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Our 2012-2013 Concert Season


John Cage Festival

All works by John Cage

Friday, November 9, 2012, 7:00 PM
The Chapel in the Good Shepherd Center

Seattle Modern Orchestra opens its 2012-13 season with a one-night only immersive event in the world of sounds and ideas of American composer John Cage. In celebration of Cage's centennial, this evening will feature a multimedia presentation and documentary of the life of the composer, and a concert in collaboration with Seattle Percussion Collective. Also, pianist and Cage specialist Stephen Drury will join SMO in a unique performance of Concerto for Prepared Piano and Chamber Orchestra.


Delirious Serialists!

Friday, February 8, 2013, 8:00 PM
PONCHO HALL, Cornish College of the Arts

Seattle Modern Orchestra continues its thematic programming with a concert featuring Delirious Serialists! This concert will offer works from the heights of European Modernism – 1950s avant-garde. This performance will demystify the most misunderstood era of music with a program including works by Italian composers Bruno Maderna and Luigi Nono, and French composer Pierre Boulez, who did for music what painter Piet Mondrian did for the visual arts.


Music in Space

Saturday, June 1, 2013, 8:00 PM
The Chapel in the Good Shepherd Center

For its season finale, Seattle Modern Orchestra will present three pieces with space in mind. The orchestra will surround the audience for a total immersion of sound, bringing forth the musicians' placement in the hall and their movements as expressive elements of music. Canadian pianist and University of British Columbia faculty Corey Hamm will join SMO in the performance of György Kurtág's ...quasi una fantasia..., and celebrated Seattle pianist Cristina Valdes will be featured on Iannis Xenakis' Eonta and the world premiere of EisBerg by SMO co-Artistic Director Jérémy Jolley.


...and a special collaboration!

Don't miss our special performances with Paul Taylor Dance Company's newest piece, The Uncommitted (2011), with music by Arvo Pärt, held at Meany Hall on Oct. 4, 5 & 6. Visit the UW World Series website for more info.