Recent News
Music History Professor's new book on George Gershwin is the latest volume in the popular Yale University Press Broadway Masters series. Read more at Yale University Press.
Faculty organist Carole Terry lent her considerable talents to Seattle Symphony's Organ Celebration at Benaroya Hall Oct. 23. Read more in R.M. Campbell's review on Gathering Note, a Seattle-based classical music blog.
School of Music faculty artist Donna Shin will be the featured soloist Oct. 22 when Peruvian-born conductor Miguel Harth-Bedoya leads the Seattle Symphony Orchestra in a multi-media program of music inspired by the Incan Trail. Read more on the Seattle Symphony's website.
A special appearance by modern jazz pioneer Lee Konitz and his New Quartet kicks off the School of Music 2010-11 concert season.
The alto saxophonist, an iconic figure in modern jazz who has performed and collaborated with many of the greatest names in jazz, will be in Seattle for an engagement at the Triple Door nightclub on Oct. 5.
The Quartet--Konitz and the members of Trio Minsarah (Florian Weber, piano; Jeff Denson, bass; and Ziv Ravitz drums)--will appear at the School of Music's... Read more
The landscape for jazz in Seattle is growing ever more vibrant, thanks in large part to excellent programs at the middle and high school levels and some dynamic talent and creativity emanating from the UW School of Music. Read all about it in the New York Times (registration may be required).