Strings – Past Concerts
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: 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
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))
Desert Fantasy/Hyaline/Eat Your Greens
Sunday, September 26, 2021 @ 7:30pm – 10:30pm (PDT)
The Royal Room, Seattle, WA, United States
Triple bill featuring electroacoustic percussion act Desert Fantasy; genre-bending trio Hyaline; & electronic vibraphone/drumset duo Eat Your Greens.
$10 advance ($7 students, $12 doors)
Ear Taxi Festival Spotlight Concerts: Liza Sobel & Jonathan Hannau / deaf rabbit
Sunday, September 26, 2021 @ 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)
Sempre Chamber Music: An Evening of Clarinet Quintets
Sunday, September 26, 2021 @ 6:00pm – 8:00pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor – Clarinet Quintet in F-sharp minor, Op. 10
Johannes Brahms – Clarinet Quintet in B minor, Op. 115
Johannes Brahms – Clarinet Quintet in B minor, Op. 115
Free (Pay what you can ($15-$180 in-person))
Jacobsen Series: When the Violin Sings
Friday, September 24, 2021 @ 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)
Roulette: Anna Webber’s Simple Trio // Idiom VI Large Ensemble
Thursday, September 23, 2021 @ 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))
Cedar & The Slow: Kaley Lane Eaton & Kayce Guthmiller
Wednesday, September 22, 2021 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Royal Room, Seattle, WA, United States
Composer-performer Kaley Lane Eaton presents Cedar, an electro-chamber pop song cycle, with guests Tom Baker, Ha-Yang Kim, Heather Bentley, Leanna Keith, & Kayce Guthmiller. Opening set by Guthmiller.
$15 ($20 at the door)
[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
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
Ball State Faculty Artist Series: Peter Opie, cello
Tuesday, September 14, 2021 @ 2:30pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Frédéric Chopin – Cello Sonata in G major, Op. 65
Johannes Brahms – Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34
Johannes Brahms – Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34
Free
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
Claude Debussy – Danse sacrée et danse profane
Anton Arensky – Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op. 32
$25 ($90 weekend pass)
Archipelago Collective Summer Festival 2021: Chamber Music 2
Saturday, September 11, 2021 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
San Juan Island Grange, Friday Harbor, WA, United States
Camille Saint Saëns – Fantaisie pour harpe et violon, Op. 124
Angelica Negròn – Technicolor for solo harp & electronics
Richard Strauss – Morgen!, Op. 27, No. 4 (arr. for harp & string quartet)
Johannes Brahms – Piano Quartet No. 3 in C minor, Op. 60
Angelica Negròn – Technicolor for solo harp & electronics
Richard Strauss – Morgen!, Op. 27, No. 4 (arr. for harp & string quartet)
Johannes Brahms – Piano Quartet No. 3 in C minor, Op. 60
$25 ($90 weekend pass)
Archipelago Collective Summer Festival 2021: Chamber Music 1
Friday, September 10, 2021 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Brickworks, Friday Harbor, WA, United States
Jessie Montgomery – Strum
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Piano Quartet in E-flat major, K. 493
Johann Sebastian Bach – Keyboard Concerto No. 1 in D minor, BWV 1052
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Piano Quartet in E-flat major, K. 493
Johann Sebastian Bach – Keyboard Concerto No. 1 in D minor, BWV 1052
$25 ($90 weekend pass)
Mary Halvorson: Amaryllis & Belladonna
Thursday, September 9, 2021 @ 5:00pm – 7:00pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
2 new composition projects by guitarist/composer/MacArthur fellow Mary Halvorson: Belladonna, featuring Halvorson with the Mivos String Quartet; & Amaryllis, for improvising sextet.
Free (Free (in-person ticket price TBD))
Mary Halvorson: Amaryllis & Belladonna
Wednesday, September 8, 2021 @ 5:00pm – 7:00pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
2 new composition projects by guitarist/composer/MacArthur fellow Mary Halvorson: Belladonna, featuring Halvorson with the Mivos String Quartet; & Amaryllis, for improvising sextet.
Free (Free (in-person ticket price TBD))
[SOLD OUT] Candlelight Open Air: Film Scores Ft. John Williams & Moriconne
Tuesday, September 7, 2021 @ 6:30pm – 7:35pm (PDT)
Olympic Rooftop Pavilion, Seattle, WA, United States
Music from iconic films & television shows like Star Wars, The Godfather, Pulp Fiction, & more, performed by a string quartet in a romantic rooftop setting.
SOLD OUT
Composers Concordance: Gene Pritsker @ 50
Sunday, September 5, 2021 @ 3:00pm – 5:30pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Composers Concordance kicks off its 2021/2022 concert season with a concert celebrating the 50th birthday of composer/performer Gene Pritsker. Performances by Sound Liberation, B3+, violinist Lara St. John, & more.
Free (Free ($15 in-person))
Groupmuse: Rachmaninoff Cello Sonata & Franck Violin Sonata
Sunday, September 5, 2021 @ 3:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Private home in Sammamish, Sammamish, WA, United States
César Franck – Violin Sonata in A major
Sergei Rachmaninoff – Cello Sonata in G minor, Op. 19
Sergei Rachmaninoff – Cello Sonata in G minor, Op. 19
$5 to reserve, $20+ at event
Seattle Chamber Music Society: Music Under the Stars Film Screening
Friday, September 3, 2021 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Freeway Park, Seattle, WA, United States
Outdoor concert film screening of selections from Seattle Chamber Music Society's 2021 Online Summer Festival. Works by Johannes Brahms, Florence Price, & Franz Schubert. Includes movie snacks & door prizes!
Free (Free)