Black composers – Past Concerts
Seattle Collaborative Orchestra: The Year of Re(new)al
Tuesday, November 9, 2021 @ 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)
Seattle Festival Orchestra: Masters of Innovation
Sunday, November 7, 2021 @ 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)
Town Hall Seattle: Gretchen Yanover Scratch Night – Past & present work on cello
Saturday, November 6, 2021 @ 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, 2021 @ 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)
UW Symphony with Rachel Lee Priday & Quinton Morris, violins
Friday, November 5, 2021 @ 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
Bellingham Music Club Night Beat goes to England with violinist Grant Donnellan
Friday, November 5, 2021 @ 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)
92Y Presents: Aizuri Quartet plays Beethoven, Eleanor Alberga, & Barbara Strozzi
Aizuri Quartet and
92Y
Wednesday, November 3, 2021 @ 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
Bellingham Music Club goes to England with violinist Grant Donnellan
Wednesday, November 3, 2021 @ 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)
Brass Band Northwest: Heroes & Superheroes
Sunday, October 31, 2021 @ 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))
Sarah Cahill: The Future is Female, performed at Mills College
Saturday, October 30, 2021 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Pianist Sarah Cahill performs selections from her project "The Future is Female". Presented by the Mills College Music Department, this program features works by composers who have been students or teachers at Mills College.
Free (Online: Free | In person: $0-$15)
92Y: Seth Parker Woods, cello & Andrew Rosenblum, piano, play Mendelssohn, Schumann, & more
Saturday, October 30, 2021 @ 5:00pm – 6:30pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Felix Mendelssohn – Cello Sonata No. 2 in D major, Op. 58
George Walker – Cello Sonata
Robert Schumann – Drei Fantasiestücke, Op. 73
Florence Price – Short works TBA
Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson – Short works TBA
George Walker – Cello Sonata
Robert Schumann – Drei Fantasiestücke, Op. 73
Florence Price – Short works TBA
Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson – Short works TBA
Online: $20 | In-person: $20-$45
Stephanie Ann Ball with Jessica Evotia Hall – Luminous: Tales of Transformation & Triumph
Saturday, October 23, 2021 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Resonance at SOMA Towers, Bellevue, WA, United States
Online and in-person
Stephanie Ann Ball, soprano & Jessica Evotia Andrews-Hall, piano present a collection of art songs by Black composers set to lyrics by Black writers & texts of prolific Black wordsmiths.
Online: $30 | In person: $50
Symphony Tacoma: Classics I
Saturday, October 23, 2021 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Pantages Theater, Tacoma, WA, United States
Patrice Rushen – Color Express
Dmitri Shostakovich – Piano Concerto No. 2 in F major, Op. 102
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – Symphony No. 6 in B minor Op. 74 "Pathétique"
Dmitri Shostakovich – Piano Concerto No. 2 in F major, Op. 102
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – Symphony No. 6 in B minor Op. 74 "Pathétique"
$24-$83
'Fire Shut Up in My Bones' – The Met: Live in HD Screening
Saturday, October 23, 2021 @ 9:55am – 1:10pm (PDT)
Icicle Creek Center for the Arts – Snowy Owl Theater, Leavenworth, WA, United States
In-person screening of Met Opera's production of Fire Shut Up in My Bones, Terence Blanchard’s new adaptation of Charles M. Blow’s moving memoir.
$22 ($12 student, $5 ages 12 & under)
92Y Presents: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra & Richard Goode play Mozart
Tuesday, October 19, 2021 @ 4:30pm – 6:00pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges – Overture to L'Amant anonyme
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Piano Concerto No. 25 in C major, K. 503
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Symphony No. 36 in C major, K.425 "Linz"
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Piano Concerto No. 25 in C major, K. 503
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Symphony No. 36 in C major, K.425 "Linz"
Online: $20 | In-person: $20-$50
NOCCO: Emerge
Sunday, October 17, 2021 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Mount Baker Community Club, Seattle, WA, United States
Fred Onovwerosuoke – Fantasia on Lift Every Voice
Carl Nielsen – Flute Concerto, CNW 43
Ludwig van Beethoven – Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92
Carl Nielsen – Flute Concerto, CNW 43
Ludwig van Beethoven – Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92
$35 ($25 senior; ages 21 & under free)
NOCCO: Emerge
Saturday, October 16, 2021 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Fred Onovwerosuoke – Fantasia on Lift Every Voice
Carl Nielsen – Flute Concerto, CNW 43
Ludwig van Beethoven – Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92
Carl Nielsen – Flute Concerto, CNW 43
Ludwig van Beethoven – Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92
$35 ($25 senior; ages 21 & under free)
University of Puget Sound Symphony Orchestra: Music & the Power of Influence
Friday, October 15, 2021 @ 7:30pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
Schneebeck Concert Hall at the University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA, United States
Online and in-person
The UPS School of Music Symphony Orchestra presents works by Maria Newman, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, & Edward Elgar, conducted by Anna Edwards.
Free (Free (registration required for in-person attendance))
Music & the Power of Influence featuring Puget Sound's Symphony Orchestra
Friday, October 15, 2021 @ 7:30pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
Schneebeck Concert Hall at the University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA, United States
Online and in-person
The UPS Symphony Orchestra performs works by Maria Newman, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, & Edward Elgar, conducted by Anna Edwards.
Free (Free | In-person: pre-registration/proof of full vaccination required)
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)