Join us at the school’s Brechemin Auditorium for more than 60 concerts and music-related events offered free of charge in 2016-17, thanks to the generosity of School of Music friend Mina B. Person. A member of the Brechemin family that has made so much possible for students at the school over the past five decades, Person’s gift creates learning and performance opportunities for School of Music students and the greater UW Music community.
Free Admission to Select Concert Season Events in 2016-17
Admission to all events listed below is free, thanks to thoughtful support from School of Music friend Mina Person.
Oct. 23 (Sun)
Wind Ensemble Chamber Winds
Members of the UW Wind Ensemble perform works arranged for small ensembles.
Brechemin Auditorium, 1:30 pm
Oct. 25, 26 (Tue, Wed)
Guest Artist Recital and Master Class: Eduardus Halim, piano
Professor of piano studies at New York University performs the colorful, evocative “Goyescas,” by Spanish composer Enrique Granados on Oct. 25 and leads a free master class with UW piano students on Oct. 26.
Oct. 25 Recital: 7:30 pm, Brechemin Auditorium
Oct. 26 Master Class: 4:30 pm, Brechemin Auditorium
Oct. 28 (Fri)
Marc Seales: Piano Jazz
Noted Northwest jazz pianist Marc Seales, a professor in the UW’s Jazz Studies program, presents a program of music for solo piano in the first performance of this quarterly piano series.
Brechemin Auditorium, 7:30 p.m.
Oct. 28 (Fri)
Littlefield Organ Series: Halloween Organ Concert
Students of Carole Terry perform spooky organ classics—including Bach’s Toccata and Fugue in D minor—on the UW’s Littlefield Organ.
Walker-Ames Room, Kane Hall, 7:30 pm
Nov. 10 (Thu)
Brechemin Piano Series
UW music students perform works for piano.
Brechemin Auditoriumm 7:30 p.m.
Nov. 12 (Sat)
Symposium: Music of Max Reger
UW Music and Seattle’s St. Mark’s Cathedral co-present a symposium celebrating the organ music of German composer Max Reger November 11 and 12 at the School of Music, with affiliated events at Seattle’s St. Mark’s Cathedral.
Lecture: “What to Listen for in the Music of Max Reger”
Jonathan Bernard, School of Music
2:45 pm, Brechemin Auditorium
Lecture: “The Chamber Works of Max Reger”
Christopher Anderson, Southern Methodist University
4 pm, Brechemin Auditorium
Recital: Chamber Music of Max Reger
This recital showcases little-known works by Reger, performed by School of Music students and faculty, including selected lieder sung by Music History professor Stephen Rumph. Program includes Clarinet Sonata in F-sharp Minor, Op 49, No. 2; Serenade in D Major, Op 77a; Cello Sonata in A Minor, Op. 116; and other works.
Brechemin Auditorium, 7:30 pm
Nov. 13 (Sun)
Barry Lieberman and Friends Recital: Ted Botsford, double bass
A solo recital by Seattle Symphony principal bass Ted Botsford kicks off the 2016-17 Barry Lieberman and Friends series, featuring master classes and recitals by noted performers, including Seattle Symphony players, touring symphony musicians, young innovators, and rising classical music stars. Botsford also presents a free master class at the same time and location on Saturday, Nov. 19.
Brechemin Auditorium, 2 pm
Nov. 15 (Tue)
Concerto Competition: Strings
UW strings performance students compete for a chance to perform with the UW Symphony.
Brechemin Auditorium, 7:30 pm
Nov. 18 (Fri)
Concerto Competition: Piano/Keyboard
UW keyboard performance students compete for a chance to perform with the UW Symphony.
Brechemin Auditorium, 7:30 p.m.
Nov. 19 (Sat)
Barry Lieberman and Friends Master Class: Ted Botsford, double bass
Seattle Symphony principal bass Ted Botsford leads a free master class with students of Barry Lieberman.
Brechemin Auditorium, 2 pm
Nov. 21 (Mon)
Concerto Competition: Brass, Woodwind, and Percussion
UW instrumental performance students compete for a chance to perform with the UW Symphony.
Brechemin Auditorium, 7:30 p.m.
Nov. 22 (Tue)
Baroque Ensemble
Carole Terry and Tekla Cunningham direct UW music students in a program of music of the Baroque era.
Brechemin Auditorium, 7:30 pm
Nov. 28 (Mon)
Voice Division Recital
UW voice students present their fall quarter divisional recital.
Brechemin Auditorium, 7:30 pm
Dec. 1 (Thu)
Brechemin Piano Series
UW music students perform works for piano.
Brechemin Auditorium, 7:30 p.m.
