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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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<p class="p1">It’s Alive! The ever-popular Halloween Organ Concert rises from the dead with the arrival of Dr. Stephen Price, the UW’s inaugural Paul B. Fritts Faculty Fellow, who joins with friends to host a program of spooky organ classics and Halloween fun. With Melia Watras, Wyatt Smith, Trey Wheeler, Karen Haining, Emily Chua, and Stephen Price. </p>
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<p>Members of the UW Wind Ensemble (Timothy Salzman, director) perform music arranged for small ensembles. Program includes music by Igor Stravinsky, Kevin Puts, Guy Woolfenden, Bobby Ge, and others. With graduate conductors Shaun Day, Roger Wu Fu, and David Stewart. </p>
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<p>Symphonies of Wind Instruments (1920): <strong>Igor Stravinsky</strong> (1882-1971)</p>

<p>The latest installment of an ongoing series created by artistic director Naeim Rahmani ('10 BM, Guitar Performance), the program includes commissioned works by Iranian composers living outside of Iran and Seattle-based composers with strong ties to the UW Composition Program: Huck Hodge, Joël-François Durand, Jeff Bowen, and Yigit Kölat. </p>
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<div><strong>Farzia Fallah:</strong> Thirty-Three Drops of Water<br><br></div>

<p>Faculty colleagues Sarah Rommel and Craig Sheppard perform evergreen works by Beethoven and Rachmaninoff, George Crumb's Sonata for (Solo) Cello, and Nadia Boulanger's Three Pieces.</p>
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<div><strong>Ludwig van Beethoven:</strong> Variations on Judas Maccabaeus </div>
<div><strong>Nadia Boulanger:</strong> Three Pieces</div>
<div><strong>George Crumb:</strong> Sonata for Solo Cello</div>

<p>The UW Baroque Ensemble (Tekla Cunningham, director) presents "Baroque Pearls from Venice,” a program of works by Merula, Castello, Rosenmüller, Marini, Uccellini as well as a fully improvised Passamezzo Antico. </p>
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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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