Seattle Modern Orchestra – Past Concerts
Seattle Modern Orchestra: The Invisible
Thursday, November 1, 2018 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Yiğit Kolat – Kav Yankıları / Echoes of Tinder
George Crumb – Eleven Echoes of Autumn
Chinary Ung – Still Life after Death
Rebecca Saunders – A Visible Trace
George Crumb – Eleven Echoes of Autumn
Chinary Ung – Still Life after Death
Rebecca Saunders – A Visible Trace
$25 ($15 seniors, $10 students)
Seattle Modern Orchestra: In Quest of Spirit – Jonathan Harvey’s 'Bhakti'
Saturday, June 9, 2018 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
The West Coast premiere of an epic 50-minute work for chamber ensemble and quadraphonic tape, centered around Sanskrit hymns.
$25 / $15 / $10
Seattle Modern Orchestra at Oxbow: An interactive sound-video installation & concert
Saturday, May 26, 2018 @ 7:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Oxbow, Seattle, WA, United States
Infrared sensors, multichannel speakers, and software generate an interactive experience featuring video projections of musicians from the Seattle Modern Orchestra – and the musicians in dialogue with their own image.
$5 to $15 suggested donation
Seattle Modern Orchestra: The Clouds Receding
Saturday, April 14, 2018 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Furrer – Aria for soprano and six instruments (1999, West Coast premiere)
Garcia – the clouds receding into the mountains for viola and ensemble (2017, world premiere)
Ligeti – Melodien for chamber orchestra (1971, Seattle premiere)
Garcia – the clouds receding into the mountains for viola and ensemble (2017, world premiere)
Ligeti – Melodien for chamber orchestra (1971, Seattle premiere)
$25 / $15 / $10
Seattle Modern Orchestra: In Time of War…
Thursday, October 12, 2017 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Crumb – Dream Sequence (Images II) for violin, cello, piano and percussion (1976)
Crumb – Black Angels (Images I) for electric string quartet (1969)
Eastman – Gay Guerrilla (1979) – Version for 13 strings
Crumb – Black Angels (Images I) for electric string quartet (1969)
Eastman – Gay Guerrilla (1979) – Version for 13 strings
$25 / $15 / $10
Seattle Modern Orchestra: Mystic Clarinet with guest artist Carol Robinson
Saturday, June 3, 2017 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
William O. “Bill” Smith – Rites for solo clarinet and tape (1998)
Giacinto Scelsi – Ko-Lho for flute and clarinet (1966)
Giacinto Scelsi – Kya for clarinet and 7 instruments (1959) – Seattle premiere
Jeremy Jolley – Archipel… en résonnant à Venise… for solo clarinet, 4 instrumental groups and fixed media (2017) – world premiere
Giacinto Scelsi – Ko-Lho for flute and clarinet (1966)
Giacinto Scelsi – Kya for clarinet and 7 instruments (1959) – Seattle premiere
Jeremy Jolley – Archipel… en résonnant à Venise… for solo clarinet, 4 instrumental groups and fixed media (2017) – world premiere
$10-$25
Seattle Modern Orchestra: Double Portrait – Robert Erickson & Stuart Dempster
Saturday, March 11, 2017 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Robert Erickson – The Idea of Order at Key West for soprano, flute, clarinet, trumpet, viola and cello (1979)
Robert Erickson – General Speech for solo trombone (1969)
Robert Erickson – Pacific Sirens for percussion and variable instruments / voices (1969)
Stuart Dempster – Milanda Embracing for various instrumentation (1993-94)
Stuart Dempster – S.M.O.R.E.S. for ensemble and voices (2017) – world premiere
Robert Erickson – General Speech for solo trombone (1969)
Robert Erickson – Pacific Sirens for percussion and variable instruments / voices (1969)
Stuart Dempster – Milanda Embracing for various instrumentation (1993-94)
Stuart Dempster – S.M.O.R.E.S. for ensemble and voices (2017) – world premiere
$10-$25
Solaris Vocal Ensemble with Seattle Modern Orchestra
Friday, February 10, 2017 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Meany Studio Theater at Meany Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Julia Wolfe – Thirst (2008)
Stuart Dempster – Choral Riffs
Ted Hearne – Mass for St. Mary's
Stuart Dempster – Choral Riffs
Ted Hearne – Mass for St. Mary's
$10-$20
Seattle Modern Orchestra: Reflections on Sound & Silence
Thursday, November 3, 2016 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Vykintas Baltakas – Redditio for ensemble (2010) (US premiere)
Wolfgang Rihm – Chiffre II (Silence to be beaten) for 14 players (1983) (West Coast premiere)
Andrew Waggoner – Concerto for Piano (2016) (world premiere)
Wolfgang Rihm – Chiffre II (Silence to be beaten) for 14 players (1983) (West Coast premiere)
Andrew Waggoner – Concerto for Piano (2016) (world premiere)
$10-$25
Discrete Infinity
Saturday, June 11, 2016 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Claude Vivier – Samarkand (1981) – Seattle premiere
Gérard Grisey – Periodes (1974)
Anthony Cheung – Discrete Infinity (2011) – U.S. premiere
Gérard Grisey – Periodes (1974)
Anthony Cheung – Discrete Infinity (2011) – U.S. premiere
$20 ($10 student/senior)
Musica Electronica
Saturday, April 9, 2016 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Luciano Berio – Differences (1959)
Ewa Trębacz – Ligeia for ensemble and surround sound (2015) – World premiere
Kaija Saariaho – Lichtbogen (1986)
Ewa Trębacz – Ligeia for ensemble and surround sound (2015) – World premiere
Kaija Saariaho – Lichtbogen (1986)
$20 ($10 student/senior)
Seattle Modern Orchestra Chamber Ensemble presents: It's Neo-Classical!
