This week in the arts, experience modern dance from a fresh and youthful perspective, hear UW鈥檚 modern music ensemble and top auditioned choirs, listen to a pre-show lecture by UW Germanics professor, see British pianist Imogen Cooper perform her classical repertoire, and aboard the S.S. American with the Musical Theater program鈥檚 performance of 鈥淎nything Goes!鈥�
Dance Majors Concert
February 28 – March 4 |聽Meany Studio Theater
Experience Modern Dance from a fresh and youthful perspective! Enjoy the exuberance as UW Dance Majors express their creative voices through every aspect of dance鈥揻rom 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.,聽March 1 | Meany Theater
The 天美影视传媒 Modern Music Ensemble, Cristina Vald茅s, 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, UW Professor Emerita, Germanics
4:00 p.m.,聽March 4 | Brechemin Auditorium
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.
Pre-Concert Lecture, 4 p.m.:聽Jane Brown, UW聽Professor Emerita, Germanics
Concert: 4:30 pm 聽聽
Imogen Cooper
7:30 p.m.,聽March 6 |聽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 鈥� and the chance to hear a new work by acclaimed British composer Julian Anderson.
Cole Porter鈥檚 Anything Goes
March 7 – March 18 | Floyd and Delores Jones Playhouse
All aboard the S.S. American! You鈥檙e 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鈥檚 most infectious鈥攁nd enduring鈥攕ongs come from聽Anything Goes, including 鈥淒e-Lovely,鈥� 鈥淚 Get a Kick Out of You,鈥� and, of course, 鈥淎nything Goes鈥�. This giddy, salty, wisecracking musical-comedy will put a smile on your face and a tap in your toe.