School of Music

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.

Sweet Charity, the inaugural production of the UW's new interdisciplinary Musical Theater program, opens November 14.

Four recent PhD grads, with research ranging from human rights to ultrafast X-ray science, received the A&S Graduate Medal this spring.

Ruby is from Everett and is double majoring in psychology and LSJ, as well as minoring in music. She just won a UW Almunae Board scholarship and credits her work with the marching band for making her more competitive.

The UW School of Music's Ethnomusicology Program is helping to bring roots and hill music back to its place of origin, with teaching materials and local ceremonies.

A review of Handel's myth-based opera "Semele," a coproduction of early-music company Pacific MusicWorks and the UW School of Music.

George Frideric Handel's 1743 opera, "Semele," a tale of lust, jealousy and revenge, is being staged by Seattle's Pacific MusicWorks and the University of Washington's School of Music May 16-18 at Meany Hall for the Performing Arts.