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UW High School All Star Chamber Music Weekend
September 6th and 7th, 2008

The University of Washington School of Music is pleased to present the High School All Star Chamber Music Weekend 2008, an intensive two-day session focused on individual performance and chamber music. The festival is open to students who are enrolled in grades 10-12 during the 2008-2009 school year. Students will be placed in select chamber groups that will engage in rehearsals guided by UW School of Music faculty. Other activities will include master classes and tips for Washington All-State and All-Northwest auditions. There will also be opportunities to attend faculty performances and participate in discussions dealing with college applications and careers in music.

Download the application here
Download the schedule here


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Auditions for membership in the two large concert ensembles of the UW School of Music, the UW Wind Ensemble and the brass, woodwind and percussion sections of UW Symphony will be held on Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008 in Meany Hall, room #268. Auditions will consist of prepared music as well as sightreading. Interested students should come at the indicated time; no individual pre-registration is necessary as the auditions will be 'blind', (behind a screen) to insure anonymity.

Audition schedule:

9:30-11:00 FLUTE
1:00-12:15 TRUMPET
12:15-1:00 HORN
1:00-2:15 PERCUSSION
2:15-3:00 OBOE
3:00-4:00 CLARINET
4:00-5:00 SAXOPHONE
5:00-6:00 BASSOON
6:00-7:00 TROMBONE/BASS TROMBONE
7:00-8:00 TUBA/EUPHONIUM


Click on the instrument name above to view audition materials.


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UWWE IN JAPAN!


In March of 2007 the UW Wind Ensemble completed a successful tour of Japan where they shared concerts with outstanding Japanese college and high school wind bands in the following venues:


3/16 (Fri) Kinki University November Hall, Osaka.

3/17 (Sat) Kobe Bunka Hall, Kobe.

3/18 (Sun) Sakuyo Gakuen Tokagakudo Hall, Kurashiki.

3/20 (Tue) Izumo Taisha, Izumo.

3/21 (Wed) Izumo Taisha Bunka-Place Urara Hall, Izumo.

3/23 (Fri) Kumamoto Prefectural Theater, Kumamto.

Additionally, the ensemble performed at the Izumo Taisha Shrine. This performance is the first time that western music was allowed at Izumo Taisha, the oldest Shinto shrine in Japan.

Listen to recordings of a portion of the UW Wind Ensemble's performance at the Japan Wind Ensemble Conductor's Convention in Kurashiki, Japan:
  Slalom (Carter Pann)
  Three Vespers (Sergei Rachmaninoff/Salzman)

Click here for photos of the tour (Hosted on Flickr)

Click here to see an article on the Wind Ensemble's tour, published in "Green Artist," a leading Japanese classical music magazine

Contact us!

UW Bands
University of Washington School of Music
Box 353450
Seattle, WA 98195
phone: (206)685-8050
fax: (206)685-9499