Piano – Upcoming Concerts
Roulette: Anna Webber’s Simple Trio // Idiom VI Large Ensemble
Thursday, September 23, 2032 @ 5:00pm – 7:00pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Woodwind player/composer Anna Webber performs works from her recent release, Idiom, featuring both her long-standing Simple Trio & a new large ensemble made up of jazz improvisors & contemporary classical music specialists.
Free (Free ($20-$25 in person))
Jacobsen Series: When the Violin Sings
Friday, September 24, 2032 @ 7:30pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
Schneebeck Concert Hall at the University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA, United States
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
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)
Lakewold Gardens: Fall Soirée
Sunday, September 26, 2032 @ 5:30pm – 7:30pm (PDT)
Lakewold Gardens, Lakewood, WA, United States
Piano playing from Joseph Williams; poetry from Michael Haeflinger & Write253 youth poets; great wine; & an auction on artwork by local artists, to benefit Lakewold Gardens.
$125
Ear Taxi Festival Spotlight Concerts: Liza Sobel & Jonathan Hannau / deaf rabbit
Sunday, September 26, 2032 @ 6:30pm – 8:00pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Double bill featuring the duo of Liza Sobel, soprano & Jonathan Hannau, piano; & deaf rabbit (Rachel Peters, violin & Autumn Selover, harp). Includes world premieres from Liza Sobel & Oswald Huynh.
Free (Donations appreciated)
Ear Taxi Festival Mainstage Concerts: Clare Longendyke, piano
Thursday, September 30, 2032 @ 10:45am – 11:15pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Florence Price – Fantasie nègre No. 4 in B minor
Alison Yun-Fei Jiang – Isles
Shawn Okpebholo – mi sueño: afro-flamenco
Augusta Read Thomas – Love Twitters
Alison Yun-Fei Jiang – Isles
Shawn Okpebholo – mi sueño: afro-flamenco
Augusta Read Thomas – Love Twitters
Free (Free)
Ear Taxi Festival Mainstage Concerts: Blue Violet Duo
Thursday, September 30, 2032 @ 2:15pm – 2:30pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
The Blue Violet Duo (Kate Carter, violin & Louise Chan, piano) performs Amos Gillespie's 2019 composition Spin-off.
Free (Free)
Ear Taxi Festival Mainstage Concerts: Michael Hall, Michael Delfin, & Megan Ihnen Trio
Thursday, September 30, 2032 @ 6:00pm – 6:45pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Stacy Garrop – Krakatoa
Eric Malmquist – Song of the Rattling Pipes
Evan Williams – The Devil in The Belfry
Osnat Netzer – Contrapose
Eric Malmquist – Song of the Rattling Pipes
Evan Williams – The Devil in The Belfry
Osnat Netzer – Contrapose
Free (Free)
Ear Taxi Festival Mainstage Concerts: Susan Merdinger, Steinway Artist
Saturday, October 2, 2032 @ 10:15am – 11:00am (PDT)
Online and in-person
Aaron Alter – Piano Sonata
Elbio Barilari – Saxon Variations
Ilya Levinson – Shtetl Scenes
Elbio Barilari – Saxon Variations
Ilya Levinson – Shtetl Scenes
Free (Free)
Clarinettissimo 2021
Saturday, October 2, 2032 @ 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)
Ear Taxi Festival Mainstage Concerts: Tri-Again
Saturday, October 2, 2032 @ 1:00pm – 1:45pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
The musicians of Tri-Again – Laura Adkins (oboe, etc.), Jonathan Hannau (piano, etc.), & Riley Leitch (trombone, etc.) – present their collaborative composition Combinatorial Optimization.
Free (Free)
Ear Taxi Festival Mainstage Concerts: Avondale Trio
Saturday, October 2, 2032 @ 2:15pm – 3:00pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Ralph Shapey – Piano Trio No. 1
Timothy Edwards – The Conjecture
Ilya Levinson – "II. Brunches" from The Polyphony of Trees
Timothy Edwards – The Conjecture
Ilya Levinson – "II. Brunches" from The Polyphony of Trees
Free (Free)
Ball State Faculty Artist Series: Mihoko Watanabe, Zoran Jakovcic, & Cara Chowning
Saturday, October 2, 2032 @ 2:30pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Recital featuring Ball State University faculty Mihoko Watanabe, flute; Zoran Jakovcic, viola; & Cara Chowning, piano.
