Women composers – Past Concerts
[CANCELLED] Northwest Sinfonietta: It’s a Woman’s World
Thursday, November 15, 2018 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
The Metropolist, Seattle, WA, United States
This performance has been cancelled.
Performance cancelled.
Octava Chamber Orchestra: Mendelssohn, Dove, Zwilich, Méhul
Sunday, November 11, 2018 @ 6:00pm – 8:00pm (PST)
Maple Park Church, Lynnwood, WA, United States
Felix Mendelssohn – String Symphony No. 7 in D minor
Jonathan Dove – Figures in the Garden
Ellen Taaffe Zwilich – Concerto for Trumpet and 5 players
Étienne-Nicolas Méhul – Symphony No. 1 in G minor
Jonathan Dove – Figures in the Garden
Ellen Taaffe Zwilich – Concerto for Trumpet and 5 players
Étienne-Nicolas Méhul – Symphony No. 1 in G minor
$13-$20 (kids FREE)
Seattle Bach Choir presents ARMISTICE: Music of the 100th Anniversary of the End of World War I
Sunday, November 11, 2018 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PST)
Trinity Parish Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Music for choir and instruments in honor of the 100th Anniversary of the signing of the treaty that ended the most significant war the world had ever known.
$20 ($18 senior/student, FREE for veterans/military/first responders)
Jack Straw Artist Showcase: 25 Years of Jack Straw Artists
Sunday, November 11, 2018 @ 2:00pm – 8:00pm (PST)
Jack Straw Cultural Center, Seattle, WA, United States
A day of music of all genres, dance, and readings featuring past and present resident artists from the Jack Straw Cultural Center Artist Support Program.
$5-$15 suggested donation
Groupmuse House Concert: Cassandra Lear & Soren Hamm in Ballard
Saturday, November 10, 2018 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PST)
Private home in Ballard, Seattle, WA, United States
New music and old music from all over the world for flute and saxophone performed by two award-winning musicians.
$10+ donation, RSVP required
Wayward Music Series: Sontag Shogun, Dolphin Midwives, Blessed Blood
Friday, November 9, 2018 @ 7:30pm – 10:00pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
An evening of abstract sentimental music (for lovers and loners alike) featuring works for harp, voice, piano, electronics, live foley, and tape collage.
$10 donation
Wayward Music Series: Raica, Hair & Space Museum, Panabrite, & Leo Mayberry
Thursday, November 8, 2018 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
A benefit concert featuring minimalist compositional styles, electronic and acoustic experimentation, and synthesized improvisation.
$5-$20 donation
Ladies Musical Club: Desert Fables for Oboe
Thursday, November 8, 2018 @ 1:00pm – 2:00pm (PST)
Crossroads Community Center, Bellevue, WA, United States
Jenni Brandon's Desert Fables for Solo Oboe, plus cabaret songs by Weill, Britten, Bolcom, and Schoenberg.
Free
Sanctuary in the City: Music from the Birth of Democracy
Wednesday, November 7, 2018 @ 12:10pm – 12:50pm (PST)
Christ Our Hope at the Josephinum, Seattle, WA, United States
A free lunchtime concert fosters a spirit of contemplation with music from the Parisian salons by Anne Brillon de Jouy, Zoe de la Rue, and Joseph Boulogne, Chevalier de Saint Georges.
Free
Bach's Lunch: Music from the Birth of Democracy
Tuesday, November 6, 2018 @ 12:10pm – 12:50pm (PST)
Christ Episcopal Church Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
A free, informal lunchtime concert with music from the Parisian salons by Anne Brillon de Jouy, Zoe de la Rue, and Joseph Boulogne, Chevalier de Saint Georges.
Free
Music of Remembrance 20th Birthday Celebration Concert
Sunday, November 4, 2018 @ 4:00pm – 6:00pm (PST)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Pavel Haas – String Quartet No. 2, Op. 7 "From the Monkey Mountains" (mvt. 4) (1925)
Lori Laitman – “Memories of Prague” from Vedem (2010)
Paul Schoenfield – “Black Boehm” from Camp Songs (2002)
Viktor Ullmann – Choral arrangements of Yiddish songs (Terezin, 1942)
Joel Engel – The Dybbuk Suite, Op. 35 (1922)
Tom Cipullo – Excerpts from After Life (2015)
Jake Heggie – "Farewell, Auschwitz" from Out of Darkness (2016)
Lori Laitman – “Memories of Prague” from Vedem (2010)
Paul Schoenfield – “Black Boehm” from Camp Songs (2002)
Viktor Ullmann – Choral arrangements of Yiddish songs (Terezin, 1942)
Joel Engel – The Dybbuk Suite, Op. 35 (1922)
Tom Cipullo – Excerpts from After Life (2015)
Jake Heggie – "Farewell, Auschwitz" from Out of Darkness (2016)
$55
Ladies Musical Club: Oboe Duets
Sunday, November 4, 2018 @ 3:00pm – 4:00pm (PST)
West Seattle Library, Seattle, WA, United States
Oboe duets by Thom Ritter George, Mark Goddard, and Joseph Sellner, plus songs from American & British musical theater.
