<p>The School of Music and the student-run Improvised Music Project present the annual Improvised Music Project Festival (IMPFEST), featuring two evenings of distinct performances by UW Music students, faculty, and guests. Featured artists for IMPFest 2023 are composer/pianist (and 2023 GRAMMY winner) <strong>Kris Davis</strong> and multi-instrumentalist/composer <strong>Michael Libramento. </strong></p>
<p><em>IMPFEST is made possible through generous support from Seattle's Raynier Foundation.</em></p>

<p>David Alexander Rahbee conducts the UW Symphony and winners of the 2023 UW Concerto Competition in a program of music by Camille Saint-Saëns, Alfred Desenclos, Franz Liszt, Hector Berlioz, Franz Schmidt, and Richard Wagner. Featuring Concerto Competition winners Dalma Ashby, violin; Katie Zundel, baritone saxophone; and Michael Gu, piano. With Daren Weissfisch and Ryan Farris, assistant conductors. </p>
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<p>Chopin’s Nocturnes often belie their title of ‘Night Pieces.’ Each one is a small tone poem with moments of torment and grandeur, as faculty pianist Craig Sheppard demonstrates in his performance of the complete set of Nocturnes.  </p>
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<div>Indian Classical vocalist, educator, and composer, Srivani Jade presents "Ritu Chakra: Ragas of the Six Seasons of North India" in the culminating recital of her artist residency at the UW School of Music. She is accompanied by Deepashri Joglekar (Harmonium), Ravi Albright (Tabla), Suchitra Iyer (Vocal Saath), and Tanpura. Her UW students present a short opening act of Ragas and bandish compositions they learned during the quarter.</div>
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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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<p><span>Worship The Lord/I Get Excited: arr. Byrdwell</span><br /><span></span></p>
<p><span>How Excellent!  Daryl Coley</span><br /><span></span></p>

<p>Guitar students of Michael Partington present their quarterly studio recital. </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>The UW Baroque Ensemble (Tekla Cunningham, director) performs music by Vivaldi, Bach, Telemann, Locatelli, and Corelli in its Spring Quarter concert.</p>
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<p><span><span>The UW Percussion Ensemble (Bonnie Whiting, director) presents a year-end performance shared with the UW Steel Drum Band (Shannon Dudley, director).</span></span></p>
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<p><span><span>The Steel Drum Band performs arrangements of calypso, salsa, reggae, soca, and other dance styles.</span></span></p>

<p>Cristina Valdés leads the UW Modern Music Ensemble in a program of works by UW Composition students Joe Krycia, Yonatan Ron, Melissa Wang, Maxwell Williams, Sandesh Nagaraj, and Frederic Rzewski.</p>
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<p><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"></span></i>Feelin’ Good on a Wednesday (Oh Yeah) (2023):<strong>  Joe Krycia </strong>(b. 1993)</p>