Dec. 2 (Fri)
Scholarship Chamber Group: Corda Quartet
The School of Music presents the debut UW performance of Corda Quartet—violinists Heather Borror and Judith Kim, violist Emmeran Pokorny, and cellist Yang Lu—co-winners of the 2016 UW Strings and Piano Chamber Ensemble Competition.
Brechemin Auditorium, 7:30 p.m.
Dec. 4 (Sun)
Intersections: Music, Words, and Pictures
Pre-concert lecture: Leroy Searle, UW Professor of English:
“Listening with Your Eyes Open”
Piano Professor Robin McCabe produces this quarterly series highlighting music inspired by great works of literature, performed by top UW music students and special guests. Each performance includes a pre-concert lecture.
Program:
Lori Laitman: Four Dickinson Songs
Yoojeong Cho, soprano
Sibelius: The Swan of Tuonela
Logan Esterling, English horn
Schumann: From Fantasy Pieces, Op. 12
Andrew Chen, piano
Ravel: “Mother Goose Suite,” piano, four hands
Irene Chen, Kay Yeh, piano
Nikita Koshkin: Usher Waltz
Connor Ritchie, guitar
Franz Liszt: Sposalizio
Steven Damouni, piano
Brechemin Auditorium
Lecture: 4 pm
Concert: 4:30 pm
Dec. 6 (Tue)
Ethnomusicology Visiting Artist Concert
Marisol Berríos-Miranda and Students
Caribbean Music and Dance
Fall Quarter Ethnomusicology Visiting Artist Marisol Berríos-Miranda is joined by her students in a performance of music and dance from the Caribbean traditions, exploring the rhythms of salsa, plena, bomba, merengue, and rumba.
Brechemin Auditorium, 7:30 pm
Dec. 7 (Wed)
Jazz Innovations, Part I
Student jazz ensembles pay homage to the icons of jazz and break new ground with original progressive jazz compositions.
Brechemin Auditorium, 7:30 p.m.
Dec. 8 (Thu)
Jazz Innovations, Part II
Student jazz ensembles pay homage to the icons of jazz and break new ground with original progressive jazz compositions.
Brechemin Auditorium, 7:30 p.m.
Jan.12 (Thu)
Lecture-Recital: Dainius Vaicekonis, piano
UW alumnus and former artist-in-residence Dainius Vaicekonis, now head of keyboard studies at Seattle Pacific University, presents a lecture-recital focused on aspects of unity in the last three piano sonatas of Beethoven: Opus 109, Opus 110, and Opus 111.
Brechemin Auditorium, 7:30 p.m.
Jan. 15 (Sun)
Littlefield Organ Series: Timothy Olsen
Professor of Organ at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts performs a recital on the UW’s Littlefield Organ.
Walker-Ames Room, Kane Hall, 3 pm
Jan. 19 (Thu)
Guest Artist Recital and Master Class: Arthur Greene, piano
Pianist Arthur Greene of the University of Michigan leads a free master class with UW piano students. Greene also presents a solo piano recital.
Brechemin Auditorium
Recital: 7:30 pm
Feb 2 (Thu)
Scholarship Chamber Group: Evergreen Trio
Co-winners of the School of Music’s 2016 Strings and Piano Chamber Competition, the Evergreen Trio, coached by faculty cellist Sæunn Thorsteinsdóttir, features the musical talents of Natalie Ham, flute, Vijay Chalasani, viola, and Lauren Wessels, harp.
Brechemin Auditorium, 7:30 p.m.
Feb. 9 (Thu)
Brechemin Piano Series
UW music students perform works for piano.
Brechemin Auditorium, 7:30 p.m.
Feb.10 (Fri)
Guitar Studio Recital
Students of Michael Partington perform works for classical guitar.
Brechemin Auditorium, 7:30 p.m.
Feb. 12 (Sun)
Scholarship Recital
UW Music scholarship students--including the 2016-17 Brechemin Scholars—are presented in recital.
Brechemin Auditorium, 2 p.m.
Feb. 15 (Wed)
Jazz Innovations, Part I
Student jazz ensembles pay homage to the icons of jazz and break new ground with original progressive jazz compositions.
Brechemin Auditorium, 7:30 p.m.
Feb. 16 (Thu)
Jazz Innovations, Part II
Student jazz ensembles pay homage to the icons of jazz and break new ground with original progressive jazz compositions.
Brechemin Auditorium, 7:30 pm
Feb. 17 (Fri)
Marc Seales: Piano Jazz
Noted Northwest jazz pianist Marc Seales, a professor in the UW’s Jazz Studies program, performs solo and with special guests in this quarterly piano series.
