Category Archives: Event

Curated by Ewa Trebacz (violin, piano, electronics) and Heather Bentley (viola), this evening honors the great tradition of Racer Sessions. Ewa, Heather, Neil Welch (saxophone), and Greg Campbell (percussion, etc) open with a 20 to 30 minute set, followed by spontaneous improvisations from those who gather.

Heather and Ewa have been making music in locales as diverse as studios, the … Read More →

SGC Electric Quintet (Steve Ball, Travis Metcalf, Brad Hogg, Dev Ray, Don Box) is a subset of Seattle Guitar Circle, local chapter of the legendary League of Crafty Guitarists playing intricate, polymetric music arranged for electric guitar ensemble. SGC EQ perform structured improvisation that sounds composed and composed collaboration that sounds improvised. This international community was initially born via … Read More →

Chris Cochrane and Kevin Bud Jones have been playing music together since 2013, initially in the band Collapsible Shoulder. Chris and Kevin would play gigs as a duo between Collapsible gigs, and continue to do so now. Their music has been described as neo-psychedelic with unpredictable twists and turns, an electronic sonic mash. In the fall of 2023 they composed … Read More →

Strange Bedfellows are found in the crawlspace between ancestral ritual and becoming the inner child who just wants to play with toys and friends. Strange Bedfellows is a duo linking Adam Levitt and Silas Morrow, formed over impromptu public practice sessions in Seattle and surrounding areas. The duo will make use of saxophone, flute, violin, percussion, synthesizer, metal objects, … Read More →

In celebration of his birthday, trumpeter and composer Ray Larsen presents a special set of music with his chamber sextet, Reasons Why. Featuring some of the most high-profile and in-demand improvisers in the region, this group has not been able to appear for over a year. The band plays Ray’s compositions which gravitate between lush harmonic textures and dense … Read More →

An improvisation concert honoring late dance innovator Steve Paxton with collaborative performances by seasoned musicians and dancers using Contact Improvisation duets, ensemble play, video and audio recordings.

This concert brings freshly seasoned dance and music improvisers from Seattle and abroad to replay, discover and spread the gravity of late dancer extraordinaire, Steve Paxton, who famously said “…being essentially objective, Newton … Read More →

Two evenings featuring recent works by composer Tom Baker and others, to honor the passing of guitarist Mark Hilliard Wilson‘s mother, who passed away in 2022.

Thu. Jan. 16 – Wilson premieres Reflections on a Glacier (2023) by Seattle composer Tom Baker. Wilson commissioned this piece, and will feature it in a solo guitar concert along with First Nation composer Pascal Sasseville Quoquochi’s Totems, works … Read More →

Two evenings featuring recent works by composer Tom Baker and others, to honor the passing of guitarist Mark Hilliard Wilson‘s mother, who passed away in 2022.

Thu. Jan. 16 – Wilson premieres Reflections on a Glacier (2023) by Seattle composer Tom Baker. Wilson commissioned this piece, and will feature it in a solo guitar concert along with First Nation composer Pascal Sasseville Quoquochi’s Totems, works … Read More →

A serene evening balancing electronic and string sounds. Otolithia from Portland will make their Seattle debut. Relax in ambient immersive layers of shifting textures and tones. Bring a pillow, mat, or blanket to make yourself comfortable while listening.

Otolithia is an experimental, ambient, and improvisational duo featuring Tatiana Muzica (vocals, flute, electronics) and Josh Faber-Hammond (koto). The name is a … Read More →

Seattle Civic Poet Shin Yu Pai shares poems written during her poet laureateship for the city, with music from Leanna Keith (flute and voice), Susie Kozawa (found object-instruments), Steve Peters (field recordings), and Kyle Hanson (accordion). Join us on the longest night of the year for a meditative evening of poetry and improvised music. Bring a blanket and pillow … Read More →