Experimental – Past Concerts
Seattle Butoh Fest 2017 Gallery Series feat. ‘Spectrutoh’
Tuesday, April 4, 2017 @ 4:30pm – 6:30pm (PDT)
Shoreline Community College: Admin Building, Shoreline, WA, United States
Live performances and captivating images of butoh performers, including the premiere of Susan Maughlin Wood's multidisciplinary Spectrutoh.
Free (Free)
Universal Language Project: Undertones
Saturday, April 1, 2017 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Alhadeff Studio at Cornish Playhouse, Seattle, WA, United States
The overtones of a 5-octave marimba merge with intimate whispering, stream-of-consciousness thoughts, DIY life philosophy, and beautifully minimal music in a small stab towards enlightenment.
$15-$25
Universal Language Project: Undertones
Friday, March 31, 2017 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Resonance at SOMA Towers, Bellevue, WA, United States
The overtones of a 5-octave marimba merge with intimate whispering, stream-of-consciousness thoughts, DIY life philosophy, and beautifully minimal music in a small stab towards enlightenment.
$20
Saratoga Orchestra & Whidbey Island Dance Theatre: Music for Dance
Sunday, March 26, 2017 @ 2:30pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Oak Harbor Performing Arts Center, Oak Harbor, WA, United States
Mel Bonis – Suite en forme de valses
Jessie Montgomery – Starburst
Erik Satie – La belle excentrique
Tchaikovsky – "Waltz of the Flowers" from The Nutcracker
Schumann – Overture, Scherzo and Finale
Arturo Marquez – Danzon No. 2
Jessie Montgomery – Starburst
Erik Satie – La belle excentrique
Tchaikovsky – "Waltz of the Flowers" from The Nutcracker
Schumann – Overture, Scherzo and Finale
Arturo Marquez – Danzon No. 2
$25/$20/Free
Cursive presents: Tall Wind
Thursday, March 23, 2017 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Ronald Roseman – Come Chitarra
Judith Shatin – Gazebo Music
Ralph Vaughan Williams – selections from 10 Blake Songs
Dennis Riley – Summer Music
Tison Street – Variations for Flute, Guitar and Cello
William Sydeman – Three Emily Dickinson Songs
Chinary Ung – Tall Wind
Jordan Nobles – Aether
Judith Shatin – Gazebo Music
Ralph Vaughan Williams – selections from 10 Blake Songs
Dennis Riley – Summer Music
Tison Street – Variations for Flute, Guitar and Cello
William Sydeman – Three Emily Dickinson Songs
Chinary Ung – Tall Wind
Jordan Nobles – Aether
$5-$15 suggested donation
Wayward Music Series: Matt Carlson + Jeff Witscher + Jason E Anderson
Saturday, March 18, 2017 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
A night of experimental electronic music featuring Matt Carlson, Jeff Witscher, and Jason E Anderson.
$5-$15 suggested donation
Sound of Late: 2000 Moving Parts
Saturday, March 11, 2017 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Flutter Studios, Seattle, WA, United States
A contemporary harp composer and performer invites the audience to experience the customarily inaudible elements of this grand instrument.
$10
Austin Larkin: Metal Cups of Different Hues
Friday, March 10, 2017 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
$5-$15 suggested donation
The Sound Ensemble: Music for the Stage
Saturday, March 4, 2017 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Anthony Plog – Animal Ditties VII
Kevin Clark – The Burial of the Dead
Tom Baker – Three Songs
Christopher Gainey – No Sleep for the Wicked
Kevin Clark – The Burial of the Dead
Tom Baker – Three Songs
Christopher Gainey – No Sleep for the Wicked
$15/$10
Seattle Composers’ Salon: Arteaga, Bristow, Degraw & Scribner
Friday, March 3, 2017 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
An evening of music and discussion with Seattle composers Ivan Arteaga, Sheila Bristow, Blake Degraw, and S. Eric Scribner.
$5-$15 suggested donation
[CANCELLED] Seattle Composer Alliance Monthly Reading Session
Sunday, February 26, 2017 @ 1:00pm – 4:00pm (PST)
Seattle Pacific University, Crawford Music Building 211, Seattle, WA, United States
These sessions – open to the public, and all ages – are an opportunity for composers to work with performers and get real-time feedback.
Free (Free)
Wayward Music Series: Noel Kennon & Austin Larkin
Friday, February 24, 2017 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Manipulated violin harmonics, sine waves, and controlled feedback, plus a small chamber ensemble who will attempt to induce sleep...
$5-$15 donation at the door
Wayward Music Series: Inverted Space Ensemble
Friday, February 17, 2017 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Newly composed works alongside a diverse mix of contemporary and experimental music. Featuring works by Charles Corey, Jacob Sundstrom, Ania Stachurska, Clint McCallum, Sergej Newski, Beat Furrer, and John Cage.
$5-$15 suggested donation
Wayward Music Series: Noisegasm with Brad Anderson + Goldenrod + Unser Verhaengnis
Saturday, February 11, 2017 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Abstract soundscapes that not so gently unmoor the listener from reality.
$5-$15 suggested donation
China Star and Liquid Letters
Tuesday, February 7, 2017 @ 8:30pm – 11:30pm (PST)
The Spite House, Seattle, WA, United States
A ritual soundscape inspired by sending messages across water, featuring music performed by China Faith Star on winds, objects, and electronics.
Free (Free)
NUMUS Northwest Music Festival
Saturday, January 28, 2017 @ 9:00am – 10:00pm (PST)
Cornish College of the Arts - Kerry Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
A day-long, artistically-stunning event dedicated to the creation, performance, and experience of new music in Seattle.
$20 day pass (students free)
Seattle Chamber Music Society: Janáček, Reich, Shostakovich
Friday, January 27, 2017 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Janáček – Pohadka
Reich – Different Trains
Shostakovich – Quintet for Piano and Strings in G minor, Op. 57
Reich – Different Trains
Shostakovich – Quintet for Piano and Strings in G minor, Op. 57
$16-$52
Universal Language Project: concrete-lines-fluid-curves
Saturday, January 21, 2017 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
Alhadeff Studio at Cornish Playhouse, Seattle, WA, United States
New chamber works that spin out from themes emerging in poetry and found sounds: life cycles, birth and rebirth, change and becoming, fusion and elision, flow and process, eternal recurrence.
$15-$25
Universal Language Project: concrete-lines-fluid-curves
Friday, January 20, 2017 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
Resonance at SOMA Towers, Bellevue, WA, United States
New chamber works that spin out from themes emerging in poetry and found sounds: life cycles, birth and rebirth, change and becoming, fusion and elision, flow and process, eternal recurrence.
$15-$25
Wayward Music Series: State of Mind – Susan Maughlin Wood & Michaud Savage
Saturday, January 14, 2017 @ 7:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
New works for string sextet.
$10