UW School of Music: (Im)migration – Music of Displaced Peoples

Bohuslav Martinů — Flute Sonata, H. 306
Sergei Prokofiev — Scenes from 'Romeo and Juliet' Op. 64
Edgard Varèse — Density 21.5

Bohuslav Martinů – Sonata for Flute and Piano, H. 306
Sergei Prokofiev – Scenes from Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64 for piano
Edgard Varèse – Density 21.5 for solo flute

University of Washington School of Music piano professor Robin McCabe produces this quarterly series highlighting music by composers affected by disaporas and migration. Each performance includes a pre-concert lecture by a UW faculty member. This performance features music by Bohuslav Martinů, Sergei Prokofiev, and Edgard Varèse, performed by top UW School of Music students, and a pre-concert lecture by Kathie Friedman, associate professor at the UW Jackson School of International Studies. The lecture is titled “Love the Stranger in Your Land as Yourself: In Defense of Immigration.”

The pre-concert lecture begins at 4:00pm.

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