Huck Hodge
UW composer Huck Hodge talks about his music and receiving the prestigious Charles Ives Living Award.
Cristina Valdés
Cristina Valdés has a lot on her plate, this year and every year.
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Gospel Choir
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Meet at Meany Hall Room 268 for weekly rehearsals with the UW’s resident Gospel music expert, Phyllis Byrdwell, a giant of Seattle’s Gospel music community. Byrdwell led the music ministry at Seattle’s Mount Zion Baptist Church for more than 50 years. This class, introducing students to songs and methods of the Gospel tradition, includes a final performance on June 3 at the UW’s Gerlich Theater. No prior experience required.
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World Music: Gamelan
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No prior experience is required to take this class led by Javanese master musician Heri Purwanto, the School of Music’s spring quarter Ethnomusicology Community Artist-in-Residence. Class time in this introduction to the Indonesian music and dance form of Gamelan includes weekly rehearsals on the UW’s extensive set of gamelan instruments, with a culminating performance on June 4 at the UW’s Gelrich Theater.
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Awards, residencies, for faculty composer Huck Hodge
<p>School of Music Composition professor Huck Hodge recently received a significant commission from the Serge Koussevitzky Music Foundation in the Library of Congress, one of the most important commissions available to composers internationally.</p>
Meet the Artist: Amarilys Ríos, Ethnomusicology Community Artist-in-Residence, Winter 2019
<blockquote><p>An antidote for the winter blahs is close at hand, with multiple opportunities this quarter for the UW and greater Seattle community to experience the exhilarating Afro-Puerto Rican music and dance form known as <em>bomba.</em></p>
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<p>Amarilys Ríos, the School of Music’s Community Artist-in-Residence for winter quarter, plans a robust schedule of appearances, workshops, and performances both on and off campus during her residency with the UW Ethnomusicology Program during Winter Quarter 2019.</p>