Seattle Modern Orchestra – Past Concerts
Founded in 2010, Seattle Modern Orchestra (SMO) is the only large ensemble in the Pacific Northwest solely dedicated to the music of the 20th and 21st Centuries. Led by co-artistic directors Julia Tai and Jérémy Jolley, SMO commissions and premieres new works from an international lineup of composers, in addition to presenting important pieces from the contemporary repertoire that are rarely if ever heard by Seattle audiences. The ensemble "operates at that exciting cusp between old and new, between tradition and innovation" (Vanguard Seattle) curating new sounds and experiences for concert goers in the region.
SMO provides audiences with performances of the best in contemporary chamber and orchestral music, and develops radio talks, lectures, and other forms of outreach in an accessible and inviting format all designed to expand the listener’s appreciation and awareness of the music of today.
Seattle Modern Orchestra in Residence at University of Washington School of Music
Melissa Wang — Red Blood Spills and Pools The Same (2024; world premiere)
Yonatan Ron — Times sways. Echoes, decay… (2023; world premiere)
Joe Krycia — Untiteld for ensemble (2024; world premiere)
Anthony Cheung — Clocks for Seeing (West Coast premiere)
$10
Seattle Modern Orchestra: Sonidos Music of the Americas
Carlos Sanchez-Gutierrez — Trio Variations (for flute, clarinet, & piano; 2005)
Silvina Milstein — cristales y susurros (whispers and crystals) (for quintet; 2007; US premiere)
Luis Fernando Amaya — Studies for Bestiario: seis (for soprano, flute, clarinet, percussion, & electronics; 2020)
José-Luis Hurtado — Retour (for seven instruments; 2013)
$25 ($15 senior, $10 student)
Seattle Modern Orchestra: The Nothing Man & Other Tales
Joël-François Durand — Mundus Imaginalis
Wang Lu — The Nothing Man and Other Tales (world premiere; for soprano & ensemble)
In person: $30 ($15 senior, $10 student) |
Stream: $15
Seattle Modern Orchestra: Kate Soper's Ipsa Dixit "She, herself, said it..."
$30 ($15 seniors, $10 student)
Seattle Modern Orchestra: Kate Soper's Ipsa Dixit "She, herself, said it..."
$30 ($15 seniors, $10 student)
Seattle Modern Orchestra with UW Composers
Joe Krycia — Over It (for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, percussion, & electronics)
Yonatan Ron — The Bent Spoon (for flute, clarinet, violin, viola, cello, piano, & percussion)
Melissa Wang — Crushed Splits (for flute, clarinet, violin, viola, cello, piano, & percussion)
$20 ($15 UW Affiliate/employee/retiree/UWAA member, $10 student/senior)
Seattle Modern Orchestra: therefore i was
R. Murray Schafer — The Crown of Ariadne (for harp)
Giacinto Scelsi — Ko-Lho (for flute & clarinet)
Jérémy Jolley — (contro-)clessidra III for cello and percussion (world premiere)
Jérémy Jolley — (contro-)clessidra IV for piano and electronics (world premiere)
$25 ($15 senior, $10 student)
Seattle Modern Orchestra: Threadgill, Iyer, Kim, Xenakis
$15
SMO @ The Royal Room
Vijay Iyer — Mutations (IV, VI, and VII for string quartet, piano, and electronics; 2005)
Ha-Yang Kim — Lens (for cello and pedals; 2006)
Iannis Xenakis — Mikka (1971)
Iannis Xenakis — Mikka «S» (1975)
Iannis Xenakis — Akéa (1986)
$20 at the door ($15 in advance)
Seattle Modern Orchestra: The shape of the wind, the shadow of time
Kate Soper — Now Is Forever (for soprano & chamber orchestra)
Huck Hodge — The shape of the wind, the shadow of time (for percussion soloist & ensemble; world premiere)
Online: $15 | In person: $25 ($15 senior, $10 student)
Seattle Modern Orchestra: Darius Jones in Seattle
Angelique Poteat — Cyclic Complement (for bass clarinet and electronics)
Anne Leilehua Lanzilotti — Find (for solo viola and electronics)
Yiğit Kolat — Inference Engines
Eva-Maria Houben — echo fantasia V (for any kind and number of instruments or voices)
Darius Jones — WAR (world premiere)
Online: $15 | In person: $25 ($15 senior, $10 student)
Seattle Modern Orchestra: Concert 1 – Dissociation
Marisol Jiménez – Bestiario Onírico II – Ciudadela (US premiere)
Marisol Jiménez – Yiríya aiteiya (US premiere)
Wang Lu – Ryan and Dan
Fausto Romitelli – Professor Bad Trip – Lesson 1
Online: $15 | In-person: $25 ($15 senior, $10 student)
Seattle Modern Orchestra: Anahita Abbasi – World Premiere [LIVE]
Sarah Hennies – Growing Block for 4 to 10 musicians (2019)
Anna Thorvaldsdottir – Shades of Silence for violin, viola, cello, and piano (2017)
Anahita Abbasi – Situation VI – Happenings for piano, percussion, violin, viola, cello, and bass (2021) [world premiere]
$10
Music for Paul: A Concert in Memory of Paul Taub
Free
Seattle Modern Orchestra: Darius Jones – World Premiere [LIVE]
$10
Seattle Modern Orchestra: Ha-Yang Kim – the day is burnt, the night is calm [LIVE]
$10
Seattle Modern Orchestra: Jérémy Jolley – (contro-)clessidra I, III, IV [LIVE]
, a series of duets exploring the tension between “being together” & “being apart.”
$10
Seattle Modern Orchestra: This is Beethoven – Farrin, Wang, & Kagel (on-demand until 12/19/2020)
Wang Lu – New work TBA (world premiere)
Ticket price TBA
Seattle Modern Orchestra: Tom Baker – Simultaneously Solitary
Lou Harrison – Air in G minor
Jarrad Powell – The Moon and Sun are Eternal Travelers
Tom Baker – Simultaneously Solitary (Shendos No. 14)
Tyshawn Sorey – In Memoriam Muhal Richard Abrams for violin and glockenspiel
$10
[BROADCAST] Seattle Modern Orchestra: Messiaen, Dixon, Hodge
Greg Dixon – Mirror Lake II for clarinet and electronics (2020) [world premiere]
Huck Hodge – Alêtheia (2011) [US premiere performance 2014]
Free
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