Barry Liberman and Friends Master Class: Jordan Anderson

2:00 p.m.,��April 28 |��Brechemin Auditorium

Principal Bass of the Seattle Symphony Orchestra, Jordan Anderson leads a master class with students of Barry Lieberman.

Seattle Symphony Principal Bass Jordan Anderson has soloed with the Seattle Symphony, Cascade Symphony Orchestra and Seattle Chamber Orchestra, and in recital around Washington state. In April 2013, Anderson performed his composition Traction for Solo Double Bass at [untitled], the Seattle Symphony’s new-music series. Anderson has also performed with the Emerson String Quartet and Leon Fleisher, as well as The Philadelphia Orchestra at Carnegie Hall.

Angels in America Part II: Perestroika

April 24 – May 6��|��Floyd and Delores Jones Playhouse

Part two of Tony Kushner’s epic tale of AIDS in 1980s America begins in a ruined place where the old orders are splintering and everything—and everyone—has come apart. Prior Walter is a prophet, and now the “great work” of rebuilding this devastated world can begin. We meet characters who, having faced annihilation, must now confront their own stubborn indestructability. Profoundly funny, magnificently theatrical, and startlingly timely,��Perestroika��is a story about locating hope in the midst of chaos. The��New York��Times��called it “a true millennial work of art, uplifting, hugely comic and pantheistically religious in a very American style.”

Scholarship Chamber Group: Discovery Trio

7:30 p.m., April 28 |Brechemin Auditorium

Coached by 91̽��Strings Chair Melia Watras, the Discovery Trio— 91̽��graduate music students Gemma Goday, flute, Wyatt Smith, harpsichord, and Chris Young, cello—explores music from throughout the past four centuries, ranging from music of the early Baroque to contemporary compositions, performing both on period and modern instruments.

Catch a Rising Star: Yesong Sophie Lee, Violin

4:30 p.m., April 29 | Brechemin Auditorium

Promising young musicians from around the country are featured in this quarterly series hosted by the 91̽��Keyboard Program. Yesong Sophie Lee, winner of the 2016 International Menuhin Competition, has performed extensively in the United States and Europe, including concerti with the London Philharmonia and the Berlin��Konzerthaus��Orchestras and a subscription series of concerts in the Seattle Symphony’s 2017-18 season.

Ethnomusicology Visiting Artist: Ricardo Garcia, Spanish Flamenco Artist

7:30 p.m., May 3 | Brechemin Auditorium

Spring Quarter Ethnomusicology Visiting Artist Ricardo Garcia, a Spanish guitarist and leader of the group Flamenco Flow, performs with 91̽��students in this special performance of interpretations of��Flamenco��blended with other musical forms.

First Free Thursday at the Burke Museum

10:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m., May 3 | Burke Museum

On the first Thursday of every month, admission to the Burke Museum is FREE and the museum is open until 8 pm.

The Brink: Demian DinéYazhi´

April 14 – September 9 |��Henry Art Gallery

In this exhibition, transdisciplinary artist Demian DinéYazhi´ (born 1983) presents new work that expands upon their ongoing engagement with the entangled relationships between the land, Native cultures, and colonial, capitalist economic and political systems.

A group of analog slide projectors form the core of the installation, casting images and text throughout the space��to create a multi-layered narrative of DinéYazhi´’s��home place on��Diné Bikéyah (Navajo Nation) in Arizona and New Mexico��and its proximity��to uranium mining industries and the popular US thoroughfare Route 66.�� Stories of exploitation—of people and of natural resources—as well as survival, weave together alongside an overarching��concern with the legislation of borders imposed by the reservation system, and the resulting effects on the ways bodies move and form relations across its bounds.

The 2018 Henry Gala & Dance Party

6:00 p.m.,��April 21 |��Henry Art Gallery

91̽��faculty guitarist Michael Partington�� joins with duo partner Marc Teicholz of the San Francisco Conservatory for an evening of music composed or arranged for two guitars, including music by�� Joseph Haydn, Mauro Giuliani, Francis Poulenc, Dusan Bogdanovic, and others.

