UW Composers Collective

The composition students at the University of Washington present an evening of new music by Ivan Arteaga, Jeff Bowen, Yiğit Kolat, Doug Niemela, Marcin Pączkowski, Kim Rivera, and Anthony Vine. An eclectic array of aesthetics and approaches will be showcased, including improvisation, electroacoustic music, instrumental music concrète, music for children, and much more.

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Any Ensemble: Flexible Music

Many Seattle composers are writing flexible music, a hybrid between composition and improvisation. The ensemble will be performing original works by local composers, each with their own style. Featuring Greg Campbell, Jacob Zimmerman, John Teske, Natalie Mai Hall, Neil Welch, Paul Kikuchi, and a piece by Tom Baker.

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Karen Bentley-Pollick

In Violin, Viola & Video Virtuosity, each work was created expressly for Karen Bentley Pollick and explores the synergy of video and solo strings: world premieres of Jeffrey Harrington’s Grand Tango for violin with video by the composer; Seattle composer Nat Evans’ and video artist Erin Elyse Burns’ desertscape Heat Whispers; and New York composer Stuart Diamond’s prismatic video created for his 1974 Baroque Fantasy. New York video artist Sheri Wills' videos are featured in Sapphire (2010) by New York composer Preston Stahly; Dilemma (1987) by Czech composer Jan Jirásek; The Red Curtain Dance (2003) and Letter to Avigdor (1990) by Israeli American composer Ofer Ben-Amots; and Metaman (2009) by Rome Prize winner Charles Norman Mason.

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Seattle Phonographers Union w/ Chris DeLaurenti

The Seattle Phonographers Union improvise collectively with unprocessed field recordings gathered in the (so-called) "real world." Sounds both common and unfamiliar are spontaneously layered to create unexpected juxtapositions, an abstract audio cinema of the mind. Tonight's line-up consists of Steve Barsotti, Pete Comely, Doug Haire, Susie Kozawa, Steve Peters, and new member Mark Cooper, joined by our relocated comrade Christopher DeLaurenti.

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Avram Fefer

Returning to the Chapel following his 2010 Earshot Jazz Festival appearance, NYC reed player Avram Fefer leads a Seattle trio featuring bassist Evan Flory-Barnes and drummer Greg Campbell.

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Eyvind Kang: Time Medicine

Genre-defying violist/composer Eyvind Kang presents recent compositions and work from his new Tzadik CD Grass, with an ensemble of local greats: Stuart Dempster, trombone, percussion; Ahmad Yousefbeigi, Greg Campbell, Hyeonhee Park, and Dave Abramson, percussion; Moriah Neils, double bass; Taina Karr, oboe, English horn; Mary Riles, cello; Paul "Che Oke Ten" Wagner, Native flute.

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SMO plays John Cage

Seattle Modern Orchestra opens its 2012-13 season with an immersive event in the world of sounds and ideas of John Cage. In celebration of Cage's centennial, this evening features a multimedia presentation and documentary on the life of the composer, and a concert in collaboration with Seattle Percussion Collective. The program includes Trio, Living Room Music, Etcetera, But what about the noise...?, Five4. Pianist Stephen Drury joins us for the Concerto for Prepared Piano and Chamber Orchestra. Review here.

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Powers/Ziefel/Hoskin

Paul Hoskin (contrabass clarinet, baritone sax) and Greg Powers (trombone, tuba) have played in various settings for more than thirty years. Greg and Jenny Ziefel (bass clarinet, tenro sax) have extensive experience as cohorts in the Seattle orchestral world. Ziefel and Hoskin were two-thirds of a clarinet trio — Neume — with Jesse Canterbury. When Jesse moved to California, Paul and Jenny began a new trio with Greg. This wind/brass trio explores regions of sound ranging from the clearly melodic to the undecipherable.

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Seattle Composers' Salon

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: Jessika Kenney, Steve Luksan, Tom Baker, S. Eric Scribner

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