<p>David Alexander Rahbee leads the UW Symphony and combined UW Choirs in a program of works by Haydn, Schumann, and Ravel. Centerpiece of the program is "The Haydn Experience II,” an  “imaginary symphony" of music by Joseph Haydn, designed by David A. Rahbee. </p>
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<p>David Alexander Rahbee leads the UW Symphony in a program of music by Jessie Montgomery, Cécile Chaminade, Francis Poulenc, and Dmitri Shostakovich. With faculty guest Donna Shin, flute. </p>
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<p><i></i><strong>Jessie Montgomery:</strong> Hymn for Everyone</p>
<p><strong>Cécile Chaminade:</strong> Flute Concertino in D major, op.107</p>

<p style="font-weight: 400;">Pianist Craig Sheppard is joined by Rachel Lee Priday, violin; Noah Geller, viola; and Efe Baltacigil, cello, in performing Gabriel Fauré Piano Quartet #1 in C minor, Opus 15; and Piano Quartet #2 in G minor, Opus 45.</p>
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<p><strong>Gabriel FAURÉ</strong> (1845-1924) </p>

<p><span>Violist/composer Melia Watras and writer Sean Harvey unveil their latest collaboration, </span><i>Broken Bell</i><span>, a mashup of a concert and a play. The program consists of Harvey’s theater piece, interwoven with world premieres of compositions by Watras and music by Alan Hovhaness. Joining Watras onstage are actors James Schilling (Dacha Theater) and Amy Thone (UW faculty), Seattle Symphony members Elisa Barston (violin) and Eric Han (cello), Pacific Northwest Ballet concertmaster Michael Jinsoo Lim and UW viola student Flora Cummings.

<p style="font-weight: 400;">Artist-in-residence Tekla Cunningham presents "Bach in Motion," a recital combining music for solo baroque violin with the choreography of Anna Mansbridge. This collaboration between the School of Music and the newly minted Seattle Bach Festival includes music by Telemann, de Visèe, Merula, and a newly commissioned work by Melia Watras, as well as Bach’s iconic Caisson as embodied by dancers Tshedzom <span>Tingkhye</span> and Alejandro Frederickson in new choreography by Mansbridge. </p>

<p style="font-weight: 400;">The renowned trumpeter and newly appointed UW professor of music joins with composer/drummer <span>Qasim Naqvi in </span>presenting the world premiere of <em>Talk Show,</em> a renegade experiment in music, theatre, and performance. With <span>theatre direction by Chi-Wang Yang and video design by Jeff Larson—newly appointed faculty at the UW School of Drama. </span></p>
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<p style="font-weight: 400;">Pianist Cristina Valdés performs Charles Ives’ monumental Concord Sonata and Arnold Schoenberg’s Three Pieces Op. 11 and his Six Little Piano Pieces Op. 19 in observance of the 150th birthday of these two iconic composers. With Rachel Reyes, flute. </p>
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<p>Stage director Kelly Kitchens and music director Andrew Romanick lead UW Voice students in performing excerpts from Benjamin Britten’s <em>Turn of the Screw</em> and Engelbert Humperdinck’s <em>Hansel and Gretel.</em> With members of the UW Symphony (Ryan D. Farris, conductor).</p>

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<p>The Chamber Singers (Geoffrey Boers, director) and University Chorale (Giselle Wyers, director) present their Winter Quarter program. The Chamber Singers<span> presents a set of works celebrating precious and treasured things, including movements from Amex Berko’s Sacred Place, and music by Trent Reznor (Nine Inch Nails), Jake Runestad, Eric Whitacre, and others. With Rachel Lee Priday violin, Christine Lee, cello, and Serena Chin, piano, </span></p>

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<p>The Chamber Singers (Geoffrey Boers, director) and University Chorale (Giselle Wyers, director) present their Winter Quarter concert. The UW Choirs welcome <span>Kamiak High School Choir, making a guest appearance on this concert featuring repertoire from England, Sweden, Indonesia, Latvia and elsewhere.</span></p>
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<h3>Kamiak High School </h3>
<p>NANCY J. DUCK-JEFFERSON, conductor </p>