Summer 2017 Quarter Notes | School of Music

The School of Music celebrated the completion of the 2016-17 academic year on June 9 with a Grand Finale celebrating our 2017 UW Music grads, who included some of the outstanding students featured in this special student-centric issue of Quarter Notes. The final weeks of spring quarter also included the school's Strings and Piano Chamber Competition, which yielded two groups of winning students—one graduate, the other undergraduate—to represent the School of Music as official scholarship chamber groups in 2017-18. As we close the books on another academic year, we pay special acknowledgement to you, our readers, friends, and audience members. Your ongoing attendance, gifts, and genuine interest helps to create important opportunities for our students that serve them well throughout their lives in music. Thank you for your support!

Congrats, 2017 UW Music graduates!

The School of Music celebrated the success of its 2017 graduates June 9 at the school’s annual Grand Finale celebration. Director Richard Karpen and Associate Director Joël-François Durand congratulated students participating in the stage ceremony at Brechemin Auditorium, which recognized grads present among 62 awarded degrees by the School of Music, including 37 masters, doctoral and PhD students and 25 undergraduate students. Of the undergraduate degree earners, nearly half were double majors… Read more

Brendan McGovern named 2017 Dean's Medalist in the Arts

Jazz Studies major Brendan McGovern has been named the UW College of Arts and Sciences Dean's Medalist in the Arts. McGovern, who recently graduated from the UW with double degrees in Music and History, is one of four graduating seniors to be awarded the dean's medal, the highest honor for graduating seniors in the College. On honoree from each of the College's four divisions--arts, humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences--receives the award annually, with selections based on… Read more

Student Spotlight: Addison Francis, Voice; Speech and Hearing Sciences

Addison Francis - photo: MAX WEINSTEIN-BACAL

2017 UW Music grad Addison Francis earned dual degrees in vocal performance and speech and hearing science while a student at the University, participating in opera workshops, recitals and other performance opportunities while investigating how to take a healthy approach to protecting her instrument of choice. As a student of voice faculty Kari Ragan (a certified singing voice specialist), Francis combined her interests in singing and vocal health in her UW studies, which she will carry forward… Read more

UW music major Jocelyn Beausire receives Libraries Undergraduate Research Award

Voice major Jocelyn Beausire, who double majors in music and architecture, was recently awarded a 2017 UW Libraries Research Award for undergraduates in the senior non-thesis division for her paper The Emancipation of Urban Noise: John Cage’s Music as Acoustic Ecology, in which she posits a framework for encouraging inclusivity, egalitarianism, and cooperation in the creation of urban acoustic environments. The awards, granted annually by UW Libraries in three divisions,… Read more

UW Music names scholarship chamber groups for 2017-18

The School of Music has named two groups to represent UW Music as official Scholarship Chamber Groups for 2017-18 in results of the school's annual Strings and Piano Chamber Music Competition. Winning groups are Daisha—Halie Borror (violin), Isabella Kodama (cello), and Daniel Richardson (piano)—who are coached by strings professor Melia Watras, and The Discovery Trio—Gemma Goday (flute), Chris Young (cello) and Wyatt Smith (harpsichord)—who are coached by faculty cellist Sæunn… Read more

Student and Alumni Notes: Summer 2017

Prof. Patricia Campbell with PhD graduate Michiko Urita.

News of publications, appointments, honors, and recognition accompany UW Music students and alumni in their work at the University and in the world beyond. Summer brings a wealth of festivals, workshops, and engagements, offering the school's musicians multiple avenues toward fulfilling their musical aspirations. UW School of Music graduate Michiko Urita recently completed doctoral studies in Ethnomusicology at the University of Washington, on the topic of kagura sacred song. The… Read more

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