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Apr. 22 - Apr. 26, 2025

Producing Artist Laboratory - Spring

The Producing Artist Laboratory is a unique part of the School of Drama's production structure. The Spring Lab in 2025 will feature first-year MFA directors and designers working alongside second…

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Apr. 22, 2025

Faculty Concert: Steph Richards with Qasim Naqvi: Talk Show

The renowned trumpeter and newly appointed UW professor of music joins with composer/drummer Qasim Naqvi in presenting the world premiere of Talk Show, a renegade experiment in music, theatre, and…

Meany Hall—Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater More Info Buy Tickets
Pianist Robin McCabe and her UW students (Photo: Joanne DePue).

Apr. 24, 2025

Faculty Recital: Robin McCabe, Around Robin

Professor Robin McCabe brings pianistic virtuosity to the Meany mainstage, performing solo works of Ravel and Fauré in the first half of her program. In the second half, she is joined by groups of…

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Guitarist Bill Frisell (Photo: Monica Jane Frisell).

Apr. 25, 2025

Improvised Music Project Festival (IMPFEST): Music of Bill Frisell and Luke Bergman

Guitarist Bill Frisell headlines Night One of IMPFEST, joined by  Luke Bergman (lap steel) and  Josh Johnson (saxophone), performing with faculty Steve Rodby (bass), Ted Poor (drums), Cuong Vu …

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Saxophonist Josh Johnson

Apr. 26, 2025

Improvised Music Project Festival (IMPFEST): Music of Josh Johnson

Saxophonist Josh Johnson headlines Night Two of IMPFEST, joined by multi-instrumentalist Luke Bergman in performing with School of Music faculty Steve Rodby, Ted Poor, Cuong Vu and UW Jazz Studies…

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Wind Ensemble in rehearsal at Meany Hall (Photo: UW Photography).

May 1, 2025

Wind Ensemble and Symphonic Band: Radiance

The Wind Ensemble (Timothy Salzman, director) and Symphonic Band (David Stewart, Yuman Wu, directors) present a program of music by Carol Bremner, Kevin Day, Christopher Cerrone, David Maslanka, and…

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UW Symphony Orchestra in rehearsal (Mark Stone/UW Photography).

May 2, 2025

UW Symphony Orchestra with Donna Shin, flute

David Alexander Rahbee leads the UW Symphony in a program of music by Jessie Montgomery, Cécile Chaminade, Francis Poulenc, and Dmitri Shostakovich. With faculty guest Donna Shin, flute.  Program…

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Third Coast Percussion and Jessie Montgomery

May 3, 2025

Third Coast Percussion and Jessie Montgomery

Boundary-expanding percussion quartet is joined by the Grammy-winning composer and violinist in a dynamic program of new music.

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Violist/composer Melia Watras (Photo: Michelle Smith-Lewis).

May 5, 2025

Faculty Recital: Melia Watras, Broken Bell

Violist/composer Melia Watras and writer Sean Harvey unveil their latest collaboration, Broken Bell, a mashup of a concert and a play. The program consists of Harvey’s theater piece, interwoven with…

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May 8 - May 10, 2025

Complexions Contemporary Ballet

With a rich Alvin Ailey lineage and a cadre of stunning dancers, the company blends the world of rock and ballet with a tribute to the legendary Irish rock band U2.

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Jonathan Biss

May 13, 2025

Jonathan Biss

The superb pianist channels his deep musical curiosity to connect the pillars of the repertoire with new compositions.

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Jazz Innovations series in Brechemin Auditorium (Photo: Joanne DePue).

May 14, 2025

Jazz Innovations I

UW Jazz Studies students perform in small combos over two consecutive nights of original tunes, homage to the greats of jazz, and experiments in composing and arranging. 

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