Seattle Modern Orchestra – Past Concerts
Seattle Modern Orchestra: Concert 1 – Dissociation
Friday, November 19, 2021 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PST)
The Forum at Town Hall Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
Online and in-person
Kaley Lane Eaton – Dissociation, or Self-Portrait (world premiere)
Marisol Jiménez – Bestiario Onírico II – Ciudadela (US premiere)
Marisol Jiménez – Yiríya aiteiya (US premiere)
Wang Lu – Ryan and Dan
Fausto Romitelli – Professor Bad Trip – Lesson 1
Marisol Jiménez – Bestiario Onírico II – Ciudadela (US premiere)
Marisol Jiménez – Yiríya aiteiya (US premiere)
Wang Lu – Ryan and Dan
Fausto Romitelli – Professor Bad Trip – Lesson 1
Online: $15 | In-person: $25 ($15 senior, $10 student)
Seattle Modern Orchestra: Anahita Abbasi – World Premiere [LIVE]
Sunday, June 6, 2021 @ 7:30pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
Online event
Marcos Balter – Vision Mantra for violin, viola, and cello (2009)
Sarah Hennies – Growing Block for 4 to 10 musicians (2019)
Anna Thorvaldsdottir – Shades of Silence for violin, viola, cello, and piano (2017)
Anahita Abbasi – Situation VI – Happenings for piano, percussion, violin, viola, cello, and bass (2021) [world premiere]
Sarah Hennies – Growing Block for 4 to 10 musicians (2019)
Anna Thorvaldsdottir – Shades of Silence for violin, viola, cello, and piano (2017)
Anahita Abbasi – Situation VI – Happenings for piano, percussion, violin, viola, cello, and bass (2021) [world premiere]
$10
Music for Paul: A Concert in Memory of Paul Taub
Sunday, May 30, 2021 @ 4:00pm – 6:00pm (PDT)
Online event
Featuring performances by Seattle Modern Orchestra, Claire Chase, Byron Schenkman, Jovino Santos Neto, Kin of the Moon, Angelique Poteat, & many others in memory of flutist/contemporary music champion Paul Taub.
Free
Seattle Modern Orchestra: Darius Jones – World Premiere [LIVE]
Saturday, May 1, 2021 @ 7:30pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
Online event
Experimental saxophonist/composer Darius Jones collaborates with SMO for this world premiere to coincide with May Day.
$10
Seattle Modern Orchestra: Ha-Yang Kim – the day is burnt, the night is calm [LIVE]
Sunday, March 14, 2021 @ 7:30pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
Online event
World premiere of Ha-Yang Kim's new work for violin, viola, cello, bass, harp, & electric guitar, exploring "the sonic wonderland of microtuning". Additional works TBA.
$10
Seattle Modern Orchestra: Jérémy Jolley – (contro-)clessidra I, III, IV [LIVE]
Sunday, January 31, 2021 @ 7:30pm – 8:30pm (PST)
Online event
SMO features Jérémy Jolley's new piece, (contro-)clessidra I, III, IV
, a series of duets exploring the tension between “being together” & “being apart.”
, a series of duets exploring the tension between “being together” & “being apart.”
$10
Seattle Modern Orchestra: This is Beethoven – Farrin, Wang, & Kagel (on-demand until 12/19/2020)
Wednesday, December 16, 2020 @ 7:30pm – 8:30pm (PST)
Online event
Suzanne Farrin – uscirmi di braccia (leave my arms) for viola and percussion
Wang Lu – New work TBA (world premiere)
Wang Lu – New work TBA (world premiere)
Ticket price TBA
Seattle Modern Orchestra: Tom Baker – Simultaneously Solitary
Friday, October 23, 2020 @ 7:30pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
Online event
Edison Denisov – Clarinet Sonata
Lou Harrison – Air in G minor
Jarrad Powell – The Moon and Sun are Eternal Travelers
Tom Baker – Simultaneously Solitary (Shendos No. 14)
Tyshawn Sorey – In Memoriam Muhal Richard Abrams for violin and glockenspiel
Lou Harrison – Air in G minor
Jarrad Powell – The Moon and Sun are Eternal Travelers
Tom Baker – Simultaneously Solitary (Shendos No. 14)
Tyshawn Sorey – In Memoriam Muhal Richard Abrams for violin and glockenspiel
$10
[BROADCAST] Seattle Modern Orchestra: Messiaen, Dixon, Hodge
Saturday, July 25, 2020 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Online event
Olivier Messiaen – Quatuor pour la fin du temps (excerpts) (1941)
Greg Dixon – Mirror Lake II for clarinet and electronics (2020) [world premiere]
Huck Hodge – Alêtheia (2011) [US premiere performance 2014]
Greg Dixon – Mirror Lake II for clarinet and electronics (2020) [world premiere]
Huck Hodge – Alêtheia (2011) [US premiere performance 2014]
Free
[BROADCAST] New Music Gathering: Seattle Modern Orchestra w/ Cristina Valdés
Monday, June 29, 2020 @ 6:00pm – 7:00pm (PDT)
Online event
Melia Watras – Otra vez for piano (2019) (world premiere)
Yiğit Kolat – Tierra Arrasada ("Scorched Earth") (excerpt) (world premiere)
Kaley Lane Eaton – Dissociation (excerpt) (world premiere)
Wayne Horvitz – 188 Sullivan: Varèse meets Bird (excerpt)
Yiğit Kolat – Tierra Arrasada ("Scorched Earth") (excerpt) (world premiere)
Kaley Lane Eaton – Dissociation (excerpt) (world premiere)
Wayne Horvitz – 188 Sullivan: Varèse meets Bird (excerpt)
Free
[BROADCAST] Seattle Modern Orchestra: Wayne Horvitz's '188 Sullivan: Varèse meets Bird'
Friday, May 15, 2020 @ 7:30pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
Online event
A rebroadcast of the world premiere of Wayne Horvitz' 188 Sullivan: Varèse meets Bird composed for the Seattle Modern Orchestra.
