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<p>Seattle Opera's inaugural Scholar-in-Residence, Dr. Naomi André, traces the trajectory of operas that touch on the Black experience in this talk co-sponsored by the School of Music and Seattle Opera. Dr. André is the author of Black Opera: History, Power, Engagement (2018). </p>
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<p>Brigham Young University contemporary voice faculty (Korianne Orton Johnson) and classical voice faculty (<span>Diane</span> Thueson <span>Reich</span>) go head-to-head to collaborate on classical, musical theatre, and contemporary songs in this show of friendship, rivalry, and just plain good singing. With a special presentation by BYU faculty pianist Jared Pierce. </p>
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<p>Pianist William Wolfram, faculty member at the Manhattan School of Music, explores the expressive vocabulary of three champions of pianistic Romanticism in his program including the Chopin Sonata #2, Schumann “Humoresque,” and Liszt “Dante Sonata.”</p>

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<p>The School of Music presents a master class by the celebrated Russian pianist Mikhail Voskresensky, renowned concert performer and artist-in-residence at the Juilliard School of Music. </p>
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<p>Artist-in-Residence Tekla Cunningham, violin, and guest pianist Sheila Weidendorf present "Between Heaven and Earth: A Year with Brahms,” a performance of the Brahms violin sonatas. </p>
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<p>The School of Music presents a recital by guest pianist Murray McLachlan, performing<span> works by Bach-Busoni, Beethoven, John McLeod, Chopin, Ravel, and Liszt. McLachlan is </span>p<span>rofessor of piano at the Royal Northern College of Music, visiting professor of piano at the University of St. Andrews and head of keyboard at Chetham’s School of Music in Manchester, England. </span></p>
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<p>The Öngtupqa Trio, featuring Clark Tenakhongva (Hopi singer, recording artist, and past vice chairman of the Hopi Tribe), shares music from their recent Hon Muru (Bear’s Ears) project. This concert is part of a three-day UW residency by the trio.</p>
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<p><span>Auditions for the Studio Jazz/Big Band will include performance of a chromatic scale from lowest to highest and back down, an up-to-one-minute excerpt (student choice), transcription, etude, etc., that demonstrates the musician's abilities as a jazz player, sight-reading, and improvisation (optional).

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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>University of Washington Jazz Studies presents a free show by the Kris Davis Trio— Grammy winning pianist/composer Kris Davis, bassist Robert Hurst, and drummer Johnathan Blake—performing in support of Davis’s new album "Run the Gauntlet,” out on Sept. 27 from Pyroclastic Records. Students from the Jazz Studies program open. </p>
<p><em>This performance is made possible with generous support from Seattle's Raynier Institute and Foundation.</em></p>