Free
OSSCS: Valor & Remembrance
Saturday, November 3, 2018 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
First Free Methodist Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Lili Boulanger — Pour les funérailles d’un soldat
Paul Hindemith — String Quartet No. 2 [first movement]
Maurice Ravel — Piano Concerto for the Left Hand
Gustav Holst — Ode to Death, Op. 38
Hubert Parry — There Is an Old Belief
Maurice Ravel — La valse
Paul Hindemith — String Quartet No. 2 [first movement]
Maurice Ravel — Piano Concerto for the Left Hand
Gustav Holst — Ode to Death, Op. 38
Hubert Parry — There Is an Old Belief
Maurice Ravel — La valse
$25 / $20 / $10 (students/youth free)
Seattle Collaborative Orchestra: Sankofa, the music of reflection
Friday, November 2, 2018 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Roosevelt High School Theatre, Seattle, WA, United States
Hanna Benn – Sankofa
Dmitri Shostakovich – Symphony No. 9 in E-flat major
Julian Garvue – Concertino for Piano and Orchestra (world premiere)
Makenna Carrico – Chocolate
Dmitri Shostakovich – Symphony No. 9 in E-flat major
Julian Garvue – Concertino for Piano and Orchestra (world premiere)
Makenna Carrico – Chocolate
$20 ($10 youth 18+/seniors)
Seattle Modern Orchestra: The Invisible
Thursday, November 1, 2018 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Yiğit Kolat – Kav Yankıları / Echoes of Tinder
George Crumb – Eleven Echoes of Autumn
Chinary Ung – Still Life after Death
Rebecca Saunders – A Visible Trace
George Crumb – Eleven Echoes of Autumn
Chinary Ung – Still Life after Death
Rebecca Saunders – A Visible Trace
$25 ($15 seniors, $10 students)
Cornish Music Department: Sarah Vavrin Senior Recital, voice
Thursday, November 1, 2018 @ 8:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
PONCHO Concert Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Works by composers Purcell, Rossini, Clara Schumann, and Caleb Sapa exploring repertoire about the spring, the fall, and everything in between.
Free
UW Lecture Recital: Creativity in Hard Times & The Federal Music Project of the 1930s
Thursday, November 1, 2018 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Brechemin Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
A multi-media piano recital telling the story of President Roosevelt's Arts Initiative, including music by William Grant Still, Ernest Bloch, Henry Cowell, Roger Sessions, Ruth Crawford, and Aaron Copland.
Free
Chamber Music for Piano & Clarinet
Thursday, November 1, 2018 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
University House Wallingford, Seattle, WA, United States
Alfred Prinz – Five Studies from Progressive Studies for Clarinet and Piano
Clara Schumann – Three Romances, Op. 22, for Violin and Piano (transcribed for clarinet)
Johannes Brahms – Sonata in F minor, Op. 120, No. 1, for Piano and Clarinet
Clara Schumann – Three Romances, Op. 22, for Violin and Piano (transcribed for clarinet)
Johannes Brahms – Sonata in F minor, Op. 120, No. 1, for Piano and Clarinet
Free (Free)
Seattle Festival Orchestra: Brahms Symphony No. 2
Sunday, October 28, 2018 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
Plymouth Congregational Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – Polonaise from Eugene Onegin
Clara Schumann – Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 7
Johannes Brahms – Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 73
Clara Schumann – Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 7
Johannes Brahms – Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 73
$18 ($14 senior/under 18)
Sine Nomine: Hail, O Queen of Heaven
Sunday, October 28, 2018 @ 3:00pm – 4:30pm (PDT)
Trinity Episcopal Parish Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Renaissance music for mixed voices, based on texts devoted to the Virgin Mary – including works by Hildegard, Ockeghem, Guerrero, di Lasso, and Victoria.
Free (Free)