<p style="font-weight: 400;">Professor Robin McCabe brings pianistic virtuosity to the Meany mainstage, performing solo works of Ravel and Fauré in the first half of her program. In the second half, she is joined by groups of her students in rousing transcriptions for two pianos, eight hands, including arrangements of Bizet’s “Carmen Fantasy,”  the overture from Mozart's "Marriage of Figaro," and a barn-burning version of John Philip Sousa's “Stars and Stripes Forever.” </p>

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<p>The UW Percussion Ensemble (Bonnie Whiting, director) and the UW Steelband (Gary Gibson, director) present an end-of-year percussion bash.  </p>
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<h3><a href="https://www.twotreesmusic.com&quot; target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Gary Gibson</a></h3>

<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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<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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<p><strong>NOTE: This event has been postponed and will be rescheduled to a future date.</strong></p>
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<p>John-Carlos Perea and guests perform “Improvising Home” for jazz ensemble. Originally commissioned by the San Francisco Arts Commission and composed by Perea in 2016, this performance revisits and reinterprets the score following Perea’s 2023 arrival at the UW, where he serves as Ethnomusicology associate professor and adjunct associate professor of American Indian Studies. </p>
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Guitarist Bill Frisell headlines Night One of IMPFEST, joined by  Luke Bergman (lap steel) and  Josh Johnson (saxophone), performing with faculty Steve Rodby (bass), Ted Poor (drums), Cuong Vu (trumpet), and UW Jazz Studies students.

Notecard patrons: Seating is limited; please order tickets in advance. 

Schedule

Friday, April 25: The music of Bill Frisell and Luke BergmanBill Frisell (guitar), Luke Bergman (lap steel), Josh Johnson (saxophone), Steve Rodby (bass), Ted Poor (drums), Cuong Vu (trumpet)Jazz Studies Students

Saxophonist Josh Johnson headlines Night Two of IMPFEST, joined by multi-instrumentalist Luke Bergman in performing with School of Music faculty Steve Rodby, Ted Poor, Cuong Vu and UW Jazz Studies students. Presented with generous support from Seattle’s Raynier Foundation.

Note: Notecard patrons: Seating is limited; please order tickets in advance. 

<p>David Alexander Rahbee leads the UW Symphony in a program of works by <span>Bedřich </span>Smetana and Anton Bruckner.</p>
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<p><strong></strong>from Symphony No. 6, in A major: <strong>Anton Bruckner</strong> (1824-1896)<br />I. Majestoso</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;"><em>Šárka, </em>from<em> Má Vlast (My Country): </em><strong>Bedřich Smetana</strong> (1824-1884) </p>

<p>David Alexander Rahbee leads the UW Symphony in a program of concerto excerpts by York Bowen, Keiko Abe, and Camille Saint-Saëns, performed with winners of the 2024-25 School of Music Concerto Competitions--Flora Cummings, viola; Kaisho Barnhill, marimba; and Sandy Huang, piano. Also on the program, works by <span>Mikhail </span>Glinka, Richard Wagner, and <span>Giuseppe </span>Verdi.</p>
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<p>The Wind Ensemble (Timothy Salzman, director) and Symphonic Band (David Stewart, Yuman Wu, directors) present "Finale," performing music by Cindy McTee, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Julie Giroux, and others. With the UW Alumni Band. </p>
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