UW Jazz Studies students perform in small combos over two consecutive nights of original tunes, homage to the greats of jazz, and experiments in composing and arranging.

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Director Biographies

UW Jazz Studies students perform in small combos over two consecutive nights of original tunes, homage to the greats of jazz, and experiments in composing and arranging.

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Director Biographies

 

The Studio Jazz Ensemble (Jacob Zimmerman, director) performs big band arrangements and repertory selections. The Modern Band (Cuong Vu, director) performs innovative arrangements of jazz standards, selections from the outer limits of the genre, and new original compositions.

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Biographies

Indian Classical vocalist, educator, and composer Srivani Jade identifies deeply with the Khayal and Thumri traditions of North India, and devotional repertoire from the Bhakti movement. She performs with her UW students and special guests in this concert concluding her Winter Quarter residency aat the School of Music.

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Biography

Indian Classical Vocalist, composer and educator Srivani Jade was introduced to music at the age of four by her father Bhavani Prasad Jade and uncle Raghavendra Tilwalli. She has studied Khayal with Dr. Sharad Gadre in the Gwalior style and with Pandit Parameshwar Hegde in the Kirana style. She identifies deeply with the Bhakti tradition, and enjoys singing light classical music (Thumri-Dadra) and Devotional repertoire (Bhajans, Abhangs, Devaranama). 

Srivani grew up performing on the stage and radio, and winning competitions around India. She debuted as a Khayal singer in Ragamala's Utsav festival (Seattle, 2008) and Devanandan Ubhayaker Yuva Sangeet Utsav for emerging artists (Bengaluru, 2009). She has performed in venues in North America and India, such as Kalakendra (Portland), Ragamala (Seattle), Chhandayan (New York), Anindo Chatterjee Institute of Tabla (Seattle), Indian Music Society (Houston), Suburban Music Circle (Mumbai), and major music festivals such as the Sawai Gandharv Bhimsen Mahotsav (2014). As a soloist for Seattle-based B'shnorkestra's Global Concerto series (Tagore's Prarthona), her performance received critical acclaim in the 2016 Earshot Jazz Festival.

​Srivani is a composer of both classical (bandish, tarana) and devotional/sacred music (bhajans). She is deeply inspired by the poetry of Meera and Kabir, and frequently composes and sings them. Srivani's compositions inspired by Annette Solyst's miniature 'Peacock' paintings was featured as a month-long installation at Jack Straw New Media Gallery (Raag-rang) in 2014. Her work Soul Raga, featuring One-on-One dialogues between Indian Vocals and other World Music Traditions received grant support from 4Culture and Jack Straw Productions.

She has to her credit a growing number of solo albums of original music. She received an NEA grant for her musical composition work on the existential love poetry of Meera Bai (Astitva, 2011). She has composed and recorded theme vocals for independent films such as Tapasya (2003), Siddhanto (2014) and stage productions such as Indian Ink (Sound Theater Company, 2014).

Srivani is a sought after teacher/Guru in the Greater Seattle area. She serves as Visiting Artist with the University of Washington School of Music's Ethnomusicology program. She has also served residencies at UW Bothell, University of Puget Sound, Western Washington University, SMU Dallas, University of British Columbia (Canada), and arts non-profits such as Icicle Creek Center for the Arts and Jack Straw Productions. As a three-times Washington State Master grant recipient, she has worked as a Master Artist and trained apprentices in the traditions of Khayal, Thumri-Dadra, and Bhakti. As a Master Teaching Artist at ArtsWA's Center for Washington Cultural Traditions, she received two consecutive grants to teach and continue the tradition of Chaiti and Kajri from N/NE India (2021-22), and Marathi Abhangs (2022-23).

UW Jazz Studies students perform in small combos over two consecutive nights of original tunes, homage to the greats of jazz, and experiments in composing and arranging.

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Director Biographies

UW Jazz Studies students perform in small combos over two consecutive nights of original tunes, homage to the greats of jazz, and experiments in composing and arranging.

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Director Biographies

 

The Studio Jazz Ensemble (Jacob Zimmerman, director) performs big band arrangements and repertory selections. The Modern Band (Greg Sinibaldi, director) performs innovative arrangements of jazz standards, selections from the outer limits of the genre, and new original compositions.

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Biographies

The School of Music and the student-run Improvised Music Project (IMP) present IMPFest, featuring UW Jazz Studies students and faculty performing with guest artists of international renown. 

The School of Music and the student-run Improvised Music Project (IMP) present IMPFest, featuring UW Jazz Studies students and faculty performing with guest artists of international renown. 

UW Jazz Studies students perform in small combos over two consecutive nights of original tunes, homage to the greats of jazz, and experiments in composing and arranging.

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Director Biographies

UW Jazz Studies students perform in small combos over two consecutive nights of original tunes, homage to the greats of jazz, and experiments in composing and arranging.

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Director Biographies

 

The Studio Jazz Ensemble (Jacob Zimmerman, director) performs big band arrangements and repertory selections. The Modern Band (Greg Sinibaldi, director) performs innovative arrangements of jazz standards, selections from the outer limits of the genre, and new original compositions.

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Biographies