2023-2024 Season
Seattle Modern Orchestra’s fourteenth season features a wide-ranging international lineup of composers with works stretching geographic, physical, and musical boundaries. Guest curators and SMO performers Cristina Valdés and Bonnie Whiting present programs spanning across the Latin American diaspora with a US premiere by Silvina Milstein and works by Angélica Negrón, Carlos Sanchez-Gutierrez, Luis Fernando Amaya, and José-Luis Hurtado and a concert of theatrical works including an SMO commission and world premiere by Bethany Younge alongside pieces by Frederic Rzewski and Mauricio Kagel, with guest artist trombonist and director Neil C. Parsons. SMO continues its local collaborations and support of young composers with a residency and joint concert at the University of Washington’s School of Music.
SMO’s video podcast, Open Score, will return this season bringing in-depth conversations with featured composers to audiences. Schedule to be released.
Sonidos: Music of the Americas
October 20, 2023 8:00 pm Chapel Performance Space 4649 Sunnyside Ave. N, Seattle Washington 98103
Contemporary works from Mexico, Puerto Rico, and Argentina with music by Angélica Negrón, Carlos Sanchez-Gutierrez, Luis Fernando Amaya, José-Luis Hurtado, and a US Premiere by Silvina Milstein
SMO in Residency @ University of Washington School of Music
May 3, 2024 7:30 pm Meany Studio Theater at Meany Hall 4140 George Washington Lane Northeast, Seattle WA 98105
SMO in Residence at the UW School of Music performs works with and by UW students
Corporeal Worlds: Music by Bethany Younge and Mauricio Kagel
June 14, 2024 8:00 pm Town Hall - Great Hall 1119 8th Ave, Seattle WA 98101
SMO explores new and historical works of Music Theatre, presenting pieces that ask performers to move, speak, and break the fourth wall. The concert features World Premiere SMO Commission by Bethany Younge, alongside works by Frederic Rzewski and Mauricio Kagel, with guest artist trombonist and director Neil C. Parsons.