UW Music 2016 17 Concert Season

2016-17

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WELCOME Our annual concert series fulfills many roles beyond providing music and scholarship to the citizens of our region. The dozens of free and low-cost performances and music-related events we present in 2016-17 represent performance and learning opportunities for students like the members of the Corda Quartet (shown below), one of two scholarship chamber groups representing the School of Music in 2016-17 (See page 11 to learn more about this year’s scholarship winners).

The modest cost of admission to our performances—and the cost of our season subscription, the School of Music “Notecard”—helps to offset production costs and expenses affiliated with staging dozens of performances by large choral, orchestra and band ensembles, renowned guest artists, and esteemed faculty artists. In the coming year our students will perform with pianist Jonathan Biss, members of the Seattle Symphony, and guitarist Bill Frisell, among other notable guests. They will participate in a rare staging of Oedipus, a musical theater drama by 20th century composer Harry Partch that will be performed in its entirety on the composer’s

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handmade instruments. Our students will perform alongside opera professionals under the baton of Grammy winning conductor Stephen Stubbs in a production of Purcell’s opera Dido and Aeneas. And they will be inspired by their own teachers performing in various venues on campus and beyond. Your patronage helps to make possible this important part of our students’ UW education, and we appreciate your support.

In 2016-17, we are again able to offer free admission to events in our season presented in the School of Music’s Brechemin Auditorium, thanks to the generosity of Mina B. Person, a member of the Brechemin family that has made so much possible at the School of Music for many years. Mina’s gift of music to our students and to all of you who attend our concert season events is a boon for which we remain deeply grateful.

Thank you, Mina, and thanks to all of you. This concert season is for our students. It is also for you.

Richard Karpen Director, University of Washington School of Music

BA - Brechemin Auditorium ECT - Ethnic Cultural Theater JPH - Jones Playhouse MT - Meany Theater

MST - Meany Studio Theater SMC - St. Mark’s Cathedral WA - Walker Ames Room, Kane Hall

MUSIC FROM AROUND THE WORLD

The School of Music and its Ethnomusicology Program continue a half-century tradition of bringing musicians from around the world to the UW campus.

DEC 6 (TUE) Ethnomusicology Visiting Artist Concert Marisol Berríos-Miranda and Students Caribbean Music and Dance

Fall Quarter Ethnomusicology Visiting Artist Marisol Berríos-Miranda is joined by her students in a performance of music and dance from the Caribbean traditions, exploring the rhythms of salsa, plena, bomba, merengue, and rumba.

BA 7:30 pm FREE

MAR 7 (TUE) Ethnomusicology Visiting Artist Concert Paco Diez and Students Spanish Sephardic Folk Music

Winter Quarter Ethnomusicology Visiting Artist Paco Diez, considered one of the most important musicians in Judeo-Spanish music, is joined by his students in this performance of Sephardic folk music from the Iberian musical tradition.

BA 7:30 pm FREE

MAY 30 (TUE) Ethnomusicology Visiting Artist Concert Manimou Camara Guinean Music and Dance

Spring Quarter Visiting Artist Manimou Camara, master drummer and founder of Seattle-based percussion and dance company Dounia Djembe, performs with his students in this concert of music and dance of Guinea, West Africa.

MT 7:30 pm $20 ($10 students/seniors)

MEET THE ARTIST: MANIMOU CAMARA A master drummer and dancer from Guinea, West Africa who now calls Seattle home, Spring Quarter Ethnomusicology Visiting Artist Manimou Camara specializes in several percussive instruments, including the dynamic hand drum called djembe, three bass drums called dunun, sangban, and kenkeni, and the kringni.

Founder of Dounia Djembe, a Seattle based percussion and dance company, Camara is a member of the Kpelle people and Malinke ethnic groups.

Manimou Camara began studying the music and dance of his native Guinea, West Africa at the age of twelve. His primary education was spent with Sekou Dico Sylla (now a Vancouver, BC resident), Karamoko Daman (Karamo Dama) and nationally recognized Ballet Saamato. He has played lead dunun for Mohamed Kemoko Sano’s world-renowned Ballet Merveille and conducted rhythm and dance camps for people from Europe, Japan, and the United States.

FREQUENCY DEBUT UW faculty members Sæunn Thorsteinsdóttir (cello) and Melia Watras (viola), and Pacific Northwest Ballet concertmaster Michael Jinsoo Lim (violin) unite as Frequency, a dynamic new trio presenting two provocative programs in 2016-17.

OCT 23 (SUN) The Kreutzer Sonata Frequency presents a program of interconnected works by Beethoven, Janáček and Watras, plus improvised music in the group’s UW debut.

With guests UW faculty pianist Cristina Valdés and San Francisco Ballet Concertmaster Cordula Merks.

MT 7:30 pm $20 ($10 students/seniors)

MAY 13 (SAT) Bach Refractions Frequency performs selections from Bach’s Goldberg Variations, arranged for string trio, plus works reflecting Bach’s profound influence on other composers.

BA 7:30 pm FREE Photo: Michelle Smith-Lewis

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UW Symphony with Jonathan Biss FRIDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2016 The UW Symphony (David Alexander Rahbee, conductor) explores the dynamic extremes of Beethoven’s First Piano Concerto with one of the composer’s most ardent interpreters, pianist Jonathan Biss, who the Toronto Globe and Mail calls “one of the most striking pianists of the new generation.” Known for his highly innovative online course on Beethoven’s piano sonatas developed as a faculty member of his alma mater, the Curtis Institute of Music, Biss appears with the orchestra on the eve of his Dec. 10 performance on the UW’s President’s Piano Series (see meanycenter.org for details).

MT 7:30 pm $15 ($10 students/seniors) Jonathan Biss’s appearance is presented in collaboration with Meany Center for the Performing Arts.

Photo: Benjamin Ealovega

UW Symphony and Seattle Symphony Orchestra: Side by Side THURSDAY, JANUARY 26, 2017 Ludovic Morlot and David Alexander Rahbee, conductors Kevin Afkham, piano; Gabriel Palmer, trumpet

Ludovic Morlot and David Alexander Rahbee share conducting duties in this program of performances by the UW Symphony and members of the Seattle Symphony, performing both separately and side-by-side.

UW Symphony Beethoven: Leonore Overture No. 3, Op. 72b

Seattle Symphony Shostakovich: Piano Concerto No. 1 in C Minor, (Kevin Afkham, piano; Gabriel Palmer, trumpet)

UW Symphony and Seattle Symphony Berlioz: Judges of the Secret Court Overture, Op. 3 Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man Gershwin: Cuban Overture MT 7:30 pm FREE (Admission is free but tickets are required. Please see note*) 206.543.4880 * Note: Admission to the concert is free, but tickets are required (including for Notecard patrons). Limit two tickets per request. Reserve tickets online at artsuw.org. Tickets may also be requested in person at the ArtsUW Ticket Office, 1313 NE 41st St., Seattle WA 98105 or by phone at 206.543.4880.

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UW MUSIC & PACIFIC MUSICWORKS Opera: Henry Purcell: Dido and Aeneas SUNDAY, APRIL 30, 2017 Laura Pudwell: Dido Brendan Tuohy: Aeneas Julia Benzinger: the Sorceress Ross Hauck: the Sailor Stephen Stubbs: conductor

Pacific MusicWorks is a resident organization of the University of Washington School of Music.

Artistic Director Stephen Stubbs serves on the faculty as senior artist-in-residence.

In the late 17th century Henry Purcell had a musical life of Mozartian proportions – tragically short yet unbelievably brilliant. Synthesizing all the best elements of contemporary English, French and Italian music, he created the first enduring English operas. Unlike the larger semi-operas, Fairy Queen and King Arthur, (which include spoken texts between the musical numbers), Dido and Aeneas was his only entirely musical opera, and is his best-known and most beloved work for the stage. PMW’s orchestra and soloists will team with the University of Washington Chamber Singers to present a full length version of this beloved opera that includes Purcell’s sublime Welcome songs for the King’s return to court.

