Mark your calendars! Beginning in July, Seattle Presents free concerts are back for the summer. Grab your lunch, enjoy some sun and hear great music on the plaza at City Hall every Thursday, noon to 1:30 p.m., July 12 through Aug. 30. In case of rain, most concerts will be… [ Keep reading ]
Seattle-based artists working in dance, music and theater (including playwriting) may apply for set award amounts of $4,000, $6,000 and $8,000 to fund projects in 2013. CityArtist Projects is an annual funding program that supports individual Seattle artists in the development and presentation of new, in-progress or remounted works taken… [ Keep reading ]
Last week Mayor Mike McGinn welcomed the Seattle Symphony and new music director Ludovic Morlot to City Hall. Nearly 350 people gathered in the lobby for a free lunchtime concert featuring Weber’s Overture to Der Freischütz and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7. Read the mayor’s blog post about it here.
Your next visit to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport will include the sights and sounds of northwest music. The Sea-Tac Airport Music Initiative, Experience the City of Music — a cooperative effort by the Port of Seattle, Seattle Music Commission and PlayNetwork— launches this week to showcase the northwest region’s music culture. The Sea-Tac… [ Keep reading ]
Ludovic Morlot, music director, Seattle Symphony. Photo by Ben VanHouten. Don’t miss this! The Seattle Symphony will perform a free community concert at City Hall, 12:30 p.m., Wednesday, Jan. 25. Ludovic Morlot, the symphony’s new music director, will lead the orchestra in a program featuring Weber’s… [ Keep reading ]
Ludovic Morlot, music director, Seattle Symphony. Photo by Ben VanHouten. A great New Year’s resolution is making more time for music. So take note and mark your calendar. The Seattle Symphony will perform a free community concert at City Hall, 12:30 p.m., Wednesday, Jan. 25. Ludovic Morlot, the… [ Keep reading ]
Get down to new soul sounds from one of the funkiest bands in Seatown this Thursday at City Hall. The 10-piece funk band Doctorfunk echoes the legendary passion of famed horn band Tower of Power but brings its own sizzle, pop and scream to the scene. The performance, from 12… [ Keep reading ]
The internationally acclaimed band Show Brazil brings Brazilian rhythms, dancers in full costume and samba sounds to City Hall’s outdoor plaza this Thursday. Soak up the sun and listen to the joyful sights and sounds of Brazilian Carnaval in this special show directed by Eduardo Mendonça. . The performance, from… [ Keep reading ]
Chill to groove-heavy reggae by beloved local boys Kore Ionz, noon to 1:30 p.m., Thursday, Aug. 11 outdoors on the City Hall plaza. Honolulu Weekly proclaims “Kore Ionz should not be missed. If not for the reggae, for a lesson in love.” The band has been hard at work on… [ Keep reading ]
Seattle Public Schools just announced a $1 million planning grant to enhance arts instruction in the schools. We opened two calls for artists. The 2011 Mayor’s Arts Awards are coming up soon. The Seattle Mural at Seattle Center’s Mural Amphitheatre is getting a facelift. And Pioneer Square’s Occidental Square has turned… [ Keep reading ]
