School of Music

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded UW a three-year, $750,000 grant to support creative fellowships, and to better integrate arts disciplines into the broader UW curriculum.

Julia Tai (2010), a conductor in Seattle, loves "the challenge of...pulling all the sound together to make something great."

Handel's Messiah gets a twist in a production at Meany Hall presented by the UW School of Music and Pacific MusicWorks.

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.

Members of the Daana String Quartet share "the common goal of a unified sound" when rehearsing at the UW School of Music.

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.

A violist, an economist, a poet, and a mathematician share the College of Arts & Sciences’ highest undergraduate honor, the Dean's Medal.

In May, School of Music faculty and students will perform the music of Harry Partch on unique instruments built by the composer.

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. 

A UW doctoral student studies the powerful role of performance in providing health education in The Gambia, Africa.

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.

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.”  

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.

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.

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.