Friday, September 30, 2011

Eric Barber + Trio Commando

Nonsequitur presents saxophonist Eric Barber performing solo saxophone compositions and improvisations, with and without electronics. Trio Commando make their public debut, performing improvisations, excavations and conversations through a high powered [...]
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Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Tom Baker: Invisible Cities

Composer Tom Baker presents his most recent work, String Quartet No. 1 - Invisible Cities, in a lecture-recital format. Tom will discuss the genesis and inspiration of the piece, and explore the relationship to the novel by the same name by Italo Calvino. [...]
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Saturday, September 24, 2011

Tiffany Lin, Lesli Dalaba, Tari Nelson-Zagar

Pianist Tiffany Lin will play selections from J.S. Bach's Goldberg Variations. Following will be a trio with Tiflin (piano), Lesli Dalaba (trumpet) and Tari Nelson-Zagar (violin) playing in an improvised setti [...]
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Friday, September 23, 2011

Eric Amrine Group + Dennis Rea & friends

Guitarist Eric Amrine's goals in music concern bridging the gaps between idioms, then burning those bridges to forge an independent sound and laugh at chaos. For this show he is joined by his son, Julian Amrine (violin and trumpet), Kenny Mandell (reeds, [...]
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Saturday, September 17, 2011

Paul Hoskin, contrabass clarinet

As a soloist, Paul Hoskin does not involve his [compositional] self with Other selves. The eighty minute contrabass clarinet performance is both a statement and a refusal to engage with statement. What occurs is (or, as close to...) the strictly sonic. [...]
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Friday, September 16, 2011

Hexaphonic 3 - reduced & expanded

The Hexaphonic 3 are a local trio performing original compositions, improvisations and deconstructed standards. The first set will be a duo of Bruce Greeley (bass clarinet) and Mike Sentkewitz (bass), performing a set of improvisations and a couple of [...]
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Thursday, September 15, 2011

Monktail Composers Series, Vol. 6

The sixth installment of Monktail's ongoing Composers Series features new compositions for piano from John Seman, Mark Ostrowski and Stephen Fandrich, performed by Stephen Fandrich. Founded in 1990 by John Seman and Mark Ostrowski and rooted in Seattle [...]
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Friday, September 9, 2011

Dale Speicher + Nat Evans: New Media & New Music

An innovative program featuring New Music in two distinct but complementary formats. In the first half, percussionist Dale Speicher performs Herbert Brun’s Plot for Percussion (1967), a premier of Stuart Saunders Smith’s Mornings (2009), and the debut [...]
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Thursday, September 8, 2011

Nigel Gavin & C3

Seattle Circle presents New Zealand-based Nigel Gavin performing improvised pieces on his 7-string acoustic guitar, with all-improv backup from Seattle’s C3 (Steve Ball, Paul O’Rear, Nathan Grigg, David LaVallee, Joel Palmer). Nigel and Steve Ball collaborated [...]
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Friday, September 2, 2011

Seattle Composers' Salon

The Seattle Composers’ Salon fosters 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, [...]
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