<p><span>The University Singers, Treble Choir, and UW Glee Club present “Building Belonging," an eclectic program of music from around the world, folk tunes, and arrangements of popular music standards.</span></p>
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<h3>Program</h3>

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<p><span>The University Singers, Treble Choir, and UW Glee Club present an eclectic program of music from around the world, folk tunes, and arrangements of popular music standards. With guest ensemble Columbia Choirs and the Wild Embers Dancers. </span></p>
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<p>The School of Music and the student-run Improvised Music Project present the annual Improvised Music Project Festival (IMPFEST), featuring two evenings of distinct performances by UW Music students, faculty, and guests. Featured artists for IMPFest 2023 are composer/pianist (and 2023 GRAMMY winner) <strong>Kris Davis</strong> and multi-instrumentalist/composer <strong>Michael Libramento. </strong></p>
<p><em>IMPFEST is made possible through generous support from Seattle's Raynier Foundation.</em></p>

<p><strong>In light of public health advisories on social distancing, this performance has been canceled.</strong></p>
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<blockquote><em><strong>“How Shall I hold my Soul Still? Songs of Love, Loss and Betrayal” <br></strong></em><em>An eclectic program of American contemporary choral works, the winter quarter concert by the Chamber Singers and University Chorale examines love through many lenses, including the absence of love. </em></blockquote>
<div><em><strong>Conductor: Giselle Wyers, Chair, UW Voice and Choral Conducting </strong></em></div>

<p>The Öngtupqa Trio, featuring Clark Tenakhongva (Hopi singer, recording artist, and past vice chairman of the Hopi Tribe), shares music from their recent Hon Muru (Bear’s Ears) project. This concert is part of a three-day UW residency by the trio.</p>
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<h3><b><span>Öngtupqa Trio Residency at the University of Washington</span></b></h3>

<p>Faculty violist Melia Watras welcomes viola legend Atar Arad (her former teacher) and her student Flora Cummings in a concert that celebrates their viola family tree. Arad will perform two chaconnes: his own composition and Bach’s monumental Ciaccona from Partita in D minor, transcribed for viola; Watras will perform three works that she penned for viola solo; and all three violists will take turns performing with each other in selections from Béla Bartók’s 44 Duos.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p>
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<p>David Alexander Rahbee leads the University Symphony in a program of music by Klengel, Mahler, Pärt, and Schubert. With graduate student conductors Daren Weissfisch and Rylan Virnig.</p>
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<p>Auditions are for entrance to the UW School of Music in Fall Quarter, 2025. 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><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).