Percussion – Upcoming Concerts
SMCO Season Finale: Songs & Dances of Peace
Sunday, April 15, 2029 @ 2:00pm – 3:30pm (PDT)
Rainier Arts Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Golijov – Last Round
Barber – Canzonetta for Oboe and Strings
Bernstein – Halil – Nocturne for Flute and Orchestra
Tchaikovsky – Serenade for Strings
Barber – Canzonetta for Oboe and Strings
Bernstein – Halil – Nocturne for Flute and Orchestra
Tchaikovsky – Serenade for Strings
$15-$25
Symphony Tacoma: Percussion on Parade!
Sunday, April 15, 2029 @ 2:30pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Schneebeck Concert Hall at the University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA, United States
A grand showcase of the percussion family, for listeners of all ages.
$7-$13
Drone Cinema Film Festival
Saturday, April 21, 2029 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Showcasing cutting-edge minimalist works of ethereal beauty that transmute sonic drones into the visual realm.
$5-$15 donation
An American in Paris: A Benefit Concert for Jump Into Music
Sunday, April 22, 2029 @ 3:30pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
Spanaway Lutheran Church, Spanaway, WA, United States
Featuring music from French composers and works set in France .
Free
Wayward Music Series: Feldman – 'Crippled Symmetry'
Thursday, April 26, 2029 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Music representing the culminating style of Feldman's compositions, with long time frames and somewhat repetitive yet ever-changing and overlapping material for the three players in a subtle quiet dynamic.
$5-$15 donation
Wayward Music Series: Inverted Space Ensemble
Friday, April 27, 2029 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Featuring four newly-commissioned works by four eclectic composers, written for a unique ensemble of violin, viola, sax, clarinet, acoustic/electric guitar, piano, and percussion.
$5-$15 donation
DXARTS: Music of Today – 'Points vs. Fields'
Tuesday, May 1, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
A concert featuring classic and more recent works from the "live plus electronics" genre.
$15 ($10 students/seniors)
Jordi Savall and Hespèrion XXI with Carlos Núñez: Celtic Universe
Saturday, May 5, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Seattle First Baptist Church, Seattle, WA, United States
The music of an exhilarating tradition in the style of classically trained musicians with the charisma of rock stars.
$20-$50 (sold out)
Pacific Lutheran University: PLU Ringers Concert
Saturday, May 19, 2029 @ 4:30pm – 5:30pm (PDT)
Lagerquist Concert Hall at Pacific Lutheran University, Parkland, WA, United States
The PLU Ringers, a handbell ensemble, presents a variety of music selections.
Free
UW Percussion Ensemble
Friday, May 25, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Meany Studio Theater at Meany Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Bonnie Whiting leads students from the UW School of Music Percussion Studio in an end-of-the-year program of music from around the globe.
$10
Seattle Modern Orchestra at Oxbow: An interactive sound-video installation & concert
Saturday, May 26, 2029 @ 7:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Oxbow, Seattle, WA, United States
Infrared sensors, multichannel speakers, and software generate an interactive experience featuring video projections of musicians from the Seattle Modern Orchestra – and the musicians in dialogue with their own image.
$5 to $15 suggested donation
NW Folklife: Simba Youth Marimba Ensemble
Monday, May 28, 2029 @ 3:45pm – 4:15pm (PDT)
Mural Amphitheatre at the Seattle Center, Seattle, WA, United States
The Simba Youth Marimba Ensemble performs at Northwest Folklife.
Free
Seattle Pacific University: Percussion Concert
Tuesday, May 29, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
E. E. Bach Theatre, Seattle, WA, United States
The Seattle Pacific University Music Department presents a percussion concert.
Free
Wayward Music Series: Daniel Webbon
Tuesday, May 29, 2029 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
An evening of recent compositions and collaborations ranging from traditionally notated modern classical composition to freely improvised experimental music, drawing on ideas from contemporary literature and continental philosophy.
$5-$15 donation
Pacifica Chamber Orchestra Summer Concert: Prokofiev, Cowell, Favre, Panufnik
Sunday, June 3, 2029 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
Everett First Presbyterian Church, Everett, WA, United States
Prokofiev – Visions Fugitives
Cowell – Suite for Wind Quintet
Favre – Vent de Folie
Panufnik – Concertino for Timpani, Percussion, and Strings
Cowell – Suite for Wind Quintet
Favre – Vent de Folie
Panufnik – Concertino for Timpani, Percussion, and Strings
$20 ($15 senior/student)
Wayward Music Series: Ramen Trio
Thursday, June 7, 2029 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Ramen Trio plays composed and improvised music that’s informed by jazz, though not bound by it.
$5-$15 donation
Washington Wind Symphony: Winds Gone Wild
Sunday, June 17, 2029 @ 2:00pm – 3:30pm (PDT)
Redmond Performing Arts Center, Redmond, WA, United States
Jack Stamp – Gavorkna Fanfare
Johan de Meij – UFO Concerto
Clifton Williams – Symphonic Dance No. 3, "Fiesta"
Scott McAllister – Black Dog
Gregory Youtz – Frederick Street
Johan de Meij – UFO Concerto
Clifton Williams – Symphonic Dance No. 3, "Fiesta"
Scott McAllister – Black Dog
Gregory Youtz – Frederick Street
$20 / $15 / $10
Marrowstone Music Festival Faculty Chamber Music: Beethoven, Horowitz, Harrison, & Dvořák
Thursday, August 2, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Western Washington University Performing Arts Center, Bellingham, WA, United States
Ludwig van Beethoven – Wind Octet in E-flat major, Op. 103
Joseph Horowitz – Music Hall Suite for brass quintet
Lou Harrison – Varied Trio for violin, piano, and percussion
Antonin Dvořák – String Sextet in A major, Op. 48
Joseph Horowitz – Music Hall Suite for brass quintet
Lou Harrison – Varied Trio for violin, piano, and percussion
Antonin Dvořák – String Sextet in A major, Op. 48
$20 ($25 reserved, $10 students)
[CANCELLED] Different Drummer at Naked City
Monday, August 27, 2029 @ 6:30pm – 8:00pm (PDT)
Naked City Brewery and Taphouse, Seattle, WA, United States
A genre-diverse program with an array of alternative percussion instruments which include a typewriter, lampshade, trash can, desk bells, stampers and a suitcase kick drum.
CANCELLED (was $15/$10)
Wayward Music Series: Tom Varner & Friends – End of Summer Sound Vespers
Thursday, August 30, 2029 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Magical sounds settings of field recordings, mixed brass, and percussion. You might hear some gorgeous muted brass long tones meeting up with crackling ice, insects, or sounds of a totally unknown origin!
$5-$15 donation