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Seattle Modern Orchestra

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8:00 PM; $20 general/$10 students & Seniors, online in advance.

The cello has a long history of rich repertoire that continues to this day. Come explore how modern composers use the cello to create new forms of expression. Seattle Modern Orchestra is pleased to introduce French cellist extraordinaire Séverine Ballon to Seattle, who will perform contemporary works by quintessential composers of our century. Join us to discover the cello's new identity in the 21st century, as performed by one of the world's most innovative performers. Program: Ricercare una melodia by Jonathan Harvey; New Work by Jérémy Jolley; Chant by Jonathan Harvey; IRE by Rebecca Saunders.

pincushioned

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8:00 PM; $5 - $15 sliding scale suggested donation at the door (cash/checks only). Presented by Nonsequitur.

pincushioned is the invention/fabrication of Arizona-based duo Barry Moon (Baz) and Doug Nottingham (Dug). Since 2007 they have been working from a remote/suburban desert bunker melding digital sounds and images with their analog counterparts – beating drums, destroying guitars, spinning dials, sliding faders, writing software, building instruments and projecting bizarre imagery. These garbage-pickers of music and art exploit anything/everything: Jay Z, Xenakis, or Rembrandt are no safer than Shostakovich, the Butthole Surfers, or Bill Viola from their synthesizing/thieving hands. They go beyond post-modernism and into pre”whatever”, creating an abstract body of interactive millennial media art. Their ethos/nihilism is evidenced by a DIY/DUI search for “digital answers for unasked questions” or “D.A.F.U.Q”. They play/labor laying down grooves/non-grooves in 4/4, 13/4, 17/5, etc. not to be clever (they are not), but because they feel it; they want you to feel it.

Only Trio + TKO Super Secret Sax Project

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8:00 PM; $5 - $15 sliding scale suggested donation at the door (cash/check only)

Only Trio is a chamber jazz ensemble composed of trumpet, trombone, and saxophone. Music is written and arranged by Steve O'Brien, and personnel are Kate Olson (soprano sax), Jacob Herring (trombone), and Steve O'Brien (trumpet). Only Trio started as a project for the Capitol Hill neighborhood. O'Brien wanted an ensemble to play his original tunes that didn't have to travel across the city to rehearse, and to give his unique "chamber jazz" arrangements a new voice. Hence, Only Trio was born; a collection of neighbors in the shadow of Cornish College of the Arts. O'Brien, Herring and Olson had experience playing together already as a part of Wayne Horvitz's Royal Room Collective Music Ensemble, and the continued collaboration seemed inevitable. The trio recorded their first studio EP last year, which is available on Bandcamp!


The TKO Super Secret Saxophone Project is Kate Olson, soprano; Ivan Arteaga, alto; Chris Credit, tenor; Peter Danie, baritone. Since moving to Seattle in 2010, Kate Olson has sought to find a way to collaborate with other saxophonists. Four years and a few false starts later, she's written a four-movement suite of minimalist-inspired music to commemorate her 31st birthday, and found the talented musicians to make it come to life. Each movement is 31 measures long and employs the compositions like jazz heads; improvisation is book-ended by the performance of each movement's written material. Their performance will consist of that suite (#1: Birth, Living, Dying, Decay) as well as Dis connect, a piece composed and arranged for saxophone quartet by Naomi Siegel.

Tom Baker: Deeply Lodged

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8:00 PM; $5 - $15 sliding scale suggested donation at the door (cash/check only). Presented by Nonsequitur.

Composer Tom Baker premiers three recent chamber works:

Invisible Cities (2011) is loosely based on stories by Italo Calvino, found in his novella of the same name, wherein Marco Polo describes to Kublai Kahn the fantastical, magical and improbable cities in his vast kingdom. The Seattle premiere is performed by the Corigliano Quartet.

Songs of Sleep & Dreams (2013), commissioned by trumpeter Brian Chin, is based on the sensual poetry of sleeping and dreaming written by Fernando Pessoa. It is set in the original Portuguese. Soprano Cherie Hugues, along with Brian Chin and percussionist Ben Thomas perform this world premiere.

Deeply Lodged (2014) The newest work on the program is premiered by pianist Cristina Valdes, with Paul Taub on flute and Jesse Canterbury on clarinet. The piece explores our relationship to memory: its powerful hold on us; how it changes and warps as it deceives us; the ways in which we share our memories with others; and the fear that our own memory ultimately disintegrates even as we cling desperately to it.

Neal Kosaly-Meyer & Jessika Kenney

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8:00 PM; $5 - $15 sliding scale suggested donation at the door (cash/check only)
Neal Kosaly-Meyer performs John Cage's Empty Words IV. Simultaneously, vocalist Jessika Kenney will sing three songs from Cage's Song Books, as well as a new composition-in-progress of her own, Complete Human for voice and electronics, using classical Persian texts.

Seattle Composers' Salon

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8:00 PM; $5 - $15 sliding scale suggested donation at the door.

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: Clement Reed, Coreena, Aaron Keyt, Jay Hamilton.

Magma Festival

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7:00 PM; donations welcomed; presented by Hollow Earth Radio.

Hollow Earth's sprawling (and aptly named!) annual Magma Festival returns to the Chapel with four acts: 3-year-old percussion monster Moon Joe; the duo of grown-up percussionist Dan Sasaki& Olympia multimedia artist Jean Nagai; the swampy psych improv of Knot Pine Box; and Low Yo Yo Stuff is veteran sax improviser Wally Shoup taking on a trio of bassists: Simon Henneman, PK, John Seman.

Concert Imaginaire

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8:00; $5 - $15 sliding scale suggested donation at the door (cash/checks only).

Music For A While is Concert Imaginaire's second in a series of three concerts in the chapel for the 2013-14 season. The theme of tonight’s music is taken from first line of Purcell’s song which we are performing tonight: “Music For A While, may all your cares beguile.” Music can be a soothing balm for a distracted world. Music by Henry Purcell, David Hahn, and poetry by Sylvia Plath. Visuals by Leo Mayberry.

An Evening of Electronic Music

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Distorrent combines distorted synth lines with rich, multi-layered sound textures. The resulting sound is predominantly ambient, but contains moments of extreme intensity as well. Noisegasm is a mixture of synth, guitar and electronic textures. They also cover the spectrum from gentle, relaxed pieces to intense, aggressive ones. Coreena is a singer who posses a strong, distinctive voice. She has a unique electronic style that incorporates elements of jazz. Coreena trained at the Berklee College of Music in Boston. Ron Rice is a specialist in noise. Earplugs are highly recommended.

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