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Each month, Nonsequitur and a community of like-minded organizations and artists present ten concerts of adventurous and experimental music in the gorgeous Chapel Performance Space at the Good Shepherd Center (which sits on the traditional homelands of the Duwamish people): contemporary/post-classical composition, free improvisation and the outer limits of jazz, electronic/electroacoustic music, new instruments, phonography, sound art, and other innovative musics. Watch a video clip about us on the Seattle Channel.
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In the Chapel Performance Space on the fourth floor of the Good Shepherd Center.
4649 Sunnyside Ave. N.
Seattle WA, 98103
(SW corner of 50th & Sunnyside in Wallingford. Nearest Metro bus stops: 62, 44, 26)Email:
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$8 - $20 sliding scale at the door
Ben Kaya/Last Train West/Aetheres
An evening of ambient and electronic drone music, slow and calming. Come and relax for as long as you wish.
Ben Kaya is an American composer, producer and performer based in Belgium. His work primarily is concerned with simplicity, limitation and repetition, using long durations, repetitive motifs and a focus on texture in sound and visuals to bring a natural … Read More
$5 - $20 sliding scale at the door
A Heard Mentality, Volume 3
An evening of improvised music from Lu Evers (clarinet), Amy Denio (alto sax, voice), Lady Zade (cello), and Tom Scully (guitar). The joy of spontaneity, sharing in the moment of awareness, the scintillating particles in the diverse array of dimension.
$5 - $20 sliding scale at the door
Friends of the Road + Casey Adams + what
A night of free-improvised music flavored with drone and noise.
Just back from touring, Friends of the Road is an experimental string band from Seattle exploring long-form acoustic drones rooted in a melting pot of influences from American-primitive, dhrupad, and free improvisation which coalesce into original arrangements of traditional folk tunes.
Casey Adams is a Seattle-based builder and creator of electro-acoustic … Read More
$10 - $20 sliding scale at the door
TORCH Collective
TORCH (Brian Chin, trumpets, Eric Likkel, clarinets, Steve Schermer, bass, and Bonnie Whiting, percussion) is a multi-arts collective of artists dedicated to the creation and performance of new socially-conscious work. Embedded within the collective is a contemporary chamber music ensemble whose original compositions play with our heady intellects and our groove-craving souls. Rooted in contemporary classical, jazz, and improvised … Read More
$10 - $20 sliding scale at the door
Joey Largent and Maumae: Moonlight Dream Dervishes
Composer and percussionist Joey Largent, visiting from Istanbul, joins movement artist Maumae (formerly Katrina Wolfe) for a three-hour durational performance of sculptural movement, improvised cymbal music, and field recordings.
In 2021, Joey Largent and Maumae performed a three-hour, durational work, Basaltic Void Dervishes, for improvised cymbals and dance at the Chapel, featuring a long-form movement duet in collaboration with her … Read More
$5 - $20 suggested donation at the door (NOTAFLOF)
Threshold + Tempered Steel
Threshold is an improvising band composed of Seattle music scene veterans Don Berman (drums), Dennis Rea (guitar), Simon Henneman (guitar), and Heather Bentley (cello). This project is the manifestation of a musical vision Berman has held for years. His late father, William Berman, was a master violist who performed extensively in symphonic and string quartet settings. Having listened to … Read More
$15 at the door
James Falzone: Mystery of Winter Skies
James Falzone presents Mystery of Winter Skies, new music for the rare combination of string quartet and penny whistles. Commissioned and premiered in 2025, the work is a meditation on the mystery of existence and natural beauty.
Featuring:
James Falzone: composer and penny whistlesAlex Guy: violinLuke Fitzpatrick: violinErin Wight: violaRose Bellini: cello
$5 - $25 suggested donation at the door (NOTAFLOF)
Tiger Poems + Ahmad Yousefbeigi
Enter a world where sound is spirit, and every performance is a ceremony. Tiger Poems, a trio of visionary explorers, conjures a unique universe where the rigorous spontaneity of free improvisation meets the primal pulse of animistic trance ritual.
Hear the voice as a wild, untamed instrument. Arrington de Dionyso (Old Time Relijun, Malaikat dan Singa) channels guttural overtone singing … Read More
$5 - $20 suggested donation at the door
Matt Sargent + Ben Luca Robertson + Aaron Michael Butler
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