Seattle Modern Orchestra: Concert 1 – Dissociation
Online: $15 | In-person: $25 ($15 senior, $10 student)
Marisol Jiménez — Bestiario Onírico II – Ciudadela
Marisol Jiménez — Yiríya aiteiya
Wang Lu — Ryan and Dan
Fausto Romitelli — Professor Bad Trip – Lesson 1
Kaley Lane Eaton – Dissociation, or Self-Portrait (world premiere)
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
Our season opening concert will present a world premiere from Seattle composer and Cornish faculty member, Kaley Lane Eaton. Eaton’s music has been described as “disconcertingly lovely” (Seattle Magazine), and her new work, Dissociation, or Self-Portrait, “puts pop and experimental idioms at war with one another as a metaphor for […] authentic self-expression.” Alongside Eaton’s premiere, SMO will give two US premieres by Mexican composer, Marisol Jiménez, and Seattle premieres by Wang Lu and celebrated Italian composer, Fausto Romitelli.
The concert will begin at 8pm Pacific.
This in-person concert will also be livestreamed via SMO's Digital Stage.
Digital Stage tickets: $15
In-Person Safety Protocols: The safety of our musicians and audience is of top priority to us. We will continue to follow guidelines and recommendations from the CDC, King County, and the City of Seattle as we move forward this season. All of our performances this season will require masking and proof of vaccination. Details about Town Hall Seattle’s COVID-19 policy can be found here: https://townhallseattle.org/plan-your-visit/building-policies/
In-person tickets; $25 ($15 senior, $10 student)
About Seattle Modern Orchestra
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.
http://www.seattlemodernorchestra.org/