Genre-bender – Upcoming Concerts near Seattle, WA
Kin of the Moon: Public Radiation
Thursday, August 30, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Gallery 1412, Seattle, WA, United States
Audience participation sonic rituals. Bring instruments, toys, your voice, a walking stick ... anything to summon the sound waves!
$5-$20 sliding scale cash donation
CHA at Racer Sessions
Sunday, September 2, 2029 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Cafe Racer, Seattle, WA, United States
Spontaneous, hyper-contemporary creations for multi-disciplinary trio in a beloved Seattle venue.
Free
Sanctuary in the City: Pacific MusicWorks 2018-2019 Season Preview
Wednesday, September 5, 2029 @ 12:10pm – 12:55pm (PDT)
Christ Our Hope at the Josephinum, Seattle, WA, United States
A preview of the 2018-2019 Pacific MusicWorks Mainstage concerts, including music by Barbara Strozzi, Monteverdi, Corelli, and Handel.
Free
Wayward Music Series: Dr. Kelsey ‘Cacophonie’ Tamayo
Saturday, September 8, 2029 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Original compositions by an ex-classical musician who likes to hit things, strum things, and, in general, make noise.
$5-$15 donation
Seattle Symphony: Distant Worlds – Music From FINAL FANTASY®
Wednesday, September 12, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Combining video and music to immerse the audience in the fantastical video game world.
$35+
Seattle Symphony: Distant Worlds – Music From FINAL FANTASY®
Thursday, September 13, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Combining video and music to immerse the audience in the fantastical video game world.
$35+
Wayward Music Series: The Living (Part 2) – Contemporary Music for Solo Piano
Thursday, September 13, 2029 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Howard Skempton – Images
Ian Venables – The Stourhead Follies, Op. 4
Stephen Sondheim/Frederic Rzewski – I’m Still Here
Ken Benshoof – Spindrift
John Joubert – Lyric Fantasy on Themes from Jane Eyre, Op. 144 (American premiere)
Ian Venables – The Stourhead Follies, Op. 4
Stephen Sondheim/Frederic Rzewski – I’m Still Here
Ken Benshoof – Spindrift
John Joubert – Lyric Fantasy on Themes from Jane Eyre, Op. 144 (American premiere)
$5-$15 donation
Wayward Music Series: Lost Chocolate Lab & Possibly Possible
Friday, September 14, 2029 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Solo guitar atmospheric improvisations that weave threads against a projected backdrop of visuals and ambient, shoegazy walls of sound alongside top-down videos.
$5-$15 donation
Westerlies Fest: Theo Bleckmann, Kate Davis, & The Westerlies
Saturday, September 22, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Venue unknown, WA, United States
Seattle-bred, New York-based brass quartet The Westerlies join jazz singer and new music composer Theo Bleckmann and multi-instrumentalist and singer Kate Davis.
$25 ($15 students)
Wayward Music Series: Lou Mallozzi + Gyre
Saturday, September 22, 2029 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Experiments in sound that take the form of installations, fixed media works, and improvised music with non-standard configurations of analog and digital electronics.
$5-$15 donation
Wayward Music Series: Cilla Vee Life Arts – Psychic Bandwidth
Friday, September 28, 2029 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Improvised collaborations of sound, movement, spoken word, performative drawing, and other performance art test the psychic bandwidth of artists and audience alike.
$5-$15 donation
Emerging Artist: Gabriel Royal
Sunday, September 30, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
A singer-songwriter and cellist plays 'grown up lullabies' with a song-over-cello sound that is perhaps best described as modern chamber pop.
$40-$55
Max Richter with the American Contemporary Music Ensemble
Tuesday, October 2, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
The Moore Theatre, Seattle, WA, United States
STG Presents Max Richter with the American Contemporary Music Ensemble performing Infra and music from The Blue Notebooks.
$35-$45
Sanctuary in the City: James Dargan, baritone
Wednesday, October 3, 2029 @ 12:10pm – 12:50pm (PDT)
Christ Our Hope at the Josephinum, Seattle, WA, United States
Celebrating Black history through the music of five legendary black singers: Paul Robeson, Roland Hayes, Nina Simone, Billie Holiday, and Robert McFerrin, Sr.
Free
Groupmuse: San Francisco’s Friction String Quartet in Seattle
Sunday, October 7, 2029 @ 2:30pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Private home in Inverness, Seattle, WA, United States
Leoš Janáček – String Quartet No. 1, “Kreutzer Sonata"
Loren Loiacono – Besides (mvt. 2)
SOHN – Wheel (arr. Otis Harriel)
Anne Sophie Andersen – String Quartet No. 1
Marc Mellits – Tapas (mvts. 1, 4, 6)
Prince – Little Red Corvette (arr. Doug Machiz)
Britney Spears – Toxic (arr. Doug Machiz)
Loren Loiacono – Besides (mvt. 2)
SOHN – Wheel (arr. Otis Harriel)
Anne Sophie Andersen – String Quartet No. 1
Marc Mellits – Tapas (mvts. 1, 4, 6)
Prince – Little Red Corvette (arr. Doug Machiz)
Britney Spears – Toxic (arr. Doug Machiz)
$20+ donation, RSVP required
Samantha Boshnack: Seismic Belt
Friday, October 12, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
The Royal Room, Seattle, WA, United States
An exploration of seismic activity along the Ring of Fire through musical composition, experimenting with the friction of geographic shifts to create a new harmonic topography.
$20 / $18 / $10
Seattle Art Song Society: Queer Voices
Friday, October 12, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Ballard First Lutheran Church, Seattle, WA, United States
A recital dedicated to social justice, with music by Hahn, Poulenc, Smyth, DeBlasio, Hoiby, Szymanowski, Tchaikovsky, Cowell, Armbrust, and Temple.
Free (Free (RSVP required))
Wayward Music Series: Lori Goldston & Chris Icasiano – Solos & Duos
Friday, October 19, 2029 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Music for cello and percussion that intersects between the experimental and the mainstream.
$5-$15 suggested donation
Seattle Rock Orchestra: Led Zeppelin Part I & II
Saturday, October 20, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Northshore Performing Arts Center, Bothell, WA, United States
Every blistering riff from Led Zeppelin’s explosive debut and smashing sophomore releases.
$35 ($20 students)
The Fretless
Saturday, October 20, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Phinney Center, Seattle, WA, United States
A young band transforms Celtic fiddle tunes, folk melodies, and chamber music into intricate and beautiful arrangements.
$9-$20