<p>UW faculty brass instructors (and Seattle Symphony members) David Gordon (trumpet), John DiCesare (tuba), John Turman (French horn), and Eden Garza (trombone) are joined by SSO colleague Alexander White (trumpet) in this concert of works by Paul Dukas, Halsey Stevens, Paquito D’Rivera, Robert Weirich, Alexi Lebedev, Clay Smith, Anthony DiLorenzo, Anthony Barfield, and André Previn. With pianists Andrew Romanick and <span>Alex Kostadinov. </span></p>
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<p>Bonnie Whiting performs recent commissions centered on the speaking percussionist, improvisation, and elements of movement and gesture. Featuring the world premiere of an expansive new solo work by composer Wang Lu, a realization of UW colleague Melia Watras’ graphic score <em>Barking up which tree?</em> and a duo performance, with Voice faculty Carrie Shaw, of Yiheng Yvonne Wu’s <em>Four Poems of Li-Young Lee.</em></p>
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<p>The latest installment of an ongoing series created by artistic director Naeim Rahmani ('10 BM, Guitar Performance), the program includes commissioned works by Iranian composers living outside of Iran and Seattle-based composers with strong ties to the UW Composition Program: Huck Hodge, Joël-François Durand, Jeff Bowen, and Yigit Kölat. </p>
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<div><strong>Farzia Fallah:</strong> Thirty-Three Drops of Water<br><br></div>

<p>Faculty colleagues Sarah Rommel and Craig Sheppard perform evergreen works by Beethoven and Rachmaninoff, George Crumb's Sonata for (Solo) Cello, and Nadia Boulanger's Three Pieces.</p>
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<div><strong>Ludwig van Beethoven:</strong> Variations on Judas Maccabaeus </div>
<div><strong>Nadia Boulanger:</strong> Three Pieces</div>
<div><strong>George Crumb:</strong> Sonata for Solo Cello</div>

<p>The UW Concert and Campus Bands present "Sonic Luminescence," performing music by Julie Giroux, David Maslanka, Eric Whitacre, and others.</p>
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<p><strong>UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON CONCERT BAND <span> <br>David Stewart, conductor<br></span></strong></p>
<p>Firework (1992) – Jan Van Der Roost (1956) <span> </span></p>

<div>The UW Percussion Ensemble (Bonnie Whiting, director) explores early 1930s percussion repertoire in its program <em>Ionisation, </em>reimagining Edgard Varèse's iconic early percussion work with the <i> Afrocubanismo</i> pioneer Amadeo Roldán's <i>Ritmicas</i> as well as music by James Tenney, Gabriela Lena Frank, and Nick Hubble.</div>
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<p>Wake for Charles Ives (1974/75): James Tenney (1934-2006)</p>

<p>This popular annual program by the Chamber Singers, University Chorale, University Singers, Treble Choir, Gospel Choir, and UW 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.</p>
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<p>The Studio Jazz Ensemble performs 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.</p>
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<p><strong>Modern Band</strong><br><em>Cuong Vu, advisor</em></p>

<p><span>David Alexander Rahbee conducts the University of Washington Symphony in a program of music by Robert Schumann, Clara Schumann, Valentin Silvestrov, and Richard Strauss. With </span><span>Clara Osowski, mezzo soprano, and Music History faculty </span><span>Frederick Reece, narration, on Clara Schumann’s Four Songs.<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p>
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<p><span>Phyllis Byrdwell leads the UW Gospel Choir in songs of praise, jubilation, and other expressions of the Gospel tradition.</span></p>
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<p>God Be Praised<span>: </span>Charles Jenkins</p>
<p>I Will Bless The Lord:<span> </span>Hezekiah Walker</p>
<p>Worth: <span> </span>Anthony Brown<br>Mario D’Ambrosio, <em>soloist</em><em> </em></p>