University of Washington School of Music

Good luck on finals, students, and Congrats, Grads!

Final concert of our season is tonight (6/6)! The UW Composition Program presents a concert of world premieres of original works by UW students Scott Humphreys, Michaela Klesse, James Larson, Ben von Jess, and Kevin Wang—students in Professor William Daugherty's introductory composition class--as well as well as pieces by student composers Oliver Schoonover and Amelia Matsumoto. Program gets under way at 7:30 pm in Brechemin Auditorium. Admission is free! All are welcome!
https://music.washington.edu/events/2026-06-06/composition-studio-concert

Our final concert of the 2025-26 season is this Saturday, 7:30 pm, at Brechemin Auditorium, a concert of world premieres by student composers from Professor William Daugherty's introductory composition class. Come on out and hear brand new works by Scott Humphreys, Michaela Klesse, James Larson, Ben von Jess, and Kevin Wang. Free admission! Get all the details at the link. Please join us!

https://music.washington.edu/events/2026-06-06/composition-studio-concert

Last orchestra concert of the season is TONIGHT (Fri. June 5)! Please join us!

Our final Meany Hall performance of this season is this Friday, June 5, a big end-of-year concert by the UW Symphony (David Alexander, Rahbee, director) and combined UW Choirs (Giselle Wyers, director) performing music by Ottorino Respighi, Nadia Boulanger, and Francis Poulenc. Mezzo-soprano Clara Osowski is featured soloist with the combined ensembles for works by Boulanger, orchestrated by David Alexander Rahbee. Soledad Mayorga-Maldonado is featured soloist for Francis Poulenc's Gloria, with Giselle Wyers conducting. Details at the link in our bio. Concert gets under way at 7:30 pm. See you there!

https://music.washington.edu/events/2026-06-05/uw-symphony-orchestra-uw-choirs-giselle-wyers-clara-osowski-and-soledad-mayorga

Our final concert of the 2025-26 season is this Saturday, 7:30 pm, at Brechemin Auditorium, a concert of world premieres by student composers from Professor William Daugherty's introductory composition class. Come on out and hear brand new works by Scott Humphreys, Michaela Klesse, James Larson, Ben von Jess, and Kevin Wang. Free admission! Get all the details at the link. Please join us!

https://music.washington.edu/events/2026-06-06/composition-studio-concert

Tonight (6/3), 7:30 pm, Meany Studio Theater. Please join us!
https://music.washington.edu/events/2026-06-03/studio-jazz-ensemble-and-modern-band

Come hear some jazz this Wednesday, June 3, 7:30 pm, at the Meany Studio Theater - The Modern Band (Greg Sinibaldi, director) goes deep into the music of Thelonous Monk and Billy Strayhorn; the Studio Jazz Ensemble (Jacob Zimmerman, director) puts its stamp on older jazz styles from the 1920s to 1940s--works by Frank Foster, Dizzy Gillespie, Henry Mancini, Wes Montgomery, and others. Please join us!

https://music.washington.edu/events/2026-06-03/studio-jazz-ensemble-and-modern-band

Tonight (Tue. June 2)! Please join us!
https://music.washington.edu/events/2026-06-02/wind-ensemble-and-symphonic-band-emblems

Big year-end band concert on Tuesday, June 2 at Meany Hall: Director Erin Bodnar leads her last concert with the The Wind Ensemble and Symphonic Band after ably leading the ensembles this academic year as acting director. The program, "Emblems," features music by Aaron Copland, Wim Bex, Kevin Day, Dwayne Milburn, John Mackey and others. Special guest soloist is School of Music faculty artist and Seattle Symphony member Eden Garza, bass trombone. With graduate assistant conductors Yuman Wu and Solomon Encina. Please join us!

https://music.washington.edu/events/2026-06-02/wind-ensemble-and-symphonic-band-emblems