Cornish Presents – Upcoming Concerts
Master class: John Chowning, 'Composing Music From the Inside-out'
Tuesday, November 16, 2027 @ 12:00pm – 1:00pm (PST)
PONCHO Concert Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
A lecture-demonstration showing how the capacity of computer systems 50 years ago limited composers/researchers to only one of the sound generating/processing tools that are available today: synthesis.
Free (Free)
Cornish Presents: John Chowning
Wednesday, November 17, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PST)
PONCHO Concert Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
A performance from electronic music pioneer John Chowning, who discovered FM synthesis in 1967 and revolutionized the music industry.
$10-$20
Cornish Presents: Gamelan Pacifica – Pangkur
Friday, December 3, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
PONCHO Concert Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Gamelan Pacifica is joined by special guest Megan O’Donoghue-Williams.
$10-$20
Cornish Presents: Scrape
Thursday, January 27, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PST)
PONCHO Concert Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Original music by Jim Knapp for string orchestra, harp, and guitar.
$5-$10
Cornish Masterclass: Composer Jesse Meyers
Monday, February 14, 2028 @ 1:30pm – 2:30pm (PST)
Cornish College of the Arts - Kerry Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Composer Jesse Meyers is giving a masterclass of his contemporary classical works and works for prepared piano.
Free (Free)
Cornish Presents: Jesse Myers
Thursday, February 17, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 9:15pm (PST)
PONCHO Concert Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
John Cage’s monumental work for the prepared piano is performed on the stage on which the instrument was born.
$10-$20
Cornish Presents: Peter Evans
Wednesday, February 23, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PST)
PONCHO Concert Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
The work of trumpet player and improviser/composer Peter Evans covers a wide range of modern musical practices and traditions.
$10-20
[CANCELLED] A General Talk About Dhrupad and A Dhrupad Vocal Concert by Sri Yvan Trunzler
Friday, May 19, 2028 @ 6:00pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
PONCHO Concert Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
This concert has been cancelled due to travel issues.
CANCELLED
Parama Swara: A Dhrupad Vocal Concert By Padmashri Gundecha Brothers
Saturday, May 20, 2028 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
PONCHO Concert Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Rich in perfectly tuneful and beautiful notes.
$25 ($18 students)
Cornish@Amazon Summer Concert Series: James Falzone’s Musique Actuelle
Thursday, September 14, 2028 @ 12:00pm – 1:00pm (PDT)
Van Vorst Plaza, Seattle, WA, United States
James Falzone (clarinet and woodwinds), Ruth Dornfeld (fiddle), and Dave Bartley (guitar).
Free
Cornish Presents: Projeto Arcomusical
Monday, November 6, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 9:15pm (PST)
PONCHO Concert Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
A world music sextet reimagining the Afro-Brazilian berimbau through a repertoire of unique, powerful, original concert chamber music.
$20 ($15 seniors, $10 students, $5 Teen Tix)
Cornish Presents: Frequency Chamber Ensemble
Friday, November 17, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
PONCHO Concert Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Frances White – The old rose reader for violin and electronic sound
Daniel Bjarnason – Bow to String for cello and electronics
Richard Einhorn – Maxwell’s Demon for 5-string electric violin
Frances White – As night falls for violin, viola, narrator, and electronic sound
Daniel Bjarnason – Bow to String for cello and electronics
Richard Einhorn – Maxwell’s Demon for 5-string electric violin
Frances White – As night falls for violin, viola, narrator, and electronic sound
$20 / $15 / $10
Gamelan Pacifica w/ Ki Midiyanto & Heni Savitri: Vocal Music Of Central Java
Sunday, November 19, 2028 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PST)
PONCHO Concert Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Gamelan Pacifica continues its tradition of bringing leading artists from Indonesia to Seattle.
$20 / $15 / $10 / $5
Karin Stevens Dance & the ULP: 'Saci – A Brazilian Folktale' & 'The Greater Trumps'
Friday, December 1, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Cornish Playhouse at Seattle Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Jovino Santos-Neto – Saci – A Brazilian Folktale
Stravinsky/Thorpe – The Greater Trumps
Stravinsky/Thorpe – The Greater Trumps
$50 / $35 / $25 / $20 / $15 / $5
Cornish Presents: Quince Contemporary Vocal Ensemble
Saturday, December 9, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PST)
PONCHO Concert Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
A highly regarded, four-voice, all-woman ensemble that thrives on unique musical challenges and a genre-bending, contemporary repertoire.
$20 / $15 / $10 / $5
Cornish Presents: Morten Alfred Høirup & Ruthie Dornfeld
Thursday, January 18, 2029 @ 8:00pm – 9:00pm (PST)
PONCHO Concert Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
An expressive, intimate musical dialogue of music inspired by folk traditions from Scandinavia, America, and beyond.
$10 ($5 seniors, students, Teen Tix)
Deceptive Cadence: Celebrating Paul Taub’s 38 Years at Cornish
Sunday, March 25, 2029 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
PONCHO Concert Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Angelique Poteat – Song and Dance
Bern Herbolsheimer – Ashik Dances Before His Love
Beth Fleenor – New work
Jovina Santos Neto – Sertao Carioca
Alexandra Gardner – The Way of Ideas
Helena Tulve – Pulss, möön ja voolamine
Bern Herbolsheimer – Ashik Dances Before His Love
Beth Fleenor – New work
Jovina Santos Neto – Sertao Carioca
Alexandra Gardner – The Way of Ideas
Helena Tulve – Pulss, möön ja voolamine
$10 / $5
Cornish Presents: Gamelan Pacifica
Sunday, November 4, 2029 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PST)
PONCHO Concert Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
An evening of Javanese music with one of the preeminent gamelan ensembles performing in the United States.
$20 / $15 / $10
Cornish Presents: Splinter Reeds
Tuesday, March 19, 2030 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
PONCHO Concert Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
The West Coast's first reed quintet, comprising five innovative musicians with a shared passion for new music.
Free (Free (RSVP required))
Cornish Presents: Gamelan Pacifica w/ Ki Midiyanto & Heni Savitri – Vocal Music Of Central Java
Sunday, November 3, 2030 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PST)
PONCHO Concert Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Gamelan Pacifica showcases two renowned Javanese compositions as part of a series of ongoing collaborations with remarkable Javanese artists Ki Midiyanto and Heni Savitri.
$20 / $15 / $10 / $5