Angels in America Part II: Perestroika

April 24 – May 6��|��Floyd and Delores Jones Playhouse

Part two of Tony Kushner’s epic tale of AIDS in 1980s America begins in a ruined place where the old orders are splintering and everything—and everyone—has come apart. Prior Walter is a prophet, and now the “great work” of rebuilding this devastated world can begin. We meet characters who, having faced annihilation, must now confront their own stubborn indestructability. Profoundly funny, magnificently theatrical, and startlingly timely,��Perestroika��is a story about locating hope in the midst of chaos. The��New York��Times��called it “a true millennial work of art, uplifting, hugely comic and pantheistically religious in a very American style.”

Guest Artist Recital: Zhenni Li, Pianist

7:30 p.m., April 24 | Brechemin Auditorium

Hailed by The Philadelphia Inquirer for her “…big, gorgeous tone and a mesmerizing touch” and by the Concours Clara Haskil for her “sensitivity, finesse of touch and musical intelligence,” pianist Zhenni Li of the McGill School of Music has performed in the world’s great concert halls and won numerous prestigious piano competitions. Her April 24 recital at the School of Music, “Colors and Characters,” includes music by Debussy,��Lourié, and Schumann.�� She also leads a master class with 91̽��piano students on April 25.

The Brink: Demian DinéYazhi´

April 14 – September 9 |��Henry Art Gallery

In this exhibition, transdisciplinary artist Demian DinéYazhi´ (born 1983) presents new work that expands upon their ongoing engagement with the entangled relationships between the land, Native cultures, and colonial, capitalist economic and political systems.

A group of analog slide projectors form the core of the installation, casting images and text throughout the space��to create a multi-layered narrative of DinéYazhi´’s��home place on��Diné Bikéyah (Navajo Nation) in Arizona and New Mexico��and its proximity��to uranium mining industries and the popular US thoroughfare Route 66.�� Stories of exploitation—of people and of natural resources—as well as survival, weave together alongside an overarching��concern with the legislation of borders imposed by the reservation system, and the resulting effects on the ways bodies move and form relations across its bounds.

Calidore String Quartet with David Finckel and Wu Han

7:30 p.m., April 24 |��Meany Theater

Currently in residence with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, the Calidore String Quartet is quickly becoming the most decorated young quartet on the world’s stage — including earning the 2016 M-Prize, the largest award given for chamber music. For their Meany Center performance, this vibrant musical powerhouse teams up with two esteemed chamber musicians, pianist Wu Han and cellist David Finckel, to perform two of the most beloved works of the repertoire.

“The Calidore players are the epitome of confidence and finesse.”
—��Gramophone

PROGRAM
SCHUBERT: String Quintet in C Major, D. 956 (with David Finckel)
DVOŘÁK: Piano Quintet in A Major, Op. 81 (with Wu Han)

Kollar American Art Lecture – Michael Lobel

6:00 p.m.,��April 26 |��Henry Art Gallery

Iconic Encounter: Gordon Parks and Ella Watson in 1942

In the summer of 1942, Gordon Parks, then new to the photographic division of the Farm Security Administration, produced a remarkable series of images of federal employee Ella Watson. One of those pictures, widely taken as a riff on Grant Wood’s enduring American Gothic, became an icon itself, later classified by Time magazine as one of the most influential photographs of all time. This lecture will explore the historical context of Parks’ work and offer new, illuminating information about Ella Watson, whose life story has long been overshadowed by her photographic image.

Wind Ensemble & Symphonic Band

7:30 p.m.,��April 26 |��Meany Theater

The 91̽��Wind Ensemble and Symphonic Band present their spring quarter concert, featuring winners of the 91̽��Wind Ensemble Concerto Competition.

Faculty Recital: Carole Terry, Organ

7:30 p.m.,��April 27 | St. Alphonsus Perish

Faculty organist Carole Terry performs works of Buxtehude, J.S. Bach, Mendelssohn, and Brahms on the world-class Fritts/Richards organ at St. Alphonsus Parish in Ballard. Terry’s concert marks a return engagement; she also performed the 1984 inaugural concert of the instrument, whose design is based on a 17th century North German design esteemed by organists all over the world.

