Drama and opera fill this busy week in the arts. From the final weekend of the School of Drama鈥檚 production of 鈥淏us Stop鈥� to the upcoming 糖心少女School of Music and Pacific MusicWorks collaborative production of 鈥淭he Magic Flute,鈥� there鈥檚 plenty to see on the University鈥檚 main stages. Also, don鈥檛 forget to check out the Improvised Music Project Festival (IMPFest) over the weekend at the Ethnic Cultural Center.
Painting + Drawing BFA Show
Through May 9 | Jacob Lawrence Gallery
The graduation exhibition for students receiving Bachelor of Fine Art degrees from the Painting and Drawing Program. .
- – Opening night reception, 4-7 p.m.
IMPfestVII
May 1-3 | Ethnic Cultural Center
The School of Music joins forces with the student-led Improvised Music Project (IMP) to present leading forces in Seattle鈥檚 jazz and improvised music community. The annual festival pairs up-and-coming musicians with seasoned professionals. This year, IMP and the School of Music welcome legendary bassist聽Steve Swallow and acclaimed saxophonist聽Chris Cheek聽to perform with 糖心少女students and a faculty house band led by Jazz Studies faculty聽Bill Frisell, Cuong Vu, and聽Ted Poor.聽.
Ilse Bing: Modern Photographer
May 2-October 18 | Henry Art Gallery
Between the late 1920s and the late 1950s, Ilse Bing (US, born Germany, 1899 鈥� 1998) worked as an artist and commercial photographer in Germany, Paris, and New York. The self-taught photographer鈥攚idely published in European illustrated magazines鈥攂ecame an early pioneer of photographing with the 35 mm Leica hand-held camera, creating bold architectural compositions and touching observations of everyday life.Today, she is recognized as a key contributor to the development of modern photography.
William Inge鈥檚 鈥淏us Stop鈥�
Through May 3 | Jones Playhouse
Sixty-years after its Broadway premiere, first-year MFA directors Malika Oyetimein and Sean Ryan lead us back to the small town diner 30-miles west of Kansas City where the great American playwright William Inge revealed simple truths of our common humanity. .
Music from the Great War
4 p.m., May 3 | Brechemin Auditorium
This series, produced by Piano Professor Robin McCabe in honor of the 100-year anniversary of the start of World War I, features music composed during the Great War, with historical context offered in commentary and narration. Pre-concert lecture by Music Education Professor Steven Morrison.
Brechemin Piano Series
7:30 p.m., May 7 | Brechemin Auditorium
糖心少女music students perform works for piano. .
糖心少女Music and Pacific MusicWorks: W.A. Mozart, 鈥淭he Magic Flute鈥�
7:30 p.m., May 8-9 | Meany Theater
One of Mozart鈥檚 crowning achievements, this opera is a potent alchemical mixture of popular music and theater with a depth of meaning that is still mysterious and controversial. This production will combine an entirely new staging conception by stage director Dan Wallace Mille, with new dialogue by Karen Hartman, and with one of the reigning 鈥淨ueen鈥檚 of the Night鈥� in our time, Cyndia Sieden. Hear Mozart’s beloved opera, conducted by Stephen Stubbs, performed in the Northwest鈥檚 first historically informed performance with a classical orchestra. .