Kid-friendly – Upcoming Concerts
Clarinettissimo 2021
Saturday, October 2, 2032 @ 1:00pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
SPU Nickerson Studios, Seattle, WA, United States
Seattle's premiere clarinet festival meets for its 21st year for 1 day only. Featuring masterclasses; an ornamentation workshop; clarinet choir; & performers from the Metropolitan Opera, Pacific Northwest Ballet Orchestra, & beyond.
Free (Free)
Ear Taxi Festival Mainstage Concerts: Tri-Again
Saturday, October 2, 2032 @ 1:00pm – 1:45pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
The musicians of Tri-Again – Laura Adkins (oboe, etc.), Jonathan Hannau (piano, etc.), & Riley Leitch (trombone, etc.) – present their collaborative composition Combinatorial Optimization.
Free (Free)
Ear Taxi Festival Mainstage Concerts: Gaudete Brass
Saturday, October 2, 2032 @ 2:00pm – 2:45pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Who are the composers in your neighborhood? Gaudete Brass takes a trip around Chicago as they perform 7 world premieres by 7 Chicago composers.
Free (Free)
Ear Taxi Festival Mainstage Concerts: Avondale Trio
Saturday, October 2, 2032 @ 2:15pm – 3:00pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Ralph Shapey – Piano Trio No. 1
Timothy Edwards – The Conjecture
Ilya Levinson – "II. Brunches" from The Polyphony of Trees
Timothy Edwards – The Conjecture
Ilya Levinson – "II. Brunches" from The Polyphony of Trees
Free (Free)
Ball State Faculty Artist Series: Mihoko Watanabe, Zoran Jakovcic, & Cara Chowning
Saturday, October 2, 2032 @ 2:30pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Recital featuring Ball State University faculty Mihoko Watanabe, flute; Zoran Jakovcic, viola; & Cara Chowning, piano.
Free (Free)
Ear Taxi Festival Mainstage Concerts: Zachary Good & Tonia Ko
Saturday, October 2, 2032 @ 4:00pm – 4:45pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Tonia Ko (bubble wrap) & Zachary Good (clarinets & recorders) present the world premiere of their composition Up High, an Ear Taxi Festival Commission.
Free (Free)
The Sound Ensemble: EXTRACTION – Art on the Edge of the Abyss
Saturday, October 2, 2032 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Trinity Church Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
Žibuoklė Martinaitytė – Solastalgia (US premiere)
Henning Kraggerud – ROMANTARCTICA
Jerry Mader – Pietà: Lament at the Edge of the Abyss (world premiere)
Henning Kraggerud – ROMANTARCTICA
Jerry Mader – Pietà: Lament at the Edge of the Abyss (world premiere)
$20 (students/seniors "pay-what-you-can", ages 12 & under free)
Oregon Symphony: The Season Premiere – David Danzmayr Conducts Mahler’s Second Symphony
Saturday, October 2, 2032 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, Portland, OR, United States
Kenji Bunch – Time In (world premiere)
Gabriela Lena Frank – Elegía Andina
Gustav Mahler – Symphony No. 2, “Resurrection”
Gabriela Lena Frank – Elegía Andina
Gustav Mahler – Symphony No. 2, “Resurrection”
$25-$79
Ear Taxi Festival Mainstage Concerts: City Beautiful, featuring Marianne Parker, Michael Hall, & Megan Ihnen
Sunday, October 3, 2032 @ 9:00am – 9:45am (PDT)
Online and in-person
Pierce Gradone – Power Ballade
Steven Snowden – Twenty-Five Million Candles
Dennis Tobenski – Good Bones
Francine Trester – The Daniel Burnham Suite (world premiere)
Regina Harris Baiocchi – Landscapes
Steven Snowden – Twenty-Five Million Candles
Dennis Tobenski – Good Bones
Francine Trester – The Daniel Burnham Suite (world premiere)
Regina Harris Baiocchi – Landscapes
Free (Free)
Ear Taxi Festival Mainstage Concerts: Daniel Quinn & Janna Williamson // Daniel Pesca & Hanna Hurwitz
Sunday, October 3, 2032 @ 9:45am – 10:30am (PDT)
Online and in-person
Shawn Okpebholo – Excursions for trombone & piano
Daniel Pesca – Taking a Line for a Walk for violin & piano (world premiere)
Daniel Pesca – Taking a Line for a Walk for violin & piano (world premiere)
Free (Free)
Ear Taxi Festival Mainstage Concerts: a•pe•ri•od•ic
Sunday, October 3, 2032 @ 11:00am – 11:45am (PDT)
Online and in-person
Carol Genetti – Trace3
Benjamin Patterson – Pond
Emmanuelle Waeckerlé – O(hhh)
Nomi Epstein – communications (3): language
Benjamin Patterson – Pond
Emmanuelle Waeckerlé – O(hhh)
Nomi Epstein – communications (3): language
Free (Free)
C4: Joy
Sunday, October 3, 2032 @ 11:30am – 12:30pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Works by Julius Eastman, Bernard Rands, Martha Sullivan, & more, plus a world premiere from Leah Ofman, in this performance from Saint John's In the Village in NYC.
