Composer, producer, and performer Hahn Rowe has developed a uniquely personal sonic language, traversing a vast array of musical terrains and weaving them into ever-shifting, polymorphic soundscapes. At home in the studio as well as in the performance arena, he has worked to break down the barriers between traditional musical performance, sound art, and physical theater.

As an engineer, producer, … Read More →

Thomas Abrahamson will premiere new compositions for solo piano including a new piece for violin and piano ensemble (Libby Phelps on violin), all in the style of contemporary classical…ish. Also included in the program are OLD works composed in 2023. The night will include caffeine, refreshments, chocolate, caramel, and of course, notes, music, and crescendos that will make you … Read More →

Since January 2024, In Series has been working at a lofty goal: bringing composed music to a scene with more than its fair share of noise-niks, improvisers, nooks, and crannies. Having found a stable home at Capitol Hill’s Vermillion, series organizers Peter Tracy (cello) and Aaron Michael Butler (percussion) have curated concerts centered around works and performances by local … Read More →

Hanna Broback (violin), Noel Kennon (viola), and John Teske (double bass) present new music for string trio.

The program features compositions and structured improvisations exploring sustained tones, envelopes of density, ratio forms of the harmonic series, and non-linear pitch systems. This music is composed and realized by the ensemble.

The evening is shaped by two main frameworks: one focused on variations in density over … Read More →

“…let the colors inside your eyelids take musical form for 19 glorious minutes of modular synth majesty.” (AnEarful on River of Life)

Tracing arcs from crystalline to the hypnotic and back, Mario Diaz de Leon performs a set of works for Buchla synthesizer, including the newly released “RIver of Life,” a prismatic meditation on a 32-note melody that draws inspiration … Read More →

Ground Hum presents a night of deep listening and sonic exploration with Jake Muir and Raica. 

Jake Muir is a Berlin based sound artist, DJ, and field recordist. He approaches his practice as a listener first, carefully curating, layering and processing sounds that help him deconstruct and contextualize his lived experiences and influences. Using investigative software methodologies, DJ techniques, and … Read More →

The Force Of Listening #4 presents nine sonic and visual works presented by artists from across the US to create an evening of experimental ambience, music, and sound art coming on the heels of this year’s Campbient session, organized by REALMOREREAL. Artists include Violet Palace (Olympia, WA), Leora Malka (Los Angeles, CA), Julia Edith Rigby (Santa Ana, CA), … Read More →

Judith Berkson is a vocalist, pianist and composer living in Los Angeles, California. Her multi-disciplinary work explores tuning by navigating the small differences in pitch that alter perception and activate memory. She received her undergraduate from New England Conservatory, a masters in composition from Wesleyan University and a doctorate from California Institute of the Arts. Judith has collaborated with Kronos … Read More →

FLOOM is Maxx Katz‘s solo experiment in embodied improvisation, using flute, downtuned doom guitar, and extreme vocals. Maxx Katz is an artist, composer, and performer based in Portland, Oregon, whose work draws on vocabulary from performance art, free improvisation, jazz, contemporary classical, and heavy metal. A classically trained flutist with an M.A. in Music from the University of Virginia, … Read More →

A quadruple-header of PNW free improvisation groups drawing from drone, old-time, no-wave, noise and beyond.

Water Shrews – Creatures ambling thru tones. Brains combine to form a single organism. Group sound. Who is playing what? That’s the point. Listening to the sounds of sticks, reeds, strings, whoops and hollers in order to breathe and then play along.

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In a world that demands that we define ourselves with tags and constructed concepts, one can feel constricted by words that box our identity, often, creating separation from each other. What makes us all the same? What makes each one of us unique? This world premiere explores both sides of the human experience and invites you to “undefine” yourself … Read More →

NOTE: Audience for this event is limited to 85 people!

Jeff Schroeder (Los Angeles) was a member of the Smashing Pumpkins from 2007 to 2023. During this period, Jeff performed on numerous recordings and traveled the world performing live with the band. In October 2023, Jeff left the Smashing Pumpkins to pursue a solo career. He released his first album, Metanoia, in … Read More →

Seattle saxophonist and electronic artist Skerik will be performing live with his multi-effect set up with visual artist Blazinspace. An immersive sonic and visual experience using extensive electronic effects on the saxophone while Blazinspace fills the Chapel with multiple screens and projections. 

Forever defying categories & notions of the standard human work ethic, Skerik has been brewing worldwide jazz/rock/funk/electronic/avant-saxophonic mayhem since … Read More →