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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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Author Archives: Steve Peters
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Demure Asian Rage
Demure Asian Rage is a multidisciplinary structural improv piece involving taiko, flute, electronics, poetry, and movement. This work explores how rage manifests in the context of being Asian, non-binary, genderfluid and AFAB individual in a world that frequently marginalizes such identities. What if our inner world was allowed to be free? What happens when rage and joy are encouraged … Read More
Red Pants Collective
The Red Pants Collective, an improvised movement and sound project formed by father/daughter duo Giordana and James Falzone, are joined by special guests Christopher Williams (bass) and Jadi Carboni (movement) from Graz, Austria, and Seattle stalwarts Luci Baker (movement) and Steve Peters (field recordings).
Gregory Allison & Tristan de Liège + Asher Fulero
Rich viola melodies fuse with ambient soundscapes in this new collaborative album performance from Tristan de Liège & Gregory Allison. Their new release, Samatha, features meditations for solo viola performed by Allison and soundscapes beautifully crafted by de Liège. They will be performing music from the record and others from their previous two collaborative albums. Vinyl will be … Read More