MT 2 pm $45 ($20 seniors/$20 non-UW students/$10 UW students;* Youth 5-17 admitted free with ticketed adult**) Not a Notecard Event

For details of Pacific MusicWork’s complete 2016-17 season, visit pacificmusicworks.org. * Limit two tickets per UW student ** Limit two youth per paid general admission ticket Photo: MiKE HIPPLE

UW Symphony & Combined University Choirs Defiant Requiem: Verdi at Terezín FRIDAY, JUNE 2, 2017 Murry Sidlin, creator and guest conductor Jewish prisoners in the Terezín Concentration Camp experienced the worst of human degradation yet performed Verdi’s Requiem 16 times with only a single smuggled score, including one performance before senior SS officers from Berlin and an International Red Cross delegation. Imprisoned conductor Rafael Schächter told the choir, “We will sing to the Nazis what we cannot say to them.” In this concert-drama, guest conductor Murry Sidlin leads the University Symphony and combined UW Chamber Singers and University Chorale in performing Defiant Requiem: Verdi at Terezín. Sidlin, president and founder of The Defiant Requiem Foundation, conceived and created this concert-drama combining the music of Verdi with video testimony from survivors of the original Terezín chorus as well as footage from the 1944 Nazi propaganda film about Theresienstadt.

The performance includes actors who speak the words of conductor Rafael Schächter and others.

MT 7:30 pm $15 ($10 students/seniors) 206.543.4880

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From the Harry Partch Instrument Collection MAY 5, 6, 7 (FRI, SAT, SUN) Harry Partch: Oedipus: A Music Dance Drama

Twentieth century maverick composer Harry Partch turned Sophocles’ play Oedipus into a visual and aural extravaganza, combining spoken word, instrumentation, theater, and dance into a multi-genre theatrical work. Composed in the early 1950s and rarely performed anywhere, these special presentations bring to the Meany mainstage the combination of Partch’s handmade instruments with the enduring power of the composer’s unique artistic vision.

MT Fri. and Sat. May 5 and 6 at 7:30 pm Sun. May 7 at 2 pm $20 ($10 students/seniors)

DEC 2 (FRI) Luke Fitzpatrick: Cage and Partch

UW School of Music violinist Luke Fitzpatrick performs the John Cage Freeman Etudes for solo violin and the 17 Lyrics of Li Po for adapted viola and voice by Harry Partch, marking the first-ever performance of the work in its entirety on the composer’s original handmade instrument.

JPH 7:30 pm $20 ($10 students/seniors)

IMPFest IX With Bill Frisell, Special Guests FRIDAY AND SATURDAY MAY 12-13, 2017 ETHNIC CULTURAL THEATER

UW Music and the Improvised Music Project (IMP) present IMPFest IX Over the past nine years the student-led Improvised Music Project has instigated new directions in Seattle’s jazz and improvised music scene.

The annual festival, which groups up-and-coming musicians, faculty all-stars, and seasoned professionals of international renown, is IMP’s signature annual event.

Lineups and programs to be announced. Check www.music.washington.edu for the most up-to-date listings.

ECT 7:30 pm $20 ($10 students/seniors) Not a Notecard Event

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MUSIC OF TODAY

Modern Music Ensemble

The University of Washington School of Music and The Center for Digital Arts and Experimental Media (DXARTS) co-sponsor this series featuring groundbreaking new works and modern classics by faculty and guest composers.

OCT 26 (WED) Eighty and Ninety: Stuart Dempster and Bill Smith UW Music celebrates a half-century of collaborative music-making by two of its most-beloved faculty all-stars: Stuart Dempster and William O. “Bill” Smith, turning 80 and 90, respectively, in 2016.

Performing original works from the early 1970s, including Smith’s Antiphony and Encounter and Dempster’s Didjeridervish, along with Robert Erickson’s General Speech for solo trombone (commissioned by Dempster in 1969), the professors emiriti revisit creative works of the past half-century while demonstrating the improvisational talents that made them both central figures in an exceptionally rich creative period in the history of the School of Music, as well as professional composer/musicians of international renown.

NOV 17 (THU) DXARTS: Indigo Mist (Phase II) See below for more detail.

JPH 7:30 pm $15 ($10 students/seniors)

FEB 21 (TUE) Music Y: New Works by Emerging Artists UW Music and DXARTS present a program of original music and new works by emerging artists, performed by current and former students of the programs.

APR 6 (THU) DXARTS

Cristina Valdés, director The University of Washington Modern Music Ensemble presents works of our time in several concerts each year. Including repertoire from the early to mid-20th century and beyond, the group focuses on small ensemble and chamber orchestra works, performed by both undergraduate and graduate students.

DEC 6 (TUE)

The University of Washington School of Music and The Center for Digital Arts and Experimental Media (DXARTS) present an evening of live-electronics improvisation.

Steve Reich 80th Birthday Celebration MT 7:30 pm

MAY 12 (FRI) Music of Today

John Zorn’s Cobra, plus works by Wolff and Cage. With special guest conductor Stephen Drury.

MT 7:30 pm

The University of Washington School of Music and The Center for Digital Arts and Experimental Media (DXARTS) present the spring quarter Music of Today concert.

All performances are at 7:30 pm at Meany Theater except where noted.

Tickets: $15 ($10 students/seniors)

MAR 1 (WED)

MAY 26 (FRI)

Players’ Choice: A program of premieres and arrangements curated by ensemble members MST 7:30 pm $10 all tickets.

DXARTS Presents: NOV 17 (THU) Indigo Mist (Phase II) The internationally renowned Cuong Vu Trio (Cuong Vu, Ted Poor, Stomu Takeishi) collaborates with School of Music faculty composers Richard Karpen and Juan Pampin and Vietnamese master musician Than Thuy Nguyen (Six Tones Ensemble) on a new improvisational work for trumpet, drums, bass, piano, dan tranh, ghuzheng, and live electronics.

JPH 7:30 pm $15 ($10 students/seniors)

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PIANO AND ORGAN Student Performances NOV 10, DEC 1, FEB 9, MAR 2, APR 6, MAY 4, JUN 1 (THU) Brechemin Piano Series

Students from the UW piano studios perform music from the piano repertoire.

BA 7:30 pm FREE

NOV 18 (FRI) Concerto Competition: Keyboard

UW keyboard performance students compete for a chance to perform with the UW Symphony.

BA 7:30 pm FREE

Faculty and Guest Artists OCT 25, 26 (TUE, WED) Guest Artist Recital and Master Class: Eduardus Halim, piano

Professor of piano studies at New York University performs the colorful, evocative “Goyescas,” by Spanish composer Juan Granados on Oct. 25 and leads a free master class with UW piano students on Oct. 26.

Oct. 25 Recital BA 7:30 pm FREE Oct. 26 Master Class BA 4:30 pm FREE

JAN 12 (THU) Guest Artist Lecture-Recital: Dainius Vaicekonis

Head of keyboard studies at Seattle Pacific University presents a lecture-recital on aspects of unity in the last three piano sonatas of Beethoven: Opus 109, Opus 110, and Opus 111.

BA 7:30 pm FREE

JAN 19 (THU) Guest Artist Recital and Master Class: Arthur Greene, piano

Professor of piano at the University of Michigan presents a recital and master class with UW music students.

Master Class BA 3:30 pm FREE Recital BA 7:30 pm FREE

FEB 8 (WED) Cristina Valdés, piano

The faculty pianist performs works by Richard Karpen, Joël-François Durand, Olivier Messiaen, and others. Please see page 9 for details.

