<h2><strong>Please note: This event has been postponed. </strong></h2>
<blockquote><i><i>Faculty percussionist Bonnie Whiting presents Through the Eye(s), a cycle of pieces for solo speaking and singing percussionist developed in collaboration with nine incarcerated people at the Indiana Women's Prison. </i></i>The program opens with Whiting's realization of faculty composer Melia Watras's graphic score, "Barking up which tree?" </blockquote>
<h2>Project Background</h2>

<blockquote><span>Violist/composer Melia Watras, violinists Tekla Cunningham, Rachel Lee Priday and Michael Jinsoo Lim, photographer Michelle Smith-Lewis and narrator Tigran Arakelyan present the world premiere of Watras’s new work, </span><i class>The almond tree duos. </i><span>The title references the symbol of hope and new beginnings in Oscar Wilde’s</span><i class> The Canterville Ghost.

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<p>The UW Modern Band (Cuong Vu, advisor) performs music by Benny Golson, John Coltrane, Wayne Shorter, Thelonious Monk, and others. In the second half of the program, Jazz Studies faculty Marc Seales (piano), Ted Poor (drums), and Steve Rodby (bass) perform original music by Seales and arrangements of select cover tunes.</p>
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<p><span>The Campus Band (Corey Jahlas, conductor) and Concert Band (Roger Wu Fu, conductor) present works by Ralph Vaughan Williams, Gustav Holst, Vincent Persichetti, and William Grant Still.</span></p>
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<p>The University Symphony Orchestra performs works by George Walker, Aaron Copland, and Samuel Barber, then is joined by the combined UW Choirs for a performance of<span face="open_sansbold, Arial, Helvetical, sans-serif"> </span><em><span face="open_sansbold, Arial, Helvetical, sans-serif">Te</span></em><span> Deum, op.103, by Antonín Dvořák</span>. </p>
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<p>David Alexander Rahbee directs the UW Symphony and UW Strings faculty Saeunn Thorsteinsdóttir, Melia Watras, Rachel Lee Priday, Jordan Anderson, and Valerie Muzzolini in a program including the world premiere of a new work by violist/composer Melia Watras, and music by Tchaikovsky, Prokofiev, <span>Bottesini, </span>Brahms, and <span>Giuseppe Sammartini</span>. </p>
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<p>The UW Wind Ensemble (Timothy Salzman, director) and Symphonic Band (Shaun Day, director) present their Spring Quarter concert, performing music by Peter Mennin, John Paulson, Cindy McTee, Ralph Vaughan Williams, and others. </p>
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<p>The UW Concert and Campus Bands present their Spring Quarter concert. The Concert Band (Corey Jahlas, conductor) performs music by J. Clifton Williams, Chris Pilsner, and <span>Hirotaka Izumi. The Campus Band (Roger Wu Fu, conductor) performs music by Vincent Persichetti and Alfred Reed.</span></p>
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<p><span>Phyllis Byrdwell leads the 100-voice gospel choir in songs of praise, jubilation, and other expressions of the Gospel tradition.</span></p>
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<blockquote><span><span>David Alexander Rahbee conducts the UW Symphony and winners of the 2022 Concerto Competition in an end-of-year performance. Performing with the orchestra are </span></span>Hannah Chou, violin (Korngold Violin Concerto, Mvt 1); Megan Hutchison, flute (Nielsen Flute Concerto, mvt 1); and <span></span>HyeYeon Kim, piano (Chopin Piano Concerto No.1, Mvt. 1).</blockquote>