7:30 p.m., Brechemin Auditorium
Feb. 18, 19 (Sat, Sun)
Barry Lieberman and Friends Master Class and Recital: Chris Burns
Tacoma Symphony principal bass Chris Burns leads a master class with students of Barry Lieberman on Feb. 18 and performs a recital of music composed or arranged for double bass on Feb. 19.
Brechemin Auditorium, 2 p.m.
Feb 18 (Sat)
Faculty Recital: Cyndia Sieden, soprano; Rhonda Kline, piano
Noted Northwest soprano and UW voice instructor Cyndia Sieden and pianist Rhonda Kline, head of accompanying for UW Music, present a concert of arias and art songs for voice and piano.
Brechemin Auditorium, 5:30 p.m
Feb. 21 (Tue)
Baroque Ensemble
Carole Terry and Tekla Cunningham direct UW music students in a program of music of the Baroque era.
Brechemin Auditorium, 7:30 pm
Feb. 26, 28 (Sun, Tue)
Guest Artist Recital and Master Class: Stephen Drury, piano
Pianist Stephen Drury of the New England Conservatory performs Charles Ives’ First Sonata, Beethoven’s Sonata Op. 109, and the Lachenmann Serynade on Feb. 26 and leads a master class with UW piano students on Feb. 28.
Brechemin Auditorium
Feb. 28 Master Class: 4:30 p.m.
Feb. 27 (Mon)
Voice Division Recital
Students of Thomas Harper, Kari Ragan, and Cyndia Sieden perform art songs and arias from France, Germany, Italy, and beyond.
Brechemin Auditorium, 7:30 pm
Mar. 2 (Thu)
Brechemin Piano Series
UW music students perform works for piano.
Brechemin Auditorium, 7:30 p.m.
Mar 5 (Sun)
Intersections: Music, Pictures, and Words
Pre-Concert Lecture: Catherine Roche, UW Lecturer, Art
Sudden Shower Over the Seine: Japanese Woodblock Prints in Paris
Piano Professor Robin McCabe produces this quarterly series highlighting music inspired by great works of literature, performed by top UW music students and special guests. Each performance includes a pre-concert lecture. For the March 5 program, Catherine Roch of the School of Art delivers a pre-concert lecture and UW music students perform works by Debussy, Takemitsu, and others.
Program
Debussy: Images, Book 2
Laure Struber, piano
Takemitsu: And then I knew ’twas Wind
The Evergreen Trio: Natalie Ham, flute; Vijay Chalasani, viola; Lauren Wessels, harp
Brechemin Auditorium
Lecture: 4 pm
Concert: 4:30 pm
Mar. 7 (Tue)
Ethnomusicology Visiting Artist Concert
Paco Diez and Students
Spanish Sephardic Folk Music
Winter Quarter Ethnomusicology Visiting Artist Paco Diez, considered one of the most important musicians in Judeo-Spanish music, is joined by his students in this performance of Sephardic folk music from the Iberian musical tradition.
Brechemin Auditorium, 7:30 pm
Apr. 6 (Thu)
Brechemin Piano Series
UW music students perform works for piano.
Brechemin Auditorium, 7:30 p.m.
Apr. 11 & 12 (Tue, Wed)
Master Class and Recital: Barry Snyder, piano
Barry Snyder, professor of piano at the Eastman School of Music, performs works by Frank Bridge, Alberto Ginastera, and others in his April 11 recital and leads a free master class with UW piano students on April 12.
April 12 Master Class: 4:30 pm
Brechemin Auditorium
Apr. 14 (Fri)
Marc Seales: Piano Jazz
Noted Northwest jazz pianist Marc Seales, a professor in the UW’s Jazz Studies program, performs solo and with special guests in this quarterly piano series.
7:30 p.m., Brechemin Auditorium
Apr. 15 (Sat)
Kari Ragan: My Mezzos and Me!
Faculty artist Kari Ragan, soprano, joins colleagues Dawn Padula, mezzo-soprano (University of Puget Sound), and Melissa Shiel, mezzo-soprano (Central Washington University), in collaboration with Nikolas Caoile, piano (CWU), in an afternoon of arias, duets and trios by composers such as Strauss, Puccini, and Mozart.
Brechemin Auditorium, 4 pm
Apr. 21 (Fri)
UW Chamber Orchestra with Mary Lynch, oboe; UW Chamber Singers
David Alexander Rahbee and Stephen Stubbs conduct members of the UW Symphony and faculty artist (and Seattle Symphony principal) Mary Lynch, oboe; and members of the UW Chamber singers in a program of works by Purcell, Bach, Telemann, and Haydn.
