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Fantasies, Folk, and Fairy Tales

<p>Piano Professor Robin McCabe produces this quarterly series highlighting music by composers influenced by folk and fairy tales. Each concert features a pre-concert lecture by a UW faculty scholar and music performed by top UW Music students.</p>
<p><strong>Lecture: Professor Denyse Delcourt</strong></p>
<p><strong><em>“</em></strong><strong><em>And the Wolf Ate Her: The Dark Side of Fairy Tales”</em></strong></p>
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UW Symphony 

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<p>David Alexander Rahbee leads the UW Symphony in a program of music by Johannes Brahms and Robert Schumann. </p>
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<h3>Note: An appearance by Robin McCabe, piano, previously announced for this program, will be rescheduled for a future date.</h3>
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Guest Orchestra Concert: Harmonia with UW Piano Students

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<p>Guest orchestra Harmonia (William White, director) performs winning concerto excerpts by Rachmaninoff, Poulenc, Brahms, and Grieg with UW piano students <span>Jeffrey Tso, Jiayi Wang, Alex Fang, and Katherine Lee.</span></p>
<p><em>This performance is made possible with support from the Willard Schultz Piano Fund in the School of Music. </em></p>
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Faculty Concert: Tekla Cunningham, violin: H.I.F. von Biber: Mystery Sonatas 

<p><span>Violinist Tekla Cunningham performs the Five Joyful Mysteries from H.I.F. von Biber’s</span><span> Mystery Sonatas. Each sonata calls for a differing scordatura tuning of the violin, accentuating the character of each piece. </span><span>The performance is one of three Cunningham will perform in </span><span><span>Seattle-area venues, to complete the full cycle of 15 sonatas in the spring of 2023. With </span></span>Henry Lebedinsky, organ and harpsichord; and <span>David Morris, viola da gamba</span>.

Guest Artist Concert: Zhao-Rong "Peter" Chen, flute

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<p>The School of Music joins with the Seattle Flute Society (SFS) for its Flute Celebration Day, featuring Professor Zhao Rong “Peter" Chen, School of Music alumnus and faculty member at China Conservatory of Music and other highly regarded institutions throughout China. His performance is followed by additional performances from the Seattle Flute Society Flute Choir and other SFS members. With pianists Robin McCabe, Yue Li, and October Chen.</p>
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Wind Ensemble and Alumni Band: Finish Line

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<p>Timothy Salzman wraps up a 38-year career as head of the UW Bands program with "Finish Line," a program of music by Cindy McTee, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Percy Grainger, and David Maslanka, performed by the UW Wind Ensemble and the UW Alumni Band.</p>
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<p>Timothy Salzman, conductor</p>
<p>Finish Line (2006) – Cindy McTee (b. 1953)</p>

Faculty Concert:  Robin McCabe, Craig Sheppard, Cristina Valdés, Rachelle McCabe: Piano Power!

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<p>Fingers will fly, with air traffic control required at the two keyboards when faculty pianists Robin McCabe, Cristina Valdés and Craig Sheppard join forces with guest artist Rachelle McCabe to present dynamic and festive arrangements for Two Pianos, Eight Hands.</p>
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