Inverted Space Ensemble http://www.invertedspaceensemble.com/

Long Piece Fest: Sciarrino’s Complete L’Opera per Flauto

Thursday, April 2, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
New sounds for flute explore the liminal space in between sound and silence in Salvatore Sciarrino's L’Opera per Flauto.

$5-$15 suggested donation

Inverted Space Ensemble / Washington Composers Forum

Friday, April 24, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Brechemin Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Onur Dülger – radicalOtherness
Whitney George – Burning a Name with Black Edges
Michal Raymond Massoud – Like you mean it
Scott Rubin – Torn Cubist
Nick Vasallo – When the War Began

Free

Jeff Bowen: Turbulent Fields

Thursday, April 30, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Composer Jeff Bowen and members of the UW’s Inverted Space Ensemble present new works for chamber ensemble.

$5-$15 suggested donation

Long Piece Fest: Stockhausen's Stimmung for 6 Voices

Thursday, May 14, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
The ruins of Mexico are recreated with just intonation in Stockhausen's Stimmung for 6 voices.

$5-$15 suggested donation

Maderna Fest: 2015

Wednesday, May 27, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Jack Straw Cultural Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Berio – Flute Sequeza
Berio – Saxophone Sequenza
Maderna – Piece for Ivry
Maderna – Windmung
Maderna – Honeyreves
Maderna – Serenata per un Satellite

$5-$15 suggested donation

Bruno Maderna's Don Perlimplin

Friday, May 29, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Meany Studio Theater at Meany Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
A semi-staged production of Bruno Maderna’s 1962 experimental opera Don Perlimplín.

$15 ($10 youth/senior)

Maderna Fest: 2015

Saturday, May 30, 2026 @ 6:00pm – 7:30pm (PDT)
Cafe Solstice, Seattle, WA, United States
Inverted Space presents the first of three weekend cafe concerts, beginning with a trip through the career of Bruno Maderna with vocal works of Pergolesi, Purcell, Berio and Maderna himself.

Free

Maderna Fest: 2015

Saturday, May 30, 2026 @ 8:30pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Stone Way Cafe, Seattle, WA, United States
Come join us for a night on the "other side" of classical music, featuring works for saxophone, percussion, and cello from composers George Crumb, Luciano Berio and Bruno Maderna.

Free

Racer Sessions: Inverted Space Ensemble/Maderna Fest 2015

Sunday, May 31, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Cafe Racer, Seattle, WA, United States
Works of Maderna, Berio, and Andriessen, in addition to free improv.

Free

Long Piece Fest: Feldman's 'For John Cage'

Thursday, June 11, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Poetic dissonance in a state of prolonged stillness with Morton Feldman's For John Cage.

$5-$15 suggested donation

Inverted Space – Mind the Gap: Premieres & Encores

Wednesday, November 11, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
New works for chamber ensemble from the best of Seattle's emerging composers, featuring several world premieres.

$5-$15 suggested donation

Long Piece Fest I: Antoine Beuger's / jankélévitch sextets/

Tuesday, December 15, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Inverted Space continues its “Long Piece Fest" with Antoine Beuger’s jankélévitch sextets. Seattle premiere.

$5-$15 suggested donation

Earle Brown Retrospective

Tuesday, January 19, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Celebrating the life and works of American composer Earle Brown with a concert featuring works from each decade of his career.

$5-$15 suggested donation

Universal Language Project presents: The Way West

Friday, January 22, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
Resonance at SOMA Towers, Bellevue, WA, United States
An event with music, words, and smoke inspired by the optimism and grandeur of the West. Works by Brian Cobb, Karen Thomas, and Tim Carey.

$25 ($10 student)

Universal Language Project presents: The Way West

Saturday, January 23, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 11:30pm (PST)
Velocity Dance Center, Seattle, WA, United States
An event with music, words, and smoke inspired by the optimism and grandeur of the West. Works by Brian Cobb, Karen Thomas, and Tim Carey.

$25 ($15 student)

Graphic Scores: New Commissions

Friday, February 12, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Common Area Maintenance, Seattle, WA, United States
Inverted Space has commissioned four new graphic scores as visual art and instruction for performance. Works by Luke Fitzpatrick, Ania Stachurska, Jacob Sundstrom, and Kevin Baldwin will be premiered.

Donations welcome

Inverted Space: Ferneyhough residency

Friday, February 19, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Brian Ferneyhough – Fanfare for Klaus Huber
Brian Ferneyhough – Mort Subite
Brian Ferneyhough – Adagissimo
Brian Ferneyhough – Intermedio alla Ciaccona
Brian Ferneyhough – Flurries
Mark Applebaum – Ferneyhough ReMix
Mark Applebaum – Fanfare for Brian Ferneyhough
Joel-Francois Durand – Enfance (premiere)
Joel-Francois Durand – Hermetic Definition

$5-$15

Graphic Scores: New Commissions – II

Thursday, March 4, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Common Area Maintenance, Seattle, WA, United States
Inverted Space has commissioned four new graphic scores as visual art and instruction for performance. Works by Luke Fitzpatrick, Ania Stachurska, Jacob Sundstrom, and Kevin Baldwin will be premiered.

Donations welcome

Inverted Space Ensemble: Long Piece Fest 2.2: asleep, forest, melody, path

Monday, March 8, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
A 60-minute piece using sounds gathered in Seattle, mixing piano, violin, electric guitar, and saxophone with melodies superimposed with and separated from these field recordings.

$5-$15 suggested donation

Long Piece Fest III: Kolat/Baldwin World Premieres

Monday, May 10, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Inverted Space continues its “Long Piece Fest" with the premiere of works by Seattle composers Kevin Baldwin and Takemitsu Prize-winner Yigit Kolat.

Free ($5-$15 suggested donation)