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You will not want to miss Rainier Chorale’s annual Masterworks concert, featuring the Consonare chorus of Rainier Youth Choirs. The program will include an 18-piece orchestra and will focus on newer works, including pieces from some of the contemporary choral world’s most inspiring young composers such as John Michael Trotta, Elaine Hagenberg, and Dan Forrest.

The centerpiece of the concert will be a performance of Morten Lauridsen’s Lux Aeterna. This five-movement work centers around the theme of light and uses sacred Latin texts for its inspiration. The piece has become a staple of the contemporary choral canon since it was first performed in 1997.

The Rainier Chorale is pleased to collaborate with Rainier Youth Choirs’ Consonare chorus, under the direction of Brian Hoskins, for these performances. Since they were founded in 2007 by Rainier Chorale and Leora Schwitters, Rainier Youth Choirs has helped young performers throughout King County develop personally, socially, and musically. More information can be found at www.rainieryouthchoirs.org.

Tickets for the performance are likely to sell out due to the limited capacity of the performance space and the popularity of the program. We encourage you to purchase your tickets as soon as possible.

$20 General Admission; $14 Students/Seniors

You will not want to miss Rainier Chorale’s annual Masterworks concert, featuring the Consonare chorus of Rainier Youth Choirs. The program will include an 18-piece orchestra and will focus on newer works, including pieces from some of the contemporary choral world’s most inspiring young composers such as John Michael Trotta, Elaine Hagenberg, and Dan Forrest.

The centerpiece of the concert will be a performance of Morten Lauridsen’s Lux Aeterna. This five-movement work centers around the theme of light and uses sacred Latin texts for its inspiration. The piece has become a staple of the contemporary choral canon since it was first performed in 1997.

The Rainier Chorale is pleased to collaborate with Rainier Youth Choirs’ Consonare chorus, under the direction of Brian Hoskins, for these performances. Since they were founded in 2007 by Rainier Chorale and Leora Schwitters, Rainier Youth Choirs has helped young performers throughout King County develop personally, socially, and musically. More information can be found at www.rainieryouthchoirs.org.

Tickets for the performance are likely to sell out due to the limited capacity of the performance space and the popularity of the program. We encourage you to purchase your tickets as soon as possible.

$20 General Admission; $14 Students/Seniors

$5 - $20 suggested donation at the door More info: https://www.waywardmusic.org https://www.kaleylaneeaton.com/lookout

Avante-garde classical composer, freak-folk singer-songwriter and postmodern jazz interloper Kaley Lane Eaton performs her sophomore album, Lookout, live with an all-star orchestra of Seattle’s most beloved genre-bending musicians. For artists like Kaley Lane Eaton who paint outside the lines, there are seemingly endless boxes to check, but few name-brand comparisons. Joni Mitchell, Björk, Kate Bush, Laurie Anderson. On her latest album Lookout, Eaton regularly makes pressure-testing trips from the vast cosmos down to the particular details of home in the Pacific Northwest. In her words, “It’s a behemoth.” From the ever-expanding space of jazz cymbals, flute, and harp, down to the folksy pluck of her banjo — a prized recent acquisition — and the grounding chords of her great-great-great grandmother’s piano, which shipped up the Missouri River to the family homestead in Montana. There are no electronic instruments to be found here, but many trees. The sequoia on the hillside, aspens quaking, cedar, and Jeffrey pine. With her experience in electronic music, Eaton’s choice to exclude digital instruments from the palette is immediately felt. It’s not that technology doesn’t exist here. It’s a conscious focus on human beings with time-tested tools. Ancient technology. Eaton composes with the full command of her four music degrees and classical training, but there’s an American-ness that can’t be shaken on Lookout. A sorrow, wildness, and expansiveness, not of the European classical tradition, but of jazz, blues and folk. Kaley Lane Eaton is all of these things and more. And none of them precisely. Eaton (on vocals, banjo, and piano), is joined on this live performance of Lookout by Chris Icasiano (drums), Kayce Guthmiller (voice and viola), Moe Weisner (bass), Samantha Boshnack (trumpet), Ray Larsen (trumpet), Heather Bentley (viola), Leanna Keith (flute), Neil Welch (saxophone), Rian Souleles (guitar, bouzouki, and baglama), Lily Press (harp), Simon Linn-Gerstein (cello), Alina To (violin), Maria Scherer Wilson (cello), and Aleida Gehrels (viola), Ray Larsen (trumpet)

Christmas Candlelight Concert

Green Lake Church, 6350 East Green Lake Way N, Seattle, WA

Christmas Concert - Messiah selections & Children's Orchestra featured. Happy Holidays!

Byrd Ensemble - Finzi & Holst Christmas Day

Trinity Parish Church, 609 8th Ave, Seattle, WA 98104

Two works frame this program of early 20th century English Christmas music: Gerald Finzi’s In terra pax and Gustav Holst’s Christmas Day. The program also features carol arrangements by John Rutter, Harold Darke, and Holst. Written during a time when composers looked to the past for inspiration, their music pays homage to the English holiday tradition through a rich repertoire that speaks to the heart of the Christmas spirit.

Start your holiday season with a festive program of carols with the Byrd Ensemble and Players!

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Byrd Ensemble - Finzi & Holst Christmas Day

Trinity Parish Church, 609 8th Ave, Seattle, WA 98104

Two works frame this program of early 20th century English Christmas music: Gerald Finzi’s In terra pax and Gustav Holst’s Christmas Day. The program also features carol arrangements by John Rutter, Harold Darke, and Holst. Written during a time when composers looked to the past for inspiration, their music pays homage to the English holiday tradition through a rich repertoire that speaks to the heart of the Christmas spirit.

