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Emily Acri

Winter 2025 Student and Alumni Notes

March 6, 2025
School of Music students and alumni report recent recordings, appointments, prestigious engagements, new career directions, and a pageant win. Emily Acri (’20 DMA, Strings) began a new position in January 2025 as the education and community engagement coordinator at Seattle Chamber Music Society (SCMS). This role helps to facilitate an array of programs that SCMS offers, including the SCMS Youth Academy and the new Adult Academy, the SCMS Lecture Series, Azure Family Concerts... Read more
Matthew Wu, alumnus

Passages: Matthew Wu, School of Music alumnus

March 5, 2025
Matthew Zhong Qing Wu passed away on November 19, 2024, a few months after his 38th birthday. He was a brave warrior in his 15-month long battle with lung cancer. A beloved husband, father, son, brother, uncle and friend, he graced this earth with his intelligence and gentleness, and made the world a better place.  Born in San Francisco, California, Matt grew up in Vancouver, Washington and attended Skyview High School. He played the violin in the Portland Youth Philharmonic, with whom he... Read more
UW students and alumni in Tacoma Opera's production of La Boheme.

Fall 2024 Student and Alumni Notes

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
Miguel Ballumbrosio

School of Music co-hosts Seattle Participatory Arts Network conference Nov. 21-24, 2024

November 20, 2024
Students, educators, and community members interested in participatory music-making gather at the University of Washington November 21-24 for a Seattle Participatory Arts Network conference. This four-day gathering will focus on participatory practices, especially music and dance, that encourage people of diverse skills and abilities to engage creatively.  Events are at the UW Waterfront Activities Center (3710 Montlake Blvd NE, Seattle, WA 98195) and the Seattle Amistad School (1501 10th Ave E... Read more
Alumnus Jerry Jensen

Passages: Jerald H. "Jerry" Jensen

September 14, 2024
Tech expert and musician Jerry Jensen passed away 2024 July 31 in California, where he had lived since 1975, from complications due to kidney failure. He was 74. Jerry was the middle son of Norman and Laura Jensen, and grew up in the Ravenna Park neighborhood of Seattle. He played French horn in the Seattle Youth Symphony and kept playing throughout his life. His father was a band director at Ballard High School and later a producer/director at a new KCTS television station. His mother was a... Read more
Doctoral student Daren Weissfisch (DMA, Orchestral Conducting). Photo: UW Photography.

Summer 2024 Student and Alumni Notes

June 18, 2024
School of Music students and alumni report recent academic and artistic appointments, awards and distinctions and new career directions in the beginning weeks of Summer 2024. School of Music doctoral student Daren Weissfisch (DMA, Orchestral Conducting) was recently announced as the new music director of Seattle’s Lake Union Civic Orchestra. The selection followed a year-long search and a season of auditions. “The orchestra and the audience loved his infectious energy... Read more
School of Music choral conducting alumni Jen Rodgers and Leann Conley Holcom (Photo: Joanne DePue).

Alumni, friends return to campus for second annual UW Music Homecoming

June 14, 2024
School of Music friends and alumni returned to campus on May 31, 2024 for the second annual UW Music Homecoming. Co-hosted by the School of Music and the UW Alumni Association, the event followed a performance by the UW Symphony Orchestra and Combined UW Choirs at Meany Hall, the final School of Music performance at Meany for the 2023-24 concert season.  Held at the Hans Rosling Center for Population Health, the reception included live jazz by a UW student trio featuring Toby Miller, drums;... Read more
School of Music graduate Olivia Wang has been awarded the 2024 Arts and Sciences Dean's Medal (Photo: Joanne DePue).

School of Music graduate Olivia Wang awarded College of Arts and Sciences Dean’s Medal

June 14, 2024
School of Music graduate Olivia Wang has been named a 2023-24 recipient of the University of Washington College of Arts and Sciences Dean’s Medal, a distinction awarded to the top graduating senior of each division of the College.  “This is one of the most distinguished honors we bestow, and I’m very pleased to commend you on your amazing record of academic achievement,” wrote Arts and Sciences Dean Dianne Harris in her commendation letter to Wang.  Along with making exceptional progress in... Read more
Students of piano professor Craig Sheppard

Spring 2024 Student and Alumni Notes

May 23, 2024
School of Music students and alumni report recent honors, performances, career milestones, and other notable achievements.  Alumna Jiannan Cheng (’16 MM, Wind Conducting), former student of Timothy Salzman, recently returned from Romania, where she competed in an international competition with 200 conductors from countries throughout the world. She finished second in the finals, competing against accomplished conductors from orchestras and opera houses in Italy,... Read more
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Seattle performing musicians balance creativity and 'portfolio careers'

May 9, 2024
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