Three virtuosos of violin, cello and bass deliver an innovative program of new works and timeless music.

This superstar’s exquisite artistry bridges traditions from across the Americas, with folk and ranchera music of Mexico and South America to North American folk, jazz, blues and hip-hop.

Curated by Artistic Partner Rhiannon Giddens, the group exemplifies the contemporary identity of Irish music and the positive impact of migration on culture.

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<p>Jazz Studies professor Marc Seales, piano, is joined by colleagues Ted Poor, drums, and Steve Rodby, bass, in a concert of original tunes and arrangements of jazz and pop classics</p>
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<blockquote><p align="center">The Modern Band is a jazz rooted ensemble with a primary focus on repertoire that encompasses innovative trends in jazz of the last decade. </p>
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<p><span>Auditions for the Studio Jazz/Big Band will include performance of a chromatic scale from lowest to highest and back down, an up-to-one-minute excerpt (student choice), transcription, etude, etc., that demonstrates the musician's abilities as a jazz player, sight-reading, and improvisation (optional).

<p><span>Auditions for the Studio Jazz/Big Band will include performance of a chromatic scale from lowest to highest and back down, an up-to-one-minute excerpt (student choice), transcription, etude, etc., that demonstrates the musician's abilities as a jazz player, sight-reading, and improvisation (optional).

<p>Electroacoustic trio<span> </span><em>uluuul</em> (Carrie Shaw, soprano; Mabel Kwan, keyboard; Mauricio Pauly, multi-instrumentalist and electronic music creator) performs music from their latest collaboration, created with support from the UW Royalty Research Fund (RRF). </p>
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<p>Acclaimed new music group the Mivos Quartet, dubbed by the Chicago Reader“ one of America’s most daring and ferocious new-music ensembles,” performs premieres by UW faculty composers Joël-François Durand and Huck Hodge and works by Ambrose Akinmusire and Chikako Morishita in this guest artist performance.</p>
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<p>UW piano students perform concerto movements with Tacoma-based chamber orchestra Northwest Sinfonietta (David Alexander Rahbee, conductor).</p>
<p><em>This event is made possible with support from the Michiko Morita Miyamoto Professorships in Piano. </em></p>
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<p><em>Il Mondo della luna</em>: Overture<strong> </strong>…………………………………………………..Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) </p>