Early Music Vancouver: Mandinka Pilgrimage feat. Constantinople & Ablaye Cissoko, kora

Friday, September 24, 2032 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Explore the epics of the Mandinka Kingdom with kora master Ablaye Cissoko & Montreal’s Ensemble Constantinople, in this concert that seeks to blend the sounds of West Africa & Persia.

Free ($17.52-$19.95 online / $33.48-$35.88 in person)

ROCO In Concert: Bursting at the Seams

Saturday, September 25, 2032 @ 3:00pm – 4:30pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Michael Abels – Delights & Dances
Domenico Cimarosa – Overture to Il maestro di cappella
Maxime Goulet – "I. Turmoil " from Ice Storm Symphony (world premiere)
Marcus Maroney – OK, Goodbye. for Flute, Viola d’Amore, & Chamber Orchestra (world premiere)

Free (Free to watch online; In-person tickets are Pay What You Wish)

Ear Taxi Festival Mainstage Concerts: Picosa

Thursday, September 30, 2032 @ 10:00am – 10:45am (PDT)
Online and in-person
Raven Chacon – Bilagáana ádin ("Dead White Men")
Xavier Beteta – Fragments of a Distant Dream
Jonathon Kirk – Meteore D’Inverno ("Winter Meteors")
Shulamit Ran – Mirage

Free (Free)

Ear Taxi Festival Mainstage Concerts: Bach + Beethoven Experience

Friday, October 1, 2032 @ 1:30pm – 2:45pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Ronnie Kuller – Selections from Stories of the Bloomingdale Trail
Amos Gillespie – Three Songs
Heidi Joosten – Yes.

Free (Free)

Ear Taxi Festival Mainstage Concerts: DePaul Ensemble 20+, with members of Ensemble Dal Niente

Friday, October 1, 2032 @ 5:15pm – 6:00pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
George Lewis – Connectome (US premiere)
Thurman Barker – Pandemic Fever (world premiere)
Renée Baker – WUNDERKAMMER 3097: BLACKed IMAGINATION

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)

Philharmonia Northwest: Prismatic Colors with Amber Archibald

Sunday, October 3, 2032 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Town Hall Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
Online and in-person
Gabriela Lena Frank – Five Scenes
Carl Stamitz – Viola Concerto in D major, Op. 1
Edward Elgar – Serenade for Strings in E minor, Op. 20
Béla Bartók – Romanian Folk Dances, Sz. 68, BB 76

$15 online; in-person ticket price TBD

Pacifica Chamber Orchestra: Opening Concert

Sunday, October 3, 2032 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
Archbishop Murphy High School, Everett, WA, United States
Oreste Ravanello – Due Pezzi per Orchestra d'Archi, Op. 11
Eugene Goossens – Phantasy Sextet, Op. 37
Ernst von Dohnányi – String Sextet in B-flat major (string orchestra version)

$20 ($15 student/ages 65+)

Ear Taxi Festival Mainstage Concerts: Janice Misurell-Mitchell – Resistant Noise

Sunday, October 3, 2032 @ 5:30pm – 6:00pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
World premiere of Janice Misurell-Mitchell's Resistant Noise for vocal & instrumental ensemble & electronics, based on text by Jacques Attali.

Free (Free)

Ear Taxi Festival Mainstage Concerts: Unsupervised with Chicago Composer's Consortium

Monday, October 4, 2032 @ 11:45am – 12:30pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Laura Schwendinger – Celestial Bodies (world premiere)
Kyong Mee Choi – MOMENT
Lawrence Axelrod – Of Wind and Sky
Elizabeth Start – O, Aedicatio; O, Vita (world premiere)
Martha Horst – Quiltage (world premiere)

Free (Free)

The Contemporary Music Ensemble & Bienen Contemporary / Early Vocal Ensemble (BCE) of Northwestern University

Monday, October 4, 2032 @ 5:30pm – 6:15pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Marcos Balter – Meltdown Upshot
Ayanna Woods – SHIFT
David Lang – stateless

Free (Free)

SMCO: Welcome Back Bash with Cellist Nathan Chan

Wednesday, October 6, 2032 @ 6:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
AXIS Pioneer Square, Seattle, WA, United States
SMCO & cellist Nathan Chan present an eclectic variety of music including works by Dmitri Shostakovich, Sufjan Stevens, Siamak Aghaei, & Colin Jacobsen. Includes beverages, hors d’oeuvres, & access to a visual art gallery.

$50 ($75 reserved seating)

Ensemble Dal Niente with Ken Vandermark at Washington University

Friday, October 8, 2032 @ 5:30pm – 7:30pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Roscoe Mitchell – Last Trane to Clover Five for solo saxophone & ensemble (world premiere) Nicole Mitchell – Cult of Electromagnetic Connectivity for flute, bass clarinet, violin, cello, & percussion
Wang Lu – After some remarks by CW on his work for harp & clarinet
Anthony Braxton – Composition Nos. 193 + 228 for large ensemble

$15 online | $0-$20 in person

SMCO with Cellist Nathan Chan at Town Hall: Music of Shostakovich, Haydn, & more

Friday, October 8, 2032 @ 7:30pm – 9:15pm (PDT)
Town Hall Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
Siamak Aghaei & Colin Jacobsen – Ascending Bird
Franz Joseph Haydn – Symphony No. 101 in D major, Hob I:101 "The Clock"
Sufjan Stevens, arr. Michael Atkinson – Suite from Run Rabbit Run
Dmitri Shostakovich – Cello Concerto No. 1 in E-flat major, Op. 107

$35 ($10 student)

Northwest Sinfonietta: Autumn Ascending

Saturday, October 9, 2032 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Rialto Theater, Tacoma, WA, United States
Max Richter – "Autumn" from Recomposed by Max Richter: Vivaldi – The Four Seasons
Ralph Vaughan Williams – The Lark Ascending
Louise Farrenc – Symphony No. 3 in G minor, Op. 36

$25-$55 ($10 youth)

Northwest Sinfonietta: Autumn Ascending

Sunday, October 10, 2032 @ 2:00pm – 3:30pm (PDT)
Pioneer Park Pavilion, Puyallup, WA, United States
Max Richter – "Autumn" from Recomposed by Max Richter: Vivaldi – The Four Seasons
Ralph Vaughan Williams – The Lark Ascending
Louise Farrenc – Symphony No. 3 in G minor, Op. 36

$45 ($10 youth; other discounts available)

Seattle Symphony: Dausgaard Conducts Stravinsky

Thursday, October 14, 2032 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Maurice Ravel – Le tombeau de Couperin
Brett Dean – Carlo
Adeliia Faizullina – Tatar Folk Songs Igor Stravinsky – Pulcinella Suite

Ticket price TBD

University of Puget Sound Symphony Orchestra: Music & the Power of Influence

Friday, October 15, 2032 @ 7:30pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
The UPS School of Music Symphony Orchestra presents works by Maria Newman, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, & Edward Elgar, conducted by Anna Edwards.

Free (Free (registration required for in-person attendance))

NOCCO: Emerge

Saturday, October 16, 2032 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Fred Onovwerosuoke – Fantasia on Lift Every Voice
Carl Nielsen – Flute Concerto, CNW 43
Ludwig van Beethoven – Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92

$35 ($25 senior; ages 21 & under free)

Seattle Symphony: Dausgaard Conducts Stravinsky

Saturday, October 16, 2032 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Maurice Ravel – Le tombeau de Couperin
Brett Dean – Carlo
Adeliia Faizullina – Tatar Folk Songs Igor Stravinsky – Pulcinella Suite

Ticket price TBD