Presented by Nonsequitur. Berlin-based Dutch artist Rinus van Alebeek is a writer, lo-fi sound artist, and Director of Staaltape, the cassette offshoot of esteemed label Staaplaat. Paris Hurley (Seattle) is known primarily as a violinist (Degenerate Art Ensemble, Jherek Bischoff, Kultur Shock) and increasingly as a dancer and performance artist. Tonight they each present very different works for multiple cassette recorders.

Presented by WA Composers Forum. The Montreal-based Quasar Saxophone Quartet is dedicated to premiering and promoting contemporary music that is multi-dimensionally conceived. Quasar explores different aspects of artistic creation from instrumental music to live electronics, from improvisation to instrumental theatre. The quartet brings new works by Canadian composers and Seattle composer Donald Stewart. PROGRAM: Facing Death by Louis Andriessen; TDU/Q by Giorgio Magnanensi; Du souffle by Philippe Leroux; world premiere by Donald Stewart; Brumes matinales et textures urbaines by André Hamel

Presented by Nonsequitur. New York-based composer Carver Audain creates immersive sound environments using digital signal processing and editing techniques on a variety of environmental and instrumental recordings. His recent works explore harmonic structures comprised of slowly shifting sound fields that merge and transform within their physical surroundings. Rafael Anton Irisarri is a Seattle-based composer, multi-instrumentalist, curator, producer, and interdisciplinary artist predominantly associated with post-minimalist, drone, and ambient music. He debuts a new piece for electric guitar, synthesizer, and digital looping objects.

Distorrent is a collaboration between the sonic textures of Clonal Machina and the fuzzed out synth lines of Brad Anderson. Noisegasm is a keyboard based electronic project featuring Greg Weber (synth, sound engineering) and Brad Anderson (synth, electric piano). They create short works that are most often abstract textures of sound.

2 Trios is a new recording featuring pianists Victor Noriega and Gust Burns leading two separate ensembles with the same backing rhythm section of bassist Jeff Johnson and drummer/percussionist Greg Campbell. The recording was produced with assistance from Jack Straw’s Artist Support Program.

The Seattle Composers’ Salonfosters the development, performance and appreciation of new music by regional composers and performers. At bi-monthly, informal presentations, the Salon features finished works, previews, and works in progress. Composers, performers, and audience members gather in a casual setting that allows for experimentation and discussion. Everyone is welcome! Composers for this month: Matthew James Briggs, Doug Palmer, Marcus Oldham, Tom Baker.

Acclaimed duo Jessika Kenney (voice) and Eyvind Kang (viola, setar) play original pieces from their LP The Face of the Earth (Ideologic Organ), as well as repertoire from the classical Persian tradition.

“Let’s try a session playing instruments we don’t know how to play.” This simple suggestion in June of 1984 among three newly re-united musicians wrought an improvisational project of uncommon longevity and abundance. Nearly 29 years along, and with 830 recorded and numbered sessions behind us, we are still not entirely sure what we are doing. Charter members Keith Eisenbrey, Aaron Keyt, and Neal Meyer will be joined by long-time collaborator Karen Eisenbrey and recent adoptee Steve Kennedy in an evening of noise and exploration.

NYC pianist Angelica Sanchez and frequent Bay Area collaborators Phillip Greenlief (saxophone) and Sam Ospovat (drums) play improvised music — not the free-wheeling sounds you would expect from the purveyors of classic free jazz, but rather music that is improvised with a mind for creating spontaneous themes, melodies and forms that the musicians use as a springboard for variation and development. Seattle saxophonist Jacob Rex Zimmerman and Bay Area guitarist Jameson Swanagon open.

Concert Imaginaire is a unique music ensemble that pushes the boundaries of form and content, drawing listeners into a musical world that is as much psychological as it is visceral. Consisting of voice, violin, bass, synthesizer, guitar and percussion, the ensemble will perform electric chamber music, group free improvisations, and art songs.