Fear No Music: Iran/America – Common Themes, Different Worlds

Monday, March 18, 2024 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
The Old Church Concert Hall, Portland, OR, United States
Niloufar Nourbakhsh — Selected works
Aida Shirazi — Selected works
Anahita Abbasi — Selected works
Brittany J. Green — Selected works
Jordyn Davis — Selected works
Shelley Washington — Selected works

Free (RSVP required; $25 suggested donation)

Time Change: Four Orchestral Premieres by BMOP in Boston One-Night Only

Saturday, October 7, 2023 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (EDT)
Jordan Hall at New England Conservatory, Boston, MA, United States
John AylwardEternal Return (world premiere; BMOP commission)
Eric MoeThe Sweetness of Despair, the Necessity of Hope (world premiere; BMOP commission)
Richard CornellTime Rift (world premiere; BMOP-Fromm Music Foundation co-commission)
Shelley WashingtonBoth (New England premiere; BMOP-New Music USA's Amplifying Voices co-commission)

$20-$50 ($10 student)

International Women's Day Concert with The Overlook Quartet & pianist Sayaka Tanikawa

Wednesday, March 8, 2023 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (EST)
Arts Club of Washington, Washington, DC, United States
Amy Beach — Selected works
Florence Price — Selected works
Shelley Washington — Selected works

$45 ($10 student/composer)

Carnegie Hall: Ensemble Connect Up Close – 'Blossoming Like Crazy'

Monday, May 2, 2022 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (EDT)
Carnegie Hall (Resnick Education Wing), New York, NY, United States of America
Robert HonsteinEndless Landscape (world premiere)
Gabriella SmithTessellations
Gabriella SmithMaré
George LewisShadowgraph, 5
Kyle BrennBlossoming Like Crazy (world premiere of revised version)
Shelley WashingtonA Kind of Lung (world premiere; arr. for Ensemble Connect)

$20

Jukebox Quartet with Moira Smiley

Saturday, November 27, 2021 @ 6:00am – 7:00am (PST)
Online event
Singer/composer Moira Smiley joins the Vermont Symphony's Jukebox Quartet for a show all about tradition, comfort, & hygge. Available on demand through December 25.

$5

Impromptu Fest Concert #2: Phil Pierick & Audrey Q. Snyder [LIVE]

Friday, June 25, 2021 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Online event
Saxophonist Phil Pierick & cellist Audrey Q. Snyder present their program, “1reed4strings” to close out the first night of Impromptu Fest 2021. Works by Dorothy Chang, Jeffery Mumford, & more, plus free improvisation.

Free

Philadelphia Chamber Music Society: Jasper Quartet w/ Sarah Shafer, soprano [LIVE] (on-demand until 5/29/2021)

Wednesday, May 26, 2021 @ 3:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Online event
Vivian Fung – String Quartet No. 1
Shelley Washington – Middleground
Julia Wolfe – Dig Deep
Caroline Shaw – By and By
Jennifer Higdon – In the Shadow of Sirius

Free (Pay what you can)