BIPOC composers – Upcoming Concerts
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))
Eastman Wind Ensemble
Monday, November 1, 2032 @ 4:30pm – 6:00pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Michael Lee – Fanfare for the Unspoken Heroes of Our Times (world premiere)
Bernard Rogers – Three Japanese Dances
Jeff Tyzik – Trilogy: Variations on Themes of Howard Hanson
Sydney Hodkinson – Symphony X: Six Reflections
Bernard Rogers – Three Japanese Dances
Jeff Tyzik – Trilogy: Variations on Themes of Howard Hanson
Sydney Hodkinson – Symphony X: Six Reflections
Free
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))
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)
UW Symphony with Rachel Lee Priday & Quinton Morris, violins
Friday, November 5, 2032 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
Robert Schumann – Overture to Hermann und Dorothea, Op.136
Maurice Ravel – Introduction and Allegro for harp, flute, clarinet, & string quartet
Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges – Sinfonie Concertante in G major, Op. 13, No. 2
Maurice Ravel, arr. David Alexander Rahbee – Menuet sur le nom d'Haydn
Franz Joseph Haydn – Symphony No. 82 in C major, Hob. I:82 "L’ours" ("Bear")
Maurice Ravel – Introduction and Allegro for harp, flute, clarinet, & string quartet
Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges – Sinfonie Concertante in G major, Op. 13, No. 2
Maurice Ravel, arr. David Alexander Rahbee – Menuet sur le nom d'Haydn
Franz Joseph Haydn – Symphony No. 82 in C major, Hob. I:82 "L’ours" ("Bear")
$10
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)
Seattle Festival Orchestra: Masters of Innovation
Sunday, November 7, 2032 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PST)
Town Hall Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges – Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 11, No. 2
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K. 550
Antonín Dvořák - Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95 “From the New World”
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K. 550
Antonín Dvořák - Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95 “From the New World”
$18 ($14 senior, $5 ages 5-12, ages 5 & under free)
Pianist Geisa Dutra – West Seattle [North Admiral District] Groupmuse
Sunday, November 7, 2032 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PST)
Private home in West Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
Pianist Geisa Dutra performs a program of Frédéric Chopin, Johannes Brahms, & Alberto Nepomuceno.
$5 registration; $20 (or pay as you can) at concert
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)
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
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
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
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)
Washington Chamber Ensemble: Solace & Hope
Sunday, November 14, 2032 @ 5:00pm – 6:20pm (PST)
Federal Way Performing Arts and Event Center, Federal Way, WA, United States
Washington Chamber Ensemble, the most advanced Korean choral group in the Seattle area, presents a program including contemporary Korean Christian songs, popular Korean folk songs, & beloved 90’s K-pop.
Free (Free (call for tickets))