MT 7:30 pm $20 ($10 students/seniors)

Littlefield Organ Series Guest artists, faculty, and students of Carole Terry perform on the UW’s famed Littlefield Organ OCT 28 (FRI) Littlefield Organ Series: Halloween Organ Concert

An evening of spooky organ classics from students of Carole Terry WA 7:30 pm FREE

JAN 15 (SUN) Timothy Olsen

Professor of Organ at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts WA 3 pm FREE

APR 23 (SUN) Julia Brown

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Naxos recording artist and director of music at First United Methodist Church, Eugene, Oregon WA 3 pm FREE

FEB 23 (THU) Craig Sheppard, piano

The faculty pianist presents an all-Chopin recital. Please see page 9 for details.

MT 7:30 pm $20 ($10 students/seniors)

FEB 26, 28 (SUN, TUE) Guest Artist Recital and Master Class: Stephen Drury

Pianist Stephen Drury of the New England Conservatory performs Charles Ives’ First Sonata, Beethoven’s Sonata Op. 109, and the Lachenmann Serynade on Feb. 26 and leads a master class with UW piano students on Feb. 28.

FEB 26 Recital BA 4:30 pm FREE FEB 28 Master Class BA 4:30 pm FREE

MAR 9 (THU) Robin McCabe, piano

The faculty pianist performs works by Mussorgsky and Schumann. Please see page 9 for details.

MT 7:30 pm $20 ($10 students/seniors)

APR 11, 12 (TUE, WED) Guest Artist Recital and Master Class: Barry Snyder, piano

Professor of piano at the Eastman School of Music performs works by Frank Bridge, Alberto Ginastera, and others on April 11 and leads a free master class with UW piano students on April 12.

APR 11 Recital BA 7:30 pm FREE APR 12 Master Class BA 4:30 pm FREE

Photo: Steve Korn

INTERSECTIONS: MUSIC, WORDS, AND PICTURES Musical creativity is often inspired by external influences: poetry, literature, and the visual arts constitute powerful evocations for composers of yesterday and today. This series, produced by piano professor Robin McCabe, explores inspired intersections forged between music, literature, and visual art forms. Each concert includes a pre-concert lecture by a UW faculty member and performances by top School of Music students.

Below is a partial list of repertoire on the series.

DEC 4 (SUN) Pre-Concert Lecture: Leroy Searle

MAR 5 (SUN) Pre-Concert Lecture: Catherine Roche

MAY 7 (SUN) Pre-Concert Lecture: Ronald Moore

Listening With Your Eyes Open Program:

Sudden Shower Over the Seine: Japanese Woodblock Prints in Paris Program:

The Line of Thought: Lyrical Power in Words, Music, and Painting Program:

Debussy: Images, Book 2 Laure Struber, piano

Franz Liszt: Dante Sonata Gabriel Manalac, piano

Takemitsu: And then I knew ’twas wind The Evergreen Trio: Natalie Ham, flute; Vijay Chalasani viola; Lauren Wessel, harp

Songs from Shakespeare texts Gemma Balinbin, voice

UW Professor of English

Lori Laitman: Four Dickinson Songs Yoojeong Cho, soprano Sibelius: The Swan of Tuonela Logan Esterling, English horn Schumann: From Fantasy Pieces, Op. 12 Andrew Chen, piano

UW Lecturer, Art

UW Professor of Philosophy

Ravel: Mother Goose Suite, piano, four hands Irene Chen, Kay Yeh, piano Nikita Koshkin: Usher Waltz Connor Ritchie, guitar Franz Liszt: Sposalizio Steven Damouni, piano

Concerts are at 4:30 p.m. In Brechemin Auditorium. Pre-concert lectures are at 4 pm.

Admission to this series is free.

Painting: Angelica Hoffman: Self-Portrait, The Artist Hesitating between the Arts of Music and Painting (1791).

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Symposium Music of Max Reger Friday and Saturday, November 11 and 12, 2016

UW Music and Seattle’s St. Mark’s Cathedral co-present a symposium celebrating the organ music of German composer Max Reger.

NOV 11 (FRI)

Recital: The Organ Works of Max Reger

UW organ professor Carole Terry joins internationally noted guest organists in this recital of masterworks by the late German Romantic composer, hosted by St. Mark’s Cathedral. In addition to Prof. Terry’s performance of Reger’s Introduction and Passacaglia in D Minor, the concert includes performances by organists Paul Thornock, Joseph Adam, Michael Kleinschmidt, Christopher Anderson, and UW organ student Wyatt Smith.

7:30 pm SMC Admission is by suggested donation. Contact St. Mark’s for more detail: 206.323.0300, or concerts@saintmarks.org.

St. Mark’s Cathedral is at 1245 10th Ave. E. Seattle, WA 98102.

NOV 12 (SAT) Lecture: “How to Listen to Reger” Jonathan Bernard, School of Music 2:45 pm

NOV 13, 19 (SUN, SAT) Ted Botsford

Principal bass, Seattle Symphony Nov. 13 Recital BA 2 pm Nov. 19 Master Class BA 2 pm

4 pm

FEB 18, 19 (SAT, SUN) Chris Burns

Christopher Anderson, Southern Methodist University

Recital: Chamber Music of Max Reger

This recital showcases little-known works by Reger, performed by School of Music students and faculty, including selected lieder sung

by Music History professor Stephen Rumph.

Program includes Clarinet Sonata in F-Sharp Minor, Op 49, No. 2; Serenade in D Major, Op 77a; Cello Sonata in A Minor, Op. 116; and other works.

7:30 pm All November 12 events are in Brechemin Auditorium. Admission is free.

Principal bass, Tacoma Symphony Feb. 18 Master Class BA 2 pm Feb. 19 Recital BA 2 pm

MAY 20, 21 (SAT, SUN) Catalin Rotaru

Professor of double bass, Arizona State University May 20 Master Class BA 2 pm May 21 Recital BA 2 pm Admission to this series is free.

MARC SEALES: PIANO JAZZ

Noted Northwest jazz pianist Marc Seales, a professor in the UW’s Jazz Studies program, performs solo and with special guests in this series of concerts featuring music for jazz piano.

OCT 20 (THU) Faculty Recital: Stephen Stubbs, Tekla Cunningham Stylus Fantasticus

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Artist-in-Residence Barry Lieberman presents a series of recitals and master classes by noted performers, including Seattle Symphony players, touring symphony musicians, young innovators, and rising classical music stars.

Lecture: “The Chamber Works of Max Reger”

Not a Notecard event

Faculty artists Stephen Stubbs (lute and baroque guitar) and Tekla Cunningham (violin) are driving forces behind the success of ensemble-in-residence Pacific MusicWorks, whose reputation for excellence has been confirmed through consistently high-quality programming at the UW and in the greater arts region. The musicians’ instrumental and improvisational agility is on display in this program of music performed in the “free and fantastic style”— the freeform, quasi-improvised violin music of the 17th century. The PMW cohorts are joined by colleague Maxine Eilander (harp) in this performance featuring music by Farina, Fontana, Schmelzer, and Biber.

MT 7:30 pm $20 ($10 students/seniors)

BARRY LIEBERMAN & FRIENDS

OCT 28 (FRI) Solo piano FEB 17 (FRI) APR 14 (FRI) All concerts are at 7:30 pm in Brechemin Auditorium. Admission to this series is free.

Photo: Tess Altiveros

JAN 30 (MON) Faculty/Student Chamber Recital

Artist-in-residence Tekla Cunningham (violin) and guest artist Janet See (classical flute) are joined

by UW Music students and faculty in this classical (period instrument) program of music by Mozart, Mendelssohn, and others, arranged for quartets and quintets.

MT 7:30 pm $10 all tickets

MELIA WATRAS: 26

Faculty violist Melia Watras performs selections from 26, her newly released CD on the Sono Luminus label. This casual, celebratory program includes a video presentation and commentary by the artist.

