Winter 2018 Quarter Notes | School of Music

UW Music students and faculty are making an impact world-wide, as this issue of Quarter Notes reveals, with research and performance activities from Gitameit, Myanmar to the University of Cambridge and beyond. In this issue of Quarter Notes, learn more about research and publication highlights, recent awards and accolades, and the extraordinary generosity of School of Music friends whose support and encouragement makes important things happen—at the University and in the world beyond.

Faculty composer Huck Hodge awarded Charles Ives Living

Faculty composer Huck Hodge (Photo: Dennis R. Wise).

The American Academy of Arts and Letters has named UW faculty composer Huck Hodge the recipient of the Charles Ives Living, the largest monetary award granted exclusively to American composers.

Faculty News: Winter 2018

UW Music faculty report new publications, recordings, appointments, presentations, and more in their recent work at the UW and beyond.

Student and Alumni Update: Winter 2018

Current and former UW Music students are making an impact at the UW and beyond, winning competitions, appointments, honors, and other recognition and advancing their life’s work worldwide.

New Publications and Recordings

A roundup of recent publications and recordings by UW Music faculty reveal a range of interests and areas of focus in myriad dimensions of the musical arts.

Global Impact: Letter from Myanmar

UW Music Prof. Patricia Campbell working with students in Myanmar.

UW Music students, faculty, and alumni are making an indelible stamp on the study of music in far-away Yangon, Myanmar through a sustained partnership recognized by the UW Office of Global Affairs.

A Grandmother's Gift

A recent gift from Molly Gong and her husband enables the School of Music to make long-overdue improvements—paint, carpet, acoustic treatment—to four of its thirty-some practice rooms, advancing director Richard Karpen’s implementation of a room-by-room upgrade to School of Music rehearsal and performance spaces.

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!