Category Archives: Event

Sid Samberg, a composer-pianist originally from Chicago (based in Seattle since 2020) is honored to perform in the Wayward Music Series for a third time, sharing a warm evening of music in the cold final days of autumn. He will perform his original works for piano solo, which explore meditations on dreams, nature, close personal relationships, and the global … Read More →

Stephen Fandrich is a piano soloist, composer, builder of instruments and creator of interactive sound installation. The piano and piano prepared with various sound altering additions to the strings, combined with a physically modeled Fender Rhodes, will showcase his piano playing, improvisational talents and gifts for instrument making and sound design. Fandrich’s Improvisations are long in form, erase time … Read More →

Sh’ma is the project of musician Trevor Eulau, among collaborators, aimed at bringing together contemplative practice, meditation, and elements of Jewish mysticism together with various types of improvisation. Sh’ma is the Hebrew word for “listen”, and also the name of the central mantra and prayer in Jewish meditation. It is precisely what we seek to embody in this … Read More →

Michele Khazak was so excited to perform for you on November 20th. Very sadly, Michele suddenly and unexpectedly passed away on October 17th. In the wake of this tragic loss, we are turning November 20th into a tribute concert for her. You will still get to hear Michele’s voice, as well as experience arrangements and improvisations from many … Read More →

thee dialectic, a new piece by Gust Burns, explores dynamics engendered by the difference between the continuous and the discrete. Through compositional strategies of syncope and sustain, this most basic of dialectical relations is clarified, developed, and complexified across an open compositional framework for sextet (2 basses, 2 violins, 2 saxophones). Improvising trio Fidelities (Gust Burns, piano; Troy Schiefelbein, vocals; Mark Kaylor, drums) moves … Read More →

Day three of the What’s Going On festival, with two conduction events, one with strings plus guests and one with all percussion plus guests, with an incredible line up of phenomenal Seattle improvisers and stellar out of town guests.

What’s Going On: Conduction, Improvisation, and the Culture of Structure honors the work and lives of Lawrence “Butch” Morris, … Read More →

Composers Nat Evans and John Teske present an evening of music, joined by acclaimed cellist Lori Goldston.

Landscape and a sense of place are recurring themes in the composers’ work, including scores that resemble maps and field recordings that echo a forest in transition. Warm Buchla‑synth tones, long bass drones, and Goldston’s singular cello voice invite listeners to access … Read More →

Hosted by Debacle Records. Doors open at 7:30.

Two of the Pacific Northwest’s most lovely experimental artists have recently put out work that deserves celebrating. Spiritual Exit (Aaron Davis) has released Fragment, a record built from pieces of his own history spanning back to 1999, reconstructed into something that honors nostalgia without surrendering to it. His moving drones, … Read More →

Clarinetist/composer Eric Mandat will present an evening of solo and group improvisations featuring his unique sonic landscapes that draw from his more than 40 years of explorations with clarinet multiphonics, microtones, and timbral modulations, and further sculpted through his use of interactive technologies. Joining Eric will be Seattle woodwind luminaries Kate Olson, James Falzone, Sean Osborn, and Jesse … Read More →

DeKirÖpp is a new trio dedicated to rhythm featuring Jim DeJoie, Steve Kirk and Brian Oppel that dives into exploratory moods through both improvisation and through-composed music! We seek to find the true basis of music through vertical harmony and rhythmic drive. Never losing sight of melody, each player is at once an accompanist and soloist. The improvisation is … Read More →