Time & Location
Monday June 22, 2026, 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM
Folio: The Seattle Athenaeum
93 Pike St #307, Seattle
WA 98101, USA
Tickets Availabe: HERE
About the Event
Join us at The Folio in Seattle for an evening of chamber music performed by Unbound Symphony players Sooyean Kim (violin), Jenn Shoval (viola), Erika Fiebig (cello), Esther Kwon (double bass), and Bhavani Kotha (oboe), featuring Althea Talbot-Howard's Seville Cathedral, A Study in Memory – in Arch Form (2022), a Phantasy Quartet for Oboe & String Trio.
Composer-in-Residence Dr. Sarah Bassingthwaighte will give a lecture on her compositional process, the broader landscape of women in orchestral music, and a spotlight on her Concerto for Double Bass which will be performed at the Unbound Symphony Inaugural concert.
Unbound Symphony curates supportive musical communities for women and gender-marginalized artists while enriching the public through inclusive performances, learning opportunities, and community partnerships. Unbound Symphony envisions an orchestral world transformed by feminism, anti-racism, and social justice, where women and gender-marginalized artists lead boldly, speak freely, and thrive within communities rooted in compassion, wellness, and artistic excellence.
Sarah Bassingthwaighte is a Canadian-American composer whose work focuses on climate and social justice. She’s the winner of the European Music, the International Satie, the International Saint-Saëns Competitions, the International Couperin Competition, a two-time finalist for the American Prize in Composition and ICMA Awards, and six-time winner of the NFA Newly Published Music Award. The London Symphony Orchestra recorded Dr. Bassingthwaighte’s album Orchestrating the Wild (an album of symphonic works) for release on Aria Classics in May 2025. Other notable performers include members of the Scottish Royal Orchestra, the Seattle Symphony, the Port Angeles Symphony, the Beaverton Symphony, and soloists including Lisa Bost, Megan Lanz, Jill Felber, Claudia Anderson, and Steve Schermer. In fall of 2022, Sarah performed the US Premiere of Marquez’ Danzon #3. She will be Composer-in-Residence in Sweden, at the Visby International Centre for Composers (VICC) as well as at the Uncool Residency in Switzerland. She is the author of the book Flute Meets Machine, and has been awarded the Stan Chu Essay award. Dr. Bassingthwaighte is Head of Composition at Seattle Pacific University and teaches flute at Cornish College of the Arts.