Kathleen Battle: Underground Railroad – a spiritual journey

8:00 p.m., April 14��|��Meany Theater

Soprano Kathleen Battle’s luminous voice has been called “…without qualification, one of the very few most beautiful in the world” (The Washington Post). Yet what distinguishes her most is her almost magical ability to create an unwavering bond with her audience. Returning to Seattle for the first time in two decades, the legendary opera star takes the Meany stage to explore traditional spirituals and the writings of Harriet Tubman and Frederick Douglass. She is joined by acclaimed jazz pianist Joel A. Martin and local choirs The Sound of the Northwest and 91̽��Chamber Singers.

Decolonizing Art and Land Relationships: A Conversation with Demian DinéYazhi´and Guests

1:00 p.m., April 14��| Henry Art Auditorium

How are Indigenous artists changing and subverting colonized narratives of relationships between art, land, and institutions? 2017 Brink Award Winner Demian DinéYazhi´ invites Tania Willard and Sara Siestreem to discuss approaches within and outside of institutional spaces that are rooted in Indigenous cultures and experiences. The conversation, moderated by Miranda Belarde-Lewis, will consider ways in which colonization has problematized the way land art and environmental works are understood in the broader, white-dominant field of contemporary art and art history.

The Brink: Demian DinéYazhi´

April 14 – September 9 |��Henry Art Gallery

In this exhibition, transdisciplinary artist Demian DinéYazhi´ (born 1983) presents new work that expands upon their ongoing engagement with the entangled relationships between the land, Native cultures, and colonial, capitalist economic and political systems.

A group of analog slide projectors form the core of the installation, casting images and text throughout the space��to create a multi-layered narrative of DinéYazhi´’s��home place on��Diné Bikéyah (Navajo Nation) in Arizona and New Mexico��and its proximity��to uranium mining industries and the popular US thoroughfare Route 66.�� Stories of exploitation—of people and of natural resources—as well as survival, weave together alongside an overarching��concern with the legislation of borders imposed by the reservation system, and the resulting effects on the ways bodies move and form relations across its bounds.

Faculty Recital: Craig Sheppard, piano; Sæunn Thorsteinsdóttir, cello

7:30 p.m.,��April 16 |��Meany Theater

Faculty colleagues Craig Sheppard, piano, and Sæunn Thorsteinsdóttir, cello, perform the Beethoven Cello Sonatas–Opus 5 #1 in F Major and Opus 102 #2 in D Major–and Rachmaninoff’s Cello Sonata Opus 19.

Faculty Recital: Michael Partington and Marc Teicholz, guitar

7:30 p.m.,��April 16 | Brechemin Auditorium

91̽��faculty guitarist Michael Partington�� joins with duo partner Marc Teicholz of the San Francisco Conservatory for an evening of music composed or arranged for two guitars, including music by�� Joseph Haydn, Mauro Giuliani, Francis Poulenc, Dusan Bogdanovic, and others.

Hubbard Street Dance Chicago

8:00 p.m., April 19 – 21 |��Meany Theater

Celebrating its 40th year as one of the most original forces in contemporary dance, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago has long been known for its exceptionally talented dancers and a diverse repertoire of adventurous choreography. This contemporary ballet company that “is going to take your breath away” (The Washington Post) is arguably at the top of its game. Their unparalleled versatility and virtuosity will be on full display as they perform works from choreographers such as Twyla Tharp, William Forsythe, Crystal Pite and Nacho Duato.

91̽��Chamber Orchestra with Melia Watras, viola

7:30 p.m., April 20��| Brechemin Auditorium

David Alexander Rahbee conducts members of the 91̽��Symphony in a program of works by Britten, Wagner, and Wolf. With 91̽��Strings Professor Melia Watras, viola.

Guest Lecture Recital: Paul Roberts, Piano

7:30 p.m., April 2��|��Brechemin Auditorium

Paul Roberts is internationally renowned for piano performance, scholarship, and pedagogy. His April 2 lecture-recital, “In the Mind’s Eye: The Piano Music of Claude Debussy,” honors the 100th anniversary of the composer’s passing.�� He also leads a master class with 91̽��piano students at 5 p.m. on April 3, Brechemin Auditorium.

Guest Artist Master Class: Paul Roberts, Piano

5:00 p.m.,��April 3��|��Brechemin Auditorium

Pianist Paul Roberts of the Guildhall School of Music & Drama in London leads a master class with 91̽��piano students.

