Genre-bender – Past Concerts
Wayward Music Series: FHTAGN + Working Title (Lite)
Friday, September 9, 2016 @ 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
Wayward Music Series: Jean-Baptiste/Palmer/Traeger + Klingele + SS Nomad
Thursday, September 1, 2016 @ 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
The Westerlies
Saturday, August 27, 2016 @ 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: A Microscope / Curtis Dahl / Kenny Mandell
Saturday, August 13, 2016 @ 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
Blurred Lines: Musical Innovations from Brahms to Stravinsky
Saturday, August 13, 2016 @ 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)
Alan Cook & friends: Une nuit de trios
Friday, August 5, 2016 @ 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
Octava Chamber Orchestra: Summer Chamber Music Extravaganza
Saturday, July 23, 2016 @ 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
Northwest New-Music Workshop (NW2)
Friday, July 22, 2016 @ 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
Ensemble Audax: New Music for Old Souls
Saturday, July 16, 2016 @ 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
Wayward Music Series: Swarm + Stew: Honoring Stuart Dempster on his 80th
Saturday, July 9, 2016 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Honoring trombonist, composer, and multi-media performer Stuart Dempster with a score that allows for spontaneity, surprise, and the unexpected; it encourages deep listening in each moment; it prescribes loving dedication to its auditors and to its inspiration.
$5-$15
Seattle Chamber Music Society: Late Night Concert at The Triple Door
Friday, July 8, 2016 @ 10:30pm – 11:55pm (PDT)
Triple Door, Seattle, WA, United States
Grammy Award nominee and trumpet virtuoso Jens Lindemann emcees a band of SCMS musicians for a genre-bending evening of music and merriment.
$50-$75
Pianos in the Parks: Joe Doria
Friday, July 8, 2016 @ 12:00pm – 12:30pm (PDT)
Kerry Park, Seattle, WA, United States
Come by to play the piano from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. or catch Joe Doria's performance at noon.
Free
Racer Sessions: Little Child Man (Seattle)
Sunday, July 3, 2016 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Cafe Racer, Seattle, WA, United States
A collectively organized composition and improvisation series for new and experimental music.
Free
Epiphany Seattle Summer Concert Series: Scott Lindenmuth Trio
Friday, July 1, 2016 @ 6:30pm – 8:00pm (PDT)
Epiphany Parish of Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
Concert with “genre-crossing virtuoso” guitarist Scott Lindenmuth.
Free (Free)
Wayward Music Series: Wind Talkers
Saturday, June 25, 2016 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
An innovative music duo comprised of veteran singers and multi-instrumentalists.
$5-$15
Tender Buttons + guest TBA
Saturday, June 4, 2016 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Rewinding classic electronic musics in a swarm of devices and languages, composed in the moment via a shared esthetic of severe improvisational methods. Friendly spirits Fluxus, WDR, Cage, On-U and Kling Klang are never far away.
$5-$15
First Friday Salon: Michael Nicolella, classical guitarist
Friday, June 3, 2016 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Resonance at SOMA Towers, Bellevue, WA, United States
An eclectic mix of music for classical and electric guitar ranging from the baroque to the present day.
$15-$20
Second Inversion Showcase at Northwest Folklife 2016
Friday, May 27, 2016 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Seattle Center House Theatre, Seattle, WA, United States
A showcase of great contemporary classical ensembles in the Northwest: Portland-Seattle based new music ensemble Sound of Late, the Seattle-based Skyros Quartet, and the bi-coastal brass quartet The Westerlies!
Free
Pulse Emitter / Bardo:Basho / Marcus Price / J. Ryan
Saturday, May 21, 2016 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Hyper-melodic synth music, pastoral and medieval textures, compositions that keep you guessing, and a trek to the inner reaches of the mind.
$5-$15
The Seattle Composer Alliance's Annual Spring Soiree and Gala
Tuesday, May 17, 2016 @ 7:00pm – 11:00pm (PDT)
The Royal Room, Seattle, WA, United States
A multi-genre event, featuring the urban stylings of Grace Love, the jazz and R&B compositions of Josh Rawlins, and a composition for piano trio by Brad Hawkins.
$25-$30