Online ticket price TBD | $12 in-person
Ear Taxi Festival Mainstage Concerts: The Dream Songs Project & Ted Moore
Sunday, October 3, 2032 @ 11:45am – 12:30pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
The Dream Songs Project (Alyssa Anderson, mezzo-soprano, & Joseph Spoelstra, guitars) perform Ted Moore's 2015 composition FEATHERMUCKER, with Moore on electronics.
Free (Free)
Ball State Faculty Artist Series: Ray Kilburn, piano
Sunday, October 3, 2032 @ 12:00pm – 1:30pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Recital featuring pianist Ray Kilburn, associate professor of music at Ball State University.
Free (Free)
Ear Taxi Festival Mainstage Concerts: Fire Thief
Sunday, October 3, 2032 @ 1:00pm – 1:45pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Genre-bending band/chamber ensemble Fire Thief performs songs by Devin Clara Fanslow, with Fanslow on mandolin/trumpet/vocals.
Free (Free)
Ear Taxi Festival Mainstage Concerts: CHAI Collaborative Ensemble
Sunday, October 3, 2032 @ 1:45pm – 2:30pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Eric Malmquist – Sonata for Cello & Piano
Stacy Garrop – My Dearest Ruth
George Flynn – Selected songs from Chicago Poets Sing!
Shulamit Ran – Birkat Haderekh – Blessing for the Road
Stacy Garrop – My Dearest Ruth
George Flynn – Selected songs from Chicago Poets Sing!
Shulamit Ran – Birkat Haderekh – Blessing for the Road
Free (Free)
Oregon Symphony: The Season Premiere – David Danzmayr Conducts Mahler’s Second Symphony
Sunday, October 3, 2032 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, Portland, OR, United States
Kenji Bunch – Time In (world premiere)
Gabriela Lena Frank – Elegía Andina
Gustav Mahler – Symphony No. 2, “Resurrection”
Gabriela Lena Frank – Elegía Andina
Gustav Mahler – Symphony No. 2, “Resurrection”
$25-$79
Philharmonia Northwest: Prismatic Colors with Amber Archibald
Sunday, October 3, 2032 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Town Hall Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
Online and in-person
Gabriela Lena Frank – Five Scenes
Carl Stamitz – Viola Concerto in D major, Op. 1
Edward Elgar – Serenade for Strings in E minor, Op. 20
Béla Bartók – Romanian Folk Dances, Sz. 68, BB 76
Carl Stamitz – Viola Concerto in D major, Op. 1
Edward Elgar – Serenade for Strings in E minor, Op. 20
Béla Bartók – Romanian Folk Dances, Sz. 68, BB 76
$15 online; in-person ticket price TBD
Auburn Symphony: A Triumphant Return
Sunday, October 3, 2032 @ 2:30pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Federal Way Performing Arts and Event Center, Federal Way, WA, United States
Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges – Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 11, No. 2
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major, K. 467
Felix Mendelssohn – Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 11
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major, K. 467
Felix Mendelssohn – Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 11
$40 ($32 seniors, $12 students)
Ear Taxi Festival Mainstage Concerts: D-Composed
Sunday, October 3, 2032 @ 3:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Performance by D-Composed, a Chicago-based chamber ensemble that honors Black creativity & culture through the music of Black composers. Program TBA.
Free (Free)