<p>The UW Composition program presents an evening of works by student composers Eddie Mospan, Alex Ryan, Ryan Baker, and Nicholas Mendonsa,<strong> </strong>plus an improv session with UW composers and friends. </p>
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<p>The UW Baroque Ensemble (Tekla Cunningham, director) performs music from the 17th century, including works by <span>Merula, Fontana, and Castello.</span></p>
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<p>UW music students perform music of the Baroque era.</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>Guest pianist Gil Kalish, professor of music and head of performance activities at Stony Brook University, leads a master class with UW piano students. </p>
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<p>The School of Music presents a recital by pianist Gil Kalish, professor of music and head of performance activities at Stony Brook University in New York. He performs works by Leoš Janáček, J.S. Bach, and Charles Ives, including Ives's Sonata No. 1. </p>
<p>The violin and piano duo<span>—</span><span>Maya Bennardo (violin) and Karl Larson (piano)—performs music</span> by recent Rome Prize winner (and School of Music alumnus) Anthony Vine, Maya Bennardo, and UW graduate student composers Yonatan Ron and Justin Zeitlinger. </p>
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<p>No Abyss is Dead (2025) by Yonatan Ron</p>
<p>Worshipful Company (2024) by Anthony Vine</p>
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<p>dormant gardens ii. (2024) by Maya Bennardo</p>
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<p>Dedicated to the presentation of new and rarely-heard works and gems of the historical avant garde, Ekmeles vocal ensemble performs works by UW faculty composers in their Meany Hall performance.</p>
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<h4><a href="https://www.ekmeles.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Ekmeles Vocal Ensemble</a></h4>
<p>The renowned Eroica Trio—Erika Nickrenz, piano; Sara Parkins, violin; and Sara Sant’Ambrogio, cello—performs works by J.S. Bach, Tomaso Albinoni, Fritz Kreisler, George Gershwin, and Johannes Brahms in this concert concluding the group's three-day residency at the School of Music.</p>
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<p>Pianist Catherine Kautsky, chair of the keyboard department at Lawrence University, Appleton, WI, presents a lecture-recital: “Debussy’s Paris: Poets, Politics and the Piano.”</p>
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<h4 style="font-weight: 400;">Catherine Kautsky</h4>