Vancouver BC’s V.Vecker (sax, keys, electronics) celebrates the release of his new album “Heavy Gestures” on local label Obscure & Terrible, with support from Medina/Walsh and Kole Galbraith + Noel Kennon.

V.Vecker (b. Keith Wecker, 1983) is a composer, improvisor, and multi-instrumentalist using technology to explore his interest in the timbral and temporal possibilities that exist within electronic-based music. Utilizing sound … Read More →

A concert presentation of the score to The Westerlies’ recent ballet “The Past Delivers,” created in collaboration with BalletCollective, Troy Schumacher (New York City Ballet soloist) and Jordan Bennett, alongside other new works.

The Westerlies, “an arty quartet…mixing ideas from jazz, new classical, and Appalachian folk” (New York Times) are a New York-based brass quartet comprised of Riley Mulherkar and … Read More →

Legendary NYC improviser/composer and multi-instrumentalist Elliott Sharp performs solo electroacoustic music performed on 8-string guitarbass in celebration of his upcoming book Feedback: Translations From The IrRational, which will be published by Wesleyan University Press, Nov. 2025.

Elliott Sharp leads SysOrk, Orchestra Carbon, Terraplane, and Tectonics and pioneered use of fractal geometry, chaos theory, and genetics in musical composition and interaction. His … Read More →

Through music and poetry Play On! chamber ensemble spins tales of love spanning seven centuries – from 14th century sonnets of Petrarch to songs of the swinging 60’s and beyond. ‘SCÈNES D’AMOUR’ explores themes of love at first sight, passion, jealousy, obsession, loneliness, loss and hope. This concert features the premier of Seattle composer Sterling Tinsley’s monodrama ‘A Flight … Read More →

One of the west coast’s most important player/improviser/composers will be in Seattle for a special concert with five of Seattle’s top players. Expect an astounding array of sounds, including a bass saxophone duo! A pioneer of the LA area creative music scene, Vinny is on 100s of recordings, and has taught at CalArts for over 30 years. 

Vinny Golia and Neil Welch, … Read More →

The J2 Duo proudly presents Seen and Heard, showcasing a vibrant renaissance of diversity within brass repertoire.

While new composition has long been celebrated within the brass community, a refreshing renaissance of diversity is now taking place. The composers represented in this program are among those whose works are quickly becoming firmly established within the standard repertoire. From award winning composers Kevin … Read More →

Named Northwest Emerging Artist of the Year by Earshot Jazz, Jahnvi Madan is an Indian American clarinetist, improviser and composer. As a bandleader, she has performed her music at several well known festivals, including the Washington D.C. Women in Jazz Festival, Westerlies Festival, and Earshot Jazz festival, as their youngest commissioned composer. She is the current Artist-in Residence at … Read More →

Minneapolis-based drummer/composer Emma Garau earned a BFA in jazz and contemporary music from UNC Asheville while studying independently with Dave King of The Bad Plus, and touring extensively with Fortezza, which she co-founded in 2016. Emma currently tours and records with art punk duo, ¿WATCHES?, and as a solo artist. She has also performed and/or recorded with Powderhorns, Grace … Read More →

Music for Snare Drumz is an immersive exploration of resonance, texture, and rhythm, blending experimental minimalism, unconventional percussion techniques, and nuanced sonic transmutation.

Featuring performers Aaron Butler, Jon Rodriguez, Storm Benjamin, and James Doyle. Audiences will encounter hypnotic durational works and unconventional percussion techniques that provide tactile percussion textures with a meditative edge. The performance will emphasize space and silence as … Read More →

EUDIMORPHODON, is an early pterosaur AND a new duo with Dan Plonsey (saxophones) and Matthew Welch (bagpipes). Featuring compositions and improvisations by both for this unique combination of reeds, Plonsey and Welch dig deep into their love for odd creatures and characters to summon forth wild sonic beasts of imagination. They will be on tour from California.

Local support will be provided by Gust Burns … Read More →

Following last spring’s “durate,” improv-chamber group Clove returns to play with Polt, and will present a new composition, “Thanks to the Elements.” 

High in depth, long in noise, Polt features Ezra Williamson (guitar, electronics) and Ben Miller (Hurdy-Gurdy, Percussion), hailing from Kentucky, now along with Ian Gwin (synths). 

Clove: From Upstate New York via Vermont, Meredith Davey (cello, voice, electronics) crafted songs and … Read More →

Composer, producer, and performer Hahn Rowe has developed a uniquely personal sonic language, traversing a vast array of musical terrains and weaving them into ever-shifting, polymorphic soundscapes. At home in the studio as well as in the performance arena, he has worked to break down the barriers between traditional musical performance, sound art, and physical theater.

As an engineer, producer, … Read More →

Thomas Abrahamson will premiere new compositions for solo piano including a new piece for violin and piano ensemble (Libby Phelps on violin), all in the style of contemporary classical…ish. Also included in the program are OLD works composed in 2023. The night will include caffeine, refreshments, chocolate, caramel, and of course, notes, music, and crescendos that will make you … Read More →

The Force Of Listening #4 presents nine sonic and visual works presented by artists from across the US to create an evening of experimental ambience, music, and sound art coming on the heels of this year’s Campbient session, organized by REALMOREREAL. Artists include Violet Palace (Olympia, WA), Leora Malka (Los Angeles, CA), Julia Edith Rigby (Santa Ana, CA), … Read More →

FLOOM is Maxx Katz‘s solo experiment in embodied improvisation, using flute, downtuned doom guitar, and extreme vocals. Maxx Katz is an artist, composer, and performer based in Portland, Oregon, whose work draws on vocabulary from performance art, free improvisation, jazz, contemporary classical, and heavy metal. A classically trained flutist with an M.A. in Music from the University of Virginia, … Read More →