Percussion – Upcoming Concerts
UW Percussion Ensemble & Harry Partch Ensemble
Friday, November 22, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
Shared concert marking the conclusion of the Harry Partch residency at the UW.
$10
PLU Music: Steel Band & Percussion Ensembles
Friday, November 22, 2030 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Lagerquist Concert Hall at Pacific Lutheran University, Parkland, WA, United States
The Pacific Lutheran University Department of Music presents a concert by the Steel Band & Percussion ensembles.
Free (Free)
Portland Cello Project: Performing Radiohead's 'OK Computer' & more
Sunday, November 24, 2030 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
Capitol Theater, Olympia, WA, United States
Portland’s premiere alt-classical group brings a huge, orchestral ensemble (including brass, percussion, and guest vocals by Patti King of the Portland band The Shins) to perform a night in homage to Radiohead.
$36
UW Concerto Competition: Brass, Woodwind, Percussion
Monday, November 25, 2030 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Brechemin Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
UW instrumental performance students compete for a chance to perform with the UW Symphony.
Free (Free)
Portland Cello Project: Purple Reign
Friday, December 6, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
A lively evening of diversely curated music that influenced or was influenced by The Purple One, featuring guest artists who have worked with Prince, including Saeeda Wright and Tyrone Hendrix.
$40-$50
Vashon Island Chorale: Shepherds & Stars
Saturday, December 7, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Vashon Center for the Arts, Vashon, WA, United States
Seasonal array of favorite carols, new favorites, and music by four Seattle-area composers.
$20 / $15 / $5
Medieval Women's Choir: Now Make We Mirthë
Saturday, December 7, 2030 @ 8:00pm – 9:15pm (PST)
St. James Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
The Medieval Women’s Choir tours England and the Continent to bring you the most inspiring music of the Christmas season.
$30 / $25 / $18 / $15
Hidden Room
Joan Laage and
Rob Angus
Saturday, December 7, 2030 @ 8:00pm – 9:00pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
An evening collaboration of experimental video, sound, and butoh.
$5-$15 sliding scale
Vashon Island Chorale: Shepherds & Stars
Sunday, December 8, 2030 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PST)
Vashon Center for the Arts, Vashon, WA, United States
Seasonal array of favorite carols, new favorites, and music by four Seattle-area composers.
$20 / $15 / $5
Seattle Symphony Presents Cellist Seth Parker Woods in Recital: That Which Is Fundamental
Wednesday, December 11, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Octave 9 at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Anton Lukoszevieze – American Poets and Cello
Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen – Plateaux pour deux for Cello & Percussion
Vinko Globokar – Toucher
Tonia Ko – Hush
Gustavo Tavares – Ladainha
Julius Eastman – The Holy Presence of Joan d’Arc
Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen – Plateaux pour deux for Cello & Percussion
Vinko Globokar – Toucher
Tonia Ko – Hush
Gustavo Tavares – Ladainha
Julius Eastman – The Holy Presence of Joan d’Arc
$35
High Right Now
Wednesday, December 11, 2030 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Programmatic, minimalist music of composers Brian Lawlor and Benjamin Marx, performed by supergroup of local players in an otherworldly, ritualistic environment.
$20
Bach's Lunch: Trío Guadalevín
Tuesday, January 7, 2031 @ 12:10pm – 12:50pm (PST)
Christ Episcopal Church Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
Discover the roots that bind the Americas with Southern Europe, the Maghreb, the Middle East, and West Africa with this captivating program of music for voices, plucked strings, and colorful percussion.
Free (Free)
UW Faculty Concert: Indigo Mist
Monday, January 13, 2031 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
The Royal Room, Seattle, WA, United States
Faculty improv band Indigo Mist – Cuong Vu, Richard Karpen, Juan Pampin, Steve Rodby, and Ted Poor – perform experimental and improvised music at Seattle’s Royal Room.
$15
Edmonds Center for the Arts presents Shesh Besh
Saturday, January 18, 2031 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Edmonds Center for the Arts, Edmonds, WA, United States
Musicians from the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra and Israel’s Arab community form this Arab-Jewish ensemble searching for an elusive balance of East and West in music.
$19-$49
Washington Wind Symphony Presents ‘Connections’
Saturday, January 25, 2031 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PST)
Redmond Performing Arts Center, Redmond, WA, United States
Kit Mills – Beyond the Desert Sands
Kevin M. Walczyk – Eloi, Eloi
Frank Ticheli – Blue Shades
John Barnes Chance – Variations on a Korean Folk Song
Derek M. Jenkins – We Seven
Donald Grantham – Southern Harmony
Kevin M. Walczyk – Eloi, Eloi
Frank Ticheli – Blue Shades
John Barnes Chance – Variations on a Korean Folk Song
Derek M. Jenkins – We Seven
Donald Grantham – Southern Harmony
$15 ($10 seniors, students FREE)
Haller Lake Music Series presents: Play On! in ‘Tipping Point’
Saturday, January 25, 2031 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Haller Lake United Methodist Church, Seattle, WA, United States
With music, song, and poetry, Tipping Point performed by Play On! explores the struggles of the human condition and the strength of the human spirit.
$20 suggested donation ($5 students/children)
Mostly Nordic: Rhythms of Iceland
Sunday, January 26, 2031 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PST)
National Nordic Museum, Seattle, WA, United States
Enter the percussive and ethereal sounds of Iceland with the Seattle-based Pacific Rims Percussion Quartet.
$30 / $25 / $10
SPU Presents Joseph Daley's 'Seven Deadly Sins'
Friday, January 31, 2031 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
First Free Methodist Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Featuring a genre-bending work by Joseph Daley that includes freely improvised sections and Latin-American grooves. Also featuring original chamber works by SPU student composers.
Free (Free)
Harry Partch Ensemble Residency: Open House and Instrument Tour
Tuesday, February 4, 2031 @ 6:30pm – 8:00pm (PST)
Schneebeck Concert Hall at the University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA, United States
Lovers of art, science, and iconoclastic thinking are warmly invited to this tour of composer Harry Partch's extraordinary musical instruments.
Free
Bellingham Music Club: Winners of the High School Competitions
Wednesday, February 5, 2031 @ 10:30am – 12:30pm (PST)
Trinity Lutheran Church (Bellingham), Bellingham, WA, United States
Some of the best instrumental and vocal music students in Whatcom County perform in this family-friendly public concert.
Free (Free)