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 students. Presented with generous support from Seattle’s Raynier Foundation.

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<p>David Alexander Rahbee leads the UW Symphony in a program of works by <span>Bedřich </span>Smetana and Anton Bruckner.</p>
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<p><strong></strong>from Symphony No. 6, in A major: <strong>Anton Bruckner</strong> (1824-1896)<br />I. Majestoso</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;"><em>Šárka, </em>from<em> Má Vlast (My Country): </em><strong>Bedřich Smetana</strong> (1824-1884) </p>

<p>David Alexander Rahbee leads the UW Symphony in a program of concerto excerpts by York Bowen, Keiko Abe, and Camille Saint-Saëns, performed with winners of the 2024-25 School of Music Concerto Competitions--Flora Cummings, viola; Kaisho Barnhill, marimba; and Sandy Huang, piano. Also on the program, works by <span>Mikhail </span>Glinka, Richard Wagner, and <span>Giuseppe </span>Verdi.</p>
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<p>The Wind Ensemble (Timothy Salzman, director) and Symphonic Band (David Stewart, Yuman Wu, directors) present "Finale," performing music by Cindy McTee, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Julie Giroux, and others. With the UW Alumni Band. </p>
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<p>Students from the UW keyboard program compete for outside judges for a chance to perform with the UW Symphony.</p>
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<p style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Competitor: Kane Lefei Chang</strong>; Accompanist: <strong>Isabella Jingshi Zhao<br /></strong>Performing: Saint-Saens: Piano Concerto No.5 in F major Op.103, “Egyptian”,  2nd and 3rd movements</p>

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<p>Guest pianist Murray McLachlan leads a master class with UW piano students. </p>
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<p>Faculty artist Stephen Price, organ, is joined by UW colleague Rachel Lee Priday, violin, in performing the Suite for Violin and Organ, Op. 150, by Joseph Rheinberger, as well as solo organ works from the French Symphonic tradition. Price is the UW's inaugural Paul B. Fritts Endowed Faculty Fellow in Organ Studies. </p>
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<p>Chair of the UW piano program presents a program of works by French composers, including Fauré’s 6th Nocturne, Franck’s Prelude, Chorale and Fugue, Joël-François Durand’s Enfance: Quatre Tableaux, and works by Ravel, including Miroirs, and the two-piano version of La Valse. With guest pianist (and former student of Sheppard) ZeZe Xue. </p>
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Cinematic theater combines shadow puppetry with projected animation to tell an epic love story adapted from the Book of Kings.

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