Simon Trpčeski

7:30 p.m., April 5 |��Meany Theater

A favorite in concert halls around the globe, Macedonian pianist Simon Trpčeski is the consummate performer, infusing his performances with equal measures of glittering technique and thoughtful introspection. From the intimate world of Mendelssohn’s��Songs without Words��to the kaleidoscopic bombast of Rimsky-Korsakov’s��Scheherazade, Simon Trpčeski’s Meany Center program is set to dazzle and delight.

Diego El Cigala

8:00 p.m., April 7 |��Meany Theater

Three-time Grammy winner Diego El Cigala has been called “one of the most beautiful flamenco voices of our time,” by legendary guitarist Paco de Lucia. With a sound described as “natural, inspired [and] drop dead gorgeous” by the��BBC, El Cigala seamlessly melds the intoxicating rhythms and melodies of his Spanish Gitano heritage with styles ranging from bolero to tango, Afro-Caribbean jazz and Cuban son.

ArtVenture: Dream City Diorama

1:00 p.m., April 8 | Henry Art Gallery

Help sculpt a city that works for everyone. Families will think about how they benefit from their own neighborhoods and the differences, inequalities, or new ideas present in other places. Throughout the program, participants will create buildings and resources that contribute to a giant, collective, re-imagined city.

ArtVentures encourage families to think about art in new ways. Each month we take a big idea and explore it through playful and experimental activities. Drop in anytime between 1 and 3 p.m.!

Chamber Singers and University Chorale

7:30 p.m., March 2��|��Meany Theater

The Chamber Singers and University Chorale perform music from the Baltic states in their winter quarter concert, presented in collaboration with the 91̽��Baltic Studies Program. Highlights include Jaakko Mantyjarvi’s��Canticum Calamitatis Maritimae��and other works.

Writing Workshop: The Moment Before the Image

1:00 p.m., March 4��|��Henry Art Gallery

Join us for an afternoon of creative writing at the Henry led by poet Shin Yu Pai. Explore the ways that text can help navigate, capture, and create new experiences with visual and multi-sensory works of art. Participants will conduct poetic investigations in the galleries and take home drafts of new poems inspired by works of art from The Time. The Place. Contemporary Art from the Collection.

Un-dammed: Reflections on Art, Education, and Restoration of the Elwha River with Jamie Valadez, Eirik Johnson, and Langdon Cook

1:00 p.m.,��March 10 |��Henry Art Gallery

In 2011, the removal of the Elwha River Dam began after decades of tribal activism and an act of Congress. Forover a century, the dam, constructed in 1910 wreaked havoc on the ecosystem and violated the treaty rights of the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe. Since the removal of the Elwha River Dam and the nearby Glines Canyon Dam, the waters and land of this region have come back to life, salmon numbers have been steadily increasing, and important cultural sites of the Klallam people have been unearthed. What is there to learn from this historical moment of change? What led to this moment and what has followed?

Experts will share their experiences as they relate to each of their fields in art, writing, food, and education. Together,��we will investigate the successes and lessons learned from this historic project.

Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan

Cole Porter’s Anything Goes

March 2 – March 18��|��Floyd and Delores Jones Playhouse

All aboard the S.S. American! You’re in for rollicking good time on the high seas, complete with love, deception, celebrity-chasing, and probably even a glimpse of stocking (shocking!) Many of Cole Porter’s most infectious—and enduring—songs come from��Anything Goes, including “De-Lovely,” “I Get a Kick Out of You,” and, of course, “Anything Goes”. This giddy, salty, wisecracking musical-comedy will put a smile on your face and a tap in your toe.

Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan

8:00 p.m.,��March 22 – 24 | Meany Theater

Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan is renowned for transforming ancient aesthetic traditions into stunning modern celebrations of movement. Founder Lin Hwai Min, widely considered the most important choreographer in Asia, returns to Seattle with his company to perform his newest work,��Formosa��(“beautiful island”). Using gesture, script, song and other elements from the landscape and history of his native Taiwan, Lin and his dancers create a lustrous, transfigured realm of abstract beauty born of land and lore.

