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, recognizing 62 graduates, including 37 masters, doctoral and PhD students and 25 undergraduate students. Of the undergraduate degree earners, nearly half were double majors, with 10 students earning second degrees in a range of areas, including Biochemistry, Speech and Hearing Sciences, Italian, Communications, Musical Theater, and American Ethnic Studies, among others.

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.

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 at the University, combining interests in singing and vocal health that she will further augment in graduate studies in speech language pathology at the University of North Carolina (UNC) - Chapel Hill School of Medicine. One of two student speakers at the School’s recent Grand Finale celebration, Francis also represented the College of Arts and Sciences—and the School of Music—in the main…

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.

UW Music names scholarship chamber groups for 2017-18

The School of Music has named two groups—Daisha and the Discovery Trio— the winners of the 2017 UW Strings and Piano Competition. The trios will represent the School of Music as official scholarship chamber groups in 2017-18.

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.

Thank You

Your gifts to our scholarship funds provide our students educational and performance opportunities that would otherwise not be possible, and we are grateful for your generosity. To make a gift in support of UW music students, please view a list of priority funds here. Thank you!