Research, teaching, and innovative music-making set the tone for this issue of Quarter Notes, chronicling only a small portion of the recent work of UW Music’s community of scholars, artists, and creators. Faculty awards, conference presentations, and new academic appointments are cause for recognition, and upcoming milestones, festivals, and the generosity of devoted friends provide many reasons to be grateful.
UW Music History Professor JoAnn Taricani was recently awarded the 2017 Noah Greenberg Award by the American Musicological Society for her edition and recording of newly discovered music for the coronation of the British King Charles II.
Intended as a grant-in-aid to stimulate active cooperation between scholars and performers, the annual award includes a certificate, recognition at the Society’s annual business meeting, and a $2,000 cash prize that recipients may use to help subsidize the... Read more
International performances, master classes, keynote addresses, and new publications are among recent activities of UW Music faculty as they execute research and performance in their recent work at the University of Washington and world-wide.
Geoffrey Boers, Choral Activities
Head of the UW choral activities presented workshops and master classes at the Washington State Association of Choral Directors’ Association conference in Portland in early March and conducted a conference performance by... Read more
Academic appointments, community projects, and a slew of conference presentations have kept UW students and alumni engaged in communities far and near, from the Yakama Tribal School to a national conference of music educators in Atlanta, and beyond.
Alumnus Ryan Ellis (’17 DMA, Choral Conducting) has been named head of Choral Studies at Seattle Pacific University, where he oversees the direction of SPU’s six different choral ensembles, including a concert choir, chamber singers, women’s choir... Read more
Montana’s big sky beckons, and Jennifer Grahl Miller is heeding the call, bidding farewell to the School of Music in a transition to new opportunities and ventures after nearly 12 years as the School's undergraduate advisor.
Miller and her family are relocating to the Bozeman, Montana area, where Miller has accepted a new position as a Success Advisor at Montana State University (MSU). In this role, Miller will help young MSU students make a successful transition to university life as part of... Read more
A tenth iteration of the Improvised Music Project Festival holds true to the original spirit of collaboration between promising young musicians and elders from the professional music realms. Two nights of performance in late May feature pianist Myra Melford (May 30) and saxophonist Andrew D’Angelo (May 31), with guitarist Bill Frisell appearing... Read more
Michael and Rebecca McGoodwin Endowed Scholarship to benefit Music Performance majors
A passion for music deepened their bonds and enriched their marriage, leading Michael and Rebecca McGoodwin many times to the concert halls and classrooms of the University of Washington School of Music, where they first attended performances in the early 1970s during Michael’s medical residency at the UW.
Over the course of their 50-year union, they took an active and inquisitive approach to their shared love... Read more
Thank You
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