<p><span>The UW Composition program presents a year-end concert of works by undergraduate composers Arshia Ashari, Maxwell Williams, Alex Ryan, Taylor Buehler, Sophie Ma, Ethan Wu, Nick Mendonsa,<em> </em>and Ryan Rose.</span></p>
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<p>Students of Thomas Harper and Carrie Shaw perform works from the vocal repertoire.</p>
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<p>Students of Thomas Harper and Carrie Shaw perform works from the vocal repertoire.</p>
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<p>Students of Thomas Harper and Carrie Shaw perform works from the vocal repertoire.</p>
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<p><span>Pianist Min Kwon shares selections from her ambitious America/Beautiful project, for which she commissioned variations on “America the Beautiful” from 75 diverse American composers.</span></p>
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<p>Faculty artist Ted Poor continues his exploration of the drum set with an evening of solo performances. The program of debut original compositions for drum set extracts harmony and melody from an instrument mainly known for providing only rhythm.</p>
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<p>Faculty pianist Marc Seales is joined by UW colleagues Ted Poor, drums, and Steve Rodby, bass, for a concert of original works by Seales, a Wayne Shorter tribute, and more. </p>
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<p>UW faculty brass instructors (and Seattle Symphony members) David Gordon (trumpet), John DiCesare (tuba), John Turman (French horn), and Eden Garza (trombone) are joined by SSO colleague Alexander White (trumpet) in this concert of works by Paul Dukas, Halsey Stevens, Paquito D’Rivera, Robert Weirich, Alexi Lebedev, Clay Smith, Anthony DiLorenzo, Anthony Barfield, and André Previn. With pianists Andrew Romanick and <span>Alex Kostadinov. </span></p>
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<p>Bonnie Whiting performs recent commissions centered on the speaking percussionist, improvisation, and elements of movement and gesture. Featuring the world premiere of an expansive new solo work by composer Wang Lu, a realization of UW colleague Melia Watras’ graphic score <em>Barking up which tree?</em> and a duo performance, with Voice faculty Carrie Shaw, of Yiheng Yvonne Wu’s <em>Four Poems of Li-Young Lee.</em></p>
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