Latinx / Latin-American composers – Past Concerts
Bellingham Symphony Orchestra: The BSO is Bach
Saturday, November 20, 2021 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Mount Baker Theatre, Bellingham, WA, United States
An evening of Baroque & Baroque-inspired concertos. Soloists include: oboist Alex Klein; Director Yaniv Attar & Michael Partington on guitar; & BSO's 4 principal violinists.
$15-$49
Classical Uncorked: Rum & Rebellion (Whidbey Island)
Saturday, November 20, 2021 @ 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
Seattle Modern Orchestra: Concert 1 – Dissociation
Friday, November 19, 2021 @ 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)
Center for New Music: Piano Recital with Tin Yi Chelsea Wong
Saturday, November 13, 2021 @ 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)
DXARTS Fall Concert: Real & Imagined Soundworlds – with Guest Artist Jeff Rice
Tuesday, November 9, 2021 @ 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
Pianist Geisa Dutra – West Seattle [North Admiral District] Groupmuse
Sunday, November 7, 2021 @ 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
Ensemble Dal Niente: Guest Artist Recital at University of Iowa
Monday, November 1, 2021 @ 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
Talea Ensemble at Peabody Institute
Thursday, October 28, 2021 @ 4:30pm – 6:30pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Featuring new works from Felipe Lara, Oscar Bettison, & Peabody Institute composition graduate students.
Free
Port Townsend Symphony: PNW Premiere by Blauth
Sunday, October 24, 2021 @ 2:00pm – 3:00pm (PDT)
Port Townsend American Legion Post #26, Port Townsend, WA, United States
Brenno Blauth – Concertino for oboe & strings (PNW premiere)
Alan Hovhaness – Psalm & Fugue, Op. 40a
Leoš Janáček – Suite for Strings
Alan Hovhaness – Psalm & Fugue, Op. 40a
Leoš Janáček – Suite for Strings
Free (Free (reservations encouraged))
Pianist Geísa Dutra – Album Release Concert
Friday, October 22, 2021 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Music Center of the Northwest, Seattle, WA, United States
Pianist Geísa Dutra performs Brazilian compositions from her new recording, Gingando – 23 Short Pieces from Brazil, along with works by Johannes Brahms, Domenico Scarlatti, Astor Piazzolla, & more.
$20
Seattle Classic Guitar Society: Michael Partington Live Concert
Saturday, October 16, 2021 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Online and in-person
Classical guitarist Michael Partington, "one of the most engaging of the new generation of concert players", performs by Manuel Ponce, Bryan Johanson, Domenico Scarlatti, Johann Kaspar Mertz, & Julián Arcas.
$35 ($30 senior/youth)
Meany Center: Conrad Tao
Wednesday, October 13, 2021 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
Pianist Conrad Tao leads a journey through the sonic worlds of compositional voices from the past & the immediate present – including a newly commissioned piece from Tao himself.
$65 (subscriptions available)
UBC Bands – Joy (revisited)!
Friday, October 8, 2021 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Frank Ticheli – Joy Revisited
Kathryn Salfelder – Reminiscence
Howard Hanson – Chorale & Alleluia
Dmitri Shostakovich, arr. Donald Hunsberger – Festive Overture, Op. 96
Frank Ticheli – Sanctuary
Arturo Márquez, arr. Oliver Nickel – Danzón No. 2
Kathryn Salfelder – Reminiscence
Howard Hanson – Chorale & Alleluia
Dmitri Shostakovich, arr. Donald Hunsberger – Festive Overture, Op. 96
Frank Ticheli – Sanctuary
Arturo Márquez, arr. Oliver Nickel – Danzón No. 2
Free (Online: free | In-person: $0-$9.49)
Groupmuse: Mirta Wymerszberg Capitol Hill House Concert
Friday, October 8, 2021 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Private Home in Capitol Hill, Seattle, WA, United States
Johann Sebastian Bach – Invention in E minor, BWV 778 (performed on flute & violin)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Flute Duet No. 4 in F major, Op. 75, K. 157 (performed on flute & violin)
Suite of tangos TBA
Gustavo Leguizamón – Zamba del Laurel
Mirta Wymerszberg – Candombe
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Flute Duet No. 4 in F major, Op. 75, K. 157 (performed on flute & violin)
Suite of tangos TBA
Gustavo Leguizamón – Zamba del Laurel
Mirta Wymerszberg – Candombe
$10+ donation, RSVP required
MEXAM NW Festival: Conciertos de Música de Cámara Clásica y Latinoamericana
Wednesday, October 6, 2021 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Online and in-person
Chamber music from Mexico in celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, with members of the Ballard Civic Orchestra, the Powers-de la Torre piano duo, & other special guests.
Free (Free (registration required to attend in person))
IU Concert Band & Symphonic Band
Indiana University Concert Band,
Indiana University – Jacobs School of Music, and
Indiana University Symphonic Band
Tuesday, October 5, 2021 @ 6:00pm – 8:00pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Joseph Turrin – Scarecrow Overture
David Biedenbender – Unquiet Hours
Vincent Persichetti – Divertimento, Op. 42
David Gillingham – New Century Dawn
Paul Creston – Celebration Overture, Op. 61
Ricardo Lorenz – Caminantes
Jennifer Higdon – Fanfare Ritmico
Alex Tedrow – Terrain Unknown
David Biedenbender – Unquiet Hours
Vincent Persichetti – Divertimento, Op. 42
David Gillingham – New Century Dawn
Paul Creston – Celebration Overture, Op. 61
Ricardo Lorenz – Caminantes
Jennifer Higdon – Fanfare Ritmico
Alex Tedrow – Terrain Unknown
Free
Oregon Symphony: The Season Premiere – David Danzmayr Conducts Mahler’s Second Symphony
Monday, October 4, 2021 @ 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
Philharmonia Northwest: Prismatic Colors with Amber Archibald
Sunday, October 3, 2021 @ 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
Oregon Symphony: The Season Premiere – David Danzmayr Conducts Mahler’s Second Symphony
Sunday, October 3, 2021 @ 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
Oregon Symphony: The Season Premiere – David Danzmayr Conducts Mahler’s Second Symphony
Saturday, October 2, 2021 @ 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