Women composers – Upcoming Concerts
Music of Remembrance: Welcome Back!
Sunday, November 7, 2032 @ 5:30pm – 7:30pm (PST)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
MOR returns to the concert hall with this special free concert featuring some of their most exciting repertoire. Featuring new songs by Lori Laitman & Tom Cipullo; cabaret songs from Terezín; & more.
Free (Free (reservation required))
DXARTS Fall Concert: Real & Imagined Soundworlds – with Guest Artist Jeff Rice
Tuesday, November 9, 2032 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
Nature recordist/sound designer Jeff Rice’s sound portraits frame an evening of Ambisonic sound by DXARTS composers & associated researchers, drawing the listener through known & unknown soundscapes.
Free
Seattle Collaborative Orchestra: The Year of Re(new)al
Tuesday, November 9, 2032 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
First Free Methodist Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor – "I. Allegro moderato" & "III. Andante con moto " from from 4 Novelletten for String Orchestra, Op. 52
Edward Elgar – Serenade for Strings in E minor, Op. 20
Stacy Garrop – Inner Demons
Charles Gounod – Petite symphonie
Ruth Gipps – Seascape for double woodwind quintet, Op. 53
Corentin Boissier – Alice in Wonderland for harp, flute, clarinet, & piano
Edward Elgar – Serenade for Strings in E minor, Op. 20
Stacy Garrop – Inner Demons
Charles Gounod – Petite symphonie
Ruth Gipps – Seascape for double woodwind quintet, Op. 53
Corentin Boissier – Alice in Wonderland for harp, flute, clarinet, & piano
$20 ($15 senior, $0-$10 student)
University of Buffalo Faculty Recital: Seth Parker Woods, cello
Friday, November 12, 2032 @ 4:30pm – 6:30pm (PST)
Online and in-person
Seth Parker Woods performs the triple role of cellist, narrator/guide, & movement artist in this evening-length, multimedia concert tour de force featuring music written for him.
Free (Online: Free | In person: $10-$23)
Carpe Diem String Quartet: American Favorites
Friday, November 12, 2032 @ 5:30pm – 7:30pm (PST)
Online and in-person
Korine Fujiwara – May Basket
Jonathan Bingham – SOLOS
Antonín Dvořák – String Quartet No. 12 in F major, Op. 96, “American”
Amy Beach – Piano Quintet in F-Sharp minor, Op. 67
Jonathan Bingham – SOLOS
Antonín Dvořák – String Quartet No. 12 in F major, Op. 96, “American”
Amy Beach – Piano Quintet in F-Sharp minor, Op. 67
Online: $10-$40 sliding scale | In person: $80
Philharmonia Northwest: Norwegian Sounds with Laura Loge
Saturday, November 13, 2032 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PST)
Town Hall Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
Online and in-person
Agathe Backer-Grøndahl – Scherzo for Orchestra
David Monrad Johansen, arr. Adam Stern – Syv Sange ("7 Songs"), Op. 6
Edvard Grieg – Holberg Suite, Op. 40
David Monrad Johansen, arr. Adam Stern – Syv Sange ("7 Songs"), Op. 6
Edvard Grieg – Holberg Suite, Op. 40
$15 online | $20-25 in-person
ROCO In Concert: A Stitch in Time
Saturday, November 13, 2032 @ 3:00pm – 4:30pm (PST)
Online and in-person
Hilary Purrington – Threshold (world premiere)
Mark Adamo – Last Year
Jonathan Peters – Arthropod Suite
Ludwig van Beethoven – Symphony No. 8 in F major, Op. 93
Mark Adamo – Last Year
Jonathan Peters – Arthropod Suite
Ludwig van Beethoven – Symphony No. 8 in F major, Op. 93
Free (Online: Free | In person: Pay-what-you-can)
All Together Now! A Seattle Pro Musica Cabaret
Saturday, November 13, 2032 @ 4:00pm – 5:30pm (PST)
Resonance at SOMA Towers, Bellevue, WA, United States
Online and in-person
Enjoy drinks, spectacle, & a revue of classic tunes from musical theater productions such as Les Misérables, Into the Woods, Mamma Mia!, & many more.
Ticket price TBA
Cheyenne Symphony Orchestra: A Time to Discover
Saturday, November 13, 2032 @ 6:30pm – 8:30pm (PST)
Online and in-person
Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel – Overture in C major
Max Bruch – Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26
Chen Yi – Shuo
Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58
Max Bruch – Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26
Chen Yi – Shuo
Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58
Online: $15 | In person: $10-$50
All Together Now! A Seattle Pro Musica Cabaret
Saturday, November 13, 2032 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PST)
Resonance at SOMA Towers, Bellevue, WA, United States
Online and in-person
Enjoy drinks, spectacle, & a revue of classic tunes from musical theater productions such as Les Misérables, Into the Woods, Mamma Mia!, & many more.