Free
Seattle Modern Orchestra: Sequenza Marathon
Saturday, February 15, 2020 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Hear seven of Luciano Berio's 14 Sequenzas for solo instruments performed back to back in this marathon concert – incredible feats of musical athleticism that push the boundaries of virtuosity and possibility.
$25 / $15 / $10
Seattle Modern Orchestra: Inside Out
Friday, January 24, 2020 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Folio: Seattle Athenaeum at Pike Market, Seattle, WA, United States
Thomas Adès – "Court Studies" from The Tempest
Anthony Cheung – Elective Memory
Ivan Fedele – Arcipelago Möbius
Tristan Murail – Stalag VIIIA
Alfred Schnittke – Hymn No. 2
Anthony Cheung – Elective Memory
Ivan Fedele – Arcipelago Möbius
Tristan Murail – Stalag VIIIA
Alfred Schnittke – Hymn No. 2
$25 ($20 Folio members)
Seattle Modern Orchestra: Norwegian Odyssé
Sunday, November 3, 2019 @ 1:30pm – 3:30pm (PST)
National Nordic Museum, Seattle, WA, United States
Rebecka Sofia Ahvenniemi – Barnet som blev osynligt ("The child who became invisible") for soprano, percussion and electronics (US premiere)
Anders Torgunrod Røshol – Livorno Fragments (US premiere)
Lasse Thoresen – Hagen ("The Garden") (US premiere)
Knut Vaage – Odyssé for sinfonietta (US premiere)
Knut Vaage – Svev for piano trio (US premiere)
Anders Torgunrod Røshol – Livorno Fragments (US premiere)
Lasse Thoresen – Hagen ("The Garden") (US premiere)
Knut Vaage – Odyssé for sinfonietta (US premiere)
Knut Vaage – Svev for piano trio (US premiere)
$30 / $25 / $10
Seattle Modern Orchestra: Earshot Jazz Festival
Tuesday, October 15, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Town Hall Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
Anthony Braxton – Composition No. 56 (1976)
Earle Brown – Oh, K (1992)
Wayne Horvitz – Vagabond: Constructions for Chamber Orchestra and Improvisers (2019) [commission/world premiere]
Darius Jones – LawNOrder (2018) [new version for SMO]
George Lewis – Artificial Life (2007)
Tyshawn Sorey – In Memoriam Muhal Richard Abrams (2018)
Earle Brown – Oh, K (1992)
Wayne Horvitz – Vagabond: Constructions for Chamber Orchestra and Improvisers (2019) [commission/world premiere]
Darius Jones – LawNOrder (2018) [new version for SMO]
George Lewis – Artificial Life (2007)
Tyshawn Sorey – In Memoriam Muhal Richard Abrams (2018)
$10-$23
Seattle Modern Orchestra: Erin Gee’s Mouthpieces
Saturday, June 15, 2019 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Erin Gee – Mouthpiece II
Erin Gee – Mouthpiece Remix
Erin Gee – Mouthpiece (segment of the 4th letter)
Erin Gee – Mouthpiece XXIX
Erin Gee – Mouthpiece X
Kaija Saariaho – Aer
Erin Gee – Mouthpiece Remix
Erin Gee – Mouthpiece (segment of the 4th letter)
Erin Gee – Mouthpiece XXIX
Erin Gee – Mouthpiece X
Kaija Saariaho – Aer
$25 ($15 seniors, $10 students)
Seattle Modern Orchestra w/ UW Symphony & Choirs: Britten's War Requiem
Friday, June 7, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Meany Hall for the Performing Arts, Seattle, WA, United States
Britten’s rarely performed War Requiem comes to life as SMO, UW ensembles, and others combine forces to bring this work to audiences.
$15 ($10 students/seniors)
Seattle Modern Orchestra: Coming Together
Sunday, April 28, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
The Royal Room, Seattle, WA, United States
Seattle Modern Orchestra performs the politically engaged music of Christian Wolff and Frederic Rzewski.
$15-$20 (students $10)
Seattle Modern Orchestra: A Celebration of Robert Aitken
Saturday, March 9, 2019 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Robert Aitken – My Song
Robert Aitken – Lalita
Toru Takemitsu – Bryce
Iannis Xenakis – Phlegra
Brian Cherney – Die Klingende Zeit
Robert Aitken – Lalita
Toru Takemitsu – Bryce
Iannis Xenakis – Phlegra
Brian Cherney – Die Klingende Zeit
$25 ($15 seniors, $10 students)
Seattle Modern Orchestra: Songs of Echoes
Friday, January 18, 2019 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Folio: Seattle Athenaeum at Pike Market, Seattle, WA, United States
Angelique Poteat – From Subterranea
Tom Baker – Fifteen Moments From The Time of Rivers
Toru Takemitsu – From Far Beyond Chrysanthemums and November Fog
George Crumb – Eleven Echoes of Autumn
Tom Baker – Fifteen Moments From The Time of Rivers
Toru Takemitsu – From Far Beyond Chrysanthemums and November Fog
George Crumb – Eleven Echoes of Autumn
$25 ($20 Folio members)
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