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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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Luke Fitzpatrick: The Dreamer
Violinist and composer Luke Fitzpatrick presents an hour-long solo work entitled The Dreamer. Stemming from the anxiety of our current time, The Dreamer is an experiential piece that explores the themes of isolation, longing and duality. Audience members are encouraged to move around the space during the performance.
For the continued safety of all present, audience members are required to … Read More
NonSeq: The Force of Listening #3 – Spätzer + wiley soule
Spätzer is a creation from multi-disciplinary artist Aiken Bömers-Muller. Living through generative-based compositions, Spätzer’s sound designs balance the formalist approach of traditional ambient music with a tumultuous underbelly of chaotic sensibilities. Coming from a theater background, Spätzer focuses on storytelling through his music and performances. Some have called this post-ambient, some have remained silent. Muller is a part of … Read More
Lotus Lungs + Bentley/Campbell/Levin
Two trios of master improvisers will reverberate the rafters with electric and organic sounds: experimental guitar trio Lotus Lungs and Bentley/Campbell/Levin.
Lotus Lungs is composed of three accomplished Seattle guitarists: Bill Horist, Matt Benham, and Tom Scully. Their backgrounds range from punk rock and electronic music to jazz and classical. They use special effects and prepared guitars to create unimaginable … Read More
NonSeq: Elisa Thorn + Meredith Bates
Experimental harpist/composer Elisa Thorn and violinist Meredith Bates have been playing together in many contexts for the past ten years, including their project Gentle Party which just released its sophomore album, God Complex. The two will be presenting improvised works creating visceral sound worlds with ample electronic processing, extended techniques, classical virtuosity and ambient minimalism.Elisa Thorn is a harpist/composer … Read More
electric.kitchen + Demetrius Patin + WabiSabi
Modular Seattle presents (re)connect, SF Bay Area duo electric.kitchen’s evening of experimental electronic music and visuals exploring reconnecting after two years of isolation for performing artists. The whole evening connects its parts into a journey, newly traveled every night.
The Seattle performance of (re)connect includes local musicians Demetrius Patin and WabiSabi. The evening journey includes time for each of … Read More
Kin of the Moon + Strange Interlude = Strange Moon
Kin of the Moon (Seattle) and Strange Interlude (LA) team up for the first of an ongoing series of collaborations titled STRANGE MOON, featuring six newly commissioned works for flute, viola, cello, harp, vox/piano, and electronics.
Back in 2019, Kin of the Moon and Strange Interlude hatched a plan to commission some of our favorite composers to write ten minute … Read More
Unity Garnish / Bit Graves / EAMS.
Unity Garnish is the electronic music duo comprised of Derek Blackstone and Sam Klickner. Unity Garnish is perfect. Unity Garnish plugs the body into machine. Unity Garnish is set over the maintenance of an audio aura which offers an out to the entrepreneur, and an in to the saved. Duckling, their debut mixtape, is available via Mercy Clinic.
Bit Graves … Read More
Earshot: James Brandon Lewis & Chad Taylor
Powerful, tenor saxophonist James Brandon Lewis last appeared with Earshot in the 2018 festival. Known for his many talents that span musicianship, composing, and writing, he’s noted as “a saxophonist who embodies and transcends tradition.” (The New York Times). His style melds many traditions including gospel, free jazz, funk, and hip-hop. His soaring notoriety rests on the back of … Read More
The Light That Fills the World: Music of John Luther Adams
An hour-long, meditative music experience featuring the nature-inspired music of American composer John Luther Adams. Seating is limited. Program:The Farthest Place (2001)The Wind in High Places (2011)Among Red Mountains (2001)The Light That Fills the World (1998/2001)with Rose Bellini, celloStorm Benjamin, vibraphoneJoseph Kaufman, double bassRebekah Ko, marimbaAndy Liang, violinJesse Meyers, pianoMikhail Shmidt, violinErin Wight, violaCharles Smith, light Benjamin Marx, soundErin Jorgensen, production(photo: … Read More
Lost Chocolate Lab
Lost Chocolate Lab is the moniker and double entendre of Damian Kastbauer practicing as noise maker, effects builder, and spatial audio investigator.
Ingredients for a System of Playback: 1. Position one guitar(lcl) at the center of quad(2²) towers of synchronized amplification. 2. Augment with assorted speakers(+2) of ~/= amplitude linked by devices of time-based modulation(z) and manipulation of (semi)randomized properties. … Read More