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Percussion Ensemble and UW Steel Band: "2023 Percussion Bash"

<p><span><span>The UW Percussion Ensemble (Bonnie Whiting, director) presents a year-end performance shared with the UW Steel Drum Band (Shannon Dudley, director).</span></span></p>
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<p><span><span>The Steel Drum Band performs arrangements of calypso, salsa, reggae, soca, and other dance styles.</span></span></p>

Faculty Recital: Craig Sheppard, Cristina Valdés, Bonnie Whiting with James Benoit: Bartók, Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion

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<p><span> </span>Faculty pianists Craig Sheppard and Cristina Valdés, faculty percussionist Bonnie Whiting, and Seattle principal timpanist James Benoit perform Béla Bartók's exhilarating and popular <span>Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion, </span><span>Sz. 110, BB 115</span>. Also on the program: Mozart's Sonata for Two Pianos in D Major, K. 448 and Brahms' Waltzes, Op. 39.</p>
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UW Symphony: Re-Imagination

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<p>David Alexander Rahbee leads the UW Symphony in a program of music by Claudio Monteverdi, Igor Stravinsky, and Bizet/Shchedrin.</p>
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<p><strong>Monteverdi: </strong>Overture (Toccata) from <em>L´Orfeo </em></p>
<p><strong>Stravinsky: </strong>Pulcinella Suite</p>
<p><strong>Bizet/Shchedrin: </strong>Carmen Suite </p>
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<p><strong>DIRECTOR BIO</strong></p>

Kris Davis Trio, featuring Robert Hurst & Johnathan Blake

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<p>University of Washington Jazz Studies presents a free show by the Kris Davis Trio— Grammy winning pianist/composer Kris Davis, bassist Robert Hurst, and drummer Johnathan Blake—performing in support of Davis’s new album "Run the Gauntlet,” out on Sept. 27 from Pyroclastic Records. Students from the Jazz Studies program open. </p>
<p><em>This performance is made possible with generous support from Seattle's Raynier Institute and Foundation.</em></p>

Campus, Concert, and University Bands: Passages

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<p>The Campus Band (Solomon Encina, conductor) and Concert Band (David Stewart, Yuman Wu, conductors) present "Passages," a program of music by Clifton Williams, Frank Ticheli, Masanori Taruya, Rossano Galante, Samuel Hazo, Fred J. Allen, and others. This concert also includes the debut of a new community ensemble, the University Band. </p>
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<h2>Program</h2>
<h4>Concert Band</h4>

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