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)

$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)

$15 ($5 students)

DXARTS' Music of Today: to speak, to strike

Wednesday, February 21, 2018 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
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)

$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

$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

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

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

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

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

$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)

$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)

$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)