October 31, 2017
Arts Roundup: ‘Amazing Animals’ at the Burke, voice division recital and — Concerto Competition
This week: Have a fuzzy, slimy, cuddly and crawly fun time at the Burke; hear the School of Music’s Voice Division Recital; feel the competition heat up as strings students compete for an incredible opportunity; hear jazz students perform original compositions; see a special art history lecture on “highly staged repository of works” from the Mughal era; and feel the rhythm course through you as Noche Flamenca brings to the stage “the essence and integrity of one of the world’s most complex and mysterious art forms.”
AMAZING ANIMALS
November 12 | Burke Museum
VOICE DIVISION RECITAL
November 14 | Brechemin Auditorium
UW Music Voice faculty host this afternoon edition of the quarterly divisional recital by students of Thomas Harper, Kari Ragan, and Cyndia Sieden. This afternoon “Happy Hour” recital includes a post-concert mix-and-mingle and features performances by students from the UW vocal studios. More info.
CONCERTO COMPETITION: STRINGS
November 15 & 16 | Brechemin Auditorium
UW strings performance students compete for a chance to perform with the UW Symphony.
More info.
JAZZ INNOVATIONS, PART I & II
November 3 | Brechemin Auditorium
Student jazz ensembles pay homage to the icons of jazz and break new ground with original progressive jazz compositions. More info.
CUT, COPY, PASTE, REPEAT: IMITABILITY AND THE MUGHAL ALBUM
November 16 | Art Building 317
Between the seventeenth and the nineteenth centuries, the royal and colonial elites of South Asia patronized and collected an inordinate number of albums. The album, which usually, though not always, took the form of a codex, functioned as a highly staged repository of works on paper, from standalone portraits and nature studies, narrative illustrations, and Persian and Chagatai calligraphic specimens to European prints. Integral to this discussion is the place of artistic imitation, which is here understood as an activating, as opposed to derivative, process. More info.
SOLEDAD BARRIO & NOCHE FLAMENCA
November 16-18 | Meany Theater
Hailed by critics around the globe for their transcendent and deeply emotional performances, Soledad Barrio & Noche Flamenca return to Seattle for the first time since premiering the Bessie-nominated Antigona at Meany Hall in 2015. With spectacular dancing, cathartic song and virtuosic guitar, Noche Flamenca brings to the stage the essence and integrity of one of the world’s most complex and mysterious art forms. The program will include classic Noche Flamenca works, solos featuring Soledad Barrio, and the newly created La Ronde, a series of duets that explore the intimate human emotions of loneliness and desire. More info.
