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<div class="yiv4781220154MsoNormal">Winds, Brass & Percussion auditions for the following ensembles: Wind Ensemble, Symphonic Band, UW Symphony Orchestra & Campus Philharmonia Orchestra</div>
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<p>The UW Wind Ensemble (Timothy Salzman, director) and Symphonic Band (Shaun Day, director) present their end-of-year concert, performing music by Marie A. Douglas, Jennifer Higdon, Nigel Hess, Paul Dukas, Augusta Read Thomas, and Michael Colgrass. With Carrie Shaw, soprano soloist on <span>Augusta Read Thomas' Of Being is a Bird.</span></p>
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<h3>Symphonic Band<br>Shaun Day, director</h3>

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<p class="p1"><span>The School of Music and the Center for Digital Arts and Experimental Media present a</span>n evening of music by composer/sound artist Patricia Allesandrini, along with other new pieces. </p>
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<p class="p1">Visiting artist Deanne Meek leads students from the UW Vocal program in performances of songs and scenes of the American Experience, including highlights from the American Songbook and both classic and contemporary operatic repertoire.</p>
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<p>Auditions are for entrance to the UW School of Music in Fall Quarter, 2024. Audition sign ups are required and can be <a href="https://music.washington.edu/audition-sign-ups">made online</a>.</p>
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<p>Violist/Composer Melia Watras presents a celebration of the viola with an evening of world premieres composed by UW faculty, students, and alumni. The program includes UW faculty composer Joël- François Durand’s <em>Geister weider… pour alto solo</em> (written for Watras), a collaborative composition by Watras and her former student Madeline Warner, and four pieces commissioned by Watras especially for this event, by UW students and alums Sandesh Nagaraj, Jonathan Rodriguez, Breana Tavaglione, and Wei Yang.

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<p>The University of Washington Percussion Ensemble (Bonnie Whiting, director) and the Harry Partch Ensemble (Charles Corey, director) present a shared concert marking<span> the conclusion of the Harry Partch residency at the UW.</span></p>
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<p>Trumpeter Jun Iida and band headline this special performance, part of the 2024 Improvised Music Project Festival (IMPFEST). Opening are UW Jazz Studies faculty Cuong Vu, trumpet, and Ted Poor, drums.</p>

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<p>The UW Modern Music Ensemble (Cristina Valdés, director), performs works by Yi<span>ğ</span>it Kolat, Ania Vu, <span>Evis Sammoutis, Chen Yi, and George Crumb. Program includes the world premiere of Spomenik I, by UW faculty composer Yiğit Kolat and the West Coast premieres of Ania Vu's Tik-Tak, and Evis Sammoutis' Rotational Gravities. </span></p>
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