Purcell: Theatrical Music
(Stephen Stubbs, conductor)
Bach: Cantata No. 26, “Ach wie flüchtig, ach wie nichtig”
Telemann: Oboe Concerto in E Minor, TWV 51
Haydn: Symphony No. 39 in G Minor
Brechemin Auditorium, 7:30 pm
Apr. 23 (Sun)
Littlefield Organ Series: Julia Brown
Naxos recording artist Julia Brown, director of music and organist at First United Methodist Church in Eugene, Oregon, performs a recital on the UW’s Littlefield Organ.
Walker-Ames Room, Kane Hall, 3 pm
Apr. 28 (Fri)
UW Chamber Orchestra with Luke Fitzpatrick, violin
David Alexander Rahbee conducts members of the UW Symphony and UW violinist Luke Fitzpatrick in a program of works by Vasks and Mozart.
Pēteris Vasks: Distant Light
Mozart: Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, K550
Brechemin Auditorium, 7:30 pm
May 4 (Thu)
Brechemin Piano Series
UW music students perform works for piano.
Brechemin Auditorium, 7:30 p.m.
May 7 (Sun)
Intersections: Music, Words, and Pictures
Pre-Concert Lecture: Ron Moore, UW Philosophy
The Line of Thought: Lyrical Power in Words, Music, and Painting
Piano Professor Robin McCabe produces this quarterly series highlighting music inspired by great works of literature, performed by top UW music students and special guests. Each performance includes a pre-concert lecture. The May 7 program includes a pre-concert lecture by UW Philosophy Professor Ronald Moore, and performances by UW piano and voice students.
Franz Liszt: Dante Sonata
Gabriel Manalac, piano
Songs from Shakespeare texts
Gemma Balinbin, voice
Brechemin Auditorium
Lecture: 4 pm
Concert: 4:30 pm
May 11 (Thu)
Scholarship Chamber Group: Evergreen Trio
Co-winners of the School of Music’s 2016 Strings and Piano Chamber Competition, the Evergreen Trio, coached by faculty cellist Sæunn Thorsteinsdóttir, features the musical talents of Natalie Ham, flute, Vijay Chalasani, viola, and Lauren Wessels, harp.
Brechemin Auditorium, 7:30 p.m.
May 13 (Sat)
Frequency: Bach Refractions
Frequency turns its lens on Bach in this performance by the trio—UW faculty members Sæunn Thorsteinsdóttir (cello) and Melia Watras (viola), and Pacific Northwest Ballet concertmaster Michael Jinsoo Lim (violin)—of selections from Bach’s Goldberg Variations, arranged for string trio. Works from each instrument’s solo repertoire demonstrating other composers’ takes on Bach rounds out the program by this dynamic group of top-flight musicians.
Brechemin Auditorium, 7:30 pm
May 15 (Mon)
Voice Division Recital
Students of Thomas Harper, Kari Ragan, and Cyndia Sieden perform art songs and arias from France, Germany, Italy, and beyond.
Brechemin Auditorium, 7:30 pm
May 17 (Wed)
Jazz Innovations, Part I
Student jazz ensembles pay homage to the icons of jazz and break new ground with original progressive jazz compositions.
Brechemin Auditorium, 7:30 p.m.
May 18 (Thu)
Jazz Innovations, Part II
Student jazz ensembles pay homage to the icons of jazz and break new ground with original progressive jazz compositions.
Brechemin Auditorium, 7:30 p.m.
May 20, 21 (Sat, Sun)
Barry Lieberman and Friends Master Class: Catalin Rotaru
Virtuoso bassist Catalin Rotaru, professor of Music at Arizona State University, leads a master class with students of Barry Lieberman on May 20 and performs a recital of music composed or arranged for double bass on May 21.
Brechemin Auditorium, 2 p.m.
May 23 (Tue)
Baroque Ensemble
Carole Terry and Tekla Cunningham direct UW music students in a program of music of the Baroque era.
Brechemin Auditorium, 7:30 pm
May 25 (Thu)
Brechemin Piano Series
UW music students perform works for piano.
Brechemin Auditorium, 7:30 p.m.
May 26 (Fri)
Guitar Studio Recital
Students of Michael Partington perform music performed or arranged for classical guitar.
Brechemin Auditorium, 7:30 pm
May 27 (Sat)
Scholarship String Quartet: Corda Quartet
The School of Music presents the Corda Quartet—violinists Heather Borror and Judith Kim, violist Emmeran Pokorny, and cellist Yang Lu—the UW’s scholarship string quartet for the 2016-17 academic year.
Brechemin Auditoriumm, 7:30 p.m.
A full listing of all events on the UW Music 2016-17 concert season is available here.