Master Class: Atar Arad, Viola

3:00 p.m.,��March 27 |��Brechemin Auditorium

Professor of Viola at the Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University, violist Atar Arad leads a master class with students of his former student, Melia Watras. Atar Arad was born in Tel Aviv, where he began his early musical education and violin studies. In 1968 he was one of a few young artists to be selected to study in the renowned Chapelle Musicale Reine Elisabeth under the patronage of the Queen of Belgium. In 1980 Arad moved from London to the U.S. in order to become a member of the Cleveland Quartet for the next seven years.��A late-bloomer composer, Arad wrote his first musical composition – a Solo Sonata for Viola in 1992. The Sonata was premiered in 1993 as part of Arad’s recital at the Viola Congress in Chicago and was published by the Israel Music Institute (1995).

Faculty Recital: Melia Watras and Atar Arad, Viola

7:30 p.m.,��March 28 |��Meany Theater

91̽��viola professor Melia Watras welcomes internationally renowned artist Atar Arad, her former teacher and fellow violist/composer, for a concert that centers on compositions by the two colleagues. Atar Arad is Professor of Viola at the Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University. Pairs will include works by Arad, Britten, Penderecki and Watras, with special guest violinist Michael Jinsoo Lim, concertmaster of Pacific Northwest Ballet.

Cole Porter’s Anything Goes

March 2 – March 18��|��Floyd and Delores Jones Playhouse

All aboard the S.S. American! You’re in for rollicking good time on the high seas, complete with love, deception, celebrity-chasing, and probably even a glimpse of stocking (shocking!) Many of Cole Porter’s most infectious—and enduring—songs come from��Anything Goes, including “De-Lovely,” “I Get a Kick Out of You,” and, of course, “Anything Goes”. This giddy, salty, wisecracking musical-comedy will put a smile on your face and a tap in your toe.

Jerusalem Quartet

7:30 p.m.,��March 13 | Meany Theater

For nearly a quarter century, the Jerusalem Quartet has toured the world, earning rave reviews for its warm, full sound and precise balance of voices — a balance so finely tuned that The New York Times recently described��the ensemble as “a single instrument with 16 strings.” They return to Meany Center with a program dominated by two of Bohemia’s cultural treasures, Janáček and Dvořák, as well as a glimpse of young Beethoven, with the composer’s first quartet.

Feathers of Fire: A Persian Epic

8:00 p.m.,��March 14 |��Meany Theater

Feathers of Fire tells the magical tale of starcrossed lovers Zaul and Rudabeh from the 10th-century Persian epic��Shahnameh��(The Book of Kings). This all-ages adventure updates the classic shadow play traditions of Asia and the Near East with breathtaking cinematic “live animation,” shadow-casting actors and puppets along with projected imagery. Featuring an original score by the acclaimed Iranian-American musical team, Loga Ramin Torkian & Azam Ali.

Dance Majors Concert

February 28 – March 4 |��Meany Studio Theater

Experience Modern Dance from a fresh and youthful perspective! Enjoy the exuberance as 91̽��Dance Majors express their creative voices through every aspect of dance–from choreography to production and design. These adventurous and innovative students may celebrate a master choreographer of the past or revel in creating their own original work, but one thing for sure – this concert is accessible to all yet challenging and highly entertaining.

Modern Music Ensemble

7:30 p.m.,��March 1 | Meany Theater

The 91̽�� Modern Music Ensemble, Cristina Valdés, director, performs works by Marc Andre Dalbavie, Betsy Jolas, and Pierre Boulez. With special guest conductor Seattle Symphony Music Director (and head of conducting at UW) Ludovic Morlot and faculty cellist Saeunn Thorsteinsdottir.

Intersections Pre-Concert Lecture: Jane Brown, 91̽��Professor Emerita, Germanics

4:00 p.m.,��March 4 | Brechemin Auditorium

Piano Professor Robin McCabe produces this quarterly series highlighting music inspired by great works of literature, performed by top 91̽��music students and special guests. Each performance includes a pre-concert lecture.

Pre-Concert Lecture, 4 p.m.:��Jane Brown, UW��Professor Emerita, Germanics
Concert: 4:30 pm ����

Imogen Cooper

7:30 p.m.,��March 6 |��Meany Theater

Recognized world-wide as an artist of deep insight and poetic poise, British pianist Imogen Cooper performs with a subtle power that never fails to impress. In March 2018, she brings a program to Meany Center that shines a light on her reputation as one of the foremost interpreters of classical and early Romantic repertoire — and the chance to hear a new work by acclaimed British composer Julian Anderson.

