Author Archives: Steve Peters

Austin Larkin is a composer primarily working with violin, bells, and sirens. His performance and practice is informed by research into dimensions of vibrating bodies. Larkin’s solo violin performance situates the violin as an instrument to accentuate space, rather than to fill space. Within this space, the violin renders a continuously unfolding structure of interlocking harmonic shapes and temporal … Read More →

An evening of music. Featuring a new ensemble consisting of Gust Burns (piano), Troy Schiefelbien (voice), Aaron Michael Butler (vibraphone), Gregg Miller (clarinet), Justin Lazar (clarinet), Hanna Broback (violin), John Teske (contrabass ), and Noel Kennon (viola , clarinet).

This ensemble will present a new piece “11 scenes lit by sunset,” written by Noel Kennon and realized by the ensemble. 

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Environmental Studies is a group of Los Angeles musicians that blends unusual electronics, left-field rhythms, and warped brass instruments. Their newest record, Planet!, will be released on August 1st on their label Drifting Boat.

Nathan Ho is a Bay Area-based electronic musician combining contemporary classical music with brutal, percussive sound design drawing from breakcore, glitch, and bass music. His debut … Read More →

Sean Gaskell and Chet Corpt have both studied the kora in the traditional manner with the late great Malamini Jobarteh in his compound in Gambia, West Africa. A former minister of culture for that country, in addition to being a renowned international performer of kora music, he once said “Kora is an ocean.” Very deep, wide, and touching many shores. Seeking … Read More →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 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 →

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 →