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An Orchestrated Life
Julia Tai (2010), a conductor in Seattle, loves "the challenge of...pulling all the sound together to make something great."
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Inventive Messiah at Meany
Handel's Messiah gets a twist in a production at Meany Hall presented by the UW School of Music and Pacific MusicWorks.
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Well-orchestrated UW, SSO partnership blossoms with ‘[untitled]’
A long-term collaboration between the University of Washington School of Music and Seattle Symphony culminates in an experimental, late-night performance in Benaroya Hall's lobby.
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String-quartet members get ‘lost in the music’ together
Members of the Daana String Quartet share "the common goal of a unified sound" when rehearsing at the UW School of Music.
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What music can teach us about the lasting impact of WWI
KUOW's Speakers Forum presents the lecture and performance from last year's Music From The War To End All Wars series, with UW professors Ronald Moore and Robin McCabe.
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The Fantastic Four
A violist, an economist, a poet, and a mathematician share the College of Arts & Sciences’ highest undergraduate honor, the Dean's Medal.
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Celebrating an Inventive Composer
In May, School of Music faculty and students will perform the music of Harry Partch on unique instruments built by the composer.
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Pianist Craig Sheppard to present epic, lyric Shostakovich
The UW School of Music professor bought the score for Shostakovich’s 24 Preludes and Fugues, Op. 87, in 1975, but let it lie for nearly 30 years.
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Saving Lives Through Performance
A UW doctoral student studies the powerful role of performance in providing health education in The Gambia, Africa.
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Arts Roundup: Lectures, exhibitions--and pianist Olga Kern
This week, the UW World Series presents Russian pianist Olga Kern and the School of Art concludes its Critical Issues in Contemporary Art public lecture series. -
Arts Roundup: Music, drama — and Mark Morris Dance Group
As February ends and March begins, the arts present a variety of events. In drama, the School of Drama opens the slapstick satire, “The Hostage.”
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Arts Roundup: Music, lectures - and Urban Bush Women
This week, the UW World Series presents American dance ensemble Urban Bush Women in a provocative performance fueled by the music of the jazz age, and quickly follows up this production with the Jerusalem Quartet. -
Music meets history in three-concert series on World War I
This series, produced by piano professor Robin McCabe, features music composed during or about World War I, with historical context offered in commentary and narration. -
Arts Roundup: Exhibitions, music-- and ArtBreak
Music and exhibitions lead this week in the arts as David Alexander Rahbee conducts the UW Symphony and the School of Music presents the annual Halloween Organ Concert featuring spooky classics. -
A Sweet Milestone for Musical Theater
Sweet Charity, the inaugural production of the UW's new interdisciplinary Musical Theater program, opens November 14.