Honors and Awards

Taro Kobayashi (’14 BM, Classical Guitar Performance; BS, Physics), former student of Michael Partington,
Autumn 2025 Student and Alumni Notes
December 7, 2025
Ethnomusicology graduates, 2025
Congratulations, School of Music Class of 2025
June 12, 2025
Carmen Quill (formerly Rothwell)
Spring 2025 Student and Alumni Notes
May 22, 2025
Joël-François Durand
Joël-François Durand named director of the School of Music
March 10, 2025
Melia Watras, viola
Career honors for violist/composer Melia Watras
March 4, 2025
School of Music student Flora Cummings recently took top honors in a Gaelic singing competition in Scotland (Photo: Courtesy Flora Cummings).
UW music student Flora Cummings a winning Gaelic vocalist  
December 5, 2024
Saxophonist Michael Brockman
Fall 2024 Faculty Notes
December 4, 2024
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
Students of piano professor Craig Sheppard
Spring 2024 Student and Alumni Notes
May 23, 2024
2024 Husky 100
April 30, 2024
UW Symphony Orchestra (Photo: Mark Stone/UW Photography)
First place American Prize win for David Rahbee, UW Symphony  
October 12, 2023
DMA student Cee Adamson performs at Slippery Rock University.
Summer 2023 Student and Alumni Notes
July 7, 2023
UW Music gradutes Clayton Dahm and Lucille Axtelle were named College of Arts and Sciences dean’s medalists (Photo: Joanne DePue)
Two from UW Music awarded UW Dean's Medals
July 7, 2023
Meet Our 2023 Graduate Medalists
July 2, 2023
Four Dean's Medalists, Working Toward Change
June 26, 2023
2023 Ethnomusicology Graduates
Congratulations, UW Music Class of 2023!
June 8, 2023
UW Voice alums Virginia Elizondo and Darrell Jordan in Seattle Opera's April 2023 production of "Frida Kahlo and the Bravest Girl in the World."
Spring 2023 Student and Alumni Notes
May 24, 2023
Frederick Reece, Music History
First Book Manuscript Award for Frederick Reece
November 3, 2022
UW, a jewel of Seattle, shines in global academic ranking
August 21, 2022
Congrats, School of Music Class of 2022
Congratulations, School of Music Class of 2022  
June 2, 2022
Seattle music producer brings home the Grammys
April 7, 2022
Steve Rodby
Jazz Studies faculty Steve Rodby a 2022 GRAMMY winner 
April 4, 2022
Winners of the Piano Concerto Competition with Professor Sheppard (Photo: Joanne DePue).
Concerto Competition winners named 
March 8, 2022
Professor Patricia Sheehan Campbell
Society for Ethnomusicology honors Patricia Shehan Campbell
November 1, 2021
Orchestra
UW Symphony wins 2021 American Prize
October 14, 2021
Awards of Excellence
June 15, 2021
Husky 100
June 15, 2021
Awards of Excellence
June 14, 2021
Husky 100
June 14, 2021
Faculty/staff honors: Golden Apple, Leading the Narrative awards
May 16, 2021
Faculty/staff honors: Golden Apple, Leading the Narrative awards
April 29, 2021
Colin Todd and Mt. Rainier
Together We Will award for staff member Colin Todd
April 2, 2021
Patricia Campbell
  KCTS 9: Golden Apple Award for Music Education Professor Patricia Campbell     
April 2, 2021
Faculty/staff honors: Holocaust commemoration, new compositions, a top local album of 2020
February 11, 2021
Faculty/staff honors: Holocaust commemoration, new compositions, a top local album of 2020
February 9, 2021
The best Seattle albums of 2020: Critics choose the top releases of the year
January 26, 2021
Violinist Renee Zhang
Violin Concerto Competition winners named
January 15, 2021
Washington state musicians produced some great albums in 2020 — here are the top ones, as chosen by critics
January 7, 2021
The best Seattle albums of 2020: Critics choose the top releases of the year
December 26, 2020
Washington state musicians produced some great albums in 2020 — here are the top ones, as chosen by critics
December 26, 2020
Max Shaffer
Autumn 2020 Student and Alumni Notes
December 2, 2020
Winners: CONDUCTORS (orchestra), 2019-20
August 26, 2020
Faculty/staff honors: Distinguished contributions to Asian studies, social equity award, Swedish physical geography honor, new Cascade Public Media director
May 6, 2020
Violinist Renee Zhang
Violinist Renee Zhang named UW President's Medalist for 2018-19
February 18, 2020
Christina Sunardi
Christina Sunardi Named Chair of UW Dance  
February 11, 2020
Music Ed alumnus Kevin Clayton (left) was recently named Washington State Teacher of the Year by the Washington Music Educators Association (Photo: Pasco School District).
Winter 2020 Student and Alumni Notes
January 31, 2020
Music Ed alumnus Kevin Clayton (center) was recently named Washington State Teacher of the Year by the Washington Music Educators Association (Photo: Pasco School District).
UW Music faculty, alumnus among 2020 Washington Music Education Association honorees  
December 2, 2019
Taro Kobayashi (BM guitar, '14) has entered St Hugh's College, Oxford, to pursue a Master of Philosophy in Music.
Fall 2019 Student and Alumni Notes
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