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Improvised Music Project Festival (IMPFEST): Music of Bill Frisell and Luke Bergman

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<p><span>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.</span></p>
<p><i>Notecard patrons: Seating is limited; please order tickets in advance. </i></p>
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Improvised Music Project Festival (IMPFEST): Music of Josh Johnson

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<p><span>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. </span><em>Presented with generous support from Seattle’s Raynier Foundation.</em></p>
<p><i>Note: </i><i>Notecard patrons: Seating is limited; please order tickets in advance. </i></p>
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Opera Workshop

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<div>Students from the UW Voice program present an evening of musical theater ensembles and solos organized around themes of breaking up and falling in love. The program includes scenes from:</div>
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<div><i>Company</i> by Stephen Sondheim</div>
<div><i>A Chorus Line</i> by Marvin Hamlisch and Edward Kleban</div>
<div><i>The Light in the Piazza</i> by Adam Guettel</div>

Valdés Piano Studio Recital

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<p>Piano students of Cristina Valdés perform works by Chopin, Brahms, Debussy, Bach, Gubaidalina, Prokofiev, and Chaminade in this studio recital. </p>
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<p>Concert Etude Op 35, No.2, “Autumn” - <strong>Cécile Chaminade</strong> (1857-1944)<br><em>Jiayi Wang, Ph.D., Physics</em></p>

Jazz Innovations I

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<p>UW Jazz Studies students perform in small combos over two consecutive nights of original tunes, homage to the greats of jazz, and experiments in composing and arranging. </p>
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<h4>35 Quintet<b><br></b><em></em></h4>
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Faculty Recital: Craig Sheppard

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<p>Chair of the UW piano program presents a program of works by French composers, including Fauré’s 6th Nocturne, Franck’s Prelude, Chorale and Fugue, Joël-François Durand’s Enfance: Quatre Tableaux, and works by Ravel, including Miroirs, and the two-piano version of La Valse. With guest pianist (and former student of Sheppard) ZeZe Xue.</p>
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<p>Nocturne, Opus 63 #6 in D flat (1894) - <strong>Gabriel Fauré</strong> <br> (1845-1924)</p>

Jazz Innovations II

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<p>UW Jazz Studies students perform in small combos over two consecutive nights of original tunes, homage to the greats of jazz, and experiments in composing and arranging. </p>
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Baroque Ensemble

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<p>UW music students of Tekla Cunningham present a program of <span>concertos and concerto grossi, performing works by Bach, Stradella, Vivaldi, and Handel. </span></p>
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Guitar Studio Recital

<p>Guitar students of Michael Partington present their quarterly recital, performing folksongs from Turkey, Latin America, and the British Isles, as well as works by Leo Brouwer, John Dowland, and Jose Luis Merlin. The students—Thomas Wardian, Molly Curry, Fernando Recinos, Bhavik Soni, Eric Lin, Wil Moreau, Nathan Lee, and Rayne Mescallado—are joined by instrumentalists from the UW music instrumental studios—Kyle Grant, saxophone; Grace Playstead, flute; and Selina Siow, violin. </p>
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