Partners is a new suite of music for septet composed by Michael Owcharuk (piano), featuring Kate Olson (saxophones), Alex Guy (violin), Heather Bentley (viola), Maria Scherer Wilson (violoncello), Abbey Blackwell (bass), and Kyle Doran (drums). The piece explores different aspects of partnership: a spouse, friend, parent, child, co-worker, fellow commuter, shopkeeper, all the great and small partnerships we form short- and … Read More →

This trio concert celebrates the return of free jazz saxophonist Booker T. Williams Jr., a legend of Seattle late-night jam sessions in the 1960s, who has come back to Seattle after forty years in NYC jamming with the giants of the jazz avant garde, including Archie Shepp, Charles Mingus, Sonny Rollins, and Henry Threadgill. Booker joins Greg Campbell on … Read More →

Coen Rios presents a set of original compositions and freely improvised music, as a final showcase for his graduate degree at the University of Washington.

Coen Rios is a saxophonist and composer, specializing in jazz and improvised music. Pacific Tribute is an intentional homage to the geography and people that Coen grew up around, going through original compositions, while blending … Read More →

The Trillium String Quartet strives to program works that reflect the breadth of the artistic communities we have had the privilege to be a part of and influenced by. Using an educator’s lens to demystify the act of musical performance, we curate accessible concert experiences where we share our personal connection to the music that we play. 

Crossing Paths is our … Read More →

Doors open 7 PM.

The Northwest Experimental Guitar Orchestra is an ensemble of musicians from diverse performative backgrounds, with members in Seattle, Bremerton, Portland, and surrounding regions. They perform new works that explore alternative methods of scoring, conducting, and technology integration, favoring methods that avoid traditional Western music notation, making participation accessible to everyone, regardless of background, training, or education. They … Read More →

Presented by Continuum Culture & Arts

Jason Kao Hwang – violin, viola, compositionsKen Filiano – bassAndrew Drury – drum set

With origins reaching back to the Asian Arts Movement and New York Loft scenes of the 1970s, and work in ensuing decades in Jazz, opera, film, and with artists such as Henry Threadgill, Anthony Braxton, Butch Morris, Wadada Leo Smith, Pauline … Read More →

QUIET TIME is an immersive live experience by Kassa Overall and Corey King, inspired by the Chapel at Good Shepherd Center. The idea traces back to a familiar childhood moment: long car rides, restless energy in the back seat, and a parent finally calling, “OK… quiet time.” Following the unexpected power outage during Overall’s 2025 Earshot Jazz Festival set at … Read More →

Rory Somers is a Seattle-based trumpeter, composer, and improviser working in jazz and improvised music. He is joined by drummer Ethan Horn, guitarist Cole McKittrick, and saxophonist Coen Rios for an evening of original compositions and collective improvisations. 

Coming through the UW Improvised music program together, the four have explored wide ranges of music-making, from acoustic chamber jazz to electronically … Read More →

The Force of Listening #5 presents six sonic and visual works presented by artists from across the US and Mexico 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 Lisa Ann Schonberg (Brookyln, NY), NINA NINA (Veracruz, Mexico), Mary Edwards  (Brooklyn, NY), Kafele Williams (Omaha, … Read More →

Classical pianist and composer Thomas Abrahamson teams up with violinist Libby Phelps to perform original compositions in the style of contemporary classical. Harmonies and structures of all shapes and sizes coalesce into something familiar yet new. Is it classical? Is it Jazz? Is it a movie score? Or an amalgam of all that came before? Come be serenaded in the beautiful … Read More →

Bassist/vocalist Melanie Radford (Built to Spill, Blood Lemon) celebrates the release of her debut solo album For the Sake of Stillness, an inventive reimagining of lush ambient folk delivered with her singular touch. It was recorded during and in-between tours, coming together over a stretch of two years as a centering practice and statement of self. Constantly in motion … Read More →

Elijah Bossenbroek, despite taking ten years of piano lessons, he has consistently gravitated towards composing his own musical compositions rather than performing existing works. At the age of 18, he enlisted in the Marines, where he continued his musical endeavors, even bringing a keyboard with him to the desert of Kuwait during the Iraq War.

Currently in his forties, Bossenbroek’s … Read More →

This unique concert will bring together five of Seattle’s finest improvisors, as the trio The Hegramatics and duo Lotus Lungs, in a tribute to the late Carol J Levin.

Amy Denio, Heather Bentley and Greg Campbell are multi-talented musicians, each with a range that defies logic. Amy improvises freely using her voice, saxophone, clarinet and accordion. Heather is fluid on … Read More →