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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.
“The... Read more
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
November 27, 2024
Seattle Times writer Azaria Podplesky remembers flutist Gary Stroutsos, longtime Seattle resident renowned for his work with the North American indigenous flute and member of the Öngtupqa Trio, which Stroutsos formed with Hopi singer Clark Tenakhongva and percussionist Matt Nelson. The trio performed at the University of Washington in April 2024 as part of a three-day residency organized by associate professor John-Carlos Perea and adjunct professor Jessica Bissett Perea. Stroutsos... Read more
November 27, 2024
A new and fulfilling career path at the University of Washington for Tory Johnston includes teaching in the American Indian Studies department and hosting an indigenous music show on KEXP radio, and it all came about thanks to encouragement from Jessica Bissett Perea, associate professor of American Indian Studies and adjunct faculty in Music History.
Bissett Perea’s Indigenous-led and Indigeneity-centered work, Johnston says in a recent UW News article by Lauren Kirschman, changed his ... Read more
November 21, 2024
School of Music faculty, students, and alumni were saddened to hear of the passing of longtime School of Music collaborative pianist Kristine Anderson, who died in September 2024 at her home in Seattle. Active in the larger Seattle music community, she frequently worked with the UW flute studio as well as the Seattle Flute Society and other area arts organizations.
"The flute studio has cherished the time and expertise Kristine shared over the many years," said Donna Shin, flutist and chair... Read more