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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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Thomas Abrahamson & Libby Phelps
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 … Read More
Winds of Change Duo: Words Collide
The Winds of Change Duo, consisting of Bobby Collins (horn) and Cassie Fry (piano), brings you into the music making through a fun and relaxed atmosphere and informative introductions. They perform all works by composers from underrepresented communities, delighting audiences around Washington State and introducing unique and rarely heard gems for horn and piano.
“Worlds Collide” was recently … Read More
The Force of Listening #5
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 … Read More
Rory Somers Quartet
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 … Read More
NonSeq: Kassa Overall & Corey D. King
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 … Read More
Jason Kao Hwang’s Human Rites Trio
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 … Read More
NW Experimental Guitar Orchestra + Daniel Reyes Llinás + Waxing Gibbous Quintet
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 … Read More
Trillium String Quartet: Crossing Paths
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 … Read More
Coen Rios: Pacific Tribute
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, … Read More
Booker T. Williams / Pete Leinonen / Greg Campbell
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 … Read More