Black composers – Upcoming Concerts
Sempre Chamber Music: An Evening of Clarinet Quintets
Sunday, September 26, 2032 @ 6:00pm – 8:00pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor – Clarinet Quintet in F-sharp minor, Op. 10
Johannes Brahms – Clarinet Quintet in B minor, Op. 115
Johannes Brahms – Clarinet Quintet in B minor, Op. 115
Free (Pay what you can ($15-$180 in-person))
Roulette: Nick Dunston – 'La Operación: Reverberated'
Tuesday, September 28, 2032 @ 5:00pm – 7:00pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Nick Dunston presents La Operación: Reverberated, an "alternate reality-based inversion" of his 2019 work La Operación. Featuring Stephanie Lamprea (voice), Joy Guidry (bassoon), Anna Webber (tenor saxophone), & more.
Free (Free ($20-$25 in person))
Ear Taxi Festival Mainstage Concerts: Clare Longendyke, piano
Thursday, September 30, 2032 @ 10:45am – 11:15pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Florence Price – Fantasie nègre No. 4 in B minor
Alison Yun-Fei Jiang – Isles
Shawn Okpebholo – mi sueño: afro-flamenco
Augusta Read Thomas – Love Twitters
Alison Yun-Fei Jiang – Isles
Shawn Okpebholo – mi sueño: afro-flamenco
Augusta Read Thomas – Love Twitters
Free (Free)
Ear Taxi Festival Mainstage Concerts: Lisa Goethe-McGinn, flutes
Thursday, September 30, 2032 @ 12:30pm – 1:15pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Kyong Mee Choi – Slight Uncertainty is Very Attractive
Lisa Goethe-McGinn – To Each Her Own…
Regina Harris Baiocchi – Autumn Night
Janice Misurell-Mitchell – Sometimes the City is Silent
Augusta Read Thomas – Angel Shadows
Lisa Goethe-McGinn – To Each Her Own…
Regina Harris Baiocchi – Autumn Night
Janice Misurell-Mitchell – Sometimes the City is Silent
Augusta Read Thomas – Angel Shadows
Free (Free)
Ear Taxi Festival Mainstage Concerts: Michael Hall, Michael Delfin, & Megan Ihnen Trio
Thursday, September 30, 2032 @ 6:00pm – 6:45pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Stacy Garrop – Krakatoa
Eric Malmquist – Song of the Rattling Pipes
Evan Williams – The Devil in The Belfry
Osnat Netzer – Contrapose
Eric Malmquist – Song of the Rattling Pipes
Evan Williams – The Devil in The Belfry
Osnat Netzer – Contrapose
Free (Free)
Ear Taxi Festival Mainstage Concerts: DePaul Wind Ensemble | Erica Neidlinger, conductor
Friday, October 1, 2032 @ 1:00pm – 1:15pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
The DePaul Wind Ensemble presents the US premiere of George Lewis' Big Shoulders, Sharp Elbows.
Free (Free)
Ear Taxi Festival Mainstage Concerts: Nick Photinos, cello
Friday, October 1, 2032 @ 1:15pm – 2:00pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Nathalie Joachim – Dam Mwen Yo
Kyong Mee Choi – Inner Space
Nick Photinos – Untitled
Ted Hearne – DaVZ23BZMH0
Susanna Hancock – EVERYTHING IN BLOOM
Kyong Mee Choi – Inner Space
Nick Photinos – Untitled
Ted Hearne – DaVZ23BZMH0
Susanna Hancock – EVERYTHING IN BLOOM
Free (Free)
Ear Taxi Festival Mainstage Concerts: Chicago Wind Project
Friday, October 1, 2032 @ 2:15pm – 3:00pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Aaron Holloway-Nahum – Ezra's Nursery
Pierce Gradone – Signs and Wonders
Tania León – De Memorias
Pierce Gradone – Signs and Wonders
Tania León – De Memorias
Free (Free)
Ear Taxi Festival Mainstage Concerts: Zafa Collective
Friday, October 1, 2032 @ 3:30pm – 4:15pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Liza Sobel – Five Scenes for String Quartet
Eliza Brown – Figure to Ground
Maria Kaoutzani – jaune doré
George Lewis – Signifying Riffs: Unison for string quartet & percussion
Eliza Brown – Figure to Ground
Maria Kaoutzani – jaune doré
George Lewis – Signifying Riffs: Unison for string quartet & percussion
Free (Free)
Ear Taxi Festival Mainstage Concerts: F-PLUS
Friday, October 1, 2032 @ 4:15pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Jessie Montgomery – Trio for Clarinet, Violin, & Percussion (world premiere)
Liza Sobel – Trio for Clarinet, Violin, & Percussion
James Budinich – Fractured Matter
Liza Sobel – Trio for Clarinet, Violin, & Percussion
James Budinich – Fractured Matter
Free (Free)
Ear Taxi Festival Mainstage Concerts: DePaul Ensemble 20+, with members of Ensemble Dal Niente
Friday, October 1, 2032 @ 5:15pm – 6:00pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
George Lewis – Connectome (US premiere)
Thurman Barker – Pandemic Fever (world premiere)
Renée Baker – WUNDERKAMMER 3097: BLACKed IMAGINATION
Thurman Barker – Pandemic Fever (world premiere)
Renée Baker – WUNDERKAMMER 3097: BLACKed IMAGINATION
Free (Free)
Ear Taxi Festival Mainstage Concerts: Jennie Oh Brown, flute
Friday, October 1, 2032 @ 5:30pm – 5:45pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Jennie Oh Brown performs George Lewis 2014 work, Emergent, for flute & electronics.
Free (Free)
Wayward Music Series: Puget Sounds Wind Quintet
Friday, October 1, 2032 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Eric Ewazen – Roaring Fork
Frank Ticheli – In C Dorian
Don Bowyer – 5-4-3 Miniatures
Valerie Coleman – Umoja
David P. Jones – New work TBA (world premiere)
Frank Ticheli – In C Dorian
Don Bowyer – 5-4-3 Miniatures
Valerie Coleman – Umoja
David P. Jones – New work TBA (world premiere)
Free
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: 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: 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)
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
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)