Genre-bender – Upcoming Concerts
Ensemble Audax: New Music for Old Souls
Friday, July 16, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
A showcase of new works for 18th-century instruments with contemporary composition practices, promising to open your ears to the possibilities of these unique instruments.
$5-$15
Northwest New-Music Workshop (NW2)
Thursday, July 22, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Featuring an all-premiere program of compositions by Seattle composers Samantha Boshnack, Greg Campbell, Simon Henneman, Sierra Klingele, Pete Leinonen, Dick Valentine, and Daniel Webbon.
$5-$15
Octava Chamber Orchestra: Summer Chamber Music Extravaganza
Friday, July 23, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
Edmonds United Methodist Church, Edmonds, WA, United States
New music from around the world in a variety of genres, featuring works by Richard Vitzhum, Nathan Jensen, Greg Bartholomew, Joseph Lee Graham, Andre Van Haren, and Joseph Dillon Ford.
$15-$20, kids free
Alan Cook & friends: Une nuit de trios
Thursday, August 5, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Bringing together some of the finest improvising musicians from the Seattle creative music scene and beyond for a night of unbridled collaboration and discovery.
$5-$15
Blurred Lines: Musical Innovations from Brahms to Stravinsky
Friday, August 13, 2027 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Brahms – Sonata No. 2 for Clarinet and Piano, Op. 120, No. 2 (1894)
Debussy – Premiere Rhapsody for Clarinet and Piano (1909-1910)
Stravinsky – Three Pieces for Clarinet (1919)
Berg – Four Pieces for Clarinet and Piano, Op. 5 (1913)
Schulhoff – 5 Jazz Etudes (1910-1920)
Gershwin – Three Preludes arranged for Clarinet and Piano (1926)
Debussy – Premiere Rhapsody for Clarinet and Piano (1909-1910)
Stravinsky – Three Pieces for Clarinet (1919)
Berg – Four Pieces for Clarinet and Piano, Op. 5 (1913)
Schulhoff – 5 Jazz Etudes (1910-1920)
Gershwin – Three Preludes arranged for Clarinet and Piano (1926)
$10-$15 (age 12 and under free)
Wayward Music Series: A Microscope / Curtis Dahl / Kenny Mandell
Friday, August 13, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
If Morton Feldman had a baby with Mahalia Jackson, that baby would grow up to have a lot in common with NYC-based musician Kris Wettstein...
$5-$15
The Westerlies
Friday, August 27, 2027 @ 6:00pm – 8:00pm (PDT)
The Royal Room, Seattle, WA, United States
The Westerlies – a New York-based brass quartet comprised of four childhood friends from Seattle – return to their hometown in anticipation of their forthcoming sophomore double-album.
$15 ($5 students)
Wayward Music Series: Jean-Baptiste/Palmer/Traeger + Klingele + SS Nomad
Wednesday, September 1, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
An aggressive, incessantly minimalist style; intersections of sound created by instruments and found objects; electronic sounds and field recordings.
$5-$15
Wayward Music Series: FHTAGN + Working Title (Lite)
Thursday, September 9, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Music to Make Love to your Favorite Creature By, an experimental piece celebrating the sounds of copulation in the animal kingdom, plus an exploration of the sounds pioneered by Ornette Coleman’s early work.
$5-$15
Seattle Rock Orchestra performs Pink Floyd
Friday, September 10, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Vashon Center for the Arts, Vashon, WA, United States
SRO pays tribute to psychedelic rock pioneers Pink Floyd with a retrospective that spans from their debut album The Piper At the Gates of Dawn to their best-selling double album The Wall.
$18-$22
Wayward Music Series: Spill + Bad Luck
Wednesday, September 15, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Textural, linear and fast-moving sound collage, plus saxophone/electronics from the founders of Racer Sessions.
$5-$15
Wayward Music Series: The Antenna Project
Friday, September 17, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Part music concert, part neo-dance jam, part sociocultural lab test. Bring a book, bring a sketchpad, bring a pillow, bring a yoga mat, bring a camera, bring a movement idea, bring a friend…
$8
Racer @ Cornish
Sunday, September 26, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Cornish College of the Arts - Kerry Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Racer sessions at Cornish – special event! Free and open to the public.
Free
Wayward Music Series: Donoso + Hall + Bardo:Basho
Thursday, September 30, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Building and manipulating an immersive sound world under a chain of progressive rhythms, cinematic textures, and elegant melodicism.
$5-$15
Mark Morris Dance Group with The Silk Road Ensemble
Wednesday, October 6, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Meany Hall for the Performing Arts, Seattle, WA, United States
Mark Morris Dance Group returns to Meany Center to perform Layla and Majnun, an original dance and music production based on an ancient Persian tale.
$48-$65
Mark Morris Dance Group with The Silk Road Ensemble
Thursday, October 7, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Meany Hall for the Performing Arts, Seattle, WA, United States
Mark Morris Dance Group returns to Meany Center to perform Layla and Majnun, an original dance and music production based on an ancient Persian tale.
$48-$65
Mark Morris Dance Group with The Silk Road Ensemble
Friday, October 8, 2027 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Meany Hall for the Performing Arts, Seattle, WA, United States
Mark Morris Dance Group returns to Meany Center to perform Layla and Majnun, an original dance and music production based on an ancient Persian tale.
$48-$65
Seattle Rock Orchestra performs Pink Floyd
Friday, October 8, 2027 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Historic Everett Theatre, Everett, WA, United States
SRO pays tribute to psychedelic rock pioneers Pink Floyd with a retrospective that spans from their debut album The Piper At the Gates of Dawn to their best-selling double album The Wall.
$25-$39
Simply Three String Trio at the Moore
Friday, October 8, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
The Moore Theatre, Seattle, WA, United States
Original works and innovative arrangements for string trio, spanning from Puccini and Gershwin to Adele, Coldplay, and Michael Jackson.
$25-$35
Mark Morris Dance Group with The Silk Road Ensemble
Friday, October 8, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Meany Hall for the Performing Arts, Seattle, WA, United States
Mark Morris Dance Group returns to Meany Center to perform Layla and Majnun, an original dance and music production based on an ancient Persian tale.
$48-$65