<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The University of Washington School of Music announces the appointment of celebrated Korean-American violinist </span><b>Rachel Lee Priday</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> to the faculty as Assistant Professor of Violin in the UW Strings Program, effective in the 2019-2020 school year. </span></p>
<p>The Housing Development Consortium of King County has recognized Music Education grad students Skúli Gestsson and Chris Mena for their leadership of a recent collective songwriting project with clients of Seattle-based Path With Art. </p>
In this Summer Piano course, you will have private lessons and learn music history and theory, and jazz improvisation techniques. No audition required. To register, email dyoon46@uw.edu.
Make time for singing this summer in UW Summer Chorale, and participate in an end-of-quarter concert.
“Many of the criticisms of rap as music are rooted in race," says instructor Michael Berry, “so to talk about rap music is a political thing—to say this is music and here’s why it’s music.”
<p>A new work by UW Composition professor Joël-François Durand, commissioned by Seattle Symphony and Music director Ludovic Morlot, premieres April 18 and 20 at Benaroya Hall. Retired UW professor Larry Starr delivers pre-concert talks on both evenings. The colleagues met recently at the School of Music for a conversation about the new work and other topics. </p>
<p>In the lead-up to a Meany Hall recital on April 17 in which she unveils a new major work for viola and other instruments, the chair of the UW Strings program reflects on a busy year that has seen the release of a new CD, and preparations for the world premiere of her Folk Style Project.</p>
<p>Two special events in Spring Quarter highlight ongoing research by UW composers, research associates, and neuroscientists. On April 19, quadriplegic artists improvise with professional musicians using only their brain waves in a collaboration between DXARTS Art+Brain Lab and Swedish Neuroscience Institute. On May 18, the School of Music and DXARTS present Human Subjects, in which New York chamber group the JACK Quartet performs a new string quartet incorporating brain waves.</p>
A special class section offered this fall at the School of Music is a learning experience for both teacher and students, a convergence of roles for one musician whose life is divided between his life as a performer and life as a teacher.