Black composers – Upcoming Concerts
Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival: Welcome Back!
Saturday, August 7, 2032 @ 5:30pm – 7:30pm (PDT)
Orcas Center, Eastsound, WA, United States
Online and in-person
Johann Sebastian Bach – Keyboard Concerto in D minor, BWV 1052
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, arr. Lachezar Kostov – Ballade in C minor, Op. 73
Robert Schumann – Piano Quartet in E-flat major, Op. 47
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, arr. Lachezar Kostov – Ballade in C minor, Op. 73
Robert Schumann – Piano Quartet in E-flat major, Op. 47
Free (Free ($10-$40 in-person))
CMNW Summer Festival AT-HOME: Festival Finale – A Journey Into the Light (on-demand until 8/31/2021)
Saturday, August 7, 2032 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Kaul Auditorium at Reed College, Portland, OR, United States
Olivier Messiaen – "V. Praise to the Eternity of Jesus” from Quatuor pour la fin du temps ("Quartet for the End of Time")
Davóne Tines – Excerpts from Recital No. 1: MASS
Franz Schubert – String Quintet in C major, D. 956, Op. posth. 163 "Cello Quintet"
Davóne Tines – Excerpts from Recital No. 1: MASS
Franz Schubert – String Quintet in C major, D. 956, Op. posth. 163 "Cello Quintet"
$20 ($150 AT-HOME Summer Festival Pass)
New Music Gathering 2021: Sidney San Martin, Verdant Vibes, Kyle Hutchins, Zack Baltich & Ilan Blanck
Thursday, August 12, 2032 @ 11:00am – 12:30pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Sidney San Martin – Donate a Note
Kirsten Volness – The Pathless Woods
The Honourable Elizabeth A. Baker – ICD-10CM R55
Zack Baltich & Ilan Blanck – Giving
Kirsten Volness – The Pathless Woods
The Honourable Elizabeth A. Baker – ICD-10CM R55
Zack Baltich & Ilan Blanck – Giving
Free (Free (registration required))
New Music Gathering 2021: Morgan Schoonover, Clara (Da) Yang, & Rachel Mangold; Gregory Oakes; Dameun Strange
Friday, August 13, 2032 @ 6:00pm – 8:00pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Morgan Schoonover, Clara (Da) Yang, & Rachel Mangold – grief. acceptance. resistance. money?
Jessie Cox – Light-Dots on a Deep-Space-Image for Quarter Tone Clarinet
Dameun Strange – Our Boat: Notes on Senegal
Jessie Cox – Light-Dots on a Deep-Space-Image for Quarter Tone Clarinet
Dameun Strange – Our Boat: Notes on Senegal
Free (Free (registration required))
Key to Change: Summer Finale Concert
Saturday, August 14, 2032 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Renton IKEA Performing Arts Center, Renton, WA, United States
Key to Change's first in-person concert in almost 2 years features the music of composer-in-residence Caleb Vaughn-Jones.
Free (Free (RSVP required))
Grand Teton Music Festival: Festival Orchestra – Bronfman Plays Beethoven
Saturday, August 14, 2032 @ 5:00pm – 6:00pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Richard Strauss – Don Juan, Op. 20
Jessie Montgomery – Five Freedom Songs
Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37
Jessie Montgomery – Five Freedom Songs
Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37
Free (Free (in-person tickets are SOLD OUT))
Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival: A Montrose Foray
Friday, August 20, 2032 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Orcas Center, Eastsound, WA, United States
Fanny Mendelssohn – "I. Allegro molto vivace" from Piano Trio in D minor, Op. 11
David Baker – "IV. Boogie Woogie" from Roots II
Rebecca Clarke – "II. Andante molto semplice" from Piano Trio
Mieczysław Weinberg – "II. Toccata" from Piano Trio in A minor, Op. 24
Gabriel Fauré – Piano Quartet No. 1 in C minor, Op. 15
David Baker – "IV. Boogie Woogie" from Roots II
Rebecca Clarke – "II. Andante molto semplice" from Piano Trio
Mieczysław Weinberg – "II. Toccata" from Piano Trio in A minor, Op. 24
Gabriel Fauré – Piano Quartet No. 1 in C minor, Op. 15
Free ($40 ($10 ages 6-18))
Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival: A Montrose Foray
Saturday, August 21, 2032 @ 5:30pm – 7:30pm (PDT)
Orcas Center, Eastsound, WA, United States
Online and in-person
Fanny Mendelssohn – "I. Allegro molto vivace" from Piano Trio in D minor, Op. 11
David Baker – "IV. Boogie Woogie" from Roots II
Rebecca Clarke – "II. Andante molto semplice" from Piano Trio
Mieczysław Weinberg – "II. Toccata" from Piano Trio in A minor, Op. 24
Gabriel Fauré – Piano Quartet No. 1 in C minor, Op. 15
David Baker – "IV. Boogie Woogie" from Roots II
Rebecca Clarke – "II. Andante molto semplice" from Piano Trio
Mieczysław Weinberg – "II. Toccata" from Piano Trio in A minor, Op. 24
Gabriel Fauré – Piano Quartet No. 1 in C minor, Op. 15
Free (Free ($10-$40 in-person))
Seattle Chamber Music Society: Music Under the Stars Film Screening
Friday, September 3, 2032 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Freeway Park, Seattle, WA, United States
Outdoor concert film screening of selections from Seattle Chamber Music Society's 2021 Online Summer Festival. Works by Johannes Brahms, Florence Price, & Franz Schubert. Includes movie snacks & door prizes!
