Wayward Music Series – Upcoming Concerts
Wayward Music Series: Seattle Bass Clarinet Project
Friday, April 30, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Works for bass clarinet, including the world premiere of Sean Osborn’s Four Moods for bass clarinet duo and performances of pieces by Bill Smith, Jim Knodle, Daniel Barry, and others.
$5-$15
Otomo Yoshihide: Project Fukushima!
Monday, May 3, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
A solo performance by guitarist, turntable performer, composer, producer, and co-founder of Project Fukushima!
$5-$15
Wayward Music Series: Josh Archibald-Seiffer + Ania Stachurska
Wednesday, May 5, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
An evening of acoustic and electronic works featuring world premieres by Archibald-Seiffer and Stachurska that explore diverse themes such as political civil war, children’s literature, the structure of language, and the uncanny.
$5-$15
Seattle Composers’ Salon: Bristow / Escoffery / Reid / Svendsen
Thursday, May 6, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
An evening of music and discussion with Seattle composers Sheila Bristow, Steve Escoffery, Clement Reid, and Jake Svendsen.
$5-$15
Wayward Music Series: Touch Conference
Friday, May 7, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Artists from the Touch label roster present and demonstrate audio-visual works, plus performances from Philip Jeck, Mark Van Hoen, and Daniel Menche.
$10
Jesse Myers: Cage’s Sonatas and Interludes
Thursday, May 20, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Cage – Sonatas and Interludes
$5-$15
Pulse Emitter / Bardo:Basho / Marcus Price / J. Ryan
Friday, May 21, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Hyper-melodic synth music, pastoral and medieval textures, compositions that keep you guessing, and a trek to the inner reaches of the mind.
$5-$15
Wayward Music Series: Julio Lopezhiler & friends
Thursday, June 3, 2027 @ 8:30pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Centered around questions of identity, agency, and cohabitation, this music makes its home in the liminal spaces between sound, noise, and silence.
$5-$15
Tender Buttons + guest TBA
Friday, June 4, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Rewinding classic electronic musics in a swarm of devices and languages, composed in the moment via a shared esthetic of severe improvisational methods. Friendly spirits Fluxus, WDR, Cage, On-U and Kling Klang are never far away.
$5-$15
Wayward Music presents Cursive: Black Anemones
Wednesday, June 9, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
A unique chamber music concert of individualist masterworks by Schulhoff, Fine, Schwantner, and others.
$5-$15 suggested donation
Luke Fitzpatrick: Violin & Electronics
Thursday, June 10, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Works include Anthèmes 2 by Pierre Boulez and Frises by Kaija Saariaho, as well as newly commissioned works by Doug Niemela, Jacob Sundstrom, Ania Stachurska, and Jeff Bowen.
$5-$15
Three Solos: Crome, Kelley, Shafii
Friday, June 18, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
A long-form piece for prepared electric guitar, alto sax, bells, and radio, plus generative and systems music from San Francisco.
$5-$15
Wayward Music Series: impacttestdummy + PRISONFOOD + Noisegasm
Thursday, June 24, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Fresh loops, spicy effects, ambient drones, skittering electronic noises, classical cadences, and all-out aural bombast.
$5-$15
Wayward Music Series: Wind Talkers
Friday, June 25, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
An innovative music duo comprised of veteran singers and multi-instrumentalists.
$5-$15
Inverted Space Long Piece Fest IV: Aperghis & Xenakis
Monday, June 28, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Xenakis – XAS for saxophone quartet
Aperghis – Jeu à quatre for alto saxophone quartet
Xenakis – Dikhthas for violin and piano
Xenakis – Morsima-Amorsima for violin, cello, double bass, and piano
Aperghis – Jeu à quatre for alto saxophone quartet
Xenakis – Dikhthas for violin and piano
Xenakis – Morsima-Amorsima for violin, cello, double bass, and piano
$5-$15 suggested donation
Wayward Music Series: Seattle Composers’ Salon
Thursday, July 8, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
An evening of music and discussion with Seattle composers Jay Hamilton, Jeremiah Lawson, Susan Maughlin Wood, and S. Eric Scribner.
$5-$15
Wayward Music Series: Swarm + Stew: Honoring Stuart Dempster on his 80th
Friday, July 9, 2027 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Honoring trombonist, composer, and multi-media performer Stuart Dempster with a score that allows for spontaneity, surprise, and the unexpected; it encourages deep listening in each moment; it prescribes loving dedication to its auditors and to its inspiration.
$5-$15
Ensemble Audax: New Music for Old Souls
Friday, July 16, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
A showcase of new works for 18th-century instruments with contemporary composition practices, promising to open your ears to the possibilities of these unique instruments.
$5-$15
Northwest New-Music Workshop (NW2)
Thursday, July 22, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Featuring an all-premiere program of compositions by Seattle composers Samantha Boshnack, Greg Campbell, Simon Henneman, Sierra Klingele, Pete Leinonen, Dick Valentine, and Daniel Webbon.
$5-$15
Kam Morrill: New Works
Friday, July 30, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Premiering 9 works written in Seattle over the past 2 decades, including works for piano, unaccompanied cello, string quartet, piano quartet, and vocal quartet.
$5-$15