Music by three Seattle composers affiliated with Banned Rehearsal, an ongoing argument in creative musical expression that recently celebrated its 24th anniversary. Wake, by Aaron Keyt; Improvising a Framework for Composition so as to Compose My Thoughts About Improvisation, by Keith Eisenbrey;Three Rungs of Gradus for Fux, Tesla and Milo the Wrestler, by Neal Meyer. Plus Butoh-inspired dance by Sheri Brown and Lin Lucas, performed throughout.

This Subtext group reading celebrates 14 years of bringing nationally and regionally renown innovative writers to the stage, and the one-year anniversary of the reading series at our new home at the Chapel Performance Space. Readers include Curtis Bonney, Adriana Grant, Kreg Hasegawa, Jeanne Heuving, Drew Kunz, Stacey Levine, Ezra Mark, Robert Mittenthal, Mickey O’Connor, John Olson, Roberta Olson, Willie Smith, Craig Van Riper & Nico Vassilakis.

Gust Burns performs duo improvisations with clarinetist Jonathan Sielaff and saxophonist Tyler Wilcox; adding bassist Mark Collins, violinist Candice Chin and percussionist Wilson Shook, Burns also presents duration, relation, disjunction, a new set of pieces for improvising chamber ensemble recently recorded during a residency at Jack Straw Productions.

For the final concert in their Jazz: The Second Century series, Earshot Jazz presents an exciting double bill: Drummer Byron Vannoy and his Meridian quintet have developed a sound rooted in jazz and fueled by rock and popular music. Pontius Pilots is a collaboration between pianist and composer Victor Noriega and producer-musician Robert Nelson (e.R.DoN) that combines live piano and keyboards with pre-recorded samples. Together they create a kinetic, captivating music, shifting and teetering between traditional and more experimental jazz elements.

Composer and improviser Dave Knott presents a set of his Sweet Little Guitar Ditties, a collection of solo fingerstyle nylon string guitar miniatures that have evolved as part of his work with critically ill and injured adults and children. The second set comes with an invitation to participate in co-creating group pieces using Knott’s unique handmade instruments and natural objects.

Nonsequitur presents Carl Stone, one of the pioneers of live computer music, performing recent works for solo computer including compositions from his recent CD AL-Noor (Intone).

Earshot Jazz presents Jazz: The Second Century: Using loops and electronic gadgetry combined with woodwinds, electric guitar, and drum set, Goat creates music with a sharp harmonic and rhythmic sensibility that embraces spontaneity while developing abstract motifs. The group features reed player Greg Sinibaldi, guitarist Zach Stewart, and drummer Denali Williams.

Local electronic label Elevator Bath celebrates its 10-year anniversary with a new compilation CD and a night of atmospheric electro-acoustic performances by five artists currently involved with the label, most of whom are making either rare or debut appearances in Seattle: Rick Reed (Austin), Jim Haynes (San Francisco), Matt Shoemaker (Seattle), Adam Pacione (Ft. Worth), and Dale Lloyd (Seattle).

An eclectic and entertaining evening of music led by pianist Amy Rubin, featuring Danny Godinez, guitar; Thane Lewis, viola; Trevor Lutzenhiser, violin; Craig Rine, clarinet; Julian Schwarz, cello; Hope Wechkin, voice; Matthew Weiss, violin; and others playing pieces from the “classical”, jazz, music theater, and tango repertoire, including works by Kurt Weill, Bach, Mozart, Danny Godinez, Hope Wechkin, Amy Rubin, Astor Piazzolla, Egberto Gismonti, and others. Donations will support The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.

Presented by Earshot Jazz as part of their Jazz: The Second Century series. After nine years of honing its sound, the Tony Grasso Saxophone? Quartet! is stunning, with a sizzlingly tight sound in which Grasso’s compositions serve as springboards to free improvisation.