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Find Your Community in the Arts

No matter what you study at the UW, there are plenty of opportunities to make friends through the arts. Pick up the drums in a band, take the stage with your improv group, connect with other students interested in creating art, or join a production team to make a film. Explore the numerous ways to find your community in the arts.

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MFA Dance Concert

May 14 - May 17, 2026

MFA Dance Concert 2026 

The University of Washington invites you to the MFA Dance Concert: an evening of original dances created by the current MFA Cohort, featuring over fifty undergraduate dancers. The artists explore…

Meany Hall—Studio Theatre More Info Buy Tickets

Free

Student jazz pianist (Mark Stone photo)

May 14, 2026

Jazz Innovations II

UW Jazz Studies students perform in small combos over two consecutive nights of original tunes, homage to the greats of jazz, and experiments in composing and arranging. Director Biographies

Brechemin Auditorium More Info
ECCO East Coast Chamber Orchestra with Shai Wosner

May 14, 2026

East Coast Chamber Orchestra with Shai Wosner, piano

ECCO explores bold new music and timeless classics, featuring Vijay Iyer’s Handmade Universe , a piano concerto written for Wosner.

Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater More Info Buy Tickets

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