music

June 9, 2025

The producer

From promoting punk bands to designing light festivals, Terry Morgan has shaped Seattle’s cultural landscape for more than 50 years.


December 23, 2024

An old photo of a college student flipping through papers in a library

Cozy up with UW alumni

Need a reason to stay inside this winter? Check out our media recommendations for books, games, music and TV by UW alumni.


December 9, 2024

The right direction

Ryan Dakota Farris, an up-and-coming conductor, used the Campus Philharmonia Orchestras as a “training ground” for his conducting career.


November 24, 2023

Forest chorus

Byron Au Yong, ’96, went to the Bloedel Reserve on Bainbridge Island to sing with the trees at an outdoor, participatory research event.


September 2, 2023

He can dig it

David R. Montgomery has a MacArthur “genius grant,” a handful of popular science books, and six albums with the local band Big Dirt under his belt.


August 13, 2020

The historian of Seattle hip-hop

Daudi Abe, author of an upcoming book on Northwest rap, tells us what makes the local scene so special.


December 27, 2019

Born in rhythm

We asked percussionist Paul Hansen, ’83, about his life on the drums. Here's what he had to say.


March 7, 2019

Editor’s Eye: Unease

I fear that part of the University is in peril—the humanities, arts, social sciences, museums, libraries.


November 30, 2018

Gratefully remastered

A 1974 concert at Hec Ed Pavilion, long a favorite of Dead Heads, is one of six historic concerts being released in a beautiful new boxed set,


August 24, 2018

Rehashing Husky history

We chop it up with pop culture critic Chuck Klosterman.


April 5, 2018

Jamming through Japan

Jazz drummer Adam "Von" Baron, '97, is headed to Japan to tour his latest albums.


June 14, 2017

chickens, sarah St. Albin

Poultry music

Singer Sarah St. Albin started out singing to her chickens.


December 15, 2016

Ben Gary

Mr. Fix-it

The repairman behind the Husky Marching Band.


December 1, 2013

Platinum grad

For Ryan Lewis, ’09, the whirlwind of fame is only a few years removed from days ensconced in Suzzallo Library and the Parnassus cafe in the basement of the Art Building.


September 1, 2013

The inspiration inquiry

Expanding the boundaries of knowledge in dance, theater and other performing arts requires research of a different stripe.


March 1, 2012

Taming the saxophone

The Broctave Key—the first U.S. patented invention from one of the UW Arts divisions—is now on its way to being manufactured.


June 1, 2011

Maestro steps aside

Matt Krashan, the UW’s maestro of music, dance and more, will retire in September from his position as director of the UW World Series, a program that is recognized nationally for its excellence and innovation in the performing arts.


March 1, 2011

Iceberg's tune

We love the enchanting songs of whales, the clicks and squeals from porpoises. And now, a University of Washington oceanographer has brought us more melodies from the deep.


March 1, 2010

Mary Curtis-Verna, 1921-2009

Mary Curtis-Verna, an international opera soprano who spent 20 years as Head of the Voice Department in the University of Washington School of Music, died Dec. 4. She was 88.


June 1, 2008

All that jazz

Over the past few years, Gene Aitken, '65, has become one of the world's leading ambassadors for jazz.