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January 23, 2025
From The Strad, Jan 29, 2024
Violinist Michael Jinsoo Lim performs ‘Hertabuise’ by violist–composer Melia Watras, a work for violin and narrator, setting a poem by poet Herbert Woodward Martin who performs as the narrator.
‘Hertabuise is part of my continued work with poet and friend Herbert Woodward Martin,’ wrote Watras. ‘I asked Herb if he was interested in a new collaboration, this time with him reading to a single violin, played by Michael Jinsoo Lim. Among the writings... Read more
January 23, 2025
Doppelgänger Dances for violin solo was written in 2017 by composer Melia Watras. Her husband, violinist Michael Jinsoo Lim, performs the work on the upcoming album Kinetic.
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January 12, 2025
December 11, 2024
School of Music students and alumni report recent awards, appointments, honors, and other academic and career achievements.
Alumna Kristin Vogel Lindemuth (DMA, Voice) took a starring role as Mimi in Tacoma Opera’s recent production of Puccini’s La Bohème at Pantages Theater. UW Voice professor Thomas Harper directed. School of Music students and alumni performing included Sarah Santos, Meliza Redulla, Mallory McCollum, Sydney Belden... Read more
December 11, 2024
Former longtime School of Music piano technician Susan Willanger Cady died in early September, 2024, after a long, recurring battle with cancer. Susan started work at the School of Music in the early 1990s, assisting Steve Brady, the School's former head piano technician, and was hired permanently in 1995. She retired in 2017.
A self-avowed “Steinway junkie,” Susan worked hand-in-hand at the School of Music with former tech Doug Wood, who came aboard upon Brady’s retirement, and together they... Read more
December 11, 2024
A community engagement initiative established at the School of Music last year has brought hundreds of elementary school children to the University of Washington over the past several quarters to observe rehearsals and performances in a guided listening format.
Through a partnership with Seattle educator and arts activist Emilia Kister and her company Common Thread Arts, LLC, the School of Music has engaged young listeners and their families and teachers in live music experiences intended to... Read more
December 11, 2024
The campaign to revitalize critical spaces in the University of Washington Music Building has reached an important milestone, with generous gifts from UW friends helping to secure funding necessary to unlock matching funds from UW leadership and to move the project to the next phase of planning.
School of Music acting director Joël-François Durand recently announced to faculty and staff that LMN Architects will be the official prime consultant and lead design team for the renovations.
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December 5, 2024
School of Music student Flora Cummings is known to her teachers and community for excelling in a variety of settings both on and off the concert stage. An undergraduate viola student of Melia Watras double majoring in Music and Wildlife Conservation, Cummings serves as co-principal violist of the UW Symphony, performs in the Seattle Collaborative Orchestra and the Leonore Chamber Orchestra, competes in Scottish highland dance competitions, and enjoys performing Scottish music with her family,... Read more
December 4, 2024
School of Music faculty report recent career milestones, new appointments, artistic achievements, publications, and other notable accomplishments.
Michael Brockman, Saxophone
Artist-in-residence Michael Brockman (saxophone) is celebrating his 30th year as the Artistic Director of the award-winning Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra (SRJO) with a season of concerts at Seattle's Benaroya Hall. Season performances include Duke Ellington's "Far East Suite" (Nov. 9 and 10), a... Read more
December 4, 2024
Music History professor Frederick Reece and his research on musical forgeries are cited extensively in "The Lost Haydn Sonatas," Episode Three of a five-episode series, Classical Deceptions, by journalist Phil Hebblethwaite on the BBC Radio 3 program "The Essay."
Episode Synopsis
The EssayClassical Deceptions: The Lost Haydn Sonatas
Thirty years ago, the classical music world hailed the discovery of six lost Haydn sonatas. Only it soon turned out... Read more