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I Dissent: Songs of American Protest

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Lee Hoiby
Lady of the Harbor from Three Women

Evan Mack 
Preach Sister, Preach 

Patrice Michaels
The Long View: A Portrait of Ruth Bader Ginsburg in Nine Songs 

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Mikhail Smigelski, bass 
Margarita Denenburg, piano 
Rick Rowley, piano 
Featuring Butler School violin, cello, and voice students

Dmitri Shostakovich
Preludes, op. 34 (Nos. 1-12)
Piano Trio No. 1 in C Minor, Poème, op. 8
Antiformalist Raylok 

Members of the Miró Quartet wear black suits and gather around a white couch holding their instruments.

with Wilhelm Magner, viola

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Daniel Ching, violin
William Fedkenheuer, violin
John Largess, viola
Joshua Gindele, cello

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 
String Quintet No. 4 in G Minor, K. 516

Franz Schubert 
String Quartet No. 15 in G Major, D. 887 

Jazz pianist Jason Moran hugs himself wearing a red and white plaid blazer.

with UT Jazz Orchestra

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In this extraordinary concert, Moran begins with a solo piano journey through Ellington’s iconic works—his personal ascent up “Mount Ellington”—before being joined onstage by UT’s acclaimed jazz orchestra for a thrilling big band finale. Experience Ellington’s timeless genius, boldly reimagined for a new generation.

Pianist Behzod Abduraimov in a suit leaning on a piano
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Farkhad Khudyev, conductor  
Behzod Abduraimov, piano

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky 
Polonaise from Eugene Onegin 
Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat Minor, op. 23

Margaret Bonds 
Montgomery Variations 

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Thomas Burritt, director

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Take an inside look at our harp faculty member, Mallory McHenry! See how she integrates her teaching at the Butler School of Music with teaching Harp in the public school system around Austin.

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Marc Sosnowchik

Director, New Music Ensemble
Associate Director, Longhorn Band
Assistant Director of Bands

Patti Wolf

Assistant Professor of Practice in Collaborative Piano