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 King's Singers: GOLD50

Thursday, April 12, 2018 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Seattle First Baptist Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Celebrate 50 years of mesmerizing performances and musical diversity by The King’s Singers.

Sold out

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)

$15 (students/seniors $10)

Emerald City Music: In Blue...

Saturday, March 24, 2018 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Kenneth J. Minnaert Center for the Arts, Olympia, WA, United States
Ravel – Violin Sonata No. 2
Rzewski – Cotton Mill Blues, for solo piano
Stravinsky – The Soldier’s Tale, for piano, violin, and clarinet
Bernstein – Clarinet Sonata
Gershwin – Rhapsody in Blue, for four-hands piano

$28-$43 (students $10)

Contemporary Classical Guitarist Zane Forshee at Naked City Brewery and Taphouse

Saturday, March 24, 2018 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Naked City Brewery and Taphouse, Seattle, WA, United States
Ronald Pearl – Four at III (west coast premiere)
John Dowland – Fantasy
Judah Adashi – my heart comes undone (for electric guitar and loop pedal)
Isaac Albeniz – Mallorca
J.S. Bach – Prelude, Fugue, & Allegro
Ingram Marshall – Soe-pa (for amplified classical guitar, loop, and delay)
Ronald Pearl – My Name is Red (west coast premiere)

$10

Emerald City Music: In Blue...

Friday, March 23, 2018 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
415 Westlake, Seattle, WA, United States
Ravel – Violin Sonata No. 2
Rzewski – Cotton Mill Blues, for solo piano
Stravinsky – The Soldier’s Tale, for piano, violin, and clarinet
Bernstein – Clarinet Sonata
Gershwin – Rhapsody in Blue, for four-hands piano

$45 (includes open bar) / $10 students

Bach's Coffeehouse – A Brief History of the String Quartet

Friday, March 23, 2018 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Trinity Episcopal Church, Everett, WA, United States
The dynamic San Francisco-based period instrument group The Sylvestris Quartet blends wit and insight as they explore the development of the quartet from Biber to Beethoven and beyond.

$25/$20 (under 18 FREE)

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

Seattle Folklore Society presents: Windborne

Saturday, March 17, 2018 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Phinney Neighborhood Center, Seattle, WA, United States
A New England quartet specializing in close-harmony singing.

$18 / $16 / $9

Seattle Folklore Society: Windborne Song Workshop

Saturday, March 17, 2018 @ 1:00pm – 3:00pm (PDT)
Home Street Bank Community Room, Seattle, WA, United States
A vocal workshop with a dual theme: songs of labor and social movements, and songs from musical cultures around the world.

$10-$25 suggested donation

On the Boards presents Evan Flory-Barnes: On Loving the Muse and Family

Sunday, March 4, 2018 @ 5:00pm – 6:30pm (PST)
On the Boards, Seattle, WA, United States
Bassist and composer Evan Flory-Barnes creates a multi-part performance that references and remixes the tradition of historic late night variety shows.

$23 / $21 / $12

On the Boards presents Evan Flory-Barnes: On Loving the Muse and Family

Thursday, March 1, 2018 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PST)
On the Boards, Seattle, WA, United States
Bassist and composer Evan Flory-Barnes creates a multi-part performance that references and remixes the tradition of historic late night variety shows.

$23 / $21 / $12

Wayward Music Series: Heather Bentley & Friends – Two Games

Thursday, February 22, 2018 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Violist/improviser Heather Bentley is joined by Dio Jean-Baptist, Jim Knodle, Michele Khazak, and Carol Levin for improvised musical games.

$5-$15 donation

Bach's Coffeehouse: Northern Exposure

Sunday, February 18, 2018 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PST)
Trinity Episcopal Church, Everett, WA, United States
Music from 18th century Norway, Sweden, and Denmark paired with an exclusive tasting of five exceptional craft meads with Erik Newquist of Everett's own Aesir Meadery.

$25 ($20 over 65 and under 30)

Spiritual Journey... by Emerald City Music

Saturday, February 17, 2018 @ 7:30pm – 10:00pm (PST)
Kenneth J. Minnaert Center for the Arts, Olympia, WA, United States
Ives – Violin Sonata No. 4
Copland – Three Moods, for solo piano
Herbert – Selected Songs and Spirituals
Bloch – Prayer, for cello and piano
Mendelssohn – Piano Trio No. 2 in C minor

$28-$43 ($10 w/ student ID)

Spiritual Journey… by Emerald City Music

Friday, February 16, 2018 @ 8:00pm – 8:00pm (PST)
415 Westlake, Seattle, WA, United States
Ives – Violin Sonata No. 4
Copland – Three Moods, for solo piano
Herbert – Selected Songs and Spirituals
Bloch – Prayer, for cello and piano
Mendelssohn – Piano Trio No. 2 in C minor

$45 includes open bar; $10 students

Pacific MusicWorks: Every Time I Feel the Spirit

Sunday, February 11, 2018 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PST)
Saint Mark's Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
Acclaimed countertenor Reginald L. Mobley joins an ensemble of period banjo, guitar, strings, and piano for an unforgettable program exploring the contributions of Black musicians to American music.

$25-$45

Sanctuary in the City: Reginald Mobley Sings 200 Years of Music by Black Composers

Wednesday, February 7, 2018 @ 12:10pm – 12:50pm (PST)
Christ Our Hope at the Josephinum, Seattle, WA, United States
Acclaimed countertenor Reginald Mobley joins pianist Henry Lebedinsky for a program of music by Black composers from the Classical era to the present, including art songs, spirituals, and gospel.

Free

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)

Bach's Lunch: The Discovery Trio

Tuesday, February 6, 2018 @ 12:10pm – 12:50pm (PST)
Christ Episcopal Church Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
Bring a lunch and hear UW Scholarship ensemble The Discovery Trio perform new and old music for baroque instruments.

Free