Coming to Seattle – Avant Music News

Music for Droney Strings
Thu. May 1, 8 PM; $10 – $20 at the door

Compositions and Improvisations by four Seattle experimentalists:
Salma Zenia, violin
Noel Kennon, viola
Lori Goldston, cello
Kole Galbraith, double bass

NonSeq: Imaginary Softwoods + Cameron MacNair
Fri. May 2, 8 PM; $5 – $20 advance/at door

John Elliott (aka Imaginary Softwoods) is a singular visionary who defies categorization, known for his work in the seminal kosmisch/ambient synth band Emeralds, as well as his own solo projects. Cameron MacNair is a Seattle composer who will perform a new composition for piano and electronics.

Eudimorphodon + Burns/Adams + Aaron Michael Butler
Tue. May 6, 8 PM; $10 – $20 at the door

EUDIMORPHODON is a new duo of Dan Plonsey (saxophones) and Matthew Welch
(bagpipes) featuring compositions and improv-isations by both for this unique combination of reeds, Local support will be provided by Gust Burns (piano) and Casey Adams (drums) in duo, and works by Aaron Michael Butler.

Michael Jones & UW Graduate Percussion Group
Thu. May 8, 7:30 PM; $10 – $20 at the door

Percussionist Michael Jones (he/they) presents new works for percussion by Matt Sargent and Scott Wollschleger that explore time, touch, and exteriority. They are joined by the University of Washington Graduate Percussion Group, performing John Cage’s iconic Credo in US, and Rick Burkhardt’s experimental work for voice and percussion Simulcast.

Kin of the Moon
Fri. May 9, 8 PM; $5 – $20 donation at door

Tom Baker’s “Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Glacier” for mezzo-soprano, alto flute, viola, saxophone (Neil Welch), and guitar (Michael Nicolella), based on poetry by Craig Santos Perez. Neil Welch‘s “No house on fire, no” emulates the infinitely variable sound of wind passing through vast fields of grass, with rhythms and phrasing taken from a poem by Joan Naviyuk Kane. Featuring Welch (sax) and bassist Abbey Blackwell..