Category Archives: Event

Avante-garde classical composer, freak-folk singer-songwriter and postmodern jazz interloper Kaley Lane Eaton performs her sophomore album, Lookout, live with an all-star orchestra of Seattle’s most beloved genre-bending musicians.

For artists like Kaley Lane Eaton who paint outside the lines, there are seemingly endless boxes to check, but few name-brand comparisons. Joni Mitchell, Björk, Kate Bush, Laurie Anderson. 

On her latest album … Read More →

The Seattle Guitar Orchestra expands the live concert experience with solo, orchestral, and cinematic presentations of the music of close collaborations with composers from the Ukraine, Nigeria, Kenya and more. This concert blends the intimacy of live performance with the spectacular cinematography of the movies. Come experience and evening of solo guitar, guitar orchestra, and the best in music … Read More →

Jonah Parzen-Johnson makes music for baritone saxophone & flute that challenges listeners with experimental textures & forms while embracing them with warm approachable melodies. A Chicago native and longtime Brooklyn resident, Jonah has performed solo in more than a dozen countries across four continents. You might find him at jazz festivals in Berlin, Helsinki and Seattle, concert halls in … Read More →

Victoria Shen (aka Evicshen) is a sound artist, experimental music performer, and instrument-maker based in San Francisco. Shen’s sound practice is concerned with the spatiality/physicality of sound and its relationship to the human body. Her music features analog modular synthesizers, vinyl/resin records, and self-built electronics. Her multimedia practice extends beyond musical composition and performance to include installation and non-traditional methods … Read More →

Presented by the Vera Project. Doors open 7 PM.

Nadah El Shazly is a producer, vocalist and sound artist from Cairo, Egypt. Her music combines expressive 19th century musical concepts from her homeland with contemporary, borderless forays into electronic and improvisational idioms. She has toured the world extensively, featuring at festivals including Le Guess Who?, REWIRE, Irtijal, and FIMAV, among many others. Her debut … Read More →

The Xyloboyz (Aaron Michael Butler and Jonathan Rodriguez) present: MUSIC FOR BASS DRUMS

This program will include classic works like John Zorn’s Dark River and Gerard Grisey’s Stèle for bass drum duo, as well as newly composed works featuring guest musicians by the duo. 

Of Pillars (featuring Casey Adams), Jonathan Rodriguez writes: 

“In the intricate dance of familial symbolism, este enigmático cornerstone of lineage stands veiled, su esencia … Read More →

Uncharted Duo is a percussion and trumpet collaboration pushing the limits of contemporary music through a synergy of avant-garde, jazz, electroacoustic, and new music styling. Percussionist and composer Mitchell Beck employs the full range of percussion instruments spanning styles from old to undiscovered, while trumpeter Derek Ganong utilizes a dazzling array of classical and jazz virtuoso techniques to create … Read More →

(Note: This concert was rescheduled from the original date of Jan. 12.)

Sid Samberg, a composer-pianist from Chicago, is honored to participate in the Wayward Music Series a second time, exactly one year after the last, which was his Seattle debut. He will perform more original works for piano solo, which explore concepts ranging from the personal (meditations on dreams … Read More →

Nonsequitur kicks off the 2024 NonSeq concert series with a special performance introducing this year’s curatorial team:

Beth Fleenor is an electric, adrenaline inducing performer crafting moments that ricochet between meditation and a full body purge. Whether performing solo with amplified clarinet, voice & electronics, leading blindfolded chamber ensembles, conducting a full theater house as a beat-boxing choir, or singing … Read More →

A meditation on the frailty and resilience of the human spirit. Directed by Joan Laage/Kogut Butoh in collaboration with Kaoru Okumura & Helen Thorsen (butoh), Randy Shay (piano) & Aaron Harmonson (bass).

A world in chaos, multitudes of people displaced, frozen in place or constantly moving. Refugee is the latest in Joan’s body of work inspired by the aftermath of war … Read More →