UW News
May 24, 2007
Opera, symphony, wind ensemble, marimbas and jazz singing at School of Music
While out hunting, lovers Dido, Queen of Carthage (Lucy Weber), and Trojan prince Aeneas (Ryan Bede), pause to rest in a grove. Belinda (Hayley Baudrau), Dido’s confidante, entertains them with a song, while Second Woman (Madeline Biddle) and Sailor (Bryan Almond) look on. ‘Dido and Aeneas’ plays May 25-27 in Meany Studio Theater.
The music of an opera, a symphony, a wind ensemble, a percussion ensemble featuring marimbas and vocal performances by jazz groups and chamber singers are among offerings coming shortly from the UW School of Music.
- Dido and Aeneas, an opera by Henry Purcell, will be presented at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, May 25 and 26 and at 3 p.m. Sunday, May 27 in Meany Studio Theater. Tickets are $25, $15 for students and seniors, 206-543-4880.
- The Percussion Ensemble, directed by Tom Collier, will perform diverse works arranged for marimba at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 29, in the Meany Studio Theater. The performance also includes the Graduate Percussion Ensemble and Seattle Percussive Arts. Tickets are $10. 206-543-4880.
- The UW Chamber Singers will present a program focusing on a writer’s life and language in The Poet Sings: Music and the Life of the Poet at 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, May 29, in Meany Theater. Tickets are $10. 206-543-4880.
- The Studio Jazz Ensemble, the Modern Jazz Contingent and the Latin Jazz Ensemble will perform in concert at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 30, in Meany Theater. Tickets are $10. 206-543-4880.
- Graduate conducting students will lead the University Symphony in works by Vaughan Williams, Brahams, Prokofiev and Rimsky-Korsakov in a performance at 7:30 p.m. Friday, June 1, in Meany Theater. Tickets are $10. 206-543-4880.
- The UW Wind Ensemble, directed by Tim Salzman, will perform a free concernt at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, June 2, in the Illsley Ball Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, as part of the scheduled Community Celebration events for the Central Europe Music Festival: Bridging the 48th Parallel, taking place May 31 to June 9. For more information, visit online at www.seattlesymphony.org/_dwn/CentralEuropeMusicFestival.pdf.
- The UW Women’s Vocal Jazz and Vocal Jazz I ensembles, directed by Dave Cross, will perform Vocal Jazz Night III, featuring Daniel Rossi, jazz trombone soloist, at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, June 2, in the School of Music’s Brechemin Auditorium. Tickets are $5. 206-685-8384.
For more information about the School of Music and, its programs and performances, visit online at www.music.washington.edu/events.
