Composer's Unpublished Musical Manuscript Discovered at the University of Washington

The premiere will be on May 16, sung by Nataly Wickham, voice student of Tom Harper, and accompanied by School of Music faculty, Rhonda Kline, 7:30 pm at Brechemin Auditorium. $5 all tickets at the door (cash or check).

"A summer project to inventory uncataloged manuscripts in the Music Library resulted in the discovery of a previously unpublished two-page song, Birth, by composer Amy Beach (1867-1944)."

For the full story, please see the University of Washington Libraries e-news.

Fraternity in harmony

"On a typical Tuesday or Thursday evening in the music building, the perfectly harmonious tune of “Brown Eyed Girl” can be heard drifting up the stairs from the basement. The source of the music is the forty men who make up the UW Men’s Glee Club."

For the full story, please see The Daily.

Take a good album apart? Don't be ridiculous

"Since the Beatles signed up with iTunes, you can download individual tracks from their albums. You may start to question the band’s reputation for creative genius, however, should you download the Abbey Road classic, She Came In Through The Bathroom Window. It starts mid-beat with the guitar outro from Polythene Pam and ends with clumsy abruptness before the sublime segue into Golden Slumbers."

For the full story, please see The Telegraph.

BRITTEN THEMATIC CATALOGUE PROJECT - USER SUBMITTED INCIPIT RECORDINGS

Are you interested in recording extracts from some of Britten's
unpublished childhood works?

The Britten Thematic Catalogue [Beta version] now includes the ability
for users to submit recordings of typeset incipits, presented within the
catalog, to the project in order to be considered for inclusion in the
final published version of the resource, due for release in 2013.

If you are interested in submitting a recording to the project, please
go to www.brittenproject.org and click on the 'Britten Incipit Recording
Project' icon on the left of the homepage. Please then browse the list
of incipits required and follow the recording and submission
instructions presented. The list of required incipits will be constantly
updated so please check back on occasion to view updates. If no incpits
are present for your instrument or ensemble, please feel free to email
Jonathan Manton (j.manton@brittenproject.org) to enquire as to
availability of other extracts.

Region's best opera voices compete in Seattle on Sunday

"Hear up-and-coming operatic voices at the Metropolitan Opera National Council regional auditions, to be held at Meany Hall on Sunday."

For the full story, please see the Seattle Times.

Academic Minute: The Touring Pianist

"In today's Academic Minute, Duncan Cumming of the State University of New York at Albany discusses the unforeseen difficulties faced by a touring concert pianist."

For the full story, please see Inside Higher Ed.

UW trombonist, DX Arts, involved in concert at Town Hall

"Stuart Dempster, a trombonist and professor emeritus of the School of Music, teams with keyboardist David Gamper and accordionist Pauline Oliveros for a special appearance at Seattle's Town Hall on Saturday, Jan. 15."

For the full story, please see UW Today.