A new decade in the life of the School of Music incorporates all that has come before with an eye toward the future as 2020 launches with a musical flourish.
An exceptionally full year finds Giselle Wyers immersed in multiple large projects both at the University and beyond. Head of the School of Music's choral conducting and voice programs and director of the University Chorale (an auditioned ensemble of UW undergraduates), she also is in demand as a clinician and as a composer of commissioned choral works. Professor Wyers conducts all-state choruses this season in Kansas, Nevada, and Wisconsin. She recently completed five choral commissions on... Read more
Twenty is a magic number in 2020 and a milestone year for a dynamic UW Music program making a difference for children and youth through singing, dancing, and music making of various forms and practices in the public schools of Toppenish and Harrah, and at the Yakama Nation Tribal School in Eastern Washington.
The diverse learners of these schools, including many Mexican-heritage children and students of the Yakama Reservation, are recipients of Music Alive! in the Yakima Valley (MAYV), ... Read more
Barry Lieberman, a 30-year member of the School of Music faculty, announces his retirement as the UW’s double bass instructor, effective in June 2020.
A former principal bassist of the Winnepeg Symphony, Lieberman served for 17 years as Associate Principal Bassist of the Los Angeles Philharmonic before relocating to Seattle in the early 1990s. At the School of Music, where he is an Artist-In-Residence in the strings program, he has hosted for more than 25 years the School of Music’s popular... Read more
Academic appointments, performances, career milestones and other notable achievements are among recent news reported by UW Music students and alumni.
Music Education alumnus Kevin Clayton, now director of instrumental music at Chiawana High School in Pasco, Washington, has been named the Washington Music Educators Association 2020 High School Music Educator of the Year (See story,... Read more
Honors, accolades, research highlights and other news from the School of Music faculty.
Patricia Campbell, Music Education, Ethnomusicology
Patricia Campbell presented on World Music Pedagogy at the national meeting of the Society for Ethnomusicology, Indiana University, this past November, and served as moderator and discussant for a panel on “Intergenerational, Transnational, and Emotional Connections that Shape Music Making among Children and Youth”. She presented keynote addresses at the... Read more
Recent research activities by School of Music faculty culminate in various off-campus events and collaborations on the calendar in March 2020.
Ted Poor and Cuong Vu at Columbia City Theater: Poor celebrates the release of "You Already Know," his first album on the Verve/Impulse! label. Produced by Blake Mills, the nine-track album also features saxophonist Andrew... Read more
March 9 Studio Jazz Ensemble concert honors former UW jazz educator
In his 30 years at the School of Music, trumpeter Roy Cummings influenced the musical training of thousands of students, introducing them to the greats of the jazz art form and encouraging their professional and musical aspirations. He also was a cofounder of the School’s Jazz Studies Program, serving as its chair from 1979 to 1993.
Cummings’ career at UW began in 1970 when he became a trumpet instructor after earning music... Read more
An alumnus and a professor of the University of Washington School of Music received top honors recently from the Washington State Music Educators Association (WMEA).
Music Education alumnus Kevin Clayton, now director of instrumental music at Chiawana High School in Pasco, Washington, has been named the Washington Music Educators Association 2020 High School Music Educator of the Year.
UW Music Education Professor Patricia Shehan Campbell, meanwhile, was named 2020 Educator of the Year at the... Read more
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