School of Music

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.

With the start of spring quarter brings a fresh lineup of exciting events to attend on the Seattle campus.

The UW School of Music and UW Slavic Languages & Literatures co-host a two-day conference with the Seattle Symphony on music of Russian diaspora.

Composer Richard Karpen, UW School of Music director, has created new pieces to be performed with JACK Quartet and Seattle Symphony ("Celebrate Asia"), both featuring Swedish-Vietnamese ensemble The Six Tones.

Richard Karpen, School of Music Chair, has a new composition premiering with Seattle Symphony as part of their "Celebrate Asia" concert, March 21.

JACK Quartet performs at Meany Hall March 15 in collaboration with UW faculty and students

This coming week in the arts there's an array of dance, theater and exhibitions to enjoy. Don't miss Dino Day at the Burke Museum, ArtVENTURES at the Henry Art Gallery or Cloud Gate presented by the UW World Series.

It's a packed week in the arts presenting you with a diverse array of options. The Henry Art Gallery presents "Danny Lyon: The Bikeriders" through May 4; the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture hosts a trivia night at the College Inn Pub.

This week enjoy a variety of events happening across campus with a highlight being an inside look at the "Chinookan Peoples of the Lower Columbia" at the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture.