UW School of Music – Past Concerts
UW CarolFest
Wednesday, December 8, 2021 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
This popular annual program by UW Choirs features 7 conductors, 6 choral ensembles, 500 singers, 4 graduate conductors, 3 choral faculty, 2 hours of great music, & 1 impressive grand finale.
$10
UW Modern Music Ensemble
Monday, December 6, 2021 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Brechemin Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Louis Andriessen – Dubbelspoor for piano, harpsichord, celesta, & vibraphone/glockenspiel
Sylvano Bussotti – Selections from Sette Fogli: una collezione occulta
Pauline Oliveros – Elemental Gallop for flute, piano, cello, & voice
Frederic Rzewski – Spots for 4 instruments
Julius Eastman – Joy Boy
Sylvano Bussotti – Selections from Sette Fogli: una collezione occulta
Pauline Oliveros – Elemental Gallop for flute, piano, cello, & voice
Frederic Rzewski – Spots for 4 instruments
Julius Eastman – Joy Boy
Free
UW Gospel Choir
Monday, December 6, 2021 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
Phyllis Byrdwell leads the 100-voice UW Gospel Choir in songs of praise, jubilation, & other expressions of the Gospel tradition.
$10
UW Campus Philharmonia Autumn Quarter Concert
Saturday, December 4, 2021 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PST)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
The Campus Philharmonia, led/conducted entirely by UW conducting students, under the supervision of Dr. David Alexander Rahbee, performs its quarterly concert.
Free
UW Composition Studio
Friday, December 3, 2021 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Brechemin Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Emerging & established composers explore unconventional sonic landscapes in this concert of music by students, faculty, alumni, & guests of the UW Composition program.
Free
UW Chamber Singers & University Chorale
Thursday, December 2, 2021 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
The UW’s top auditioned choirs present their fall quarter concert.
$10
UW Percussion Ensemble
Wednesday, December 1, 2021 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
The University of Washington Percussion Ensemble (Bonnie Whiting, director) presents its Autumn Quarter concert.
$10
First Wednesday Concert Series: UW Baroque Ensemble
Wednesday, December 1, 2021 @ 12:30pm – 1:30pm (PST)
UW North Allen Library Lobby, Seattle, WA, United States
UW Baroque Ensemble performs in this lunchtime concert series co-hosted by UW Music & UW Libraries.
Free
UW Voice Division Recital
Tuesday, November 23, 2021 @ 4:00pm – 6:00pm (PST)
Brechemin Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Students of UW faculty Thomas Harper & Carrie Shaw perform works from the vocal repertoire.
Free
UW Baroque Ensemble
Sunday, November 21, 2021 @ 1:30pm – 3:30pm (PST)
Brechemin Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Giovanni Battista Fontana – Sonata No. 16 in C major for 3 violins
Biagio Marini – Sonata in ecco con tre violini, Op. 8, No. 44
Biagio Marini – Passacaglia, Op. 22, No. 25
Henry Purcell – Fantasia in Three Parts Upon a Ground, Z. 731
Johann Heinrich Schmelzer – Lamento sopra la morte di Ferdinand III
Johann Pachelbel – Canon & Gigue in D major, P. 37
Biagio Marini – Sonata in ecco con tre violini, Op. 8, No. 44
Biagio Marini – Passacaglia, Op. 22, No. 25
Henry Purcell – Fantasia in Three Parts Upon a Ground, Z. 731
Johann Heinrich Schmelzer – Lamento sopra la morte di Ferdinand III
Johann Pachelbel – Canon & Gigue in D major, P. 37
Free
First Wednesday Concert Series: Students of the UW Strings Program
Wednesday, November 3, 2021 @ 12:30pm – 1:30pm (PDT)
UW North Allen Library Lobby, Seattle, WA, United States
Students of the UW Strings Program perform in this lunchtime concert series co-hosted by UW Music & UW Libraries.
