Percussion – Upcoming Concerts
Bach & Pancakes: Easter Edition
Sunday, April 21, 2030 @ 12:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Woodland Theater, Seattle, WA, United States
Erin Jorgensen plays all six of Bach's famous cello suites on a beautiful 5-octave marimba, with pancakes made on-the-spot. Jesus was a cool wizard and so was Bach, so let's celebrate with some music and carbs. All ages.
$10 suggested donation
Wayward Music Series: Ha-Yang Kim's 'TERMINALS'
Saturday, April 27, 2030 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Music, video, electronics, and live performance come together to create an immersive, full-length, meditative audiovisual work inspired by the peripatetic quality of contemporary life.
$5-$15 donation
Ladies Musical Club: LMC Composers’ Spotlight
Sunday, April 28, 2030 @ 3:00pm – 4:30pm (PDT)
Music Center of the Northwest, Seattle, WA, United States
LMC member composers Katie O’Rourke, Kathy Roberts, Nicole Truesdell, Sarah Conyers, and Janet Anderson are featured on this concert of new music.
Free
UW School of Music & DXARTS: Music of Today w/ Bonnie Whiting & Cristina Valdés
Wednesday, May 1, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Meany Studio Theater at Meany Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Joël-François Durand – La mesure des choses mvt. IV "La mesure du temps" (world premiere)
Huck Hodge – Fracture (world premiere)
Sofia Gubaidulina – Rumore e Silenzio
Huck Hodge – Fracture (world premiere)
Sofia Gubaidulina – Rumore e Silenzio
$15 ($10 student/senior)
The Alaska Suite: A Story of Beauty, Loss, & Hope
Friday, May 3, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
First Congregational Church, Bellevue, WA, United States
Engaging the power of artistic expression to connect audience members deeply and emotionally to the scientific realities of climate change.
Free (Free)
PLU Steel Pan & Percussion Ensembles
Friday, May 3, 2030 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Lagerquist Concert Hall at Pacific Lutheran University, Parkland, WA, United States
Pacific Lutheran University Department of Music presents a performance featuring the PLU Steel Pan & Percussion Ensembles.
Free
Bach & Pancakes Part I of III w/ Erin Jorgensen, marimba
Saturday, May 4, 2030 @ 12:00pm – 2:00pm (PDT)
Nalanda West, Seattle, WA, United States
Erin will play two of Bach's famous cello suites on a 5-octave marimba, with breaks for pancakes made on the spot. All ages.
$10 suggested donation
The Neuroscience of a One-Track Mind: A Lecture-Concert
Monday, May 6, 2030 @ 6:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
The Royal Room, Seattle, WA, United States
A scintillating lecture from neuroscientist Chantel Prat, a centuries-spanning solo marimba performance by Erin Jorgensen, and the most adorable cupcake toast this side of the Cascades.
$20-$30
Ladies Musical Club: Nicole Truesdell's 'Memories of You'
Friday, May 10, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
St. John's Episcopal Church Kirkland, Kirkland, WA, United States
LMC member composer Nicole Truesdell's Memories of You, plus music by Gabriel Fauré, Elliott Carter, Alexander Glazunov, and Ernest Bloch.
Free
Music of Today: International Experimental Music Ensemble
Friday, May 10, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
University of Washington faculty improv band Indigo Mist and special guests Ngô Trà My (Vietnam) and Jos Zwaanengburg (Netherlands) present an evening of experimental and improvised music.
$15 ($10 students/seniors)
Wayward Music Series: A Sea of Tonality
Friday, May 10, 2030 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
This program centers around works by Toru Takemitsu explore timbre and space in both written works and structured improvisation.
$5-$15 donation
Bach & Pancakes Part II of III w/ Erin Jorgensen, marimba
Saturday, May 11, 2030 @ 12:00pm – 2:00pm (PDT)
Nalanda West, Seattle, WA, United States
Erin will play two of Bach's famous cello suites on a 5-octave marimba, with breaks for pancakes made on the spot. All ages.
$10 suggested donation
Wayward Music Series: The Quartets Project
Saturday, May 11, 2030 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
This program features free improvisation utilizing the Chapel’s unique and beautiful acoustics.
$5-$15 donation
Wayward Music Series: 'The Innocents' & UW Percussion Ensemble (RESCHEDULED)
Tuesday, May 14, 2030 @ 8:00pm – 11:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
A musical response to the Innocence Project, using spoken word, electronics, field recordings, found objects, and traditional percussion to focus on the exoneration of those wrongly convicted and reform of the criminal justice system.
$5-$15 suggested donation
UW School of Music: 'The Innocents' w/ John Lane & Allen Otte
Thursday, May 16, 2030 @ 2:30pm – 4:30pm (PDT)
Brechemin Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
A lecture-concert for a performance art piece that is a response to the well-known Innocents Project, which works to exonerate wrongly convicted individuals and advocates for reforms to the criminal justice system.
Free
The Drunken Maidens w/ Laura Bassett
Friday, May 17, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Couth Buzzard Books, Seattle, WA, United States
Wistful strains of old-time music, saucy English folksongs, sea songs, sacred music, catchy tunes, and recently-written songs.
Free
Seattle Symphony: First Concerts – Meet the Harp
Saturday, May 18, 2030 @ 9:30am – 10:05am (PDT)
Octave 9 at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Principal harp Valerie Muzzolini will perform short pieces and invite questions from curious little ones. Children will learn how to be musical explorers and try out instruments!
$12
Seattle Symphony: First Concerts – Meet the Harp
Saturday, May 18, 2030 @ 11:00am – 11:35am (PDT)
Octave 9 at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Principal harp Valerie Muzzolini will perform short pieces and invite questions from curious little ones. Children will learn how to be musical explorers and try out instruments!
$12
TORCH: Passages – A Fable in Six Cycles
Wednesday, May 22, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Triple Door, Seattle, WA, United States
A multimedia event commenting on contemporary anxieties about security and immigration through six circular loops of imagery and sound, with a heavy emphasis on slapstick humor and absurdity.
$25
UW Modern Music Ensemble & Percussion Ensemble
Thursday, May 23, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
Music by Oliver Schneller, Jason Eckardt, Eric Wubbels, and Wang Lu – featured composers in the UW School of Music’s Spring Composers Colloquium – as well as works by UW composition students.
$10