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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 →

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. 

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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 →

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 →

Partners is a new suite of music for septet composed by Michael Owcharuk (piano), featuring Kate Olson (saxophones), Alex Guy (violin), Heather Bentley (viola), Maria Scherer Wilson (violoncello), Abbey Blackwell (bass), and Kyle Doran (drums). The piece explores different aspects of partnership: a spouse, friend, parent, child, co-worker, fellow commuter, shopkeeper, all the great and small partnerships we form short- … Read More →

Stone and Sky is the improvisational musical project of Trevor Eulau and Tara, centered around exploring friendship and connection through music. Tara and Trevor have been playing together for five years, and have become close musically and creatively. Before Trevor moves to Pittsburgh in June, Tara and Trevor wanted to perform under Stone and Sky to explore their … Read More →

Doors open 7 PM, music starts at 8 PM.

In celebration of the cassette release of new cascades, the 2024 album from Portland-based producer Alvin Fenner (neat beats), TOKO TAPE is proud to present an evening of woodwinds and electronics. Fenner will be joined by local Seattle saxophonist Morgan O. and multi-instrumental sound artist sous chef. In addition … Read More →

Marble takes its name from the way life actually moves — not in straight lines, but in swirls. People enter and leave. Moments press into each other. Different textures, colors, and temperatures share the same glass. Edelmar and Achil Obenza invite you into that swirl — through music, image, and word — as a reminder that even in … Read More →

Seattle electronic musician Brad Loving makes his improvisational debut with a custom-built sequencer, weaving live-sampled textures into evolving polymetric and polyrhythmic frameworks.

Brad Loving has spent three decades working with electroacoustic sound — from Chicago’s experimental music community to a decade at New York’s avant-garde venue The Kitchen. His band Reunion Island has released two albums recorded with … Read More →

Bongo Funhouse is a free-improvisation performance ensemble that explores the world of percussion and found sounds. Bongo Funhouse seeks to create a unique performance experience that blends elements of avant-garde and contemporary classical music. Taking influence from many types of music, literature, and nature, Bongo Funhouse travels through a wide variety of sound worlds and moods that at … Read More →