OLYMPIC MUSIC FESTIVAL
This rustic festival concludes with performances of rarely heard chamber music. On the program: Beethoven's Trio in B Flat Major for Clarinet, Cello and Piano, op. 11, Rodrigo's Four Songs, Schubert's posthumous "The Shepherd on the Rock" for soprano, clarinet, and piano, and the better-known Quintet in E Flat Major for Piano and Strings, op. 41 by Robert Schumann. Also Sun Sept 7 at 2 pm. The Barn, Center Road outside of Quilcene, 527-8839, 2 pm, $12-$24.
24-HOUR PLAY
Opening the preview exhibition for CoCA's annual painting marathon, 10 Seattle improvising musicians stage their own 24-hour music marathon. Divided into two 12-hour shifts, each shift plays with only short, individual breaks. The press release suggests, "Bring a sleeping bag, some cards, a book, some food, etc." CoCA, 1420 11th Ave, 728-1980, 4 pm, donation requested.
SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 7
SILK STRINGS
My first contact with the koto, a Japanese plucked-string instrument, was at a concert several years ago when I had to leap from my seat to catch one precariously perched on the railing in front of me. Resembling an oversized violin with many more strings and fewer curves, that koto made a sharp "tang" sound like a harp crossed with a very wooden guitar. In the hands of professionals, it sounds much sweeter. This koto duo of Chigusa Kitai and Shiho Kurauchi bring their jazz- and fusion-inspired music to the tranquil Seattle Japanese Garden. Washington Park Arboretum, 1075 Lake Washington Blvd E, 684-4725, 1 pm, $3.
PRAN
I last heard Pran, the duo of Greg Powers and Stuart Dempster, in the library lobby of the Evergreen State College. The thrumming, entwined textures of trombone and brass didjeridu dilated my sense of time and instilled inner peace with nary a scent of New Age cheese. Also on the bill is the Artie Smudges Trio, which makes "smooth noise" for cello, clarinet, violin, and circuit-bent electronics. CoCA, 1420 11th Ave, 728-1980, 4 pm, $5.
MONDAY SEPTEMBER 8
PRECISELY KNOWN COMPLETELY LOST
Despite the alarmingly accurate title, this gig has nothing to do with my latest (and if I keep my vow, last) relationship. Instead, sound artist Perri Lynch has collected field recordings and images that depict King County's survey stations, those small bronze disks embedded in streets, sidewalks, buildings, and parks that once helped surveyors make maps, assess property, and establish property boundaries. Precisely Known Completely Lost runs Monday through Friday until Wed Nov 26. Jack Straw New Media Gallery, 4261 Roosevelt Way NE, 634-0919, 9 am-6 pm, free.
TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 9
BYRON SCHENKMAN
An excellent keyboardist as well as artistic director of Seattle Baroque, Byron Schenkman proffers an all-Mozart program of piano sonatas (the K. 311 in D and K. 570 in B flat) and other works, including the rather splendid C minor Fantasy K. 475 and the "German Dances." Pre-concert talk starts at 6:45 pm. Town Hall, Eighth Ave and Seneca St, 652-5858, 7:30 pm, $13-$18.
