Faculty and Staff

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Winners: CONDUCTORS (orchestra), 2019-20
August 26, 2020
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Donn Weaver, a longtime Seattle music teacher, dies of COVID-19 complications
June 26, 2020
Outgoing School of Music director Richard Karpen.
 Exit Interview: Richard Karpen, School of Music director
June 26, 2020
Saeunn Thorsteinsdottir
Summer 2020 Faculty Notes
June 25, 2020
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Sorrow: UW Modern Band: SP20 Digital Series
June 17, 2020
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ArtSci Roundup: Pandemic Then (and Now), UW Bothell 2020 MFA Spring Festival, and more
May 27, 2020
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Professor demonstrates the power of music in the midst of a global crisis
May 26, 2020
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ArtSci Roundup: Former Prime Minister of Italy Talk, Pandemic Urbanism Symposium, and more
May 19, 2020
Bill Smith closeup
Passages: William O. Smith, composer, master musician and longtime former UW professor
May 18, 2020
Saxophonist Michael Brockman
Spring 2020 Faculty Notes
May 18, 2020
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ArtSci Roundup: Faculty recital: Sæunn Thorsteinsdóttir, ‘Developing Capacity Through Collaborative Action,’ and more
May 15, 2020
Carrie Shaw
Introductions: Carrie Shaw, Voice
May 14, 2020
JoAnn Taricani, Director, School of Music.
JoAnn Taricani named School of Music director
May 14, 2020
Timothy Salzman directs the UW Wind Ensemble.
Perspectives: Making Music—at a Distance
May 13, 2020
Spring 2020 Digital Concert Series kicks off May 11
May 8, 2020
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Faculty/staff honors: Distinguished contributions to Asian studies, social equity award, Swedish physical geography honor, new Cascade Public Media director
May 6, 2020
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ArtSci Roundup: Best Seat In the House with Department of Dance, In Plain Sight Film Series with the Henry, and more
May 5, 2020
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ArtSci Roundup: Storytelling with Indigenous Writers, Meany Center Curtain Talks, Stroum Center Quick Talk, and more
May 1, 2020
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Steve Martin’s banjo and other music played from coronavirus isolation show how the arts connect us
March 31, 2020
Lorraine Sakata
Field recordings by former UW Music professor Lorraine Sakata inducted into Library of Congress Recording Registry
March 30, 2020
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A conversation with Ted Poor, UW faculty, jazz drummer, with new album out, ‘You Already Know’
March 2, 2020
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ArtsUW Roundup: 3D4M Open House, Niyaz The Fourth Light Project, Katz Distinguished Lecture with Anna Tsing, and more
February 20, 2020
David Alexander Rahbee.
Whole U Faculty Friday: David Alexander Rahbee
February 11, 2020
Christina Sunardi
Christina Sunardi Named Chair of UW Dance 
February 11, 2020
Pacific Northwest Ballet and the School of Music are collaborating on a symposium exploring the ballet "Giselle" (Photo: courtesy Pacific Northwest Ballet).
April Symposium Re-envisions Giselle
February 11, 2020
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ArtsUW Roundup: a Valentine’s Day concert with Mark and Maggie O’Connor, Money can’t buy you HYGGE Presented by Kristian Næsby, and more
February 6, 2020
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The loudest room in this Seattle library hides a treasure trove of local music
February 6, 2020
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Faculty Friday: David Alexander Rahbee
February 6, 2020
Professor Giselle Wyers. Photo: Danielle Barnum.
Faculty Profile: Giselle Wyers, Choral Conducting/Voice
February 4, 2020
Pianist Craig Sheppard has both local and international engagements on the calendar in the coming months.
Winter 2020 Faculty Notes
January 24, 2020
George Garzone performs with UW Music faculty in March and April.
UW Music in the Community: Upcoming Performances and Premieres 
January 24, 2020
Former School of Music jazz instructor Roy Cummings
 Faculty: Roy Cummings Remembered
January 17, 2020
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Mindful travel, Silicon Valley’s evolution, Schumann on viola, Seattle history — UW-authored books, music for the Husky on your list
December 19, 2019
Faculty Improv band Indigo Mist (Photo: courtesy Seattle Channel)
Seattle Channel: The mind-expanding music of Seattle's Indigo Mist
December 12, 2019
Barry Lieberman (Photo: Steve Korn).
School of Music bass instructor Barry Lieberman announces UW retirement 
December 2, 2019
Via Getty: "A group of young women in traditional costumes play Galician music with bagpipes, tambourines and drum in the historic center during the San Froilan festivities on October 6, 2019 in Lugo, Galicia, Spain." ( Xurxo Lobato/Getty Images)
Smithsonian Magazine: Scientists Show Humans May Share a ‘Musical Grammar’
November 26, 2019
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ArtsUW Roundup: Professor Chadwick Allen presents Earthworks Rising, annual School of Music CarolFest, and more
November 25, 2019
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ArtsUW Roundup: Professor Chadwick Allen presents Earthworks Rising, annual School of Music CarolFest, and more
November 25, 2019
Singer bathed in purple light
Scientific American: What Makes a Song? It’s the Same Recipe in Every Culture
November 21, 2019
Violinist Rachel Lee Priday (Photo: Sammi Bushman, UW Daily)
UW Daily: Virtuoso violinist Rachel Lee Priday joins the UW School of Music
November 13, 2019
Gabriel Kahane appears at the Meany Center in November 2019.
UW Music artists featured in upcoming Meany Center performances
November 12, 2019
Mallets from Harry Partch Instrument collection
Festival of Historical Experimental Music for Percussion Nov. 19-22
October 29, 2019
A new CD by violist Melia Watras, Schumann Resonances"
Textura: Review of Melia Watras, Schumann Resonances
October 21, 2019
Organ Professor Carole Terry (Photo: Steve Korn)
Exit Interview: Organ Professor Carole Terry
October 16, 2019
Rachel Lee Priday, violin
New Faculty Welcomed in 2019-20
October 16, 2019
Sæunn Thorsteinsdóttir
Fall 2019 Faculty and Staff Notes
October 16, 2019
“American Sabor: Latinos and Latinas in US Popular Music,” by Marisol Berríos-Miranda, Shannon Dudley and Michelle Habell-Pallán
American Sabor wins Best History in the 2019 Association for Recorded Sound Collections (ARSC) Awards for Excellence
October 10, 2019
Lecture-recital image: Bach cello suites
Bach cello suites examined in upcoming lecture-recitals by faculty cellist Sæunn Thorsteinsdóttir 
October 9, 2019
Ted Poor
Live from Here: “Be Present Every Day,” Q and A with Ted Poor
October 5, 2019
Steven Demorest
Passages: Steven M. Demorest, former UW Music Ed Professor
September 25, 2019