Cole Porter’s Anything Goes

March 7 – March 18 | Floyd and Delores Jones Playhouse

All aboard the S.S. American! You’re in for rollicking good time on the high seas, complete with love, deception, celebrity-chasing, and probably even a glimpse of stocking (shocking!) Many of Cole Porter’s most infectious—and enduring—songs come from��Anything Goes, including “De-Lovely,” “I Get a Kick Out of You,” and, of course, “Anything Goes”. This giddy, salty, wisecracking musical-comedy will put a smile on your face and a tap in your toe.

12 Ophelias (a play with broken songs)

February 13 – 25 | Glenn Hughes Penthouse Theater

In a neo-Elizabethan Appalachia, Ophelia rises out of the water, dreaming of Pop-Tarts and imagining how things might have gone differently for her. Hamlet is here, as Rude Boy. Gertrude is a brothel madam, and Rosencrantz and Guildenstern her androgynous helpers. Playwright Caridad Svich constructs a beguiling lyrical landscape out of broken desires and repaired ambitions.

Music of Today

7:30 p.m., February 21 | Meany Theater

The 91̽�� School of Music and The Center for Digital Arts and Experimental Media (DXARTS) present a program of original music and new works by current and former students of the 91̽��Composition program.

Faculty Recital: Craig Sheppard, Piano; Bach: The Art of the Fugue

7:30 p.m., February 23 |��Meany Theater

Chair of the 91̽��piano program and acclaimed concert pianist performs Bach’s masterwork, the culmination of his lifelong passion for fugal composition. Known for his passion at the keyboard, allied to technical mastery and a deep commitment to both scholarly and historical perspectives, Sheppard celebrates nearly fifty years on the international concert platform.��Sheppard’s repertoire is eclectic, comprising forty-plus recital programs and over sixty concerts spanning all major eras of Western classical music.

ArtVenture: Memory Treasures

1:00 p.m., February 11 |��Henry Art Gallery

How do memories and histories stay alive through objects?��Considering everything from jewelry, to toys, to monuments, families will think about things lost, remembered, and found. Participants will revisit important memories as they craft sculptures that they might gift or use as personal souvenirs of the past.

ArtVentures encourage families to think about art in new ways. Each month we take a big idea and explore it through playful and experimental activities.
Drop in anytime between��1 and 3 p.m.!

12 Ophelias (a play with broken songs)

February 13 – 25 | Glenn Hughes Penthouse Theater

In a neo-Elizabethan Appalachia, Ophelia rises out of the water, dreaming of Pop-Tarts and imagining how things might have gone differently for her. Hamlet is here, as Rude Boy. Gertrude is a brothel madam, and Rosencrantz and Guildenstern her androgynous helpers. Playwright Caridad Svich constructs a beguiling lyrical landscape out of broken desires and repaired ambitions.

Danish String Quartet

7:30 p.m., February 14 | Meany Theater

Fierce friends as well as colleagues, the Danish String Quartet is celebrated not only for their integrated sound and impeccable intonation, but for the infectious joy they bring to musicmaking. The quartet, which has been playing together since childhood, takes the stage at Meany with masterworks by Bartók and Beethoven — and a collection of Nordic folk music arranged by the quartet members.

“This is one of the best quartets before the public today.”
—��The Washington Post

Jazz Innovations Part 1 & 2

7:30 p.m., February 14 – 15 |��Brechemin Auditorium

Student jazz ensembles pay homage to the icons of jazz and break new ground with original progressive jazz compositions.

Garrick Ohlsson

7:30 p.m., February 16 | Meany Theater

A Seattle favorite returns to Meany Center. In the four decades since his legendary win at the International Chopin Competition, Garrick Ohlsson has blazed a clear path as one of the greatest pianists of our time. Praised both for his virtuosic firepower and subtle interpretations, Ohlsson’s program highlights his well-earned reputation for bringing beloved masterworks to life.

“What a sound! …no flailing or thumping or grandstanding, just an incredible technique with razor-sharp accuracy, producing a sound so lush it almost glistens.”
—��Seattle Times