Category Archives: Event

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 →

Both Chet Corpt and Sean Gaskell have traveled to what might be described as “The University of Kora”, i.e., the city of Brikama in The Republic of the Gambia. There, two adjacent compounds housed two of the all-time greats of the West African kora, Alhaji Bai Konte and Alhaji Malamini Jobarteh. The former had passed some years earlier, but Malamini carried … Read More →

Otodojo (Maro Kariya, PhD)  is a Detroit-based audiovisual artist who wishes to use multimedia to connect and motivate people towards changing systems that threaten environments. They weave together sonic stories through field and object recordings, processed vocals, contact-miked materials, and layers of synthetic sounds inspired by the natural world and imagined bio-cybernetic futures. Their music has been released with … Read More →

Red Pants Collective, made up of father/daughter duo James Falzone and Giordana Falzone, join forces with chamber ensemble Kin of the Moon, featuring Kaley Lane Eaton, Heather Bentley, and Leanna Keith, for an evening of improvised movement and sound. Joining the ensembles will be movement artist Hannah Rice.

Red Pants CollectiveJames Falzone: clarinet, penny whistle, piano, shruti boxGiordana Falzone: movement

Kin of the … Read More →