Ticket price TBA
Center for New Music: Piano Recital with Tin Yi Chelsea Wong
Saturday, November 13, 2032 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Online and in-person
Tin Yi Chelsea Wong displays 20th-c. European & 21st-c. North American composers in conversation on this unique recital. Works by György Ligeti, Grażyna Bacewicz, Gabriela Lena Frank, Jonathan Bailey Holland, & more.
Free (Online: Free | In person: $20-$15)
Atlanta Chamber Players: Opening Concert – Now & Then
Sunday, November 14, 2032 @ 1:00pm – 3:00pm (PST)
Online and in-person
Benjamin Krause – Notes From Inside
Jessie Montgomery – Peace
Kenji Bunch – Dies Irie
Jennifer Higdon – Southern Harmony
Johannes Brahms – Piano Quartet No. 3 in C minor, Op. 60
Jessie Montgomery – Peace
Kenji Bunch – Dies Irie
Jennifer Higdon – Southern Harmony
Johannes Brahms – Piano Quartet No. 3 in C minor, Op. 60
Free (Online: Free | In person: $0-25)
WWU: Composers of Western (C.O.W.)
Wednesday, November 17, 2032 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
WWU Performing Arts Center, Bellingham, WA, United States
Online and in-person
Brand-new works for strings, woodwinds, trumpet, voice, piano, & percussion, including 2 premieres by this year's COW Ensemble.
Free
Arts Night at the Opera House: Stacey Eliason, horn & Sharon Fernandez, piano
Thursday, November 18, 2032 @ 6:00pm – 7:30pm (PST)
Marysville Opera House, Marysville, WA, United States
Program will include:
Gioachino Rossini – Introduction, Theme, & Variations
Paul Basler – Folk Songs for Horn & Piano
Sue Jean Park – The Veil for horn & electronics
Ludwig van Beethoven, arr. François Brémond – "II. Adagio cantabile" from Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13 “Pathétique”
Robert W. Smith – In a Gentle Rain
Gioachino Rossini – Introduction, Theme, & Variations
Paul Basler – Folk Songs for Horn & Piano
Sue Jean Park – The Veil for horn & electronics
Ludwig van Beethoven, arr. François Brémond – "II. Adagio cantabile" from Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13 “Pathétique”
Robert W. Smith – In a Gentle Rain
Free (Free)
Seattle Symphony: Beach Gaelic Symphony
Thursday, November 18, 2032 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Online and in-person
Music Director Thomas Dausgaard conducts this powerhouse program featuring Amy Beach’s “Gaelic” Symphony No. 2, plus the world premiere of a rare double harp concerto by American composer Hannah Lash.
Online: from $12.99 | In-person: $24-$134
Roulette: Jessica Pavone – 'Lull' for String Octet & Soloists
Friday, November 19, 2032 @ 5:00pm – 7:00pm (PST)
Online and in-person
Composer/violist Jessica Pavone presents Lull, a new chamber work reflecting a multifaceted experience of ‘stasis’ – quietude & introspection sustained amidst the tension & instability of the pandemic.
Free (Free ($20-$25 in person))
Seattle Modern Orchestra: Concert 1 – Dissociation
Friday, November 19, 2032 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PST)
The Forum at Town Hall Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
Online and in-person
Kaley Lane Eaton – Dissociation, or Self-Portrait (world premiere)
Marisol Jiménez – Bestiario Onírico II – Ciudadela (US premiere)
Marisol Jiménez – Yiríya aiteiya (US premiere)
Wang Lu – Ryan and Dan
Fausto Romitelli – Professor Bad Trip – Lesson 1
Marisol Jiménez – Bestiario Onírico II – Ciudadela (US premiere)
Marisol Jiménez – Yiríya aiteiya (US premiere)
Wang Lu – Ryan and Dan
Fausto Romitelli – Professor Bad Trip – Lesson 1
Online: $15 | In-person: $25 ($15 senior, $10 student)
Classical Uncorked: Rum & Rebellion (Whidbey Island)
Saturday, November 20, 2032 @ 3:00pm – 4:30pm (PST)
Whidbey Island Center for the Arts, Langley, WA, United States
Baritone Jean Bernard Cerin joins violinist Tekla Cunningham & pianist Henry Lebedinsky for works by Ignatius Sancho, José Mauricio Nuñes Garcia, Joseph Boulogne, & 19th- and 20th-c. Créole composers.
$30
The Esoterics: The Rewaking
Saturday, November 20, 2032 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PST)
St. John's Episcopal Church, Olympia, WA, United States
Online and in-person
Program featuring newly-written choral music by living composers who comprise “the new majority”: women, transgender people, people of color, & members of the greater LGBTQIA+ community.
Donations accepted
92Y: Berta Rojas, guitar, plays Presti, Anido, & more
Saturday, November 20, 2032 @ 5:00pm – 6:30pm (PST)
Online and in-person
Berta Rojas returns to 92Y with a program of music written by or composed in honor of pioneering guitarists Ida Presti & María Luisa Anido. Includes the NY premiere of Sérgio Assad's Anido's Portrait.
Online: $20 | In-person: $20-$45