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In Memoriam: 11 Seattle-area community members pay tribute to some of the cultural figures we lost in 2020
Eleven Seattle-area community members pay tribute to a few of the cultural figures we lost last year. UW piano professor Robin McCabe remembers UW emeritus piano professor Bela Siki.
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Watch now: Composer works with Decatur students for virtual composition class
Tim Salzman, UW director of bands, is mentioned in this article about a virtual composition class.
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The best Seattle albums of 2020: Critics choose the top releases of the year
Assistant professor of music Ted Poor's album "You Already Know" has been named one of the top releases of 2020.
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Washington state musicians produced some great albums in 2020 — here are the top ones, as chosen by critics
“You Already Know” by Ted Poor, assistant professor of music at the UW, is No. 19 in the list of best albums by Seattle artists in 2020.
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12/22: Montana This Morning
A new study of 1,000 middle school students from the University of Kansas and the University of Washington School of Music found that learning music also boosted learning in math and reading.
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Behold! UW-authored books and music for the good Dawgs on your shopping list
Here's a quick look at some giftworthy books and music created by UW faculty and staff in 2020, and a reminder of some recent favorites.
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ArtSci Roundup: Set in Motion, Drop-in Meditation Session, and More
See public a public art exhibition on the side of city buses, watch a talk about "Public Opnion and Polls in the 2020 Presidental Election, revisit Marc Seales Group's performance at Town Hall, and more!
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Behold! UW-authored books and music for the good Dawgs on your shopping list
With one of the biggest gift-giving seasons upon us, here’s a quick look at some gift-worthy books and music created by University of Washington faculty and staff, and a reminder of some recent favorites.
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How the pandemic became an integral part of a Seattle-area virtual Beethoven festival
The classical-music world was counting on Beethoven’s 250th birthday this year as a major selling point. But coronavirus started wreaking its havoc, and countless Beethoven-related events had to be scuttled — or adapted on the fly to constraints no one could have predicted. The UW's Jeffrey Fracé, associate professor of acting; Cristina Valdés, artist in residence in the School of Music; and Rachael Lincoln, assistant professor of dance, are mentioned.
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A Feast for the Ears
UW School of Music faculty share favorite pieces of music, in genres from jazz to Gospel to world music and more.
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ArtSci Roundup: Katz Lecture: Remaking the Silicon Society, The Button: The New Nuclear Arms Race and Presidential Power from Truman to Trump, and more
This week at the UW, attend the Katz Lecture, a lecture on the nuclear arms race, and more.
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Barrett Martin Pays Respect to the History of Sound on ‘Scattered Diamonds’
Alumni Barrett Martin discusses his life journey and experience as a musician.
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Voices+Voids: Reclaiming and Transcoding Our Data as Performance
Assistant Professors Audrey Desjardins (School of Art), Afroditi Psarra (DXARTS), Bonnie Whiting (School of Music), and Jacob Lawrence Gallery Director and Curator Emily Zimmerman, discuss interdisciplinary research project Voices+Voids.
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Watch: KNKX's Virtual Studio Session with the Marc Seales Group at Town Hall
KNKX presented an exclusive live-streamed Studio Session with the Marc Seales Group from The Forum at Town Hall Seattle on Nov. 14, hosted by KNKX jazz ambassador Abe Beeson. Seales is a professor of jazz piano at the UW.
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ArtSci Roundup: Rick Steves at UW Global Month, Beethoven Piano Trios, Lessons (Not) Learned from the Holocaust, and more
This week at the UW, listen to a faculty Beethoven trio and lectures by Rick Steves.