Guest Pianist Master Class: Murray McLachlan
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<p>Guest pianist Murray McLachlan leads a master class with UW piano students. </p>
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<p>Guest pianist Murray McLachlan leads a master class with UW piano students. </p>
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<p>Artist-in-residence Tekla Cunningham presents "Bach in Motion," a recital combining music for solo baroque violin with the choreography of Anna Mansbridge. This collaboration between the School of Music and the newly minted Seattle Bach Festival includes music by Telemann, de Visèe, Merula, and a newly commissioned work by Melia Watras, as well as Bach’s iconic Caisson as embodied by dancers Tshedzom <span>Tingkhye</span> and Alejandro Frederickson in new choreography by Mansbridge. </p>
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<p><span>David Alexander Rahbee conducts the University of Washington Symphony and winners of the UW Concerto Competition—Kai-En Cheng, violin; Rachel Reyes, flute; and Ella Kalinichenko, piano—in a program including winning concerto excerpts, a UW student composition by graduate student Yonatan Ron, Silvestre Revueltas's Sensemayá, and Overture to <em>Le roi d'Ys, </em>by<em> </em>Éduard Lalo. </span><span><span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p>
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<div>The faculty cellist performs the complete cycle of all six of J. S. Bach's Cello Suites in celebration of 300 years since they were composed.</div>
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<p>In preparation for UW Choirs’ Summer 2024 tour of <span>Czechia, Austria and Hungary</span>, the Chamber Singers (Geoffrey Boers) and University Chorale (Giselle Wyers, director) present “Wonderful World,” featuring works spanning the globe and the diverse styles of the American Songbook. <span> </span><span><span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p>
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<p>The Chamber Singers (Geoffrey Boers) and University Chorale (Giselle Wyers) present their Autumn Quarter concert.</p>
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<h3><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1XCoqDPywyq-C0RwOzlPAw7SqCsVkt-tRIYJ…; target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Download the program as a PDF</a></h3>
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<p><span>Seattle Modern Orchestra (SMO) completes its third annual residency at the UW with a 70th birthday celebration of UW Composition Professor and School of Music Director Joël-François Durand. SMO presents an evening <span>of world premieres, conducted by UW alum Julia Tai, with works written in tribute to Durand by</span> his former students Byron Au Yong, Jeff Bowen, Yiğit Kolat, Eric Flesher, and Ryan Hare, plus a world premiere by graduate student composer Yonatan Ron. </span></p>
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<p>David Alexander Rahbee leads the UW Symphony in a program of music by Jessie Montgomery (Robert Stahly, conductor), Cécile Chaminade, Francis Poulenc, and Dmitri Shostakovich. With faculty guest Donna Shin, flute. </p>
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<p>Acclaimed new music group the Mivos Quartet, dubbed by the Chicago Reader“ one of America’s most daring and ferocious new-music ensembles,” performs premieres by UW faculty composers Joël-François Durand and Huck Hodge and works by Ambrose Akinmusire and Chikako Morishita in this guest artist performance.</p>
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<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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<p><strong>FACULTY RECITAL</strong></p>