Free
UW Wind Ensemble: Chamber Winds Concert
Sunday, October 31, 2021 @ 1:30pm – 3:30pm (PDT)
Brechemin Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Bohuslav Martinů – Sextet for Piano & Wind Instruments, H. 174
Kurt Weill – Little Threepenny Music: Suite from The Threepenny Opera
Richard Strauss – Serenade in E-flat major, Op. 7
Chou Wen-Chung – Suite for Harp & Wind Quintet
Ruth Gipps – Seascape, Op. 63
Kurt Weill – Little Threepenny Music: Suite from The Threepenny Opera
Richard Strauss – Serenade in E-flat major, Op. 7
Chou Wen-Chung – Suite for Harp & Wind Quintet
Ruth Gipps – Seascape, Op. 63
Free (Free)
First Wednesday Concert Series: UW Choral Groups
Wednesday, October 6, 2021 @ 12:30pm – 1:30pm (PDT)
UW North Allen Library Lobby, Seattle, WA, United States
UW Choral Groups perform in this lunchtime concert series co-hosted by UW Music & UW Libraries.
Free
Creative Resonance: Bonnie Whiting, "Re-imagining Performance: Musical Connection in a Time of Social Distance"
Thursday, May 13, 2021 @ 12:30pm – 1:30pm (PDT)
Online event
Dr. Bonnie Whiting, Chair of Percussion Studies & Assistant Professor of Music, presents a talk on music-making in student & professional ensembles during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Free (Free (registration required))
UW Faculty Recital: Cristina Valdés, piano [LIVE]
Wednesday, May 5, 2021 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Online event
Wayne Horvitz – For Piano Alone, in Four Parts
Melia Watras – Otra vez
Carlos Sanchez-Gutierrez – Mano a Mano
Kotoka Suzuki – Shimmer, Tree / In Memoriam Jonathan Harvey
Eva-Maria Houben – méditations sur le piano 8 (carillon)
Tania León – Mística
Melia Watras – Otra vez
Carlos Sanchez-Gutierrez – Mano a Mano
Kotoka Suzuki – Shimmer, Tree / In Memoriam Jonathan Harvey
Eva-Maria Houben – méditations sur le piano 8 (carillon)
Tania León – Mística
Free
University of Washington & AVID: This is Beethoven – Beethoven’s Letters for Voice, Piano, & Movement (on-demand until 12/19/2020)
Wednesday, December 16, 2020 @ 8:00pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Online event
Actor Jeffrey Fracé, pianist Cristina Valdés, dancer Rachael Lincoln, & AVID dance collective explore excerpts from the letters of Ludwig van Beethoven.
Free (Free)
[BROADCAST] UW Symphony Orchestra: Beethoven Symphony No. 4, Mvt. 4
Tuesday, June 2, 2020 @ 4:00pm – 4:30pm (PDT)
Online event
A performance of the fourth movement of Ludwig van Beethoven's Symphony No. 4 in B-flat major, Op. 60, from November 1, 2019.
Free (Free)
[BROADCAST] UW Symphony Orchestra: Beethoven Symphony No. 4, Mvt. 1
Tuesday, May 26, 2020 @ 4:00pm – 4:30pm (PDT)
Online event
A performance of the first movement of Ludwig van Beethoven's Symphony No. 4 in B-flat major, Op. 60, from November 1, 2019.
Free (Free)
[BROADCAST] UW Chamber Singers: The Heart's Reflection
Saturday, May 23, 2020 @ 4:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
Online event
Doctoral student Gradual Carrick conducts the UW Chamber Singers in this performance of Daniel Elder's The Heart's Reflection.
Free (Free)
[BROADCAST] UW Faculty Recital: Sæunn Thorsteinsdóttir, cello
Thursday, May 21, 2020 @ 4:00pm – 5:30pm (PDT)
Online event
Johann Sebastian Bach – Suite No. 1 in G major, BWV 1007
Johann Sebastian Bach – Suite No. 3 in C major, BWV 1009
Johann Sebastian Bach – Suite No. 5 in C minor, BWV 1011
Johann Sebastian Bach – Suite No. 3 in C major, BWV 1009
Johann Sebastian Bach – Suite No. 5 in C minor, BWV 1011
Free (Free (registration required))
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