Experimental – Past Concerts
Wayward Music Series: Project Metamorphosis w/ Sameer Matta
Friday, July 20, 2018 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Incorporating improvisation and collaborations with varied artists with ranging styles such as percussive elements, finger picking, minimalist drones, and richly layered melodies.
$5-$15 donation
Wayward Music Series: Anna Friz & Afroditi Psarra
Saturday, June 23, 2018 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
An evening of experimental works for multimedia and different sound concepts.
$5-$15 donation
Wayward Music Series: Bit Graves (Jordan Rundle & Marcus Price)
Friday, June 15, 2018 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Using strongly timed programming to live-process analog machines, creating sounds that range from ambient to abrasive.
$5-$15 donation
Wayward Music Series: Satchel Henneman – New Works for Guitar
Thursday, June 14, 2018 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Featuring newly-commissioned works for guitar by Anne Goldberg-Baldwin, Randy Hathaway, Ava Mendoza, Ian O’Sullivan, Jeff Bowen, Alessandro Rovegno, and Zach Watkins.
$5-$15 donation
Wayward Music Series: Sarah Davachi & Lori Goldston
Friday, June 8, 2018 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Amplified and acoustic works for cello that are full, textured, and original, paired with electroacoustic music that lessens apprehension of consonance and dissonance in likeness of the familiar and the distant.
$5-$15 donation
Luke Fitzpatrick: Reflections
Friday, June 8, 2018 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Gallery 1412, Seattle, WA, United States
Huck Hodge – Depart
Melia Watras – Luminous Points
Yiğit Kolat – DARN. for Violin and Electronics
Charles Corey – Concentric Bagatelles (world premiere)
Melia Watras – Luminous Points
Yiğit Kolat – DARN. for Violin and Electronics
Charles Corey – Concentric Bagatelles (world premiere)
$5-$15 suggested donation
Wayward Music Series: Daniel Webbon
Tuesday, May 29, 2018 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
An evening of recent compositions and collaborations ranging from traditionally notated modern classical composition to freely improvised experimental music, drawing on ideas from contemporary literature and continental philosophy.
$5-$15 donation
Wayward Music Series: Sonic Lighthouse
Saturday, May 19, 2018 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
A one-of-a-kind device invented by Jimmy Johnson that spins a highly focused beam of sound around a horizontal plane that is sure to thrill audience members.
$10 ($5-$15 suggested donation at the door)
Wayward Music Series: Post Avant Garde feat. Peter Nelson-King
Thursday, May 17, 2018 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Peter Nelson-King presents an eclectic program of individualist piano music from the 1980’s.
$5-$15 donation
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)