Hanna Benn + Kelly Wyse

Hanna Benn and Kelly Wyse present new and pre-existing works for solo piano, choir, and various chamber ensembles. Benn presents her own new compositions, Wyse performs solo piano music of John Cage, Phillip Glass, Debussy, and Jarrad Powell.

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Gust Burns

Gust Burns presents work from the past 5 months that is comprised from bird song (wood thrush and lark sparrow), record reviews, field recordings, dubplate record, silence, audition, jazz standards, and strolling. Performers include: Gust Burns - piano, voice; Jacob Zimmerman - alto saxophone; Greg Campbell - percussion; Wilson Shook - turntable; Phristian Pincock - trombone + others tba.

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John Teske's Broken Bow Ensemble

mer is a new 40-minute piece for chamber orchestra that traces the many facets of human consciousness, awareness, and experience. This minimalist sound-painting by Seattle composer John Teske will be premiered by the Broken Bow Ensemble, a 26-piece group of strings and woodwinds. Guided by local tide data, the orchestra will slowly transform sound through time, unraveling layers of pitch and rhythm. Supported in part by the Seattle Office of Arts & Culture CityArtist Project.

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Paul Hoskin

Announcing the annual contrabass clarinet solo courtesy of Paul Hoskin. An eighty-minute adventure sounds the Chapel Performance Space. Hoskin's approach may be labeled spontaneous composition. Periods of "jazz melody" live with extreme sonic exploration. The entire dynamic field, a five octave range, multiphonics never heard—all are in evidence.

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Ostrowski/Theriault + Gyre

8:00 PM; $5 - $15 sliding scale suggested donation at the door (cash/checks only); presented by Nonsequitur. Matthew Ostrowski (NYC): Glove controlling Max/Msp-electronics & Doug Theriault (Portland): Guitar controlling Max/Msp-electronics. Live electronic transformations of acoustic and electronic sound sources and manipulation of those transformations, without an escape route... Gyre (Seattle) is an experimental electronics trio formed by Michael Shannon, David Stanford, and Carl Lierman. Sounds generated entirely with oscillators, internal and external feedback circuits, simple sound generators, microphone captures, digital processing, forming swirling loops of sound layers.

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Danse Perdue

A night of butoh/sound improvisation with Vanessa Skantze (movement) and Epos Nemo Latrocinium (sound). Epos Nemo Latrocinium is: Noisepoetnobody Jones, Vox Vespertinus, Dean Moore and Scott Yolanda Adams. Danse Perdue and Sierra La Fey will perform a series of scenes about light.

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Complete Communion: The Music of Don Cherry

French hornist Tom Varner and saxophonist Eric Barber present an evening of music by the iconoclastic trumpeter Don Cherry, including the entire 1965 piece Complete Communion. They are joined by bassist John Seman and percussionist Paul Kikuchi. Their second set will feature compositions by Cherry's European Quartet, with vibraphonist Ben Thomas will joining the quartet.

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Ask the Ages

Ask the Ages is a Seattle-based avant-jazz band. Formed in 2010, the group includes Greg Campbell (drums and percussion), Steven Bell (vibraphone ), Brian Heaney (guitar), Kate Olson (sax/woodwinds) and John Seman (bass). Influences are Sonny Sharrock, Sun Ra, Alice Coltrane and Pharoah Sanders. This special gig features Geoff Harper playing bass and Jacques Willis on drums. We will be playing the tunes of Ask the Ages and other pieces.  

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Vance Galloway + Charles Stanyan

Presented by Nonsequitur. Seattle electronic guitarist Vance Galloway presents Triptych, a three-part suite for solo electronic guitar, signal processing and field recordings based on the shifting perceptions of time and place, familiarity and belonging that occur when traveling. Special guest Charles Stanyan opens the evening with new pieces for electronics and processed field recordings.

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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: Mark Wilson, Eric Scribner, Peter Freeman, Angelique Poteat, Cole Bratcher.

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