Octet – Past Concerts
Roulette: Jessica Pavone – 'Lull' for String Octet & Soloists
Friday, November 19, 2021 @ 5:00pm – 7:00pm (PST)
Online and in-person
Composer/violist Jessica Pavone presents Lull, a new chamber work reflecting a multifaceted experience of ‘stasis’ – quietude & introspection sustained amidst the tension & instability of the pandemic.
Free (Free ($20-$25 in person))
Tale Retold, by Emerald City Music
Saturday, September 14, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Kenneth J. Minnaert Center for the Arts, Olympia, WA, United States
Old meets new in the retelling of Stravinsky’s Soldier’s Tale as a cast of NYC Ballet dancers join forces with librettist Mark Campbell, followed by an edgy world premiere by Seattle’s own Angelique Poteat.
$28-$43 ($10 students)
Tale Retold, by Emerald City Music
Friday, September 13, 2019 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
415 Westlake, Seattle, WA, United States
Old meets new in the retelling of Stravinsky’s Soldier’s Tale as a cast of NYC Ballet dancers join forces with librettist Mark Campbell, followed by an edgy world premiere by Seattle’s own Angelique Poteat.
$45 ($10 students)
Town Music presents: Talea Ensemble
Wednesday, March 20, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Broadway Performance Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
A theatrical chamber music performance based on the dark sideshows of Coney Island’s amusement parks in the early 20th century – a meditation on virtuosity, spectacle, and the sacrifices that must be made to survive in the world.
$20 ($15 Town Hall members)
Emerald City Music: Café Music
Saturday, October 27, 2018 @ 7:30pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Kenneth J. Minnaert Center for the Arts, Olympia, WA, United States
Saint-Saëns – Sonata for bassoon and piano
Francaix – String Trio
Poulenc – Trio for oboe, bassoon, and piano
Milhaud – Sonatina for oboe and piano
Schoenfield – Café Music
Francaix – String Trio
Poulenc – Trio for oboe, bassoon, and piano
Milhaud – Sonatina for oboe and piano
Schoenfield – Café Music
$28–$43 ($10 students)
Emerald City Music: Café Music
Friday, October 26, 2018 @ 8:00pm – 11:00pm (PDT)
415 Westlake, Seattle, WA, United States
Saint-Saëns – Sonata for bassoon and piano
Francaix – String Trio
Poulenc – Trio for oboe, bassoon, and piano
Milhaud – Sonatina for oboe and piano
Schoenfield – Café Music
Francaix – String Trio
Poulenc – Trio for oboe, bassoon, and piano
Milhaud – Sonatina for oboe and piano
Schoenfield – Café Music
$45 ($10 students)
Emerald City Music: Four Seasons
Saturday, September 15, 2018 @ 7:30pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Kenneth J. Minnaert Center for the Arts, Olympia, WA, United States
Tartini/Kreisler – Devil’s Trill
Wiancko – American Haiku
Bottesini – Gran Duo Concertante
Piazzolla – Four Seasons
Wiancko – American Haiku
Bottesini – Gran Duo Concertante
Piazzolla – Four Seasons
$28–$43 ($10 students)
Emerald City Music: Four Seasons
Friday, September 14, 2018 @ 8:00pm – 11:00pm (PDT)
415 Westlake, Seattle, WA, United States
Tartini/Kreisler – Devil’s Trill
Wiancko – American Haiku
Bottesini – Gran Duo Concertante
Piazzolla – Four Seasons
Wiancko – American Haiku
Bottesini – Gran Duo Concertante
Piazzolla – Four Seasons
$45 ($10 students)
SCMS Summer Festival: Beethoven, Prokofiev, Enescu
Friday, July 13, 2018 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Ludwig van Beethoven – Duet for Viola and Cello in E-flat major, WoO 32 "With Two Eyeglasses Obbligato"
Sergei Prokofiev – Sonata No. 2 for Violin and Piano in D major, Op. 94bis
Georges Enescu – Octet for Strings in C major, Op. 7
Sergei Prokofiev – Sonata No. 2 for Violin and Piano in D major, Op. 94bis
Georges Enescu – Octet for Strings in C major, Op. 7
$52 ($16 students and 30 & under)
Seattle Philharmonic Strings: Nighttime Serenade
Saturday, June 16, 2018 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Seattle Public Library – Central Branch, Seattle, WA, United States
Mozart – Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
Vaughan Williams – Violin Concerto
Puccini – Crisantemi
Dvořák – Serenade for Strings
Vaughan Williams – Violin Concerto
Puccini – Crisantemi
Dvořák – Serenade for Strings
Free (Free)
Ellinor Quartet: Beethoven, Piazzolla, Mendelssohn’s Octet
Sunday, June 3, 2018 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Queen Anne Christian Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Ludwig van Beethoven – String Quartet No. 1, Op. 18, No. 1
Astor Piazzolla – Libertango (arranged by Lisa L. Ochoco for string octet)
Felix Mendelssohn – String Octet, Op. 20
Astor Piazzolla – Libertango (arranged by Lisa L. Ochoco for string octet)
Felix Mendelssohn – String Octet, Op. 20
Free (Free)
First Friday Salons: More than quartets with Skyros & friends
Friday, June 1, 2018 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Resonance at SOMA Towers, Bellevue, WA, United States
A performance of seldom-performed works, including the famed Mendelssohn String Octet, written when he was just 16 years old.
