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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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$5 - $20 suggested donation at the door (NOTAFLOF)
Myrrum + flowers in the city
Myrrum is a Seattle-based instrumental and experimental band, active in the community since 2011. Making use of sample-based rhythms and textures, feedback, drones, swells, and distortion, as well as softer arrangements for brass, vibraphone, mellotron, and modular synthesis, Myrrum stubbornly explores structure through improvisation, repetition, intensity, and friendship. Having released a full length record in 2016, as well as … Read More

$5 - $20 sliding scale at the door
R.A. Jones + Wild Strawberries + RM Francis
R.A. Jones is a New York-based composer, producer, and educator. A current member of electronic, avant-garde band Eaters, the bi-continental duo Scythe, and releasing solo music as Jha Bones, Bob first appeared on the international stage through his involvement in Jackie-O-Motherfucker and Parquet Courts, to say nothing of the more regional/local heavyweights Evolutionary Jass Band (Portland, OR) and Gospel … Read More

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Subvector Colloquy
The Wizards are Returning with Reinforcements to Once Again Corrupt the Young and Confound the Ancient!
Tom “Green Eggs and Ham” Baker, guitar; Keith “The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins” Eisenbrey, piano; Haley “Would You Rather Be a Bullfrog?” Freedlund, trombone; Leanna “Oh, The Places You’ll Go!” Keith, flute; Jim “Horton Hears a Who” Knodle, trumpet

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Eye Music
Now in it’s 19th year, Seattle ensemble Eye Music presents a concert of text based and graphic scores chosen for their ability to be interpreted in both sound and movement. The group of eight musicians are joined by dancer Katrina Wolfe. The works include pieces composed for the group by Eric Lanzillotta and historic compositions by Mieko Shiomi, David … Read More

$5 - $20 suggested donation at the door (NOTAFLOF)
Neal Kosaly-Meyer & John Teske: Gradus ad Ignotum
Neal Kosaly-Meyer presents his ongoing work for solo piano, Gradus: For Fux, Tesla and Milo the Wrestler. A large, mixed ensemble will perform John Teske’s novelty generator, a new improvisation framework for durational performance. Both works will be performed simultaneously as a two-hour piano concerto, with the ensemble encircling the piano.
Gradus: for Fux, Tesla and Milo the Wrestler is Neal … Read More

Jeff Schroeder + Adam Miller + Ilyas Ahmed
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

$5 - $20 suggested donation at the door (NOTAFLOF)
Thollem/ACVilla
Video artist ACVilla and keyboardist/vocalist Thollem McDonas are touring with stories they have collected over years of travel, including ones from just the other day, retelling them through miniature films and live music. These are audio/visual sneak peeks into otherwise unobserved events that are unfolding at the same time as ours, creating seconds- or minutes-long bonds that change our … Read More

$5 - $20 suggested donation at the door (NOTAFLOF)
Monster Planet + Young Scientist
Young Scientist was formed in Seattle in the mid-1970’s by James Husted, Roland Barker and Marc Barreca, performing for several years with analog synths, tape loops and keyboards. Following re-releases of 1970s material on the German labels Bureau B and Vinyl on Demand, Husted and Barreca sporadically reunite for live performances of YS’s immersive blend of pulsating electronics and … Read More

$10 - $20 donation at the door (NOTAFLOF)
Guitar Worship Service
Guitar Worship Service is playful in name, however not to mislead the importance of the creative possibilities of a guitar, GWS presentations select musicians and sound sculptors to freely interpret what a guitar is. While there are physically different types of guitars (electric, acoustic, steel, bass, etc.), GWS also encourages a conceptual nature for examining how to approach a guitar … Read More

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Millis/Jones/Knott + Messenger Girls Trio + Kelby Clark
An evening of (mostly) string improvisations and abstractions, featuring (mostly) ukulele and banjo. But also expect electro-acoustic/found sound/collage/drone explorations and deconstructions. Robert Millis and Dave Knott (Messenger Girls Trio) just released a cassette on Seattle’s Eiderdown Records. Millis has a new LP out on Discrepant. They will perform together and separately and be joined by Alan F Jones (Marginal … Read More

$10 - $20 suggested donation at the door (NOTAFLOF)
Daniel Menche + enereph + unnunned + C̴i̴g̴v̴ë̴
Daniel Menche (born 1969) is an iconic experimental musician and multidisciplinary artist from Portland, Oregon. Menche’s sonic abstractions manifest through intense noise, immersive drones, dense ambiance, poly-rhythmic percussion, turbulent nature field recordings, abused acoustic instruments and many other sources.
Connie Fu aka enereph is a multidisciplinary artist and producer. Her nomadic lifestyle and restless hands fuel a love for music-making … Read More

$20 at the door
Skerik + visuals by Blazinspace
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
