Seattle Modern Orchestra is pleased to introduce French cellist extraordinaire Séverine Ballon to Seattle, one of the world’s most innovative performers in a program of contemporary works: Ricercare una melodia by Jonathan Harvey; New Work by Jérémy Jolley; Chant by Jonathan Harvey; IRE by Rebecca Saunders.

The Fisher Ensemble presents an evening of movement-based and multimedia works that explore new and traditional takes on ritual and narrative. Vanessa DeWolf’s post-disciplinary improvisations are a mix of text, dance, improvisation, colors, costumes and more. Vidya Guhan is a principal dancer of the From Within Nucleus Dance Company. Bharatanatyam is a classical dance form that originated in the temples of South India thousands of years ago. The Reflective Collective is a Los Angeles-based collaboration with Angela Grillo: vocals, Susan Joseph (sackjo22): vocals and electronics, and Evie Ruth: vocals. PRAYER unveils a shift in artistic and conceptual direction for the collaborators who finally understand that their job is to be guided by the imaginal as opposed to vice versa.

Presented by Seattle Improvised Music and Nonsequitur, with assistance from City of Seattle Office of Arts & Culture. The Seattle Improvised Music Festival returns for its 29th year. Tonight’s line-up: Bonnie Jones/Andrea Neumann, electronics/autoharp; Joe Morris/Jacob Zimmerman/Gust Burns, guitar/alto sax/piano; Matt Ingalls/Greg Campbell/Paul Kikuchi

Presented by Seattle Improvised Music and Nonsequitur, with assistance from City of Seattle Office of Arts & Culture. The Seattle Improvised Music Festival returns for its 29th year. Tonight’s line-up: Joe Morris, guitar solo; Andrea Neumann/Gust Burns, autoharp & piano; Bonnie Jones/Jonathan Way/Naomi Siegel, electronics & trombone

Presented by Seattle Improvised Music and Nonsequitur, with assistance from City of Seattle Office of Arts & Culture. The Seattle Improvised Music Festival returns for its 29th year. Tonight’s line-up: Matt Ingalls, solo clarinet; Joe Morris/Bill Horist/Jeffrey Taylor, guitars; Matt Ingalls/Paul Hoskin/Beth Fleenor/Jenny Ziefel, clarinets

The Seattle Phonographers Union is a collective of artists with backgrounds in various media who improvise with unprocessed field recordings gathered from the world around us, spontaneously combining them in ways that offer a fresh perspective on the sonic wonders of everyday life. Tonight they celebrate the release of their new LP.

Florida-based pianist and composer Elizabeth A. Baker brings a solo concert of modern works spanning a dynamic range of styles and emotional content. Blending acoustic piano with electronics, the recital features music of Philip Glass, Arvo Pärt, and the rarely-played Visionary Landscapes by Alan Hovhaness, as well as original works composed by Ms. Baker, including the world premiere of her Magnetic Resonance, a surprisingly romantic two-movement composition for MRI-piano duet.

The improvised music group Instead Of (Lori Goldston, cello; Angelina Baldoz, trumpet, bass guitar and flutes; Jaison Scott, drums; and Torben Ulrich, voice/texts) reunites upon Ulrich’s return to Seattle with special guests Stuart Dempster, Beth Graczyk, Susie Kozawa and Steve Peters.

Presented by Nonsequitur. Matthew Shipp has played piano since he was 5 years old. He studied at the New England Conservatory of Music with saxophonist Joe Maneri and cut his teeth working with saxophonists Roscoe Mitchell and David S. Ware and bassist William Parker. Bassist Michael Bisio, no stranger to Seattle audiences, has had vital working relationships with Joe McPhee, Charles Gayle, Barbara Donald, Bill Smith, and Stuart Dempster, among many others. Their most recent duo release Floating Ice has received immediate praise. Seattle Times preview.

UW’s DXARTS program presents two nights of new and recent works for electronics, video and interactive media in surround sound. Tonight’s program: Olivier Messiaen, Des canyons aux étoiles – VI. Appel interstellaire (1971) w/ Josiah Boothby, horn; Hector Bravo Benard, Styrotron; Marcin Paczkowski, Electronic Study No. 1; Sergio Luque, Daisy; Robert Blatt, some spatial abstractions; Donald Craig & Eunsu Kang, Aural Fauna and Bower Bird