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Cancelled: Modern Music Ensemble 

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<blockquote>Cristina Valdés leads the UW Modern Music Ensemble in a program of modern <i>masterpieces, including works by Chaya Czernowin, Gerard Grisey, Mauricio Kagel, and others.</i></blockquote>
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<p><strong>Frederic Rzewski:</strong> "Spots"</p>

Faculty Concert: Steph Richards with Qasim Naqvi: Talk Show

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<p>The renowned trumpeter and newly appointed UW professor of music joins with composer/drummer <span>Qasim Naqvi in </span>presenting the world premiere of <em>Talk Show,</em> a renegade experiment in music, theatre, and performance. With <span>theatre direction by Chi-Wang Yang and video design by Jeff Larson—newly appointed faculty at the UW School of Drama. </span></p>
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Percussion Ensemble 

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<div>The UW Percussion Ensemble performs works integrating choice, performer-realization, and open instrumentation, exploring historical music by Franziska Boas and John Cage alongside newer works by Jeffrey Treviño, and Ivan Trevino plus a new work by Melissa Wang.</div>
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<p>PROGRAM</p>
<p>Changing Tensions (1939)<span>.......................................................................................... </span>Franziska Boas (1902-1988)</p>

Faculty Recital: Carrie Shaw, soprano: Default Mode Network

<blockquote>From 1980s Berlin to the haunting Louisiana bayou, Carrie Henneman Shaw’s <i>Default Mode Network </i>explores composers’ wildly virtuosic and colorful explorations of the solitary singer. Program includes Chaya Czernowin's <i>Shu Hai practices javelin (presented</i> in surround sound audio), plus premieres of two new works by American composers Kari Besharse and Shawn Okpehbolo. Also on the program: works by German composer and conductor Enno Poppe and a work by Iranian composer Aida Shirazi, commissioned by Shaw and premiered in 2020.

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