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August 27, 2024
In the midst of contemporary classical music releases that tend to bank on a cerebral approach to music, here is an album that requires listening with one’s heart. Exploring the relationship between words and music, and close collaborations with composers, performers, writers and poets, Play / Write unfolds an exquisite world in which beauty and dreams flirt with sorrow. Compositions by Melia Watras (also a superb violist), Frances White and Leilehua Lanzilotti focus on strings and involve... Read more
August 27, 2024
Earlier albums by violist Melia Watras (b. 1969) garnered accolades for the originality of their vision and realization of their creator's audacious sensibility. To create String Masks, for example, she utilized Harry Partch instruments; 26, on the other hand, was deemed by The Strad “a beautiful celebration of 21st century viola music.” The latter as aptly describes Watras's latest collection Play/Write, a splendid addition to her discography that, as its title intimates, explores fusions... Read more
June 18, 2024
School of Music students and alumni report recent academic and artistic appointments, awards and distinctions and new career directions in the beginning weeks of Summer 2024.
School of Music doctoral student Daren Weissfisch (DMA, Orchestral Conducting) was recently announced as the new music director of Seattle’s Lake Union Civic Orchestra. The selection followed a year-long search and a season of auditions. “The orchestra and the audience loved his infectious energy... Read more
June 16, 2024
UW Ethnomusicology Professor Gabriel Solis discusses implications of Spotify’s recent price increases in this episode of LAist's Airtalk podcast.Featured on LAist
June 14, 2024
School of Music friends and alumni returned to campus on May 31, 2024 for the second annual UW Music Homecoming.
Co-hosted by the School of Music and the UW Alumni Association, the event followed a performance by the UW Symphony Orchestra and Combined UW Choirs at Meany Hall, the final School of Music performance at Meany for the 2023-24 concert season.
Held at the Hans Rosling Center for Population Health, the reception included live jazz by a UW student trio featuring Toby Miller, drums;... Read more
June 14, 2024
School of Music faculty report recent performances, tour dates, recordings, residencies and other notable achievements.
Shannon Dudley, Ethnomusicology
Chair of the UW’s Ethnomusicology program recently co-led, with School of Music affiliate faculty Marisol Berríos-Miranda, a quarter-long study abroad program in León, Spain. The program included a week of study with master musician and educator Paco Diez, guest lectures by several Spanish ethnomusicologists... Read more
June 14, 2024
The University of Washington School of Music celebrated its Class of 2024 on Friday, June 7 with the school’s annual Grand Finale, featuring student and faculty remarks, a performance by harpist Kelly Hou (BM Orchestral Instruments, BS Informatics), and a graduate processional across the stage of the School of Music’s Brechemin Auditorium.
The Class of 2024 includes 55 graduates, with 26 earning graduate degrees and 29 earning bachelor’s degrees. Of the... Read more
June 14, 2024
School of Music graduate Olivia Wang has been named a 2023-24 recipient of the University of Washington College of Arts and Sciences Dean’s Medal, a distinction awarded to the top graduating senior of each division of the College.
“This is one of the most distinguished honors we bestow, and I’m very pleased to commend you on your amazing record of academic achievement,” wrote Arts and Sciences Dean Dianne Harris in her commendation letter to Wang.
Along with making exceptional progress in... Read more
June 3, 2024
School of Music student Markus Teuton, graduating in June 2024 with a BM in Jazz Studies and a BA in Comparative History of Ideas, is featured in this article by Nancy Joseph of Arts and Sciences Perspectives.
Markus Teuton (Cherokee Nation) spent years listening to bands perform at Seattle’s annual Folklife Festival. This May, he took the stage with his own band, Joint Souls. Made up of UW jazz musicians, Joint Souls... Read more
