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<p>Viola students of Melia Watras perform for renowned violist Atar Arad, longtime professor at the Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University. <span>Arad will also give a talk, “A Tiger in the Room,” about dealing with stage fright.</span></p>
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<p>Small combos perform original music and arrangements of jazz standards, modern classics, and deep cuts from the popular music repertoire over two consecutive nights of performance. </p>
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<p><span>The Composition Studio (Huck Hodge, director) and the UW Modern Music Ensemble (Cristina Valdés, director) present a program of works by Earle Brown, Morton Feldman, Katherine Balch, John Cage, and student composers of the UW Composition Program.</span></p>
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<p>Jazz Studies professor Marc Seales, piano, is joined by colleagues Ted Poor, drums, and Steve Rodby, bass, in a concert of original tunes and arrangements of jazz and pop classics</p>
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<p>Guitar students of Michael Partington perform works for solo, duo, and group arrangements. Program includes music by Domeniconi, Dyens, Barrios, Mertz, and Catelnuovo-Tedesco.</p>
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<p><span>The UW Composition Program presents a concert of works by UW student composers Justin Zeitlinger, Arshia Ashari, Taylor James Bellamy, Melissa Wang, and Sandesh Nagaraj.</span></p>

<p>A degree recital by Flora Cummings, BM, Viola Performance, a student of Melia Watras, performing works by Bach, Hess, and Clark. With guest musicians Mia HyeYeon Kim and Elinor Cummings</p>
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<div dir="auto">J.S. Bach: Cello Suite No. 2<br>Traditional: Scottish Fiddle Set<br>Nigel Hess: Theme from <em>Ladies in Lavender</em> </div>
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<p>Renowned bassist Todd Sickafoose headlines this special performance, part of the 2024 Improvised Music Project Festival (IMPFEST), performing sets with UW Jazz Studies students and with faculty Cuong Vu, trumpet, Ted Poor, drums, and Steve Rodby, bass.</p>

<p><span>UW keyboard performance students perform concerto movements for outside judges for a chance to perform with the UW Symphony. Judges for the competition are Sasha Starcevich, Joan Schoepflin, and Wesley Schulz. </span></p>
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