Category Archives: Event

Steven Arntson is a falsettist, concertina player, and writer from the Pacific Northwest. His is a planet that closely orbits no star. Melodies set against instrumental drones and varied textures conjure a hopeful spirit and thoughts of the forest and its creatures. Tonight he performs original compositions for concertina and falsetto, as well as arrangements of works by Béla … Read More →

Please join four of Seattle’s top improvisers – Tom Varner (French horn), Heather Bentley (viola/electronics), Greg Campbell (percussion/mixed brass), and Neil Welch (saxophone/electronics) as they celebrate the summer solstice in sound. In the second half of the program, special guest artists will be joining in.

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Ricksplund is a Provo, Utah-based improvising duo consisting of Steven Ricks (trombone, electronics) and Christian Asplund (viola, piano/keyboards, electronics). Ricksplund has existed for almost 15 years.  The most recent manifestations of this duo involve one improvising on their particular acoustic instrument (trombone or viola, respectively), while the other improvises adding effects, samples, and loops created from the live instrument’s sound.

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Two American practitioners of the West African kora engage the shape-shifting landscape of the Mandinka sonic arts.

The kora is a 22 stringed harp, a creation of the great Mande civilization based in West Africa. It has migrated in somewhat recent years to be recognized as a music of global significance. Chet Corpt and Sean Gaskell are honored to be … Read More →

St Celfer (John Parker) makes future folk improvisations on glitch-tronics: sound is amalgamated and congealed into a resolution of crossed and overloaded signals. During the isolation of the pandemic, St Celfer devised instruments focused on the interface between human and machine. They mount to a single mic stand with interconnected gear attached and arranged so that the player can best make … Read More →

The Red Pants Collective, an improvised movement and sound project formed by father/daughter duo Giordana and James Falzone, are joined by special guests Omar Willey on spoken word, Heather Bentley on viola and cello, and movement artists Maia Melene D’Urfé and Symone Sanz.

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Four Seattle electronic musicians join forces to present an evening of cinematic, immersive ambient music, with engaging visuals in an inspiring venue for making expansive, patient electronic music.

WMD is the ambient electronic project of Michael Erickson. The prolific Electronic Musician from the pacific northwest creates lush, airy songs thrumming with the power of melancholia, nostalgia, and the bliss and … Read More →

One of Zachary James Watkins’ objectives as an artist is to expose natural phenomena. He is interested in the physical aspects of sound and has developed a sensibility that focuses heavily on Resonance. “Vibration is at the core of my experience of Resonance. I am moved by natural resonances that exist around us all. My own work strives to develop … Read More →

Lots of ceramic pots, tiny percussion instruments, drums, an interactive computer and…a big red balloon!

Storm Benjamin, Jeff Lund, and Andrew Spencer present a diverse program of music on rather unusual instruments. The centerpiece of the program is Time and Space for three percussionists by composer and one-time Seattle resident Dave Hollinden. The piece uses fifteen ceramic flower pots, … Read More →

Saxophonist and composer Evan Smith will premiere a new set of solo saxophone music, taking advantage of the exceptional acoustics of the Chapel Performance Space. After years of composing shorter works for solo saxophone, Evan began developing a solo set to be debuted as part of a Racer Sessions curation in 2023. With the goal of moving seamlessly between … Read More →