FEB 24 (FRI) BA

7:30 pm

Admission to this event is free.

FACULTY CONCERTS OCT 6 (THU) Greg Sinibaldi, saxophone Jazz Studies artist-in-residence Greg Sinibaldi presents music based on Sylvia Plath’s Ariel, creating unique sonic textures with EWI (Electric Wind Instrument) custom software/electronics, and saxophone. With faculty colleagues Ted Poor, drums, and Ryan Ferreira, guitar.

MST 7:30 pm $20 ($10 students/seniors)

OCT 23 (SUN) Frequency: The Kreutzer Sonata Frequency—a dynamic new trio featuring UW faculty members Sæunn Thorsteinsdóttir (cello) and Melia Watras (viola), and Pacific Northwest Ballet concertmaster Michael Jinsoo Lim (violin)—makes its UW debut with a program of interconnected works by Beethoven, Janáček and Watras, plus improvised music. With guests UW faculty pianist Cristina Valdés and San Francisco Ballet concertmaster Cordula Merks.

MT 7:30 pm $20 ($10 students/seniors)

FEB 8 (WED) Cristina Valdés, piano: Sourced Artist-in-residence Cristina Valdés, piano, performs Program Notes, by faculty composer Richard Karpen; Tombeau de Rameau, by faculty composer Joël-François Durand; Petites esquisses d’oiseaux, by Olivier Messiaen; and Shimmer, Tree/In Memoriam Jonathan Harvey, by Kotoka Suzuki.

MT 7:30 pm $20 ($10 students/seniors)

FEB 18 (SAT) Cyndia Sieden, soprano; Rhonda Kline, piano

APR 4 (TUE) Craig Sheppard, piano; Sæunn Thorsteinsdóttir, cello

Artists-in-residence Cyndia Sieden, soprano, and Rhonda Kline, piano, present a concert of arias and art songs for voice and piano.

BA 5:30 pm FREE

Faculty cellist Sæunn Thorsteinsdóttir and pianist Craig Sheppard perform Beethoven: Sonata in A Major, Op. 69; César Franck: Sonata in A Major; and other works.

MT 7:30 pm $20 ($10 students/seniors)

FEB 23 (THU) Craig Sheppard, piano

APR 15 (SAT) Kari Ragan: My Mezzos and Me!

The faculty pianist presents an all-Chopin recital, performing the composer’s Fantasy in F Minor, Opus 49; Sonata #2 in B Flat Minor, Opus 35, “Funeral March;” Three Mazurkas, Opus 59; and Sonata #3 in B Minor, Opus 58.

MT 7:30 pm $20 ($10 students/seniors)

Faculty artist Kari Ragan, soprano, is joined by colleagues Dawn Padula (University of Puget Sound), mezzo-soprano; Melissa Shiel (Central Washington University), mezzo-soprano; and Nikolas Caoile (CWU), piano, in an afternoon of arias, duets, and trios by composers such as Strauss, Puccini, and Mozart.

BA 4 pm FREE

MAR 9 (THU) Robin McCabe, piano Piano professor Robin McCabe performs Mussorgsky’s landmark cycle “Pictures at an Exhibition” and Schumann’s magisterial Concerto Without Orchestra.

MT 7:30 pm $20 ($10 students/seniors)

MAY 13 (SAT) Frequency: Bach Refractions Frequency—a dynamic new trio featuring UW faculty members Sæunn Thorsteinsdóttir (cello) and Melia Watras (viola), and Pacific Northwest Ballet concertmaster Michael Jinsoo Lim (violin)—performs selections from Bach’s Goldberg Variations, arranged for string trio, plus works reflecting Bach’s profound influence on other composers.

BA 7:30 pm FREE

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UW SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

David Alexander Rahbee, music director and conductor All performances are at 7:30 pm in Meany Theater except where noted Program selections and guest artists subject to change Tickets: $15 ($10 students/seniors) except where noted

NOV 4 (FRI) UW Symphony With Sæunn Thorsteinsdóttir, cello Martinů: Memorial to Lidice, H. 296 Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No. 1 in E Flat, 0p. 107 Brahms: Symphony No. 4 in E Minor, Op. 98

DEC 9 (FRI) UW Symphony With Jonathan Biss, piano Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 1 in C Major, Op. 15 Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 in E Minor, Op. 64

JAN 26 (THU) UW Symphony and Seattle Symphony: Side by Side With Kevin Afkham, piano; Gabriel Palmer, trumpet UW Symphony Beethoven: Leonore Overture No. 3, Op. 72b

Seattle Symphony Shostakovich: Piano Concerto No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 35 (Kevin Afkham, piano; Gabriel Palmer, trumpet)

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UW Symphony and Seattle Symphony Berlioz: Judges of the Secret Court Overture, Op. 3 Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man Gershwin: Cuban Overture MT 7:30 pm FREE*

MARCH 10 (FRI) UW Symphony with Concerto Competition Winners and Ludovic Morlot Messiaen: Les Offrandes Oubliées Three Concerto Competition Winners (TBA) Ravel: Pavane Pour Une Infante Défunte (Ludovic Morlot, conductor) Ravel: La Valse (Ludovic Morlot, conductor)

JUNE 2 (FRI) UW Symphony and Combined UW Choirs With Murry Sidlin, guest conductor “Defiant Requiem,” featuring Verdi’s Requiem Please see page 3 for details and ticket information. * Admission to the Jan. 26 Side by Side concert with members of Seattle Symphony is free, though tickets are required (including for Notecard patrons).

Limit two tickets per request. Tickets may be ordered online at artsuw.org, in person at the ArtsUW Ticket Office, 1313 NE 41st St., Seattle WA 98105, or by phone at 206.543.4880.

UW CHAMBER ORCHESTRAS Two consecutive Fridays in Brechemin Auditorium

APR 21 (FRI) UW Chamber Orchestra With Mary Lynch, oboe, and members of the UW Chamber Singers Purcell: Theatrical Music Stephen Stubbs, conductor Bach: Cantata No. 26, “Ach wie flüchtig, ach wie nichtig” Telemann: Oboe Concerto in E Minor, TWV 51 Haydn: Symphony No. 39 in G Minor BA 7:30 pm FREE

APR 28 (FRI) UW Chamber Orchestra With Luke Fitzpatrick, violin Pēteris Vasks: Distant Light Mozart: Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, K550 BA 7:30 pm FREE

STUDENT CHAMBER GROUPS Co-Winners of the 2016 UW Strings and Piano Chamber Music Competition

FEB 2 (THU) & MAY 11 (THU) Evergreen Trio

Coached by faculty cellist Sæunn Thorsteinsdóttir, the trio (shown at left) includes Natalie Ham, flute, Vijay Chalasani, viola, and Lauren Wessels, harp.

DEC 2 (FRI) & MAY 27 (SAT) Corda Quartet Coached by faculty violist Melia Watras, the quartet includes violinists Judith Kim and Heather Borrer, violist Emmeran Pokorney, and cellist Yang Lu. BA 7:30 pm FREE All concerts are at 7:30 pm.

Admission is free.

Photos: Steve Korn

CONCERTO COMPETITIONS School of Music students from three divisions— piano, strings, and other instruments— perform for outside judges in divisional competitions. One winner from each area will perform with the UW Symphony on March 10, 2017 (see facing page for details).

Strings Competition: NOV 15 (TUE) Piano/Organ Competition: NOV 18 (FRI) Woodwind/Brass/Percussion: NOV 21 (MON) BA 7:30 pm FREE

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VOICE & OPERA

PhotoS: Steve Korn

NOV 28, FEB 27, MAY 15 (MON) Voice Division Recitals Students of Thomas Harper, Kari Ragan, and Cyndia Sieden perform art songs and arias from France, Germany, Italy, and beyond.

