Women composers – Past Concerts
UW Wind Ensemble: Chamber Winds Concert
Sunday, October 31, 2021 @ 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 Symphony: Nancy Wilson of Heart with the Seattle Symphony
Saturday, October 30, 2021 @ 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, 2021 @ 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)
92Y: Seth Parker Woods, cello & Andrew Rosenblum, piano, play Mendelssohn, Schumann, & more
Saturday, October 30, 2021 @ 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
Wayward Music Series: arx duo – Metal & Wood – Pitches of Percussion
Friday, October 29, 2021 @ 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
Roulette: Charmaine Lee with Joanna Mattrey & Lester St. Louis
Wednesday, October 27, 2021 @ 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))
Eastman School of Music: Musica Nova
Monday, October 25, 2021 @ 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
NIGHTLIGHT: Harvest Moon
Saturday, October 23, 2021 @ 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
Symphony Tacoma: Classics I
Saturday, October 23, 2021 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Pantages Theater, Tacoma, WA, United States
Patrice Rushen – Color Express
Dmitri Shostakovich – Piano Concerto No. 2 in F major, Op. 102
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – Symphony No. 6 in B minor Op. 74 "Pathétique"
Dmitri Shostakovich – Piano Concerto No. 2 in F major, Op. 102
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – Symphony No. 6 in B minor Op. 74 "Pathétique"
$24-$83
Stephanie Ann Ball with Jessica Evotia Hall – Luminous: Tales of Transformation & Triumph
Saturday, October 23, 2021 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Resonance at SOMA Towers, Bellevue, WA, United States
Online and in-person
Stephanie Ann Ball, soprano & Jessica Evotia Andrews-Hall, piano present a collection of art songs by Black composers set to lyrics by Black writers & texts of prolific Black wordsmiths.
Online: $30 | In person: $50
Reno Phil: Ravel's Piano Concerto
Saturday, October 23, 2021 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Gioachino Rossini – L'italiana in Algeri ("The Italian Girl in Algiers")
Grażyna Bacewicz – Concerto for String Orchestra
Maurice Ravel – Piano Concerto in G
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – Orchestral Suite No. 4 in G major, Op. 61 "Mozartiana"
Grażyna Bacewicz – Concerto for String Orchestra
Maurice Ravel – Piano Concerto in G
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – Orchestral Suite No. 4 in G major, Op. 61 "Mozartiana"
Online: price TBD | In person: $29-$89
Groupmuse: New Canons
Saturday, October 23, 2021 @ 11:00am – 1:00pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Hybrid in-person/virtual concert featuring works that experiment with latency & technology, interact with audiences, & invite listeners into a collective landscape in which all sounds become music.
Online: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event | In person: $25
arx duo – Evergreen: New Music for Marimba & Vibraphone
Friday, October 22, 2021 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Resonance at SOMA Towers, Bellevue, WA, United States
Online and in-person
Peter Klatzow – Ambient Resonances
Johann Sebastian Bach – English Suite No. 3 in G minor, BWV 808
Angelique Poteat – New work TBA (world premiere)
Robert Honstein – Evergreen
Johann Sebastian Bach – English Suite No. 3 in G minor, BWV 808
Angelique Poteat – New work TBA (world premiere)
Robert Honstein – Evergreen
Online: $18 | In person: $25
Composers Concordance: Todd Rewoldt, saxophone & Lesi Mei, piano
Wednesday, October 20, 2021 @ 4:00pm – 5:30pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Composers Concordance features Todd Rewoldt & Lesi Mei in a concert featuring new compositions for alto saxophone & piano. Works by Lili Boulanger, Mark Kostabi, Carter Pann, Faye-Ellen Silverman, & more.
Free (Online: Free | In-person: $20)
Classical Uncorked: Sibling Rivalry (Medina)
Sunday, October 17, 2021 @ 4:00pm – 5:30pm (PDT)
St. Thomas Episcopal Church, Medina, WA, United States
Baroque flautist Anthony Allen & harpsichordist Henry Lebedinsky perform flute sonatas by members the royal family of Prussia, as well as their teachers Johann Joachim Quantz & C.P.E. Bach.
$25
Wayward Music Series: r beny / Leandrul / What We Talk About
Saturday, October 16, 2021 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Basement State presents r beny, Leandrul, & What We Talk About for an immersive evening of textural ambient soundscapes & melodic waves of sound.
$12 in advance
Seattle Symphony: Dausgaard Conducts Stravinsky
Saturday, October 16, 2021 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Maurice Ravel – Le tombeau de Couperin
Brett Dean – Carlo
Adeliia Faizullina – Tatar Folk Songs Igor Stravinsky – Pulcinella Suite
Brett Dean – Carlo
Adeliia Faizullina – Tatar Folk Songs Igor Stravinsky – Pulcinella Suite
Ticket price TBD
Cheyenne Symphony Orchestra: A Time to Honor
Saturday, October 16, 2021 @ 6:30pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Concert honoring women in music, featuring works by Joan Tower, Caroline Shaw, Gwyneth Walker, & Anne Guzzo. Guest Conductor Avalana Eisenberg conducts Amy Beach's "Gaelic" Symphony.
Online: $15 | In person: $10-$50
Groupmuse: Music Your Streaming Service Won’t Play for You
Saturday, October 16, 2021 @ 6:00pm – 8:00pm (PDT)
Cross of Christ Lutheran Church, Bellevue, WA, United States
Contemporary chamber music for woodwinds, performed by the Peregrine Rose Trio & Compass Winds. Works by Alexandra Molnar-Suhajda, Daniel Dorff, Sean Osborn, & more.
$5 registration; $20 (or pay as you can) at concert
Classical Uncorked: Sibling Rivalry (Whidbey Island)
Saturday, October 16, 2021 @ 3:00pm – 4:30pm (PDT)
Whidbey Island Center for the Arts, Langley, WA, United States
Baroque flautist Anthony Allen & harpsichordist Henry Lebedinsky perform flute sonatas by members the royal family of Prussia, as well as their teachers Johann Joachim Quantz & C.P.E. Bach.
$30