$20
Metamorphosis... by Emerald City Music
Saturday, May 5, 2018 @ 7:30pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA, United States
Beethoven – Eyeglass Duo, for viola and cello
Strauss – Metamorphosen, for string sextet
Bernstein – On Beethoven
Beethoven – Viola Quintet in C major
Strauss – Metamorphosen, for string sextet
Bernstein – On Beethoven
Beethoven – Viola Quintet in C major
$28 ($10 w/ student ID)
Metamorphosis... by Emerald City Music
Friday, May 4, 2018 @ 8:00pm – 11:50pm (PDT)
415 Westlake, Seattle, WA, United States
Beethoven – Eyeglass Duo, for viola and cello
Strauss – Metamorphosen, for string sextet
Bernstein – On Beethoven
Beethoven – Viola Quintet in C major
Strauss – Metamorphosen, for string sextet
Bernstein – On Beethoven
Beethoven – Viola Quintet in C major
$45 includes open bar; $10 students
Andy Akiho... at Emerald City Music
Friday, October 27, 2017 @ 8:00pm – 11:00pm (PDT)
415 Westlake, Seattle, WA, United States
Akiho – Stop Speaking, for solo snare drum
Akiho – 21, for cello and steel pan
Pärt – Spiegel im Spiegel, for violin and piano
Akiho – Pillar IV, for percussion quartet
Akiho – Deciduous, for violin and steel pan
Golijov – Mariel, for cello and percussion
Akiho – NO one To kNOW one
Akiho – 21, for cello and steel pan
Pärt – Spiegel im Spiegel, for violin and piano
Akiho – Pillar IV, for percussion quartet
Akiho – Deciduous, for violin and steel pan
Golijov – Mariel, for cello and percussion
Akiho – NO one To kNOW one
$45 includes open bar; $10 students
Not Even the Wind... by Emerald City Music
Saturday, September 16, 2017 @ 7:30pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Washington Center for the Performing Arts, Olympia, WA, United States
Bernstein – America!, for Violin and Piano
Norman – Light Screens
Adams – there is no one, not even the wind...
Reich – Nagoya Marimbas, for two marimbas
Dvořák – Piano Quartet in E-flat major
Norman – Light Screens
Adams – there is no one, not even the wind...
Reich – Nagoya Marimbas, for two marimbas
Dvořák – Piano Quartet in E-flat major
$28-$43 ($10 w/ student ID)
Not Even the Wind... by Emerald City Music
Friday, September 15, 2017 @ 8:00pm – 11:00pm (PDT)
415 Westlake, Seattle, WA, United States
Bernstein – America!, for Violin and Piano
Norman – Light Screens
Adams – there is no one, not even the wind...
Reich – Nagoya Marimbas, for two marimbas
Dvořák – Piano Quartet in E-flat major
Norman – Light Screens
Adams – there is no one, not even the wind...
Reich – Nagoya Marimbas, for two marimbas
Dvořák – Piano Quartet in E-flat major
$45 includes open bar; $10 students
The Sound Ensemble: Music for the Stage
Saturday, March 4, 2017 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Anthony Plog – Animal Ditties VII
Kevin Clark – The Burial of the Dead
Tom Baker – Three Songs
Christopher Gainey – No Sleep for the Wicked
Kevin Clark – The Burial of the Dead
Tom Baker – Three Songs
Christopher Gainey – No Sleep for the Wicked
$15/$10
The Sound Ensemble: Life After Y2K
Saturday, January 7, 2017 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Sarah Bassingthwaighte – Premiere
Sean Osborn – 12-4-6 (2005)
Marcin Pączkowski – Deep Decline (2015)
Greg Dixon – Piece for tuba and electronics (premiere)
Daron Hagen – Chamber Symphony (2003)
Sean Osborn – 12-4-6 (2005)
Marcin Pączkowski – Deep Decline (2015)
Greg Dixon – Piece for tuba and electronics (premiere)
Daron Hagen – Chamber Symphony (2003)
$10-$15
NOCCO: Solstice Celebration
Monday, December 19, 2016 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
University Christian Church, Seattle, WA, United States
A sonic respite with music of Stravinsky, Respighi, and Bach, plus a work by Seattle composer Angelique Poteat.
$15-$25 (under 18 free)
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