting speaker configuration.
Free (Free ($20-$25 in person))
International Contemporary Ensemble: TargetMargin@7 – Nov 4
Thursday, November 4, 2021 @ 4:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
ICE is back at Brooklyn's Target Margin Theater with a new art installation by Nathan Davis, plus works based around tactile experiences by Nicholas Houfek, Phyllis Chen, & Marianthi Papalexandri-Alexandri.
Free (Free (RSVP required))
Roulette: Laurie Berg & Karl Scholz – superposition
Wednesday, November 3, 2021 @ 5:00pm – 7:00pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
New collaborative performance work by choreographer Laurie Berg & sound artist Karl Scholz that utilizes the unique acoustics of Roulette’s space to knit sound via an ever shifting speaker configuration.
Free (Free ($20-$25 in person))
NIGHTLIGHT: Harvest Moon
Saturday, October 23, 2021 @ 8:00pm – 11:00pm (PDT)
Machine House Brewery, Seattle, WA, United States
Equal parts full moon ritual, performance, & dance party. Artists Leanna Keith, Moonyeka, & Opulent Witch present this event offering people a chance to indulge their desire to party, transmute, manifest, & dance hard.
$10-$30
Groupmuse: New Canons
Saturday, October 23, 2021 @ 11:00am – 1:00pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Hybrid in-person/virtual concert featuring works that experiment with latency & technology, interact with audiences, & invite listeners into a collective landscape in which all sounds become music.
Online: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event | In person: $25
Wayward Music Series: r beny / Leandrul / What We Talk About
Saturday, October 16, 2021 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Basement State presents r beny, Leandrul, & What We Talk About for an immersive evening of textural ambient soundscapes & melodic waves of sound.
$12 in advance
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