Free (Free)
Archipelago Collective Summer Festival 2021: Chamber Music 1
Friday, September 10, 2032 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Brickworks, Friday Harbor, WA, United States
Jessie Montgomery – Strum
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Piano Quartet in E-flat major, K. 493
Johann Sebastian Bach – Keyboard Concerto No. 1 in D minor, BWV 1052
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Piano Quartet in E-flat major, K. 493
Johann Sebastian Bach – Keyboard Concerto No. 1 in D minor, BWV 1052
$25 ($90 weekend pass)
Bryant Park Picnic Performances & National Sawdust: Allison Loggins-Hull's Diametrically Composed
Friday, September 17, 2032 @ 4:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Collection of newly commissioned works featuring flute, voice, & piano – produced by flutist/composer Allison Loggins-Hull – that explore the duality of being a mother & an artist.
Free
Seattle Symphony: Free Opening Weekend Concert
Sunday, September 19, 2032 @ 12:30pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Celebration including the unveiling of a commissioned work of Indigenous art, a cross-cultural musical performance, & a mainstage performance by the SSO at 2pm.
Free (Free (reservation required))
Roulette: JUNI ONE SET – Boy mother / faceless bloom [in process]
Wednesday, September 22, 2032 @ 5:00pm – 7:00pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
JUNI ONE SET (Eddy Kwon, Senga Nengudi, Haruko Crow Nishimura, & Joshua Kohl) presents this in-progress collaborative work combining ritual, dance, music, poetry, video, & sculptural installation.
Free (Free (in-person ticket price TBD))
Jacobsen Series: When the Violin Sings
Friday, September 24, 2032 @ 7:30pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
Schneebeck Concert Hall at the University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA, United States
Reena Esmail – When the Violin
Trevor Weston – Juba for Strings
William Grant Still – Suite for violin & piano
George Enescu – Violin Sonata No. 3, Op. 25
Trevor Weston – Juba for Strings
William Grant Still – Suite for violin & piano
George Enescu – Violin Sonata No. 3, Op. 25
$20 ($15 senior/military/UPS, students free)
Early Music Vancouver: Mandinka Pilgrimage feat. Constantinople & Ablaye Cissoko, kora
Friday, September 24, 2032 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Explore the epics of the Mandinka Kingdom with kora master Ablaye Cissoko & Montreal’s Ensemble Constantinople, in this concert that seeks to blend the sounds of West Africa & Persia.
Free ($17.52-$19.95 online / $33.48-$35.88 in person)
Tamara Zenobia: Galactic Pyramid Transmissions
Friday, September 24, 2032 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Using her voice, singing bowls, pan drum, & other world instruments, Tamara Zenobia shares stories & "galactic messages from within her self-built pyramid" in this special performance.
$20 in advance
ROCO In Concert: Bursting at the Seams
Saturday, September 25, 2032 @ 3:00pm – 4:30pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Michael Abels – Delights & Dances
Domenico Cimarosa – Overture to Il maestro di cappella
Maxime Goulet – "I. Turmoil " from Ice Storm Symphony (world premiere)
Marcus Maroney – OK, Goodbye. for Flute, Viola d’Amore, & Chamber Orchestra (world premiere)
Domenico Cimarosa – Overture to Il maestro di cappella
Maxime Goulet – "I. Turmoil " from Ice Storm Symphony (world premiere)
Marcus Maroney – OK, Goodbye. for Flute, Viola d’Amore, & Chamber Orchestra (world premiere)
Free (Free to watch online; In-person tickets are Pay What You Wish)
Bellingham Symphony Orchestra: Soaring Notes
Saturday, September 25, 2032 @ 7:30pm – 7:30pm (PDT)
Mount Baker Theatre, Bellingham, WA, United States
New concertmaster Dawn Posey is featured on Ralph Vaughan Williams' The Lark Ascending in this program book-ended by 2 Classical greats: Joseph Bologne's Symphony No. 2 & W.A. Mozart's Symphony No. 29.
$15-$49
SFCM Orchestra Conducted by Edwin Outwater featuring PaviElle French
Saturday, September 25, 2032 @ 7:30pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Sarah Kirkland Snider – Something for the Dark
PaviElle French – Requiem for Zula
Samuel Barber – Essay for Orchestra No. 1, Op. 12
Aaron Copland – Appalachian Spring Suite
PaviElle French – Requiem for Zula
Samuel Barber – Essay for Orchestra No. 1, Op. 12
Aaron Copland – Appalachian Spring Suite
Free (Free (registration required for in-person attendance))
Bellingham Symphony Orchestra: Soaring Notes
Sunday, September 26, 2032 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
Mount Baker Theatre, Bellingham, WA, United States
New concertmaster Dawn Posey is featured on Ralph Vaughan Williams' The Lark Ascending in this program book-ended by 2 Classical greats: Joseph Bologne's Symphony No. 2 & W.A. Mozart's Symphony No. 29.
$15-$49