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Studio Jazz Ensemble and Modern Band: Roy Cummings Tribute

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<p>The Studio Jazz Ensemble (the UW Big Band-Marc Seales, director) and Modern Ensemble (Cuong Vu, director) present a shared program of repertory selections, original music, and inspired arrangements.  The Studio Jazz Ensemble pays tribute to Roy Cummings, the late former longtime director of the Studio Jazz Ensemble in this concert dedicated to his memory. </p>
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Modern Music Ensemble

<p>The University of Washington Modern Music Ensemble (Cristina Valdés, director) performs music by Jean Ahn, Arnold Schoenberg, Eva-Maria Houben, Rebecca Saunders, Charles Ives, Erin Gee, and Golfam Khayam. </p>
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Modern Music Ensemble

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<p>The University of Washington Modern Music Ensemble (Cristina Valdés, director) presents works of our time in several concerts each year. Including repertoire from the early to mid-20th century and beyond, the group focuses on small ensemble and chamber orchestra works, performed by both undergraduate and graduate students.</p>
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Modern Music Ensemble

<p>The University of Washington Modern Music Ensemble (Cristina Valdés, director) performs works by Jonathan Harvey, Wolfgang Rihm, Luciano Berio, Nicole Lizée, and an improvised duet for ensemble and conductor, led by School of Music professor Steph Richards.  </p>
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Ethnomusicology Visiting Artist Concert: Miguel Ballumbrosio, Afro-Peruvian Music and Dance

<p>Autumn Quarter Ethnomusicology Visiting Artist Miguel Ballumbrosio presents a performance of Afro-Peruvian dance and music traditions from the region of Chincha, where several generations of his family have been prominent culture bearers. He is joined by guest artists De Cajón and by his UW students from Music and Dance.</p>
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Ethnomusicology Visiting Artist Concert: Silvio Dos Reis, Afro-Brazilian Capoeira

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<p>Ethnomusicology Visiting Artist Silvio Dos Reis, known to his students as Mestre Silvinho, is a master of Capoeira Angola, an Afro-Brazilian martial art that integrates music, movement, and philosophy. In a culmination of his two-quarter residency at the UW, he and his UW students from Music and Dance present an end-of-quarter performance including music and movement of Capoeira Angola from Brazil.</p>
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Concerto Competition: Strings

<p>UW strings students compete for outside judges for a chance to perform with the UW Symphony. Adjudicators for this competition are conductor Sunny Xuecong Xia and violist Mara Gearman.</p>
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<p>Competitor: <strong>Hanu Nahm,</strong> violin<br /><strong>Alexander Kostadinov,</strong> piano</p>
<p>Violin Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 63<span>: </span><strong>Sergei Prokofiev<br /></strong>I. Allegro moderato </p>

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