Wayward Music Series – Upcoming Concerts
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
Alan Cook & friends: Une nuit de trios
Thursday, August 5, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Bringing together some of the finest improvising musicians from the Seattle creative music scene and beyond for a night of unbridled collaboration and discovery.
$5-$15
Wayward Music Series: Parnassus Project
Thursday, August 12, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
A concert exploring American mysticism, featuring works by John Luther Adams, Lou Harrison, Peter Garland, and a new work by Luke Fitzpatrick.
$5-$15
Wayward Music Series: A Microscope / Curtis Dahl / Kenny Mandell
Friday, August 13, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
If Morton Feldman had a baby with Mahalia Jackson, that baby would grow up to have a lot in common with NYC-based musician Kris Wettstein...
$5-$15
Stacey Mastrian & Stephen F. Lilly: Back & Forth
Wednesday, August 18, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Music and sonic artworks for solo voice as well as spoken word and singing with kalimba, piano, and pre-recorded and live electronics.
$5-$15
Wayward Music Series: Rebecca Gates + Guest Artist TBA
Thursday, August 19, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Composer-performer Rebecca Gates will reinterpret and re-contextualize research field recordings from past scores, using them as raw sonic data for treatments in live performance with vocals and guitar.
$5-$15
Wayward Music Series: Michaud Savage – Departures
Friday, August 20, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Works for guitar, string quartet, and contrabass inspired by travels and observations of travelers.
$10-$20
Wayward Music Series: Rachel Green & Daniel Salo | Erin Jorgensen
Wednesday, August 25, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
An operatic installment of impassioned and surreal sounds, plus narcotic marimba lullabies for adults.
$5-$15
Wayward Music Series: Eric Frye + Raica + RM Francis
Thursday, August 26, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
The premiere of Eric Frye's six-channel electroacoustic piece, On Small Differences in Sensation.
$5-$15
Wayward Music Series: Jean-Baptiste/Palmer/Traeger + Klingele + SS Nomad
Wednesday, September 1, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
An aggressive, incessantly minimalist style; intersections of sound created by instruments and found objects; electronic sounds and field recordings.
$5-$15