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Each month, Nonsequitur and a community of like-minded organizations and artists present ten concerts of adventurous and experimental music in the gorgeous Chapel Performance Space at the Good Shepherd Center (which sits on the traditional homelands of the Duwamish people): contemporary/post-classical composition, free improvisation and the outer limits of jazz, electronic/electroacoustic music, new instruments, phonography, sound art, and other innovative musics. Watch a video clip about us on the Seattle Channel.
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In the Chapel Performance Space on the fourth floor of the Good Shepherd Center.
4649 Sunnyside Ave. N.
Seattle WA, 98103
(SW corner of 50th & Sunnyside in Wallingford. Nearest Metro bus stops: 62, 44, 26)Email:
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$15 at the door
James Falzone: When Will Soon Be Then?
James Falzone presents his new solo project, When Will Soon Be Then? Rooted in small acts of beauty as a means of protest, James’ solo project weaves improvised and planned elements, incorporating clarinet, penny whistles, piano, and percussion. Joining James will be special guests Omar Wiley, spoken word, and Giordana Falzone, movement. The Chapel performance begins a 10-city tour, … Read More
$5 - $20 suggested donation at the door
Rebecca Lawrence: Imaginary Light
Berlin-based double bassist Rebecca Lawrence performs Imaginary Light, a program that combines contemporary and early solo double-bass works using extended techniques and alternative tunings to expose, expand, and illuminate the instrument’s sonic compass.
Rebecca Lawrence grew up in Seattle and, following studies in Los Angeles, Paris, and Frankfurt, moved to Berlin in 2025. Her work with the double bass draws … Read More
$10 suggested donation at the door
Sh’ma
Sh’ma is the project of musician Trevor Eulau and Tony Lefaive, among other collaborators, aimed at bringing together contemplative practice, meditation, and elements of Jewish mysticism together with various types of improvisation. Sh’ma is the Hebrew word for “listen”, and also the name of the central mantra and prayer in Jewish meditation. It is precisely what we seek to … Read More
NonSeq: Jami Sieber
Electric cellist, vocalist and composer Jami Sieber is a celebrated pioneer of her instrument with an inspiring and fearless style of performance that has been recognized internationally. Employing looping devices and electronics to create sounds never before associated with the cello, Sieber transforms her solo instrument into an orchestra of sound that opens the heart, defies the mind, and … Read More
$5 - $20 suggested donation at the door (NOTAFLOF)
Trigger Object + Faith Coloccia + Raica
Faith Coloccia is an American artist and musician. She is most known as being the founding member and primary songwriter for the post-rock band Mamiffer. She is a label owner, graphic designer, pianist and more. A creative who likes to explore all forms of artful communication and feeling.
Vern Avola is a composer, multimedia artist, instructor, and champion of friendship, … Read More
$5 - $20 suggested donation at the door
Light Time Delay + An Anomalous Wave + Marc Barreca
Presented by Modular Seattle.
Light Time Delay (Théa-Martine Gauthier) uses field recordings, granular synthesis, bespoke software, hardware DSP engines, sound design, data sonification, and poetry to create long-form ambient performances. Her works form a basis of energy exchange and are designed to evoke a feeling of intensity, movement and space. This original performance will feature a synthesizer modeled on a … Read More
$5 - $20 suggested donation in advance or at the door (NOTAFLOF)
NonSeq: Carrie DeCunzo Mirande + Nour Mobarak
Carrie DeCunzo Mirande is a musician and multi-disciplinary artist who works in performance, video, installation, theater, and sound. She started making computer music in 2014 and over the last decade has released on Discreet Music, Hold Tapes, No Rent Records, and her own imprint, KSX Solutions. She received her MFA in Electronic Music and Recording Media from Mills College. … Read More
$5 - $20 sliding scale at the door
Byron Westbrook + Maria Thrän / Afroditi Psarra
Byron Westbrook presents a multichannel version of his acclaimed electroacoustic work, Translucents; Maria Thrän and Afroditi Psarra conduct real-time radio wave manipulations.
Byron WestbrookTranslucents
First emerging from within New York’s experimental music scene nearly two decades ago and now based in Los Angeles, Byron Westbrook weaves intricate tapestries of sonority bridging the worlds of sound art, installation, avant-garde electronic music and … Read More
$5 - $20 suggested, in advance or at the door
Samantha Boshnack: Uncomfortable Subjects
Trumpeter, composer, and bandleader Samantha Boshnack reprises her jazz song cycle Uncomfortable Subjects at the Chapel Performance Space. A chamber orchestra of Seattle music luminaries will perform the full cycle live before recording it at London Bridge Studio; the thirteen-piece ensemble, conducted by Joshua Kohl (Degenerate Art Ensemble), features vocals by Grammy-winning singer Johnaye Kendrick (säje).
In 2020, Boshnack invited artist and … Read More