BA 7:30 pm FREE

JAN 14 (SAT) Opera Workshop: Mozart Scenes Faculty artists Stephen Stubbs and Cyndia Sieden lead students from the UW vocal performance program in staged performances of scenes from Mozart’s operas.

MST 7:30 pm $10 all tickets

FEB 12 (SUN) Scholarship Recital UW Music voice and instrumental scholarship students—including the Brechemin Scholarship recipients—are presented in recital.

BA 2pm FREE

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FEB 18 (SAT) Faculty Recital: Cyndia Sieden and Rhonda Kline

APR 15 (SAT) Voice Recital: My Mezzos and Me! Kari Ragan, Dawn Padula, Melissa Shiel

Artists-in-residence Cyndia Sieden, soprano, and Rhonda Kline, piano, present a concert of arias and art songs for voice and piano.

BA 5:30 pm FREE

Faculty artist Kari Ragan (soprano) is joined by colleagues Dawn Padula (University of Puget Sound), mezzo-soprano, and Melissa Shiel (Central Washington University), mezzosoprano, and Nikolas Caoile (CWU), piano, in an afternoon of music by composers such as Strauss, Puccini, and Mozart.

BA 4 pm FREE

NOV 22, FEB 21, MAY 23 (TUES) Baroque Ensemble Faculty artists Carole Terry and Tekla Cunningham direct UW instrumental and voice students in performing music of the Baroque era.

BA 7:30 pm FREE

APR 9 (SUN) Opera Workshop: Dido and Aeneas Stephen Stubbs and Cyndia Sieden lead UW voice students in staged scenes from Henry Purcell’s opera Dido and Aeneas. With staging

by Anna Mansbridge.

MT 2 pm $10 all tickets

APR 30 (SUN) UW Music and Pacific MusicWorks: Opera: Henry Purcell, Dido and Aeneas Stephen Stubbs, senior artist-in-residence at the School of Music and music director of Seattle production company Pacific MusicWorks, conducts Purcell’s opera Dido and Aeneas.

MT 2 pm $45 general ($20 seniors and non-UW students/$10 UW students; youth 5-17 admitted free with ticketed adult*) * Turn to page 3 for more detail on program and tickets.

Not a Notecard Event

CHORAL ENSEMBLES

University Choirs Chamber Singers: Geoffrey Boers, conductor University Chorale: Giselle Wyers, conductor UW Men’s Glee Club: Meg Stohlmann, Jeffrey Larkin, David Wimett, conductors Gospel Choir: Phyllis Byrdwell, conductor University Singers: Tom Almli, Steve Danielson, Jennifer Rodgers, Joel Bevington, conductors UW Women’s Choir: Miriam Anderson, Elisabeth Cherland, conductors All performances are at 7:30 pm at Meany Theater except where noted.

Program and guest artists are subject to change.

Tickets: $10 all tickets unless otherwise noted

DEC 1 (THU) University Chorale and Chamber Singers

MAR 3 (FRI) University Chorale and Chamber Singers

MAY 22 (MON) Gospel Choir

The UW’s top auditioned choirs present “Ruah: Music of the Winds,” featuring music about and with winds, including Igor Stravinsky’s epic Mass for Choir and Double Wind Quintet; Bach’s Komm Jesu Komm; Poulenc’s O Magnum Mysterium, and other works.

The Chamber Singers and University Chorale present “Warp and Weft: Music of the Fabric of Life,” featuring music depicting the intricacy of nature, love, life, and the interdependence of our world. Program includes new works by Jake Runestad and Greg Jasperse and a world premiere of a new work by Chorale director Giselle Wyers.

MAY 24 (WED) Chamber Singers and University Chorale

DEC 5 (MON) Gospel Choir Phyllis Byrdwell leads the 100-voice Gospel Choir in songs of praise, jubilation, and other expressions of the Gospel tradition.

DEC 7 (WED) CarolFest This popular annual program by the Chamber Singers, University Chorale, University Singers, Women’s Choir, Gospel Choir, and UW Men’s Glee Club features seven conductors, six choral ensembles, five hundred singers, four graduate conductors, three choral faculty, two hours of great music, and one impressive grand finale.

FEB.10 (FRI) Solaris Vocal Ensemble with Seattle Modern Orchestra Giselle Wyers, Julia Tai, Stuart Dempster, conductors Solaris Vocal Ensemble (Giselle Wyers, director) joins forces with Seattle Modern Orchestra (Julia Tai, conductor) in an evening of contemporary art music, including works by Robert Erickson, Stuart Dempster, and Julia Wolfe. Giselle Wyers, Julia Tai and Stuart Dempster conduct.

MST 7:30 pm $20 ($10 students/seniors) 206.543.4880

Phyllis Byrdwell leads the 100-voice Gospel Choir in songs of praise, jubilation, and other expressions of the Gospel tradition.

UW’s top auditioned choirs present “How Then Shall We Live: Reflections on the Reformation,” performing music related to reform and protest, including Bach’s Cantata 106, the motet Komm Jesu Komm, and other works.

MAY 26 (FRI) University Choirs: “UW Sings”

The University Singers, Women’s Choir, and Men’s Glee Club present their popular year-end concert.

JUNE 2 (FRI) UW Symphony and Combined University Choirs Murry Sidlin, guest conductor

Defiant Requiem: Verdi at Terezín *$15 ($10 students/seniors) Please see page 3 for details and ticket information.

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JAZZ STUDIES

STUDIO JAZZ ENSEMBLE & UW MODERN BAND

The Studio Jazz Ensemble performs contemporary big band arrangements and repertory selections. The Modern Band performs innovative arrangements of jazz standards, selections from the outer limits of the genre, and new original compositions.

NOV 14 (MON) MT MAR 6 (MON) MT MAY 22 (MON) MST Performances are at 7:30 pm $10 all tickets

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JAZZ INNOVATIONS

Student jazz ensembles pay homage to the icons of jazz and break new ground with original progressive jazz compositions.

WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY DEC 7 & 8 FEB 15 & 16 MAY 17 & 18 BA

7:30 pm FREE

OCT 6 (THU) Faculty Concert: Greg Sinibaldi, saxophone UW Music presents a faculty recital by innovative saxophonist and composer Greg Sinibaldi, artist-in-residence in the Jazz Studies program, joined by faculty colleagues Ted Poor, drums, and Ryan Ferreira, guitar. See page 9 for details.

MST 7:30 pm $20 ($10 students/seniors)

OCT 28, FEB 17, APR 14 (FRI) Faculty Concert: Marc Seales, Piano Jazz Northwest pianist Marc Seales, a professor in the UW Jazz Studies Program, performs music arranged for jazz piano in these quarterly performances.

BA 7:30 pm FREE

IMPFest IX

With Bill Frisell, Special Guests MAY 12, 13 (FRI, SAT) UW Music and the Improvised Music Project present IMPFest IX, with Bill Frisell and special guests. Please see page 4 for details.

ECT 7:30 pm $20 ($10 students/seniors) Not a Notecard Event

CONCERT BANDS

UW Wind Ensemble: Timothy Salzman, Mark Tse, Doug Morin, and Shayna Stahl, conductors Symphonic Band: Steven Morrison, Anita Kumar, conductors Concert Band: Mark Tse, Shayna Stahl, conductors Campus Band: Doug Morin, Sarah Bost, conductors

OCT 23 (SUN) Wind Ensemble Chamber Winds

FEB 28 (TUE) Concert & Campus Bands

APR 20 (THU) Wind Ensemble and Symphonic Band

Members of the UW Wind Ensemble perform works arranged for small ensembles.

BA 1:30 pm FREE

The Concert and Campus Bands perform their winter quarter concert.