Start your holiday season with a festive program of carols with the Byrd Ensemble and Players!

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Hailed as “one of Seattle’s best new concert traditions” by the Seattle Times, A SMASH Benefit is an incredibly special sell-out event held at the Moore Theatre every fall. The Benefit concert raises money to help SMASH provide access to healthcare for Puget Sound musicians.

This year SMASH is proud to pay tribute to the local iconic record label Sub Pop on November 19, 2023 at The Moore Theatre.

Playing with Andrew Joslyn and The Passenger String Quartet at the top of the show! He's arranged a fun tribute to Sub Pop. Dive in!

Doors 6:30pm - Show 7:30pm

Reasons Why is a brand new band featuring improvising luminaries from the Seattle area in a special configuration of horns, strings and percussion. The sometimes-intricate side of bandleader Ray Larsen’s lyrical composition style serves as a musical focus and launching point for exploration.

Bonnie Whiting – percussion

Wayne Horvitz – piano

Maria Scherer Wilson – cello

Leanna Keith – flutes

Conner Eisenmenger – trombone

Ray Larsen – trumpet

Triggering Town is a collaboration between vocalist Ayesha Brooks and 3 keyboardists/ electronic musicians – Tim Kennedy, Ryan Burns and Wayne Horvitz. A collection of avant garde art songs, the music incorporates drum machines, synthesizers, and vintage keyboards in a lo-fi space groove sound wash with vocals by Ms. Brooks using found text and original lyrics.

The Royal Room is accepting reservations for diners. After purchasing tickets, please visit the Reservations page to book a table. Table reservations require advance tickets, and are only for guests who plan to dine at the Royal Room. We do not take reservations over the phone.

Seating for non-diners is first come, first served. Please arrive early to guarantee a seat!

The Royal Room is All Ages until 10pm.

Tickets: $15 advance, $20 doors, free with Cloudbreak Live Music Pass Advance tickets can only be purchased online-we do not sell advance tickets at the venue.

5:00 PM Doors - 6:00 PM Show

STG Presents and KEXP welcome Death & Music at the Moore Theater on Sunday, November 12th. DJ John Richards and Dr. Amy Lindsey invite you for an evening that navigates the delicate intersection of life, loss, and the emotive power of music.

With performances from special musical guests, speakers sharing their personal reflections and stories, and shedding light on the ways music has been a faithful companion through moments of grief.

Connect with the KEXP community in a shared space on an occasion for collective pause, acknowledgment, remembrance, and quiet contemplation of the deep impact music has in our lives. Explore with us the intricate emotions tied to loss and finding solace in the language of music in an evening of calm introspection and shared insight.

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Join us for this slightly spooky concert featuring ghostly rags, and music from the thrillers The Brood and Psycho. Pianist Geísa Dutra will join the orchestra for Franz Liszt’s Malédiction for piano and strings. Kick off your Halloween season with this mirthful mix of Music+Morbidity. Inspired by Music Director Adam Stern’s youthful devotion to the horror genre, the concert will showcase the symphony’s strings in a range of pieces from the early 1800s to 1979. The concert will be bookended by classic horror film scores: Howard Shore’s The Shape of Rage from David Cronenberg's film The Brood and Bernard Herrmann’s Psycho: A Narrative for Orchestra from the Alfred Hitchcock classic. The concert will also feature Brazilian-born pianist Geísa Dutra playing Franz Liszt’s Malédiction for piano and strings and Ralph Vaughan Williams’ Five Variants on Dives and Lazarus.

As always, children and youth season subscriptions are FREE. Single ticket sales will begin July 20th at $35 adult and $25 senior/military. Pricing for our six-concert series is $180 adult and $120 senior/military.

Sigur Ros

Paramount Theater, 901 Pine St, Seattle, WA 98101

Sigur Ros with Wordless Music Orchestra - Sigur Rós have announced a limited run of very special dates, performed with a 41-piece orchestra in both Europe and North America. To coincide with the start of the tour, Sigur Rós released their latest album, ÁTTA, on June 16th. Sigur Rós will now debut these brand new songs to the world.

Accompanied by the Wordless Music Orchestra in North America, the band will perform their new material as well as favourites from their extensive catalogue. All orchestral dates will be conducted by Robert Ames.

The tour kicked off in London at Meltdown Festival, where the band performed with the London Contemporary Orchestra.

Join us for the second event in our “Roots Without Borders'' concert series: “Cinco de Mayo: The Battle of Puebla, Before & Since.” Trio Guadalevin, Bailadores de Bronce, and the Ballard Civic Orchestra collaborate to present a musical representation of La Batalla de Puebla, featuring French and Mexican music, and illuminating the true origins of “Cinco de Mayo.”

⭐ Candlelight concerts bring the magic of a live, multi-sensory musical experience to awe-inspiring locations like never seen before in Seattle. Get your tickets now to discover the music of Hans Zimmer at Sparkman Cellars under the gentle glow of candlelight.

General Info 📍 Venue: Sparkman Cellars ⏳ Duration: 60 minutes (doors open 1 hour prior to the start time and late entry is not permitted) 👤 Age requirement: 8 years old or older. Anyone under the age of 16 must be accompanied by an adult ♿ Accessibility: this venue is wheelchair accessible 🪑 Seating is assigned on a first come first served basis in each zone

Tentative Program

Time from Inception This Land from The Lion King Supermarine from Dunkirk Honor from The Pacific A Dark Knight from The Dark Knight Wonder Woman Suite Gladiator Suite Cornfield Chase from Interstellar Dune Suite Discombobulate from Sherlock Holmes Pirates of the Caribbean Suite

Performers String Quartet - Emilie Choi (violin), Teddy (violin), Erin (viola) and Maria Scherer Wilson (cello)