Black composers – Past Concerts
Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival: A Montrose Foray
Friday, August 20, 2021 @ 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))
Grand Teton Music Festival: Festival Orchestra – Bronfman Plays Beethoven
Saturday, August 14, 2021 @ 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))
Key to Change: Summer Finale Concert
Saturday, August 14, 2021 @ 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))
New Music Gathering 2021: Morgan Schoonover, Clara (Da) Yang, & Rachel Mangold; Gregory Oakes; Dameun Strange
Friday, August 13, 2021 @ 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))
New Music Gathering 2021: Sidney San Martin, Verdant Vibes, Kyle Hutchins, Zack Baltich & Ilan Blanck
Thursday, August 12, 2021 @ 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))
CMNW Summer Festival AT-HOME: Festival Finale – A Journey Into the Light (on-demand until 8/31/2021)
Saturday, August 7, 2021 @ 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)
Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival: Welcome Back!
Saturday, August 7, 2021 @ 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))
Whidbey's Saratoga Orchestra & PNW Conducting Institute Concert
Saturday, August 7, 2021 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Whidbey Island Center for the Arts, Langley, WA, United States
Whidbey's Saratoga Orchestra plays host to orchestra conductors from around the globe in this final concert of the PNW Conducting Institute. Works by Antonín Dvořák, Grażyna Bacewicz, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, & Hanna Benn.
$25
Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival: Welcome Back!
Friday, August 6, 2021 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Orcas Center, Eastsound, WA, United States
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
$40 ($10 ages 6-18)
Seattle Chamber Music Society: Price, Brahms
Sunday, August 1, 2021 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Florence Price – String Quartet in G major
Johannes Brahms – Piano Quartet in C minor, Op. 60
Johannes Brahms – Piano Quartet in C minor, Op. 60
$75
CMNW Summer Festival: Festival Finale – A Journey Into the Light
Sunday, July 25, 2021 @ 4:00pm – 6:00pm (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"
$47.50 ($62.50 summer single tickets; $20 ages 30 & under)
CMNW Summer Festival: Festival Finale – A Journey Into the Light
Saturday, July 24, 2021 @ 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"
$150 ($325 Festival Pass)
Icicle Creek Chamber Music Festival: Concert 10
Saturday, July 24, 2021 @ 7:00pm – 8:00pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson – Lament for viola & piano
Max Bruch – Selections from 8 Pieces for Clarinet Viola & Piano, Op. 83
Béla Bartók – Sonata for Two Pianos & Percussion, Sz. 110, BB 115
Max Bruch – Selections from 8 Pieces for Clarinet Viola & Piano, Op. 83
Béla Bartók – Sonata for Two Pianos & Percussion, Sz. 110, BB 115
$10-$20 ($10-$25 in-person)
Icicle Creek Chamber Music Festival: Concert 9
Friday, July 23, 2021 @ 7:00pm – 8:00pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Trio in E-flat major, K. 498 "Kegelstatt Trio"
Todd Cochran – Soul-Bird for clarinet & piano
Steve Reich – Quartet for Two Pianos & Two Vibraphones
Todd Cochran – Soul-Bird for clarinet & piano
Steve Reich – Quartet for Two Pianos & Two Vibraphones
$10-$20 ($10-$25 in-person)
Bravo! Vail Music Festival: New York Philharmonic & Jaap van Zweden
Friday, July 23, 2021 @ 5:00pm – 6:30pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Carlos Simon – Fate Now Conquers
Franz Joseph Haydn – Cello Concerto No. 1 in C major, Hob. VIIb/1
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – Souvenir de Florence, Op. 70
Franz Joseph Haydn – Cello Concerto No. 1 in C major, Hob. VIIb/1
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – Souvenir de Florence, Op. 70
$15 ($29-$132 in-person)
Second City Chamber Series: How Suite It Is
Thursday, July 22, 2021 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Lakewold Gardens, Lakewood, WA, United States
Pianist Lisa Bergman & violinist Svend Rønning re-inaugurate Lakewold Gardens as SCCS's summer home in a concert of sweet suites by Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Dawn Sonntag, William Grant Still, & Igor Stravinsky.
$50
Festival Napa Valley: The Four Seasons of Napa Valley
Tuesday, July 20, 2021 @ 6:30pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Grammy-nominated cellist Matt Haimovitz premieres 3 solo works; violinist Chad Hoopes performs all 4 concertos of Antonio Vivaldi's Four Seasons with Festival Orchestra Napa.
Free (Free ($15 in-person))
(RE)CONNECTION – Gretchen Yanover, cello & Sophie Lippert, piano
Sunday, July 18, 2021 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Classical piano works, original electric cello compositions, jazz standards, & a few tantalizing surprises.
$11-99
Festival Napa Valley: Saturday at the Symphony
Saturday, July 17, 2021 @ 6:00pm – 8:00pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Program includes the West Coast premiere of Nia Imani Franklin's Chrysalis Extended and Emporium for solo piano and orchestra by Aldo López Gavilán, with the composer as soloist.
Free (Free (in-person ticket price TBD))
Old First Concerts: Pianist Sarah Cahill
Friday, July 16, 2021 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Sarah Cahill returns to Old First Concerts to perform rarely-heard works by Anna Bon, Leokadiya Kashperova, Frangiz Ali-Zadeh, Zenobia Powell Perry, Agi Jambor, Madeleine Dring, & Hannah Kendall.
Free (Free ($25 in-person))