People | School of Music | University of Washington

Josh Archibald-Seiffer

Graduate Student

joshas87@uw.edu

Composition

Zach Banks

Doctoral Student in Orchestral Conducting

zbanks@uw.edu

Anna Barbee

Graduate Student

abarbee@uw.edu / (602) 317-5716

Brass Pedagogy, French Horn, Instrumental Performance

Heidi Blythe

Graduate Student, Choral Conducting

Blythe73@uw.edu

Tatiana Boggs

DMA Student, Choral Conducting

tkruse@uw.edu

Vijay Chalasani

Graduate Student

vijayc@uw.edu

20th Century, 21st Century, Chamber Music, Early Music, Improvisation, Instrumental Performance, Modernism, Viola

Elisabeth Crabtree

Graduate Student

ecrab@uw.edu

Children's Music, Choral Conducting, Improvisation, Music Education, Voice

Julio Cruz

Graduate Student

jcruz86@uw.edu

Office Hours: On leave

Instrumental Performance, Tuba

Shaun Day

DMA Student, Instrumental Conducting

daysg@uw.edu / 513-515-4231

Office Hours: By appointment

Meany Hall #65

Chamber Music, Education, Instrumental Conducting, Instrumental Performance, Jazz, Music Education, Music History, Orchestral Instruments

Taylor DeCastro

Graduate Student, Violin Performance

taydec3@uw.edu

Chamber Music, Improvisation, Instrumental Performance, Jazz, Music History, Violin

Solomon Encina

Doctoral Student, Instrumental Conducting

sencina@uw.edu

Alex Fang

DMA Student in Piano Performance

asfang@uw.edu

Ryan D. Farris

Graduate Student in Orchestral Conducting

David Ferguson

Graduate Student in Choral Conducting

Scott Fikse

DMA Student, Choral Conducting

sfikse@uw.edu

Dan Fischer

Graduate Student

Brass, Instrumental Conducting, Woodwinds

Limuel Forgey

Doctoral Student in Voice Performance

lforgey@uw.edu

Adam Freemantle

Graduate Student, Choral Conducting

apfree73@uw.edu

Office Hours: By appointment

Choral Conducting

Gabriela Garza Canales

Graduate Student

ggarza1@uw.edu

Office Hours: By appointment

Meany 59A

Instrumental Conducting, Percussion, Romanticism

Skúli Gestsson

Graduate Student

skuli@uw.edu

Icelandic, Informal music learning, Music Education, Popular Music, Scandinavian

Julianna Grabowski

Doctoral Student in Choral Conducting

jgrabow@uw.edu

Stephen Grindel

PhD Student in Music Education

sgrindel@uw.edu / 5095392400

Office Hours: By appointment

MUS 028A

Education, Experimental, Improvisation, Jazz, Music Education, Trumpet

Meaghan Guterman

Graduate Student

mmgut@uw.edu

Chamber Music, Classical Music, Early Music, Music, Opera, Performance Studies, Voice

Lauren Halsey

Graduate Student

lbhalsey22@gmail.com

Office Hours: On leave

20th Century, 21st Century, Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies, György Ligeti, Kaija Saariaho, Modernism, Music, Music History, Music Theory, Popular Music, post tonal rhythmic practices

Alyssa Hironaka

DMA Student in Piano Performance

alynaka@uw.edu

Classical Music, Keyboard, Piano

Xinrui Huang

Doctoral Student in Piano Performance

xh68@uw.edu

Instrumental Performance, Keyboard, Performance Studies, Piano

Clara Johnson

Graduate Student in Choral Conducting

claraj24@uw.edu

Cassandra Lear

DMA Student, Woodwind Performance

clear8@uw.edu

Cicy Li

Graduate Student

Chloe Lian

Graduate Student, Vocal Performance

cylian@uw.edu

Xinyi Ma

DMA Student in Flute Performance

xma1@uw.edu

Mallory McCollum

Master's Student in Voice Performance

Michael McKenzie

DMA Student, Choral Conducting

mmckenzi@uw.edu

Dakota Miller

Graduate Student

millerdk@uw.edu

Evan Norberg

Graduate Student in Choral Conducting

Mark Petty

Graduate Conductor, Glee Club; Graduate Student, Choral Conducting

mpetty@uw.edu

American Indian/Native American, Choral Conducting, Ecomusicology, Environmental Stewardship, Ethnomusicology, Icelandic, Jazz, Nature-based Music, Religion, Trumpet, World Music

Alexandra Picard

Graduate Student

alexandra_picard@hotmail.com

Grace Playstead

MM Woodwind Performance, Flute

gplays@uw.edu / (360) 791-0073

Office Hours: By Appointment

Flute, Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies, German, Global and Transnational Studies, Instrumental Performance, Music History, Queer Studies, Race and Ethnicity

Maria Price

Graduate Student in Ethnomusicology, Teaching Assistant

maprice@uw.edu

Alexandra Rameau

Graduate Student in Choral Conducting; Co-director, University Singers

Jaye Regalado

Graduate Student, Music History

jshregal@uw.edu

MUS 23

Archives, Ethnomusicology, Film music, Film scoring, Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies, Japanese Koto, Music Theory, Philippine and Filipino American, Philippine Music, Popular Music, Queer Studies, Southeast Asian

Nicholas Renaud

DMA Student, Choral Conducting

nrenaud@uw.edu

Choral Conducting, Education, French, Music, Music Education, Voice

Rachel Reyes

DMA Student in Woodwind Performance, Flute

reyesr26@uw.edu

Flute, Instrumental Performance, Orchestral Instruments, Philippine and Filipino American, Woodwinds

Yonatan Ron

Graduate Student in Composition

Emily Silks

PhD Student in Ethnomusicology

esilks@uw.edu

applied ethnomusicology, Archives, capoeira, Drums, Electric Bass, Ethnomusicology, Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies, Jazz, Music, Music Technology, Popular Music

Selina Siow

DMA Student, Violin Performance

nsiow@uw.edu

Robert Stahly

Doctoral Student in Orchestral Conducting

David Stewart

Graduate Student, Wind Conducting; Conductor, Concert Band

dstew622@uw.edu

Daren Weissfisch

Graduate Orchestral Conducting Assistant

dweiss20@uw.edu / (206) 543-0287

Meany 59A

Instrumental Conducting, Instrumental Performance, Oboe, Spanish, Woodwinds

Helen Woodruff

Master's Student in Choral Conducting

helenvw@uw.edu

Chiao-yu Wu

Doctoral Student in Piano Performance

cw3203@uw.edu

Yuman Wu

Doctoral Student, Instrumental Conducting

yumanwu@uw.edu

Chinese, East Asian, Ethnomusicology, Instrumental Conducting, Instrumental Performance, Music Education, Piano, World Music

Hye Jung (Helen) Yang

Graduate Student

hjyang@uw.edu

Cello

Jingshi Zhao

DMA student in Piano Performance

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