Sid Samberg, a composer-pianist originally from Chicago (based in Seattle since 2020) is honored to perform in the Wayward Music Series for a third time, sharing a warm evening of music in the cold final days of autumn. He will perform his original works for piano solo, which explore meditations on dreams, nature, close personal relationships, and the global climate … Read More →

MICHIKO O (Michiko Ogawa) (Tokyo/Berlin/San Diego) is a researcher-composer touring work from her just-released album, Pancake Moon (Futura Resistenza, Belgium). These compositions are for shō and pre-recorded materials, her shō-playing “like a device that warps and expands time and space”.

Andrew Drury returns to Seattle from Brooklyn, NY, here to join the Seattle/Tracyton spontaneous composition duo known as ‘what‘ (A.F. Jones, steel guitars/electronics; … Read More →

The Red Pants Collective, a movement and sound project formed by father/daughter duo Giordana and James Falzone, are joined by very special guests from NYC and Seattle. The evening will weave improvised moments with Klezmer music and lefty political songs in Yiddish.  

Tariq Mitri: movementAlyza DelPan-Monley: movementGiordana Falzone: movementBonnie Whiting: percussionHanz Araki: shakuhachiAndrew Drury: drums and percussionMichael Winograd: clarinetIra Temple: accordionJames Falzone: … Read More →

A live evening of free guitar improvisation by Carlos Cotallo Solares and Ryan Carraher, each unfolding a distinct approach to the instrument and its electronic extensions. Together, in duo and solo configurations, they engage the guitar’s uncanny versatility within a framework of spontaneous composition. Perussionist Aaron Michael Butler joins to present a new work for vibraphone and electronics by … Read More →

The Kora Dance Ensemble combines West African traditional songs and strategies,  jazz influences on upright bass and clarinets, and the silent music that is dance.

This ensemble consists of four members: Janelle Bel Isle (dance), Eric Likkel (clarinets), Brady Kish (upright bass) and Chet Corpt (kora). We draw on our experiences within many genres – jazz, blues, soul, Western classical, Turkish … Read More →

Solo performance by Marcin Pączkowski, followed a trio featuring Don Berman, Heather Bentley, and Ewa Trębacz in their first appearance together since their show last summer at the Olympia Free Jazz Festival. 

Marcin Pączkowski, a Seattle-based composer, conductor, digital artist, and violinist, holds the position of Music Director for the Evergreen Community Orchestra. He earned his PhD from the University … Read More →

Music and sounds for the koto, viola, electronics, ukulele and more featuring Robert Millis (Climax Golden Twins,Sublime Frequencies), Katherine Whatley and Noel Kennon who will all play solo and together in some as yet undetermined improvisatory arrangement. Whatley and Millis recently released a cassette of trio performances from Japan on the SoundHoles label. Millis has a new solo LP out on Discrepant. Noel Kennon continues to confound and … Read More →

Poetry and ambient engross the air in an evening built for the therians of the PNW.

Exploring the cacophonous silence of the desert with hypnotic percussion and animal calls, Bassariscus takes you on a trip through the therianthropic mind.

frrn is a Seattle-based ambient experimental musician. With both her records and improvised live performances her music is a blending of melodic, … Read More →

Join Matt Sargent, Ben Luca Robertson, & Aaron Michael Butler for an evening of actuated strings, microtonal guitar, percussion, & bespoke instrumentation. 

Matt Sargent is a composer, guitarist, recording engineer, and music technology specialist based in upstate New York, where he is an assistant professor of music at Bard College. His music grows from resonance, memory, the making/breaking of patterns, … Read More →