<p>You are invited to a virtual showcase of the work of graduating costume, lighting, scenic, and sound designers, as well as stage managers, from the University of Washington School of Drama, Seattle University Theatre, and Cornish College of the Arts Performance Production.</p>
<p>Click the link below to visit the showcase and explore the designers' work!</p>
<p><span>Want to find out more about getting involved in Drama at UW as an undergrad? Join us for our </span><a class=" xil3i" href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/dawgdaze/" tabindex="0">#DawgDaze</a><span> Zoom info session, featuring a panel of current students & alumni.
<p style="font-weight: 400;">Kirsty Johnston, a disability performance scholar from the University of British Columbia, will offer a talk entitled “<em>Creeps</em> and the Critics: disability theatre’s challenges for journalism.” Recently produced in both Seattle (2014) and Vancouver (2016), David Freeman’s 1971 New York Drama Desk award winning play <em>Creeps </em>has posed significant critical challenges for both artists and critics.
<p>New to UW or simply Drama-curious? Join us for an info session where you can learn all about studying theatre at UW! Meet with advisors and faculty of the School of Drama to learn all about Drama majors and minors, career paths in theatre, ways to get involved in productions, and recommended courses for first-year students. Bring your questions for our live Q&A! </p>
<blockquote><p>Students of Thomas Harper and Carrie Shaw perform art songs and arias in a variety of languages and styles.</p>
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<h2>DIRECTOR BIOS</h2>
<blockquote><p><span>Making his Seattle Opera debut in the role of King Marke in Tristan und Isolde, internationally acclaimed bass and recent GRAMMY winner Morris Robinson visits the University of Washington to share his story as a professional opera singer and his insights into the challenges of performing Wagner in the 21st century.</span></p></blockquote>
<h3>Note: This interview is presented in collaboration with Seattle Opera for students enrolled in MUSIC 185. The event is open to the public.</h3>
<blockquote><p><span><span>Guest scholar Orit Hilewicz, Assistant Professor of Music Theory at the Indiana Jacobs School of Music, presents "Berio's Compositional Poetics as Performance," an examination of</span></span> Luciano Berio's Continuo for Orchestra and Ekphrasis (Continuo II).</p>
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<h2>Abstract</h2>
<blockquote><p><span><span>Charles Kronengold, faculty member at Stanford University, presents "The Chaka Khanplex, 1977-78." </span></span>This paper focuses on R&B singer Chaka Khan to argue that theorists should move from the causal models of actor-network theories toward Black feminist concepts of friendship, relationality, and what Jennifer Nash calls “the side-by-side-ness of the beautiful and loss.”</p></blockquote>
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<blockquote><p><span><span>Ethnomusicologist Gabriel Solis, Divisional Dean of the Arts at the University of Washington, presents "Revisiting the Heterogeneous Sound Ideal: Timbre and Narratives of Global Music History," the first talk in the School of Music's 2022 THEME lecture series. </span></span></p></blockquote>
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<blockquote><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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