MT 7:30 pm $10

DEC 8 (THU) Wind Ensemble and Symphonic Band

MAR 7 (TUE) Wind Ensemble and Symphonic Band

The UW Wind Ensemble and Symphonic Band present their spring quarter concert, performing James Bonney’s DARKlightNESS (“Light Within Darkness”) Concerto No. 2 for Electric Guitar and Wind Ensemble. With School of Music alumnus Jeff Bowen, guitar.

MT 7:30 pm $10

The UW Wind Ensemble and Symphonic Band present their fall quarter concert, performing Alban Berg’s Kammerkonzert für Klavier und Geige mit 13 Bläsern, and other works. With special guests Eric Rynes, violin; and Cristina Valdés, piano.

MT 7:30 pm $10

The Wind Ensemble and Symphonic Band present their winter quarter concert, performing Jennifer Higdon’s Oboe Concerto, and other works.

With UW artist-in-residence Mary Lynch, oboe.

MT 7:30 pm $10

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Away

MAY 25 (THU) Wind Ensemble, Symphonic, and Alumni Bands Home

The UW Wind Ensemble, Symphonic, and Alumni Bands present their spring quarter concert, performing George Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue and the world premiere of a new trumpet concerto by faculty composer Huck Hodge. With Robin McCabe, piano, and David Gordon, trumpet.

MT 7:30 pm $10

PERCUSSION STUDIO Bonnie Whiting, director MAY 23 (TUE) MST 7:30 pm $10

GUITAR STUDIO

Michael Partington, director FEB 10 (FRI) MAY 26 (FRI) BA

7:30 pm FREE

SCHOLARSHIP RECITAL

UW Music scholarship students— including the Brechemin Scholarship recipients—are presented in recital.

FEB 12 (SUN) BA 2pm FREE

Programs and guest artists are subject to change.Visit www.music.washington.edu for the latest updates.

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FALL OCTOBER

Sun Mon Tues Wed Thurs Fri Sat 1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8

9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

November

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DECEMBER

Sun Mon Tues Wed Thurs Fri Sat 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24

25 26 27 28 29 30 31

October 6

Faculty Recital: Greg Sinibaldi, saxophone MST 7:30pm $20-$10 pg. 9

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Faculty Recital: Tekla Cunningham, Stephen Stubbs MT 7:30pm $20-$10 pg. 8

23

Wind Ensemble Chamber Winds BA 1:30pm FREE pg. 15 Frequency Debut Concert: The Kreutzer Sonata MT 7:30pm $20-$10 pg. 9

25

Guest Artist Recital: Eduardus Halim, piano BA 7:30pm FREE pg. 6

26

Guest Artist Master Class: Eduardus Halim, piano BA 4:30pm FREE pg. 6 Music of Today: Eighty and Ninety: Stuart Dempster and Bill Smith MT 7:30pm $15-$10 pg. 5

28

Littlefield Organ Series: Halloween Organ Concert WA 7:30pm FREE pg. 6 Faculty Concert: Marc Seales: Piano Jazz BA 7:30pm FREE pg. 8

November 4

UW Symphony with Sæunn Thorsteinsdóttir, cello MT 7:30pm $15-$10 pg. 10

10

Brechemin Piano Series BA 7:30pm FREE pg. 6

12

Lecture: Jonathan Bernard: “How to Listen to Reger” BA 2:45pm FREE pg. 8 Lecture: Christopher Anderson: “The Chamber Works of Max Reger” BA 4pm FREE pg. 8 Recital: Chamber Music of Max Reger BA 7:30pm FREE pg. 8

13

Barry Lieberman and Friends Recital: Ted Botsford BA 2pm FREE pg. 8

14

Studio Jazz Ensemble, UW Modern Band MT 7:30pm $10 pg. 14

15

Concerto Competition: Strings BA 7:30pm FREE pg. 11

17

DXARTS: Indigo Mist (Phase II) JPH 7:30pm $15-$10 pg. 5

18

Concerto Competition: Keyboard BA 7:30pm FREE pg. 11

19

Barry Lieberman and Friends Master Class: Ted Botsford BA 2pm FREE pg. 8

21

Concerto Competition: Woodwinds, Brass, Percussion BA 7:30pm FREE pg. 11

22

Baroque Ensemble BA 7:30pm FREE pg. 12

28

Voice Division Recital BA 7:30pm FREE pg. 12

DECEMBER

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1

Chamber Singers & University Chorale MT 7:30pm $10 pg. 13 Brechemin Piano Series BA 7:30pm FREE pg. 6

2

Scholarship Chamber Group: Corda Quartet BA 7:30pm FREE pg. 11 Luke Fitzpatrick: Cage and Partch JPH 7:30pm $20-$10 pg. 4

4

Intersections: Music, Words, and Pictures (4pm lecture, Leroy Searle) BA 4:30pm FREE pg. 7

5

Gospel Choir MT 7:30pm $10 pg. 13

6

Ethnomusicology Visiting Artist Concert: Marisol Berríos-Miranda BA 7:30pm FREE pg. 1 UW Modern Ensemble: Steve Reich 80th Birthday Celebration MT 7:30pm $10 pg. 5

7

CarolFest MT 7:30pm $10 pg. 13 Jazz Innovations, Part I BA 7:30pm FREE pg. 14

8

Wind Ensemble and Symphonic Band MT 7:30pm $10 pg. 15 Jazz Innovations, Part II BA 7:30pm FREE pg. 14

9

University Symphony with Jonathan Biss, piano MT 7:30pm $15-$10 pg. 2

WINTER JANUARY 2017

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FEBRUARY

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March

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JANUARY 12

Lecture-Recital: Dainius Vaicekonis, piano BA 7:30pm FREE pg. 6

14

Opera Workshop: Mozart Scenes MST 7:30pm $10 pg. 12

15

Littlefield Organ Series: Timothy Olsen WA 3pm FREE pg. 6

19

Guest Artist Master Class: Arthur Greene, piano BA 3:30pm FREE pg. 6 Guest Artist Recital: Arthur Greene, piano BA 7:30pm FREE pg. 6

26

UW Symphony and Seattle Symphony: Side by Side MT 7:30pm FREE (tickets required) pg. 2

30

Faculty-Student Chamber Concert MT 7:30pm $10 pg. 8

FEBRUARY 2

Scholarship Chamber Group: Evergreen Trio BA 7:30pm FREE pg. 11

8

Faculty Recital: Cristina Valdés, piano MT 7:30pm $20-$10 pg. 9

9

Brechemin Piano Series BA 7:30pm FREE pg. 6

10

Guitar Studio Recital BA 7:30pm FREE pg. 15 Solaris Vocal Ensemble MST 7:30pm $20-$10 pg. 13

12

Scholarship Recital BA 2pm FREE pg. 12

15

Jazz Innovations, Part I BA 7:30pm FREE pg. 14

16

Jazz Innovations, Part II BA 7:30 pm FREE pg. 14

17

Faculty Concert: Marc Seales, Piano Jazz BA 7:30pm FREE pg. 8

18

Barry Lieberman and Friends Master Class: Chris Burns BA 2pm FREE pg. 8 Faculty Recital: Cyndia Sieden, soprano; Rhonda Kline, piano BA 5:30pm FREE pg. 9

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Barry Lieberman and Friends Recital: Chris Burns BA 2pm FREE pg. 8

21

Music of Today MT 7:30pm $15-$10 pg. 5 Baroque Ensemble BA 7:30pm FREE pg. 12

23

Faculty Recital: Craig Sheppard, piano MT 7:30pm $20-$10 pg. 9

24

Faculty performance: Melia Watras: 26 BA 7:30pm FREE pg. 8

26

Guest Artist Recital: Stephen Drury, piano BA 4:30pm FREE pg. 6

27

Voice Division Recital BA 7:30pm FREE pg. 12

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Guest Artist Master Class: Stephen Drury, piano BA 4:30pm FREE pg. 6 Campus and Concert Bands MT 7:30pm $10 pg. 15

