Nonsequitur

Nonsequitur welcomes our newest cohort of community curators for the 2024 NonSeq concert series: Beth Fleenor, Connie Fu, Kole Galbraith, and Naeim Rahmani. All of them have performed and organized very interesting shows on their own at the Chapel in recent years, and we are very excited to have them on board to guide the next year of our programming. Each of them will be responsible for curating three events in the coming year, for a total of twelve performances featuring local and visiting artists. To kick off the new concert season, they will be performing solo sets in a special Curators Concert at the Chapel on February 24.

Big thanks to our 2023 curators – Lori Goldston, Paul Kikuchi, Afroditi Psarra, and Michaud Savage – for their excellent curation in the past year. They brought a wealth of mostly new artists to our stage, and in the process expanded the scope of our programming. We are deeply grateful for their hard work and dedication to the cause of adventurous music in our region.

We are thrilled to welcome the new cohort of curators for our 2023 NonSeq concert series: Lori Goldston, Paul Kikuchi, Afroditi Psarra, and Michaud Savage all bring a wealth of experience and broad artistic interests to the job of selecting the artists we will present. Each of them is responsible for curating three events in the coming year, for a total of twelve shows featuring local and visiting artists. To kick off the new concert season, they will also be performing in a special Curators Concert on February 24 at the Chapel.

Nonsequitur also wishes to thank our outgoing curators – Marina Albero, Leanna Keith, Carlos Snaider, and Omar Willey – for their excellent curation in 2022. They brought a wealth of talent to our stage, and in the process expanded the scope of our programming. We extend our deepest gratitude for their efforts.

[This series was originally called SOUNDbox. Pardon our re-branding in the wake of a Cease & Desist notice from the San Francisco Symphony, which has a trademark on the name.]

Nonsequitur is pleased to start off 2022 with the introduction of NonSeq, a new artist-led curator series aimed at positively stimulating the local music scene with visionary and generative live performances. 

For NonSeq, Nonsequitur co-founder and Director Steve Peters hands over curation of our concerts to a team of four celebrated local artists who will take over programming of twelve events in 2022. Pianist Marina Albero, polymath/writer and Seattle Star founder Omar Willey, guitarist Carlos Snaider, and flautist Leanna Keith will each curate three concerts apiece in the coming year. All of them have a unique presence in the Seattle creative community, and bring a wealth of collective knowledge and experience to the project.

NonSeq aims to center the artistry of a rising tide of musical experimentalism in the region and beyond, emphasizing the need for new, disruptive voices, greater representation of the array of creative musical endeavors in our cultural institutions, and an expansive vision for artistic embeddedness in our society. These concerts will reflect a wide range of musical ideas from experimental musicians near and far, and will allow audiences the opportunity to dialogue with the performers through curator-facilitated Q&A’s.

Among others, NonSeq is thrilled to present diverse voices like Dakota Camacho, indigenous multi-disciplinary artist/researcher; Elisa Thorn, experimental harpist, composer, and vocalist; as well as a return visit by Cornish graduate, composer and guitarist Tristan Gianola. We’ll post info in Upcoming Concerts as more artists and dates are confirmed.

NonSeq performances will occur once monthly beginning in January, with an added “Curators’ Concert” on January 29 featuring Albero, Willey, Snaider, and Keith along with new Nonsequitur board member Heather Bentley, kicking off the year with an evening of solo and group improvisation, celebrating the diversity of musical values and shared commitment to listening and spontaneous creation.

The COVID-19 pandemic is, of course, casting a large and looming shadow on all of our grand plans. We intend to abide by any new mandates or restrictions from government or public health agencies. While we are hoping for the best, we know that these events may be canceled at any time due to the constantly evolving situation. It is always a good idea to check this web site and the Wayward Music site for updated info regarding cancellations.

Read a nice article about NonSeq by Thomas May in the Seattle Times.