Saturday, March 26, 2016 @ 2:00pm – 3:30pm (PDT)
Resonance at SOMA Towers, Bellevue, WA, United States
Dahl – Music for Brass Instruments
Poulenc – Sextet
Stravinsky – Octet for Wind Instruments
Poulenc – Sextet
Stravinsky – Octet for Wind Instruments
$10-$20
Seattle Modern Orchestra Benefit Concert
Saturday, February 20, 2016 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Steve Reich – Cello Counterpoint
Brian Ferneyhough – Time and Motion Study I
Ewa Trebacz – Minotaur for Horn and Surround Sound
Helena Tulve – Abysses for flute solo and ensemble
Brian Ferneyhough – Time and Motion Study I
Ewa Trebacz – Minotaur for Horn and Surround Sound
Helena Tulve – Abysses for flute solo and ensemble
$20-$250
From Darkness to Luminosity
Saturday, October 17, 2015 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Edgard Varèse – Octandre (1923)
Julia Wolfe – Singing in the dead of night (2008)
Morton Feldman – The Viola in My Life I (1970)
Orlando Jacinto Garcia – From Darkness to Luminosity (2015) – World premiere
Julia Wolfe – Singing in the dead of night (2008)
Morton Feldman – The Viola in My Life I (1970)
Orlando Jacinto Garcia – From Darkness to Luminosity (2015) – World premiere
$20 ($10 student/senior)
Sound Me Out
Saturday, June 6, 2015 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Kate Soper – Door
Fausto Romitelli – Blood on the floor, Painting 1986
Kate Soper – Now is Forever: I. Orpheus and Eurydice for soprano and ensemble
Georg Friedrich Haas – Monodie for 18 instruments
Fausto Romitelli – Blood on the floor, Painting 1986
Kate Soper – Now is Forever: I. Orpheus and Eurydice for soprano and ensemble
Georg Friedrich Haas – Monodie for 18 instruments
$20 ($10 student/senior)
21st Century Violin
Saturday, April 11, 2015 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Luciano Berio – Sequenza VIII for solo violin
Salvatore Sciarrino – Le Stagioni Artificiali for violin and ensemble (U.S. premiere)
Jérémy Jolley – New work for violin and ensemble (world premiere)
Franco Donatoni – Spiri for ten instruments
Salvatore Sciarrino – Le Stagioni Artificiali for violin and ensemble (U.S. premiere)
Jérémy Jolley – New work for violin and ensemble (world premiere)
Franco Donatoni – Spiri for ten instruments
$20 ($10 student/senior)
Seattle Modern Orchestra Benefit
Saturday, February 28, 2015 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Join the ensemble for an evening of drinks, bites, games and a silent auction, while enjoying exciting, surround-sound performances of solo and chamber music from German composer Robert Platz, Polish composer Marcin Pączkowski, Luciano Berio, Elliott Carter and more.
$20
Electro-Colors
Saturday, November 15, 2014 @ 8:00pm – 8:00pm (PST)
Venue unknown, WA, United States
Huck Hodge – Zeremonie
Pierre Boulez – Dérive 1
Tristan Murail – Treize couleurs du soleil couchant
Huck Hodge – Alêtheia (US premiere)
Pierre Boulez – Dérive 1
Tristan Murail – Treize couleurs du soleil couchant
Huck Hodge – Alêtheia (US premiere)
$20 ($10 student/senior)
Musical Commentaries
Friday, June 13, 2014 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Earle Brown - Tracking Pierrot
Joël-François Durand - Le Tombeau de Rameau II
Franco Donatoni - Tema
Joël-François Durand - Le Tombeau de Rameau II
Franco Donatoni - Tema
$20 ($10 seniors/students)
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