Free (Free)
Ear Taxi Festival Mainstage Concerts: City Beautiful, featuring Marianne Parker, Michael Hall, & Megan Ihnen
Sunday, October 3, 2032 @ 9:00am – 9:45am (PDT)
Online and in-person
Pierce Gradone – Power Ballade
Steven Snowden – Twenty-Five Million Candles
Dennis Tobenski – Good Bones
Francine Trester – The Daniel Burnham Suite (world premiere)
Regina Harris Baiocchi – Landscapes
Steven Snowden – Twenty-Five Million Candles
Dennis Tobenski – Good Bones
Francine Trester – The Daniel Burnham Suite (world premiere)
Regina Harris Baiocchi – Landscapes
Free (Free)
Ear Taxi Festival Mainstage Concerts: Daniel Quinn & Janna Williamson // Daniel Pesca & Hanna Hurwitz
Sunday, October 3, 2032 @ 9:45am – 10:30am (PDT)
Online and in-person
Shawn Okpebholo – Excursions for trombone & piano
Daniel Pesca – Taking a Line for a Walk for violin & piano (world premiere)
Daniel Pesca – Taking a Line for a Walk for violin & piano (world premiere)
Free (Free)
Ear Taxi Festival Mainstage Concerts: a•pe•ri•od•ic
Sunday, October 3, 2032 @ 11:00am – 11:45am (PDT)
Online and in-person
Carol Genetti – Trace3
Benjamin Patterson – Pond
Emmanuelle Waeckerlé – O(hhh)
Nomi Epstein – communications (3): language
Benjamin Patterson – Pond
Emmanuelle Waeckerlé – O(hhh)
Nomi Epstein – communications (3): language
Free (Free)
Ball State Faculty Artist Series: Ray Kilburn, piano
Sunday, October 3, 2032 @ 12:00pm – 1:30pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Recital featuring pianist Ray Kilburn, associate professor of music at Ball State University.
Free (Free)
Ear Taxi Festival Mainstage Concerts: CHAI Collaborative Ensemble
Sunday, October 3, 2032 @ 1:45pm – 2:30pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Eric Malmquist – Sonata for Cello & Piano
Stacy Garrop – My Dearest Ruth
George Flynn – Selected songs from Chicago Poets Sing!
Shulamit Ran – Birkat Haderekh – Blessing for the Road
Stacy Garrop – My Dearest Ruth
George Flynn – Selected songs from Chicago Poets Sing!
Shulamit Ran – Birkat Haderekh – Blessing for the Road
Free (Free)
Auburn Symphony: A Triumphant Return
Sunday, October 3, 2032 @ 2:30pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Federal Way Performing Arts and Event Center, Federal Way, WA, United States
Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges – Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 11, No. 2
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major, K. 467
Felix Mendelssohn – Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 11
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major, K. 467
Felix Mendelssohn – Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 11
$40 ($32 seniors, $12 students)
Ear Taxi Festival Mainstage Concerts: Wurtz-Berger Duo
Sunday, October 3, 2032 @ 7:45pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Lawrence Axelrod – In Winter
Mischa Zupko – Love Obsession
Seth Boustead – New work TBA
Amy Wurtz – New work TBA
Mischa Zupko – Love Obsession
Seth Boustead – New work TBA
Amy Wurtz – New work TBA
Free (Free)
Ear Taxi Festival Mainstage Concerts: Crossing Borders Music
Monday, October 4, 2032 @ 11:00am – 11:45am (PDT)
Online and in-person
Sabrina CD Jean Louis – La Cité
Jean R. "Rudy" Perrault – Brother Malcolm for cello & piano
Gifrants – Fraternitas! Fraternitas! Dei Patris Nomine for piano quintet
Jean Paul Coffy – New work TBA
Jean R. "Rudy" Perrault – Brother Malcolm for cello & piano
Gifrants – Fraternitas! Fraternitas! Dei Patris Nomine for piano quintet
Jean Paul Coffy – New work TBA
Free (Free)