Ring in the season with the Butler School of Music in this annual favorite. The concert will be anchored by our new Chamber Orchestra and choirs but will feature ensembles and student performers from across the program. You can expect to hear favorite carols and a few surprises.  

Asriel Davis, piano & organ 
Invoke String Quartet 

Meditation
Sketches in Sepia

William Grant Still
Ennanga

Zenobia Powell Perry, trans. McHenry
Homage 

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 

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 

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.