Seattle Chamber Players—Little by little this flute/clarinet/violin/cello quartet has shifted their focus forward in time to become Seattle's most exciting contemporary music group. The season opener includes two classic Martha Graham commissions, Appalachian Spring and Barber's Medea, plus music by Lukas Foss and Michael Daugherty (10/29). Three guest composers, Frederic Rzewski, John Zorn, and Franghiz Ali-Zadeh, visit on 11/10, 2/25, and 4/6. Charlie Chaplin's film Circus will be accompanied by a new score by Wayne Horvitz (1/21), and singer Cyndia Sieden joins them on 6/12. 367-1138.
UW/Meany Hall—Arnaldo Cohen opens the President's Piano series with music from his native Brazil, plus Bach/Busoni and Liszt (9/28). There'll be more Bach 10/17, as Murray Perahia plays the Goldberg Variations. Later on come Lang Lang (1/31), H鬥ne Grimaud (2/21), Richard Goode (3/27), and Garrick Ohlsson (5/23). The Colorado String Quartet brings a quartet by Katherine Hoover, inspired by Native American music, to open the International Chamber Music Series (10/3); the Emerson appears for their two annual visits (10/24 and 4/18); followed by the Bachmann-Klibonoff-Fridman Trio (11/21), the Tokyo String Quartet (1/17), and Trio Fontenay (3/8). 543-4880.
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Washington Composers Forum—On tap for their monthly Composer Spotlight series (every second Tuesday) in conjunction with Jack Straw Studios: Lynette Westendorf on 12-tone jazz composition (9/12); David Mesler presenting his new music-theater piece (10/10); Laura Kaminsky and Amy Rubin of Musicians Accord discussing composer/performer interaction (11/14); and Elizabeth Falconer with an introduction to the koto (12/12). Plus, a "Conductors' Roundtable" will bring local conductors and composers together for an evening of dialogue, advice and schmoozing (10/4). 789-3628.
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Bellevue Chamber Chorus—Go online for their "Interactive Season" at www.BellevueChamberChorus.net and help program their season. "Masters of the Millennium" (11/4-5) includes choral favorites from Bach to Britten. Their Messiah with the Bellevue Philharmonic is 12/16. 425-881-0445.
Choral Arts Northwest—Their first concert features music on Shakespeare texts, including works by George Shearing and P.D.Q. Bach (10/22), followed by a Christmas concert (12/17). 877-404-2269.
The Esoterics—This 20th-century a cappella choir has two elements left in this thematic season; they explored Earth and Water in March and June, with music inspired by Air (pieces by Janice Giteck, Donald Skirvin, and Anton Webern) and Fire (Barber, Britten, Carter, Stravinsky, Byron AuYong) still to come 9/22-23 and 12/22-23. 726-0922.
Opus 7—Stravinsky's Mass opens their season, along with music by P䲴 and Tavener (10/20, 22). "A Celebration for the Feast of St. Nicholas" comes 12/3, and "An American Christmas" 12/15-17. 782-2899.
Seattle Choral Company—First, Rachmaninoff's Divine Liturgy (11/4-5), followed by "Christmas at Benaroya" (12/3) and their traditional New Year's Eve Carmina Burana. Berlioz's Te Deum is paired with Verdi's (3/4), and Haydn's Creation closes the season (5/12). 363-1100.
Seattle Men's Chorus—Their all-pops season opens with their seven-show Christmas spectacular at Benaroya (12/6-19). Music from Disney films follows (3/23-25), then special concerts with Rosemary Clooney (5/5-6) and Manhattan Transfer (6/21-23). 323-2992.
Seattle Pro Musica—After an appearance on Town Hall's "Bach Around the Clock" festival (11/11), they celebrate "Christmas in Italy" (12/15-17), and Valentine's weekend (2/10-11). Brahms' German Requiem closes the season (5/19). 781-2766.
The Tudor Choir—Allegri's Miserere, a hit in its day, headlines their opening concert (10/13-14). Their (post-) Christmas concert follows 12/29-30. 322-3118.
The Washingtonians—A 24-voice chamber choir opens the season with a recital of music by Randall Thompson (11/18). But Scott Warrender's planning another comedy extravaganza with the whole choir for March. 781-3901.
