Carpe Diem String Quartet: Something Old & Something New

Tuesday, October 12, 2021 @ 6:30pm – 7:45pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Bassoonist Yoshi Ishikawa, oboist Peter Cooper, & the Carpe Diem String Quartet will present the world premiere of a sextet by Korine Fujiwara, as well as works by Jennifer Higdon, Antonio Vivaldi, & Franz Danzi.

Free

[CANCELLED] Philadelphia Chamber Music Society: Elias Quartet

Sunday, October 10, 2021 @ 12:00pm – 1:30pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Ludwig van Beethoven – String Quartet No. 6 in B-flat major, Op. 18, No. 6
Ludwig van Beethoven – String Quartet No. 16 in F major, Op. 135
Ludwig van Beethoven – String Quartet No. 8 in E minor, Op. 59, No. 2 "Razumovsky"

Free (Cancelled)

Our House is On Fire

Thursday, October 7, 2021 @ 5:30pm – 7:00pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Livestreamed concert of world premieres urging immediate action to address the global climate crisis, featuring an interdisciplinary team of composers, poets, performers, & sound designers from across the US.

Free (Free)

Ear Taxi Festival Mainstage Concerts: ~Nois with Annika Socolofsky

Sunday, October 3, 2021 @ 6:30pm – 7:15pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Mathew Arrellin – Metasomatic V
Annika Socolofsky – New work TBA (world premiere)

Free (Free)

Clarinettissimo 2021

Saturday, October 2, 2021 @ 1:00pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
SPU Nickerson Studios, Seattle, WA, United States
Seattle's premiere clarinet festival meets for its 21st year for 1 day only. Featuring masterclasses; an ornamentation workshop; clarinet choir; & performers from the Metropolitan Opera, Pacific Northwest Ballet Orchestra, & beyond.

Free (Free)

Composers Concordance & Austrian Cultural Forum New York: CompCord & Entertaining Science

Friday, October 1, 2021 @ 4:00pm – 6:00pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Concert combining a short lecture by renowned scientist/facial recognition specialist Christina Pressl, with performances by trumpet soloist Franz Hackl, drummer Jonathan Kane, & the CompCord String Quartet.

Free (Free (RSVP required to attend in person))

Ear Taxi Festival Mainstage Concerts: Zafa Collective

Friday, October 1, 2021 @ 3:30pm – 4:15pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Liza Sobel – Five Scenes for String Quartet
Eliza Brown – Figure to Ground
Maria Kaoutzani – jaune doré
George Lewis – Signifying Riffs: Unison for string quartet & percussion

Free (Free)

Ear Taxi Festival Mainstage Concerts: 5th Wave Collective

Friday, October 1, 2021 @ 11:45am – 12:30pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Works for string quartet with & without oboe, by Shulamit Ran, Gabriella Smith, Stacy Garrop, Osnat Netzer, & Clarice Assad.

Free (Free)

Ear Taxi Festival Mainstage Concerts: Fonema Consort

Thursday, September 30, 2021 @ 10:45pm – 10:45pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Kelley Sheehan – Eyes On
Mathew Arrellin – Umbra II
Luis Fernando Amaya – Studies for Bestiario: seis

Free (Free)

Ear Taxi Festival Mainstage Concerts: KAIA String Quartet

Thursday, September 30, 2021 @ 6:45pm – 7:30pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Shulamit Ran – String Quartet No. 3 “Glitter, Doom, Shards, Memory”
Gustavo Leone – String Quartet No. 3

Free (Free)

Ear Taxi Festival Spotlight Concerts: Julia A. Miller & Elbio Barilari, with KAIA String Quartet & Trevor Watkin

Monday, September 27, 2021 @ 5:00pm – 7:00pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Music of Julia A. Miller & Elbio Barilari, performed by the KAIA String Quartet & flutist Trevor Patrick Watkin.

Free (Free ($10 in person))

loadbang: Plays Well With Others

Saturday, September 25, 2021 @ 9:00am – 10:00am (PDT)
Online and in-person
New music ensemble loadbang celebrates the release of their new album Plays Well With Others with this live concert featuring works by Eve Beglarian, Reiko Füting, Scott Wollschleger, & more.

Free (Free ($10-$20 in person))

Jacobsen Series: When the Violin Sings

Friday, September 24, 2021 @ 7:30pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
Reena Esmail – When the Violin
Trevor Weston – Juba for Strings
William Grant Still – Suite for violin & piano
George Enescu – Violin Sonata No. 3, Op. 25

$20 ($15 senior/military/UPS, students free)

Local Sightings 2021 – Mindscapes: Experimental Shorts

Wednesday, September 22, 2021 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Northwest Film Forum, Seattle, WA, United States
Program of short films from PNW filmmakers, including 2 film featuring musical performances: Colin H Ives' Aleph Earth, set to a vocal quartet; & Marcy Stone-Francois' 6 Marimbas.

$13 ($10 senior/child/student, $7 NWFF member)

Ear Taxi Festival Spotlight Concerts: Fourth Coast Ensemble – 'A Brush With Our Time'

Sunday, September 19, 2021 @ 2:00pm – 3:15pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
4 vocalists move throughout the modular performance hall of Chicago's Newberry Library, while Zen artist Kazuaki Tanahashi paints large-scale calligraphy works, in this world premiere from composer Andrea Clearfield.

Free (Online: $20 ($10 student) | In-person: $45 ($25 student))

Wayward Music Series: Right Brain Music Minifest

Saturday, September 18, 2021 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
1-night explosion of improvised music, featuring local virtuosos & spontaneous jams that will stretch your imagination.

$5-$15 donation

Farallon Recorder Quartet: Josquin, Bach, Kayser

Friday, September 17, 2021 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Program spanning 4 centuries of music, performed on Renaissance & Baroque recorders. Works by Josquin des Prez, J.S. Bach, Fulvio Caldini, & more, as well as compositions & arrangements by ensemble members.

$20 or pay as able (kids free)

[SOLD OUT] Candlelight Open Air: Mozart’s Best Works

Tuesday, September 14, 2021 @ 6:30pm – 7:35pm (PDT)
Olympic Rooftop Pavilion, Seattle, WA, United States
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – "I. Allegro" from String Quartet No. 4 in C major, K. 157 "Milanese"
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – "I. Adagio-Allegro" & "II. Andante cantabile" from String Quartet No. 19 in C major, K. 465 "Dissonance"
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – String Quartet No. 14 in G major, K. 387 "Spring"
Additional works TBA

SOLD OUT

Archipelago Collective Summer Festival 2021: Chamber Music 3

Sunday, September 12, 2021 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Brickworks, Friday Harbor, WA, United States
Caroline Shaw – Thousandth Orange for piano quartet
Claude Debussy – Danse sacrée et danse profane
Anton Arensky – Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op. 32

$25 ($90 weekend pass)

Songs of Hope & 'Pieces of 9/11'

Sunday, September 12, 2021 @ 2:00pm – 3:30pm (PDT)
Congregational Church on Mercer Island (UCC), Mercer Island, WA, United States
A special recital program featuring a variety of songs of hope, including Jake Heggie & Gene Scheer's Pieces of 9/11, in commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the attacks.

$20 suggested donation