Westerlies Fest 2026: Songbook, Vol. 4

A one-night-only live recording for The Westerlies’ Songbook EP series. Night 2 of Westerlies Fest 2026 features a live recording session at the Chapel, featuring brand new compositions from the group.

The Westerlies, “an arty quartet…mixing ideas from jazz, new classical, and Appalachian folk” (The New York Times), hold a singular space in modern music. From Carnegie Hall to Coachella, … Read More

NonSeq: Carrie DeCunzo Mirande + Nour Mobarak

Carrie DeCunzo Mirande is a musician and multi-disciplinary artist who works in performance, video, installation, theater, and sound. She started making computer music in 2014 and over the last decade has released on Discreet Music, Hold Tapes, No Rent Records, and her own imprint, KSX Solutions. She received her MFA in Electronic Music and Recording Media from Mills College. … Read More

Spring Convergence

A first-time convergence of six of Seattle’s most explorative improvisers and sound makers:

Alex Guy: violin; Neil Welch: saxophones; Ted Poor: drums and percussion; Stephanie Richards: trumpet; James Falzone: clarinet, piano; Jessica Lurie: saxophones and clarinets

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NonSeq: Sunik Kim + Matt Carlson

Sunik Kim is a musician, writer and filmmaker currently based in Los Angeles. Their recent work attempts to unfold problems of perceptual and temporal distortion through computer-generated sound. Their writing on subjects ranging from Korean communism to Conlon Nancarrow has been featured in The Wire Magazine, Pitchfork, and elsewhere. Their latest CD, Formenverwandler, was released on London-based label Feedback … Read More

Byron Westbrook + Maria Thrän / Afroditi Psarra

Byron Westbrook presents a multichannel version of his acclaimed electroacoustic work, Translucents; Maria Thrän and Afroditi Psarra conduct real-time radio wave manipulations. 

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First emerging from within New York’s experimental music scene nearly two decades ago and now based in Los Angeles, Byron Westbrook weaves intricate tapestries of sonority bridging the worlds of sound art, installation, avant-garde electronic music and … Read More

Samantha Boshnack: Uncomfortable Subjects

Trumpeter, composer, and bandleader Samantha Boshnack reprises her jazz song cycle Uncomfortable Subjects at the Chapel Performance Space. A chamber orchestra of Seattle music luminaries will perform the full cycle live before recording it at London Bridge Studio; the thirteen-piece ensemble, conducted by Joshua Kohl (Degenerate Art Ensemble), features vocals by Grammy-winning singer Johnaye Kendrick (säje).

In 2020, Boshnack invited artist and … Read More

NonSeq: Edelmar & Achil Obenza

Marble takes its name from the way life actually moves — not in straight lines, but in swirls. People enter and leave. Moments press into each other. Different textures, colors, and temperatures share the same glass. Edelmar and Achil Obenza invite you into that swirl — through music, image, and word — as a reminder that even in the … Read More

Trillium String Quartet: Crossing Paths

The Trillium String Quartet strives to program works that reflect the breadth of the artistic communities we have had the privilege to be a part of and influenced by. Using an educator’s lens to demystify the act of musical performance, we curate accessible concert experiences where we share our personal connection to the music that we play. 

Crossing Paths is our … Read More