School of Music

With degrees in music and speech & hearing sciences, Addison Francis wants to help singers and others protect their voices.

Faculty from the School of Music and the DXARTS are—literally—getting inside the minds of the musicians of New York's JACK QUARTET in a year-long exploration on the frontiers of artistic creation.

More than 40 players will perform works composed or inspired by the experimental composer John Cage, all around Town Hall Seattle on Nov. 19. There will even be amplified plants. 

Classical review: Pacific MusicWorks/UW Music’s coproduction of Gluck’s opera “Orphée et Eurydice” was a musical and visual delight at Meany Theater this past weekend.

Some composers transcend the music they create, coming alive in the popular imagination as figures of interest. Music + history join to offer a truly unique experience of one such composer. On Sunday, May 1, 2016, the UW School of Music hosts a Schubertiade, free and open to the public. Come hear live performances of the music of Franz Schubert, and learn about his cultural presence throughout history through narration and a pre-concert lecture. 

Composer Marcin Pączkowski uses sensor technology to alter music through specific movements.

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.