Seattle drummer/percussionist/ French hornist Greg Campbell is joined by violist/pianist Christian Asplund, saxophonist Eric Barber, and clarinet whiz Jesse Canterbury, for a night of composition and improvisation.

Presented by Nonsequitur. To celebrate the release of Colorful Fortune, his first book of poems and drawings being jointly published by Heavenly Monkey Editions (Vancouver) and MoonLiner Books (Seattle), proto-ambient composer Harold Budd will play 9-foot concert grand piano in his singularly elegant style in duos with Seattle bassist/MoonLiner proprietor Keith Lowe. Watch a video clip.

Pran is Greg Powers and Stuart Dempster presenting Dhrupad in the Dagarbhani style. Dhrupad is the most ancient style of Hindustani classical music that has survived until today in it’s original form. Greg Powers is a pioneer in adapting this music to the trombone, being the only trombonist on earth to do so. Since 1992, he has been a disciple of the Dagarbhani tradition of Dhrupad, having studied with masters here and in India. While the instruments are untraditional, the music remains true to tradition.

Seattle composer/pianist Keith Eisenbrey performs new and new-ish piano music. The program includes preludes by Seattle composer Ken Benshoof, and by the late Seattle composers Lockrem Johnson and Greg Short. Also featured are works by Elaine Barkin, J. K. Randall, and Eisenbrey’s own compositions, including the recently completed panneumiad N.

British composer Simon Wickham-Smith has been making music since the late 1980s. Possibly best known for his collaboration with Richard Youngs, soon to be celebrated with the release on VHF of their 12″/3CD set entitled 20Years, he has spent the past decade presenting solo laptop performances. Releases include rapt (2004, Disposable Thumb), love&lamentation (2008, Pogus) and, A Seventh Persimmon (2009, Tape Drift).

Santiago Latorre is a saxophonist and audio engineer from Barcelona. He has composed music for dance, theater, fashion and video art. His work using cyclical layers of sax, accordion, piano, voice and synthesized sounds is now compiled in his debut album Órbita (Accretions).

Jim McCrary has lived in and around and off and on Lawrence, Kansas for 40 years. His book All That (the collected chapbooks) is recently available from Many Penny Press. He is editor of Smelt Money, and has received a Phoenix Award. Paul Nelson is founder of the non-profit Global Voices Radio and co-founder of the Northwest Spokenword LAB (SPLAB!). His new book, A Time Before Slaughter, is just out from Apprentice House.

Works by Piazzolla, Cassadó, Guastavino, Buchardo, Gabriela Lena Frank and Seattle composer Bern Herbolsheimer, with Julie Cho, cello, Natalie Lerch, soprano, Victoria Parker, violin and Oana Rusu Tomai, piano.

Presented by Nonsequitur.

The Deep Listening Band – Pauline Oliveros (accordion, electronics), Stuart Dempster (trombone, electronics), and David Gamper (keyboards, electronics), all pioneers of new/experimental music since the 1960s – celebrates the 20th anniversary of their historic first recording in the “Cistern Chapel” at Pt. Townsend’s Fort Worden with two concerts in the intimate space and gorgeous acoustics of the Good Shepherd Chapel.

Presented by Washington Composers Forum as part of their Transport Series.

Michael Nicolella is recognized as one of America’s most innovative classical guitar virtuosos. Referred to as “one of the contemporary guitar’s most gifted stars” by Classical Guitar magazine, he has received wide critical acclaim for his performances, recordings and compositions. This concert will feature the West Coast premiere of a piece by Octavio Vasquez chosen from a call for scores, along with music for classical and electric guitar by Steve Reich, Jacob ter Veldhuis, Leo Brouwer, Jimi Hendrix and Michael Nicolella.

Presented by Nonsequitur.

Chicago composer/sound artist Olivia Block presents new and recent works with an ensemble of ace local musicians, including Tiffany Lin, piano; Paul Taub, flute; Jesse Canterbury, clarinet; Lori Goldston, cello; Tari Nelson-Zagar, violin; Sarah Bass, viola; and Julia Tai, conductor. Stupid Afternoon for chamber ensemble explores the complex timbral qualities of acoustic instruments through extended techniques and carefully blended combinations between players. Untitled for piano and electronics is a loosely scored/partially improvised piece for prepared piano and electronic sounds which uses the complexity of overtones and rich timbres from low amplified piano tones.