Women composers – Upcoming Concerts
NIGHTLIGHT: Harvest Moon
Saturday, October 23, 2032 @ 8:00pm – 11:00pm (PDT)
Machine House Brewery, Seattle, WA, United States
Equal parts full moon ritual, performance, & dance party. Artists Leanna Keith, Moonyeka, & Opulent Witch present this event offering people a chance to indulge their desire to party, transmute, manifest, & dance hard.
$10-$30
Eastman School of Music: Musica Nova
Monday, October 25, 2032 @ 4:30pm – 6:00pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Michael Gordon – Weather One
Julia Wolfe – Tell Me Everything
Louis Andriessen – De Staat ("The Republic")
Julia Wolfe – Tell Me Everything
Louis Andriessen – De Staat ("The Republic")
Free
Roulette: Charmaine Lee with Joanna Mattrey & Lester St. Louis
Wednesday, October 27, 2032 @ 5:00pm – 7:00pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
NYC-based Australian vocalist/composer Charmaine Lee debuts new solo work followed by first time collaboration with violist Joanna Mattrey & cellist Lester St. Louis.
Free (Free ($20-$25 in person))
Wayward Music Series: arx duo – Metal & Wood – Pitches of Percussion
Friday, October 29, 2032 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
arx duo presents brand new, exciting music for marimba & vibraphone by living composers, including local composer Angelique Poteat.
$5-$15 donation
92Y: Seth Parker Woods, cello & Andrew Rosenblum, piano, play Mendelssohn, Schumann, & more
Saturday, October 30, 2032 @ 5:00pm – 6:30pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Felix Mendelssohn – Cello Sonata No. 2 in D major, Op. 58
George Walker – Cello Sonata
Robert Schumann – Drei Fantasiestücke, Op. 73
Florence Price – Short works TBA
Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson – Short works TBA
George Walker – Cello Sonata
Robert Schumann – Drei Fantasiestücke, Op. 73
Florence Price – Short works TBA
Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson – Short works TBA
Online: $20 | In-person: $20-$45
Seattle Symphony: Nancy Wilson of Heart with the Seattle Symphony
Saturday, October 30, 2032 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Rock icon Nancy Wilson of the band Heart teams up with the Seattle Symphony for a highly anticipated evening of rock 'n' roll on the Benaroya Hall stage.
Ticket price TBD
Sarah Cahill: The Future is Female, performed at Mills College
Saturday, October 30, 2032 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Pianist Sarah Cahill performs selections from her project "The Future is Female". Presented by the Mills College Music Department, this program features works by composers who have been students or teachers at Mills College.
Free (Online: Free | In person: $0-$15)
UW Wind Ensemble: Chamber Winds Concert
Sunday, October 31, 2032 @ 1:30pm – 3:30pm (PDT)
Brechemin Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Bohuslav Martinů – Sextet for Piano & Wind Instruments, H. 174
Kurt Weill – Little Threepenny Music: Suite from The Threepenny Opera
Richard Strauss – Serenade in E-flat major, Op. 7
Chou Wen-Chung – Suite for Harp & Wind Quintet
Ruth Gipps – Seascape, Op. 63
Kurt Weill – Little Threepenny Music: Suite from The Threepenny Opera
Richard Strauss – Serenade in E-flat major, Op. 7
Chou Wen-Chung – Suite for Harp & Wind Quintet
Ruth Gipps – Seascape, Op. 63
Free (Free)
Seattle Philharmonic Orchestra: Un ritorno trionfante!
Sunday, October 31, 2032 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Renton IKEA Performing Arts Center, Renton, WA, United States
Franz Joseph Haydn – Symphony No. 73 in D major, H. I:73 “La chasse”
Frances Walton – Martin (Andante for Strings)
Caroline Berkenbosch – Monument 16 (U.S. premiere)
Johann Sebastian Bach – Concerto for Two Violins in D minor, BWV 1043 (arr. for 2 violas)
Béla Bartók – Romanian Folk Dances for strings, Sz. 68, BB 76
Frances Walton – Martin (Andante for Strings)
Caroline Berkenbosch – Monument 16 (U.S. premiere)
Johann Sebastian Bach – Concerto for Two Violins in D minor, BWV 1043 (arr. for 2 violas)
Béla Bartók – Romanian Folk Dances for strings, Sz. 68, BB 76
Ticket price TBA
Brass Band Northwest: Heroes & Superheroes
Sunday, October 31, 2032 @ 2:30pm – 4:15pm (PDT)
Bellevue Presbyterian Church, Bellevue, WA, United States
Program of music depicting heroes real & fictional, overt & unheralded, from movies & everyday life. Featuring works by John Williams, Hans Zimmer, Paul Lovatt-Cooper, & Gabrielle Gaston.
