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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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NonSeq: Hahn Rowe
Composer, producer, and performer Hahn Rowe has developed a uniquely personal sonic language, traversing a vast array of musical terrains and weaving them into ever-shifting, polymorphic soundscapes. At home in the studio as well as in the performance arena, he has worked to break down the barriers between traditional musical performance, sound art, and physical theater.
As an engineer, producer, … Read More
Kin of the Moon
Kin of the Moon plays music of Tom Baker and Neil Welch
Tom Baker has composed a substantial yet delicate musical exploration of our shifting climate. “Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Glacier” is based on poetry by Craig Santos Perez. Scored for mezzo-soprano, alto flute, viola, saxophone, and guitar, the chamber ensemble movements are interspersed with solo guitar meditations. … Read More
Michael Jones/UW Graduate Percussion Group
Percussionist Michael Jones (he/they) presents new works for percussion by Matt Sargent and Scott Wollschleger that explore time, touch, and exteriority. Based in San Diego, California, his recordings can be heard on the Naxos, New Focus, Edition Wandelweiser, Cold Blue, Sawyer Editions, and New World labels. Michael’s debut solo album, Between Time and After, is available from Chen Li … Read More
Eudimorphodon + Burns/Adams + Aaron Michael Butler
EUDIMORPHODON, is an early pterosaur AND a new duo with Dan Plonsey (saxophones) and Matthew Welch (bagpipes). Featuring compositions and improvisations by both for this unique combination of reeds, Plonsey and Welch dig deep into their love for odd creatures and characters to summon forth wild sonic beasts of imagination. They will be on tour from California.
Local support will be provided by Gust Burns … Read More
NonSeq: Imaginary Softwoods + Cameron MacNair
John Elliott (aka Imaginary Softwoods) is a singular visionary who defies categorization, known for his collaborative work in the seminal kosmisch/ambient synth band Emeralds, with Drew Veres as Outer Space, as well as for his own solo projects. John’s oeuvre as a musician, visual artist, and curator are unmatched and significant. Since 2010, he’s overseen his personally curated imprint … Read More
Music for Droney Strings
Compositions and Improvisations by four Seattle experimentalists:
Salma Zenia, violinNoel Kennon, violaLori Goldston, celloKole Galbraith, double bass
Kole Galbraith is a musician and sound artist originally from Wenatchee, Washington. He settled in Seattle after living in Germany, Mexico, and Austria. While traveling, Kole immersed himself in improvised experimental music across multiple genres ranging from free-jazz, harsh noise, new-music, and metal.
Lori Goldston … Read More
Music for Snare Drumz
Music for Snare Drumz is an immersive exploration of resonance, texture, and rhythm, blending experimental minimalism, unconventional percussion techniques, and nuanced sonic transmutation.
Featuring performers Aaron Butler, Jon Rodriguez, Storm Benjamin, and James Doyle. Audiences will encounter hypnotic durational works and unconventional percussion techniques that provide tactile percussion textures with a meditative edge. The performance will emphasize space and silence as … Read More
NonSeq: Emma Garau + Aaron Otheim
Minneapolis-based drummer/composer Emma Garau earned a BFA in jazz and contemporary music from UNC Asheville while studying independently with Dave King of The Bad Plus, and touring extensively with Fortezza, which she co-founded in 2016. Emma currently tours and records with art punk duo, ¿WATCHES?, and as a solo artist. She has also performed and/or recorded with Powderhorns, Grace … Read More
NonSeq: Jahnvi Madan + Jonathan Paik
Named Northwest Emerging Artist of the Year by Earshot Jazz, Jahnvi Madan is an Indian American clarinetist, improviser and composer. As a bandleader, she has performed her music at several well known festivals, including the Washington D.C. Women in Jazz Festival, Westerlies Festival, and Earshot Jazz festival, as their youngest commissioned composer. She is the current Artist-in Residence at … Read More
J2 Duo: Seen and Heard
The J2 Duo proudly presents Seen and Heard, showcasing a vibrant renaissance of diversity within brass repertoire.
While new composition has long been celebrated within the brass community, a refreshing renaissance of diversity is now taking place. The composers represented in this program are among those whose works are quickly becoming firmly established within the standard repertoire. From award winning composers Kevin … Read More