History
Our Story
Sound Salon was founded in 2013 as “Byron Schenkman & Friends.” In addition to presenting an annual six-concert series at Seattle’s Benaroya Hall, BS&F was presented by the Anacortes Arts Foundation, Camerata Musica (Richland, WA), University of Central Washington, Early Music Society of the Islands (Victoria, BC), and Early Music Vancouver. BS&F also collaborated with the Portland Baroque Orchestra to present chamber music concerts in Portland, Seattle, Mount Vernon, and New York. In 2020, responding to the global pandemic, BS&F launched a digital concert series featuring exquisitely filmed performances which continue to be available at no cost on the Sound Salon YouTube channel. In recent years BS&F has also commissioned and premiered new works from Damien Geter, Caroline Shaw, and Jonathan Woody.
Each Sound Salon concert revolves around a particular theme, often exploring relationships of composers to each other, to their societies, and to our own time. Familiar composers and works are juxtaposed with more surprising discoveries, including music by women and People of the Global Majority.
Past Seasons
“…wide-ranging and imaginatively conceived concert series brings together top chamber players in repertoire that spans three centuries”
-Melinda Bargreen, Seattle Times
Season 10
Vivaldi & the (Forty) Four Seasons
October 9, 2022
A Romantic Portrait: Luise Adolpha Le Beau
November 13, 2022
Beethoven’s Archduke Trio
December 29, 2022
A Baroque Portrait: Élisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre
February 12, 2023
J.S. Bach Meets Caroline Shaw
March 26, 2023
A Contemporary Portrait: Brian Raphael Nabors
April 23, 2023
Dvorak’s Piano Quintet
May 14, 2023
Season 9
Joy & Sorrow Across the Waters
October 17, 2021
Mozart & the Genius of Love
November 14, 2021
Baroque Basses: Beauty & Virtuosity
December 30, 2021
Women of the Baroque
March 6, 2022
Schumann Fairy Tales & Fantasies
April 24, 2022
Brahms & Woody: Lullabies & Waltzes
May 22, 2022
A Double Portrait: Johannes Brahms & Jonathan Woody
June 26, 2022
Season 8
Bach & Musical Offerings
October 11, 2020
Brahms: Love & Longing
November 15, 2020
Bach & Baroque Virtuosity
December 27, 2020
Piano Songs & Fantasies
February 21, 2021
Happy Birthday, J.S. Bach!
March 21, 2021
Beethoven & the Schumanns
April 25, 2021
Season 7
Clara Schumann Bicentennial
September 15, 2019
Brahms, Dvorak and Still
October 27, 2019
Corelli and the Splendor of the Baroque
December 29, 2019
Baroque Bacchanalia
February 9, 2020
Vivaldi in Paris: Baroque Virtuosity
March 15, 2020
Canceled – Covid-19
Beethoven’s Archduke Trio
April 19, 2020
Canceled – Covid-19
Season 6
Boccherini & Scarlatti
October 14, 2018
Handel Italian Cantatas
November 18, 2018
Baroque String Extravaganza
December 30, 2018
Schubert & Britten
February 17, 2019
Mozart Violin Sonatas
March 17, 2019
Leclair & Rameau
April 14, 2019
Season 5
Bach Double Harpsichord Concertos
October 15, 2017
Schumann: The Poet Speaks
November 12, 2017
An Evening of Viennese Classics
December 28, 2017
Handel: From the War of Love
February 18, 2018
Beethoven: The Kreuzer & Pathetique Sonatas
March 18, 2018
Vivaldi & the High Baroque
April 22, 2018
Season 4
Bach & the Mendelssohns
SEPTEMBer 28, 2016
Music for the Sun King
October 30, 2016
December 29, 2016
February 12, 2017
Bach’s Goldberg Variations
March 5, 2017
Mozart & the Bachs
April 30, 2017
Season 3
Handel & Haydn Harpsichord Concertos
SEPTEMBer 27, 2015
Telemann Paris Quartets
November 1, 2015
Anna Magdalena Bach Notebook
December 27, 2015
Mozart Piano Quartets
March 6, 2016
May 15, 2016
Season 2
Before Bach: Masters of the 17th Century
SEPTEMBer 21, 2014
Mozart & Weber: Musical Cousins
November 23, 2014
Bach Harpsichord Concertos
December 28, 2014
Robert & Clara Schumann
March 8, 2015
Handel & Telemann: Musical Friends
April 19, 2015
Season 1
Beethoven Piano Quartets
October 6, 2013
Bach Sonatas with Ingrid Matthews
November 24, 2013
Vivaldi Concertos
December 29, 2013
Rameau Concerts
March 16, 2014
Schubert’s “Trout” Quintet