March

PERFORMANCE Location Key BA - Brechemin Auditorium ECT - Ethnic Cultural Theater JPH - Jones Playhouse MT - Meany Theater MST - Meany Studio Theater SMC - St. Mark’s Cathedral WA - Walker Ames Room, Kane Hall

1

Modern Ensemble with Stephen Drury, guest conductor MT 7:30pm $10 pg. 5

2

Brechemin Piano Series BA 7:30pm FREE pg. 6

3

Chamber Singers & University Chorale MT 7:30pm $10 pg. 13

5

Intersections: Music, Words, and Pictures (4pm lecture, Catherine Roche) BA 4:30pm FREE pg. 7

6

Studio Jazz Ensemble, UW Modern Band MT 7:30pm $10 pg. 14

7

Ethnomusicology Visiting Artist Concert: Paco Diez, Spanish-Judeo Music BA 7:30pm FREE pg. 1 Wind Ensemble and Symphonic Band with Mary Lynch, oboe MT 7:30pm $10 pg. 15

9

Faculty Recital: Robin McCabe, piano MT 7:30pm $20-$10 pg. 9

10

UW Symphony with Concerto Competition Winners and Ludovic Morlot MT 7:30pm $15-10 pg. 10

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SPRING APRIL

Sun Mon Tues Wed Thurs Fri Sat 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

MAY

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JUNE

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PERFORMANCE Location Key BA - Brechemin Auditorium ECT - Ethnic Cultural Theater JPH - Jones Playhouse MT - Meany Theater MST - Meany Studio Theater SMC - St. Mark’s Cathedral WA - Walker Ames Room, Kane Hall

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APRIL 4

Faculty Recital: Craig Sheppard, piano; Sæunn Thorsteinsdóttir, cello MT 7:30pm $20-$10 pg. 9

6

Music of Today: DXARTS MT 7:30pm $15-$10 pg. 5 Brechemin Piano Series BA 7:30pm FREE pg. 6

9

Opera Workshop: Dido and Aeneas MT 2pm $10 pg. 12

11

Guest Artist Recital: Barry Snyder, piano BA 7:30pm FREE pg. 6

12

Guest Artist Master Class: Barry Snyder, piano BA 4:30pm FREE pg. 6

14

Faculty Concert: Marc Seales, Piano Jazz BA 7:30pm FREE pg. 8

15

Faculty Recital: Kari Ragan, My Mezzos and Me! BA 4pm FREE pg. 12

20

Wind Ensemble & Symphonic Band MT 7:30pm $10 pg. 15

21

UW Chamber Orchestra with UW Chamber Singers and Mary Lynch, oboe BA 7:30pm FREE pg. 10

23

Littlefield Organ Series: Julia Brown WA 3pm FREE pg. 6

28

UW Chamber Orchestra with Luke Fitzpatrick, violin BA 7:30pm FREE pg. 10

30

UW Music and Pacific MusicWorks: Opera: Purcell: Dido and Aeneas MT 2pm $45-$10 pg. 3

MAY 4

Brechemin Piano Series BA 7:30pm FREE pg. 6

5

Harry Partch: Oedipus: A Music Dance Drama MT 7:30pm $20-$10 pg. 4

6

Harry Partch: Oedipus: A Music Dance Drama MT 7:30pm $20-$10 pg. 4

7

Intersections: Music, Words, and Pictures (4pm lecture, Ron Moore) BA 4:30pm FREE pg. 7 Harry Partch: Oedipus: A Music Dance Drama MT 2pm $20-$10 pg. 4

11

Scholarship Chamber Group: Evergreen Trio BA 7:30pm FREE pg. 11

12

Music of Today MT 7:30pm $15-$10 pg. 5 IMPFest IX ECT 7:30pm $20-$10 pg. 4

13

Frequency: Bach Refractions BA 7:30pm FREE pg. 9 IMPFest IX ECT 7:30pm $20-$10 pg. 4

15

Voice Division Recital BA 7:30pm FREE pg. 12

17

Jazz Innovations, Part I BA 7:30pm FREE pg. 14

18

Jazz Innovations, Part II BA 7:30pm FREE pg. 14

20

Barry Lieberman and Friends Master Class: Catalin Rotaru BA 2pm FREE pg. 8

21

Barry Lieberman and Friends Recital: Catalin Rotaru BA 2pm FREE pg. 8

22

Studio Jazz Ensemble, Modern Band MST 7:30pm $10 pg. 14 Gospel Choir MT 7:30pm $10 pg. 13

23

Percussion Ensemble MST 7:30pm $10 pg. 15 Baroque Ensemble BA 7:30pm FREE pg. 12

24

University Chorale & Chamber Singers MT 7:30pm $10 pg. 13

25

Wind Ensemble, Symphonic, and Alumni Bands MT 7:30pm $10 pg. 15

26

Guitar Studio Recital BA 7:30pm FREE pg. 15 Modern Ensemble MST 7:30pm $10 pg. 5 UW Sings MT 7:30pm $10 pg. 13

27

Scholarship Chamber Group: Corda Quartet BA 7:30pm FREE pg. 11

30

Ethnomusicology Visiting Artist Concert: Manimou Camara MT 7:30pm $20-$10 pg. 1

JUNE 1

Brechemin Piano Series BA 7:30pm FREE pg. 6

2

UW Symphony and Combined University Choirs: Defiant Requiem: Verdi at Terezín MT 7:30pm $15-$10 pg. 3

TICKET INFORMATION AND UW CONCERT LOCATIONS* Meany Theater, Meany Studio Theater, the Jones Playhouse, and Ethnic Cultural Theater

Where to buy tickets In advance: Purchase tickets in advance, beginning September 9 through the ArtsUW Ticket Office or online.

ArtsUW Ticket Office: Purchase tickets by cash, check, Visa, or MasterCard, Monday through Friday, 11 am – 6 pm Location: 1313 NE 41st St, Seattle WA 98105 Phone: 206-543-4880 (1-800-859-5342 outside Seattle) FAX: 206-685-4141 Online: Go to www.music.washington.edu (click on “Events,” then on the concert you want to attend) or www.artsuw.org.

There is a $1 processing fee per ticket for mail, fax, phone, and online orders.

No processing fee is charged for tickets purchased at the ArtsUW Ticket Office window.

At the performance: The box offices open one hour prior to performance for ticket sales and will-call tickets. You can avoid long lines by purchasing tickets in advance or arriving early.

Exchanges Exchanges are valid (for an alternate performance of the same event) only for opera tickets, with a handling fee of $1 per ticket. Exchanges must be completed at least 24 hours in advance of the date on the ticket. We regret that we cannot give refunds for unused tickets.

Location Meany Theater and Meany Studio Theater are in Meany Hall, on the southwest corner of the UW’s Central Plaza (“Red Square”).

Meany Hall’s main entrance leads directly into Meany Theater. Enter Meany Studio Theater by taking the outside stairs at the northeast corner of Meany Hall to the sunken courtyard.

The Jones Playhouse is accessible via ramps and elevator from the main entrance at 4045 University Way NE. Disability access Meany Theater is accessible via ramps and elevator from the UW Central Plaza Garage (NE 41st Street and 15th Avenue NE).

For Meany Studio Theater, park on level C1 of the garage and use the ramp to that theater’s lobby.

Brechemin Auditorium

NOTECARDS Your Season Pass to UW Music

Location The Walker-Ames Room is on the second floor of Kane Hall, in the northeast corner of the UW’s Central Plaza (“Red Square”).

The School of Music Notecard is a season pass to nearly all of the concerts presented by the UW School of Music in Meany Theater, Meany Studio Theater, and the Jones Playhouse. Notecards for the 2016-17 season are $90 ($75 for UW community members).

