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An interview between Seattle Refined and School of Music artist-in-residence Greg Sinibaldi delves into his creative process as a visual artist and how his work is informed by the mindset and practice he has developed as a composer and musician. By Seattle RefinedFebruary 6, 2026Greg Sinibaldi is a musician and artist in Seattle. He is a composer who plays the saxophone and the…

Marisol Berríos-Miranda was born in the working class neighborhood of Santurce, Puerto Rico, on May 15, 1955, the youngest child of Juanita Miranda and Pedro Berríos. Her maternal grandfather, Tomás Miranda, built their house on stilts at the edge of the swamp along the Martin Peña canal, and her grandmother, Agueda Hernández, who did not know how to read or write, was the light of her life.…

By Anouk-Belle Janess, the DailyIn anthropology, the late 19th and early 20th centuries are referred to as the salvage era because anthropologists raced to collect and record Indigenous materials and cultures out of fear that they would soon vanish due to colonization and assimilation. While some anthropologists had respect and empathy for the communities they worked in…

When Beyoncé’s “Cowboy Carter” album won Album of the Year at the 2025 Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, UW School of Music alum Andrea Roberts was in the audience cheering the win. As part of the audio engineering team for the album, it was a win for Roberts as well.“It’s amazing to be involved in something at that level,” says Roberts, who previously worked on Beyoncé’s “Renaissance” album and film…

By Nancy Joseph, Arts and Sciences NewsWhen the University of Washington Symphony performs “The Healing Heart of the First People of this Land” on February 6, 2026, the performance will hold special meaning for many in the audience — and for musicians on stage. The Healing Heart symphony was commissioned by Coast Salish elder Vi taqʷšəblu Hilbert (Upper Skagit) as a way…

School of Music Professor Emeritus George Bozarth died on October 31, 2025 in La Conner, Washington. A noted musicologist whose areas of research focused on the life and music of Johannes Brahms as well as studies in early music, he was an instigator and founder of several notable chamber music series as well as a collector and curator of historical keyboards.An eminent Brahms scholar and a…

School of Music faculty report recent performances, honors, appointments, presentations, and more. Michael Brockman, saxophoneFaculty artist-in-residence Michael Brockman was featured on the cover of the November 2025 issue of Earshot Jazz magazine as he prepares to “pass the torch” to new leadership of the Seattle Jazz Repertory Orchestra, which he co-founded with…

School of Music students and alumni report recent appointments, performances, honors, and achievements.Taro Kobayashi (’14 BM, Classical Guitar Performance; BS, Physics), former student of Michael Partington, completed a doctorate in music at the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom in January of 2025. He officially graduated with a DPhil (PhD) in Music on July 19…

School of Music friends Roger and Jane Soder have recently created enhanced opportunities for UW strings students with generous contributions to the memorial scholarship honoring Roger's parents that the couple first established in 2008. Since its creation, the Pauline and Paul Soder Memorial Scholarship has helped financially needy and musically promising students at the School of Music…