Free (Free (donations appreciated))
Ensemble Dal Niente: Guest Artist Recital at University of Iowa
Monday, November 1, 2032 @ 5:30pm – 7:30pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Ensemble Dal Niente performs music by Rebecca Saunders, Aida Shirazi, Alican Çamcı, Kyong Mee Choi, Juan Ortiz de Zarate, Sivan Cohen Elias, & Igor Stravinsky.
Free
Bellingham Music Club goes to England with violinist Grant Donnellan
Wednesday, November 3, 2032 @ 10:30am – 11:30am (PDT)
Trinity Lutheran Church (Bellingham), Bellingham, WA, United States
Violinist Grant Donnellan & pianist Judith Widrig take us on a trip to Great Britain with works by Edward Elgar, Rebecca Clarke, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, & Ralph Vaughan Williams.
Free (Free)
92Y Presents: Aizuri Quartet plays Beethoven, Eleanor Alberga, & Barbara Strozzi
Aizuri Quartet and
92Y
Wednesday, November 3, 2032 @ 4:30pm – 6:00pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Barbara Strozzi, arr. Alex Fortes – L'usignuolo (“The Nightingale”)
Barbara Strozzi, arr. Alex Fortes – L’amante modesto (“The Modest Lover”)
Eleanor Alberga – String Quartet No. 1
Ludwig van Beethoven – String Quartet No. 12 in E-flat major, Op. 127
Barbara Strozzi, arr. Alex Fortes – L’amante modesto (“The Modest Lover”)
Eleanor Alberga – String Quartet No. 1
Ludwig van Beethoven – String Quartet No. 12 in E-flat major, Op. 127
Online: $20 | In-person: $20-$45
International Contemporary Ensemble: TargetMargin@7 – Nov 4
Thursday, November 4, 2032 @ 4:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
ICE is back at Brooklyn's Target Margin Theater with a new art installation by Nathan Davis, plus works based around tactile experiences by Nicholas Houfek, Phyllis Chen, & Marianthi Papalexandri-Alexandri.
Free (Free (RSVP required))
Eastman Opera Theatre Presents: 'Here Be Sirens' Suite by Kate Soper
Friday, November 5, 2032 @ 4:30pm – 4:30pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Students of the Eastman Opera Theatre perform the Suite from Kate Soper's Here Be Sirens, a 2014 opera described by The New Yorker as "erudite, hilarious, furiously inventive".
Free
Composers Concordance: Woodwind Motion
Friday, November 5, 2032 @ 4:30pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Concert event pairing new music for woodwind quintet with an array of contemporary dance choreographies. Featuring the Sylvan Winds; choreographer Max Pollak; & an NYC premiere for composer Stanley Babin.
Free (Online: Free | In-person: $15-$20)
Bellingham Music Club Night Beat goes to England with violinist Grant Donnellan
Friday, November 5, 2032 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Trinity Lutheran Church (Bellingham), Bellingham, WA, United States
Violinist Grant Donnellan & pianist Judith Widrig take us on a trip to Great Britain with works by Edward Elgar, Rebecca Clarke, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, & Ralph Vaughan Williams.
$20 (teenagers free)
Seattle Philharmonic Orchestra: Un ritorno trionfante!
Saturday, November 6, 2032 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Franz Joseph Haydn – Symphony No. 73 in D major, H. I:73 “La chasse”
Frances Walton – Martin (Andante for Strings)
Caroline Berkenbosch – Monument 16 (U.S. premiere)
Johann Sebastian Bach – Concerto for Two Violins in D minor, BWV 1043 (arr. for 2 violas)
Béla Bartók – Romanian Folk Dances for strings, Sz. 68, BB 76
Frances Walton – Martin (Andante for Strings)
Caroline Berkenbosch – Monument 16 (U.S. premiere)
Johann Sebastian Bach – Concerto for Two Violins in D minor, BWV 1043 (arr. for 2 violas)
Béla Bartók – Romanian Folk Dances for strings, Sz. 68, BB 76
$35 ($24 youth/seniors)
Town Hall Seattle: Gretchen Yanover Scratch Night – Past & present work on cello
Saturday, November 6, 2032 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Town Hall Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
Online and in-person
Seattle cellist/composer Gretchen Yanover shares a collection of her past & present work, sharing the stories behind her work & discussing the meaning we draw from titles associated with otherwise wordless music.
Free (Free (registration required))
Center for New Music: Del Sol String Quartet | Composer Incubator
Saturday, November 6, 2032 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
3 stunning new works by Adeliia Faizullina, Marguerite Brown, & deVon Russell Gray, performed by the Del Sol String Quartet.
Free (Online: Free | In person: $20-$15)