Wayward Music Series – Upcoming Concerts
Dennis Rea: Live at the Forbidden City
Friday, April 24, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Longtime Seattle musician Dennis Rea celebrates the republication of his book Live at the Forbidden City: Musical Encounters in China and Taiwan with a reading plus a musical performance of Asian-themed works.
$5-$15 suggested donation
NEW EXPANSE | VOL. I
Saturday, April 25, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
A diverse and engaging evening of active listening and presentation that moves beyond the typical live concert or lecture to offer the public a new space that is educational, current and refreshing.
$10 suggested donation
Giacomo Fiore | Rocco Di Pietro with Cristina Valdes
Saturday, May 2, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Giacomo Fiore performs music for solo electric guitar and electronics, plus chamber and electronic works by Rocco Di Pietro featuring Cristina Valdes, piano.
$5-$15
Machinations Musical, Divers & Sundry
Thursday, May 7, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
An evening of experimental music and performance, featuring new works by Donald Craig, Inmi Lee, Douglas Niemela, Joshua Parmenter, Anna Stachurska and Ewa Trębacz.
$5-$15 suggested donation
FHTAGN
Saturday, May 9, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Employing elements of chance-operations, free improvisation, polytonality, atonality and alternative conducting techniques, FHTAGN seeks to deliver a massively immersive musical experience in the traditions of Charles Ives, John Cage and Karlheinz Stockhausen.
$5-$15 donation
Frank Clayton & Greg Campbell
Friday, May 15, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Frank Clayton (bass, drums) and Greg Campbell (drums, tuba, cornet) present an evening of composed and improvised music with special guests.
$5-$15 donation
Concert Imaginaire: Another Day in Suck City
Saturday, May 16, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Settings of Emily Dickinson and Edgar Allan Poe, a dance for an orangutan, the lament of SHE–the cyber-ant goddess, an exploration of God as a virus, and the premiere of JUST A KISS AWAY, a 5-minute opera.
$5-$15 suggested donation
Stella Haze | Pulling Out the Light | Raica
Friday, May 22, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
An evening of electronic music by three Seattle-based artists, presented by Nonsequitur.
$5-$15 suggested donation
Ursula Sahagian plays Viet Cuong
Saturday, May 30, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Join oboist Ursula Sahagian and friends for a riveting evening of music for double reeds.
$5-$15 suggested donation
Friction Quartet & Christian Pincock
Friday, June 5, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Friction Quartet (SF) premieres works by Pacific Northwest composers, and performs John Adams' First Quartet. Christian Pincock opens with solo works on trombone and computer.
$10-$15 suggested donation
Zero-G: Vlatkovich 5tet + Robert Millis
Friday, June 12, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
The Wayward Music Series presents Zero-G: Vlatkovich 5tet + Robert Millis.
$5-$15 suggested donation
Colleen + Hanna Benn
Saturday, June 13, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Colleen plays the Baroque viola da gamba with live electronic processing. Seattle composer/vocalist Hanna Benn opens with a rare solo set.
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Julio Lopez
Thursday, June 18, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Seattle composer/violinist Julio Lopez presents four new small-scale pieces for mixed ensembles, as well as Snakemouth, an extended composition/improvisational form for solo violin and electronics.
$5-$15 suggested donation
Neal Kosaly-Meyer: Gradus
Friday, June 19, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Kosaly-Meyer's Gradus: for Fux, Tesla and Milo the Wrestler is a continuing micro-epic contemplation of a small but growing collection of piano pitches, and a demonstration of the infinite sound-worlds potentially present in a few notes.
$5-$15 suggested donation
Earshot Jazz: Giulia Valle Trio
Saturday, June 20, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 8:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Barcelona-bred bassist Giulia Valle brings a unique musicianship to the contemporary scene with her compositions and playing.
$9-$18
Earshot Jazz: Julia Hülsmann Trio
Friday, June 26, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Berlin-based pianist Julia Hülsmann is renowned for her pristine technique and a breadth of creative influences ranging from Thelonious Monk to Emily Dickinson.
$9-$18
Noisegasm
Saturday, June 27, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Keyboard-based electronica with keyboard lines that range from beguiling to horrific and a wide range of abstract sound textures.
$5-$15 suggested donation
Wayward Music Series: No UFO’s + Karl Fousek + Visible Cloaks
Friday, August 7, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Adventurous and experimental music.
$5-$15 suggested donation
Wayward Music Series: Odd Partials with Marcin Pączkowski
Saturday, August 8, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
A concert of experimental interactive music.
$5-$15 suggested donation
Wayward Music Series: Douglas DeVries & Yvonne Chen
Thursday, August 13, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
A program of new American works by Alexandra T. Bryant, Evan Fein, Alishan Gezgin, Jake Heggie and Daniel Knaggs.
$10-$15