A School of Music Notecard is convenient. You don’t need to get tickets in advance — just present your Notecard at the door of the theater at least 20 minutes before the event begins and you will be admitted on a seat-available basis.** Seating for Notecard events is not reserved and not guaranteed, so arrive early for the best choice of seats.

Order your Notecard using the form on the inside back cover, or by calling the ArtsUW Ticket Office (206-543-4880 or 1-800-859-5342 outside Seattle).

Notecards are not transferable, refundable, or replaceable.

The following are not Notecard events: • Nov. 11 Max Reger recital at St. Mark’s Cathedral • Pacific MusicWorks productions: April 30 Opera: Purcell, Dido and Aeneas • IMPFest IX

Disability access An elevator from the UW Central Plaza Garage goes to the first and second floors of Kane Hall, and a ramp provides access at the east entrance to the Walker-Ames Room.

** Seating for Notecard events in the Meany Studio Theater and Jones Playhouse is limited, but Notecard patrons may ensure their seating by contacting the ArtsUW Ticket Office before 5 pm the day of the performance (or on Friday at 5 pm for Saturday and Sunday performances).

Where to buy tickets In 2016-17: the School of Music offers free admission to all Brechemin Auditorium events listed in this publication. Seating is first-come, first served. Arrive early for best selection of seating.

Location Brechemin Auditorium is on the southeast end of the School of Music’s main floor.

Disability access There is a ramp at the northwest (main) entrance as well as access at the School of Music’s northeast entrance.

Walker-Ames Room Where to buy tickets In 2016-17: the School of Music offers free admission to all Walker-Ames events listed in this publication. Seating is firstcome, first served. Arrive early for best selection of seating.

Disability Accommodation To request disability accommodation, contact the Disability Services Office preferably at least 10 days in advance.

Phone: 206-543-6450; TTY: 206-543-6452 ; FAX: 206-685-7264; dso@u.washington.edu For more information, visit w ww.washington. edu/admin/dso

Faculty pianist Cristina Valdés performs Feb. 8 at Meany Theater. See page 9 for details (Photo: Steve Korn).

Remember . . .

• Concerts, dates, artists, locations, and

programs are subject to change. For the latest information, check our online calendar (www.music.washington.edu) or Events Hotline (206-685-8384).

• To ensure that you’ll receive a copy of next season’s School of Music brochure, just purchase an advance ticket for one of our events in Meany Theater, Meany Studio Theater, the Jones Playhouse, or the Ethnic Cultural Theater, or a School of Music Notecard, through the ArtsUW Ticket Office.* * Please refer to event listings in this brochure or at www.music.washington.edu for venue and ticketing information for off-campus venues.

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PARKING Parking for performances in Meany Theater, Meany Studio Theater, the Walker-Ames Room, and Jones Playhouse Underground parking The entrance to the UW Central Plaza Parking Garage is at NE 41st Street and 15th Avenue NE, on the west side of campus. A $10 non-refundable flat rate is charged for evening events (4 pm or after).

Above-ground parking Enter the UW campus at NE 45th Street and 17th Avenue NE, near the Burke Museum. Stop at the gatehouse to pay (the evening rate is $5) and to obtain directions and a parking permit.

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Parking for events in the School of Music’s Brechemin Auditorium Enter the north end of campus (NE 45th Street and 17th Avenue NE), near the Burke Museum north entrance or via the east side of campus (Pend Oreille Road, off 25th Avenue NE) near University Village Shopping Center. Stop at the gatehouse to pay (the evening rate is $5); tell the parking specialist that you’re going to a School of Music event. You’ll receive directions to the nearest lot and a parking permit.

Parking for events at the UW’s Ethnic Cultural Theater The closest UW parking for events at the Ethnic Cultural Theater is Lot W12, located adjacent to the theater at 3930 Brooklyn Ave NE.

Pay for parking and obtain a permit at a UW gatehouse • 6 am to 9 pm Monday through Friday • 7 am to noon Saturday

Parking fees • $15 from 6 am to 5 pm weekdays or pay $3 per hour for four or fewer hours • $5 from 4 pm to 9 pm weekdays • $5 from 7 am to noon Saturdays • The Central Plaza Garage charges a non-refundable flat-rate fee of $10 from 4 pm to 9 pm Monday through Friday and from 7 am to noon on Saturdays.

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• Visa and MasterCard are accepted at all campus gatehouses.

You can sometimes park for free • Weekdays from 9 pm to 6 am • 9 pm Friday to 7 am Saturday • Noon Saturday to 6 am Monday • University holidays and some holiday weekends • Check signs, as some parking areas are restricted (Note: This applies to all parking time periods).

Parking for mobility-impaired visitors • Alert the parking specialist so you may be directed to the most convenient parking areas.

Information on UW parking and directions • www.washington.edu/facilities/ transportation/park • 206-685-1553 (Monday through Friday, 8 am to 9 pm) • Email: ucommute@uw.edu

TAKE THE TRAIN; TAKE THE BUS Sound Transit, Seattle Metro, and Community Transit offer direct connections to the UW campus and surroundings. The Link light rail station by Husky stadium is a ten-minute walk from UW campus performance venues. Use Metro’s trip planner at m.tripplanner.kingcounty.gov/ to plan your visit.

• Sound Transit: www.soundtransit.org Phone 1.888.889.6368 TTY Relay: Dial 711 • Metro: www.metro.kingcounty.gov Phone 206-553-3000 TTY Relay: Dial 711 • Community Transit: www.commtrans.org Phone 425-353-RIDE or 1-800-562-1375 TTY Relay: Dial 711

ORDER FORMS FIRST NAME (PLEASE PRINT)________________________________________________________ LAST NAME___________________________________________________ ADDRESS________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ CITY/STATE/ZIP____________________________________________________________________ E-MAIL ___________________________________________________ DAY PHONE_______________________________________________________________ EVENING PHONE___________________________________________________

Programs, locations, concert artists, and dates are subject to change.

For the latest information, check our online events calendar (music. washington.edu) or our Events Hotline (206-685-8384). Tickets to Meany Theater, Meany Studio Theater, Jones Playhouse, and Ethnic Cultural Theater events are available in advance from the ArtsUW Ticket Office, 1313 NE 41st St, Seattle WA 98105, (phone 206-543-4880, outside Seattle 1-800-859-5342, FAX 206-685-4141).

Tickets to all other School of Music events are available at the door of the performance venue.

NOTECARD

GENERAL

UW STUDENT, EMPLOYEE, UW RETIREE, UWAA

TOTAL

(Limit 2 per UW student, UW employee, or UWAA member. Please enclose a copy of valid ID with form.)

___ x $90

___ x $75

$_______

$3.00

NOTECARD ORDER PROCESSING ___ x $10 UW student, limit 2

Purcell: Dido and Aeneas

___ x $20 ___ x $45

Meany Theater 2 pm

Non-UW student

$_______

___ x $20 senior

r 4/30 (SUN)

___ x Free

(ages 5-17; limit 2 per paid general admission ticket)

To request disability accommodation, contact the UW Disability Services Office at least 10 days in advance at 206-543-6450/V, 206-543-6452/TTY, 206-685-7264/FAX, or by email at dso@u.washington.edu.

OPERA TICKET PROCESSING

($1 per ticket; no processing charge if ordered with a Notecard.)

GRAND TOTAL

___ x $1.00

$_______

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• All tickets for our concerts in Meany Theater, Meany Studio Theater, the Jones Playhouse, and the Ethnic Cultural Theater go on sale September 9, including those purchased through our online ticketing service at artsuw.org.

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Faculty colleagues Sรฆunn Thorsteinsdรณttir and Craig Sheppard present a joint recital at Meany Theater on April 4, 2017. See page 9 for details. (Photo: Steve Korn)