Fall 2022
Briefly noted
Short reviews of books by Washington State University alumni and faculty » More ...
Music
Spring 2022
Long not lost voices
Ethnomusicologists preserve and document the Indigenous culture of the very land on which the Washington State University Pullman campus resides. » More ...
Spring 2022
Nez Perce music today and yesterday
Listen to Nimíipuu (Nez Perce) music from the past and today, starting with early recordings in 1897 and up to contemporary songs from the Washington State University recording studio.
The Sam Morris Collection (Courtesy Tabitha Erdey, Cultural Resources Program Manager, Nez Perce National Historic Park and Research Center)
This two-CD set was produced by Loran Olsen, WSU professor emeritus of music and Native American studies.
Olsen worked with the Nez Perce community for several decades and set up the Nez Perce … » More …
Fall 2021
YAZZ Band: New Normal
Review of jazz album YAZZ Band: New Normal by Greg Yasinitsky » More ...
Summer 2021
Random Perfect Plan
Review of album by Tova and Richard Tillinghast » More ...
Spring 2021
Pandemic playlists
Music stimulates the parts of the brain that register pleasure, provoking memories, reducing stress, and profoundly influencing our moods. It’s both a salve and a distraction. And, during the current novel coronavirus pandemic, it offers perhaps one of the easiest and most accessible forms of self-care.
Music comforts us. It alleviates anxiety, helps us cope with emotions, and offers an outlet. It’s art, and art saves lives.
Here are some suggestions from the Cougar Nation for your listening pleasure during the pandemic.
Dean Karr (’88 Fine Arts)
Music video director, photographer, visual artist
Eruption by Van Halen on Van Halen (Warner Bros., 1978). … » More …
Winter 2020
Videos: Danh Pham conducts
Conductor Danh Pham, an associate music professor at Washington State University, brings joy and wonder as he directs various musical pieces.
Read more about Danh Pham’s work to introduce diverse and underrepresented composers.
Conducting the WSU Symphony Orchestra at The Fox [Theater in Spokane], 2019
Conducting Rhapsody in Blue by George Gershwin
Washington State University Symphony Orchestra, 2016
Conducting the Erhu Concerto “Jinghua’s Dream” (Mvt. 4 – Winter) by Guan Naizhong
Guang Xi Symphony Orchestra
Conducting the Clarinet Concerto (Mvt. I – Giocoso) by Philip Sparke
Seogwipo Philharmonic Wind Orchestra
Conducting … » More …
Winter 2020
Maestro of many voicings
A Washington State University orchestra conductor’s concerted effort to give voice to unsung composers » More ...
Summer 2020
Consider the butterfly
Washington State University alumnus Krist Novoselić embraces rural life and the natural world through music and community connections. » More ...
Summer 2020
Butterfly Launches from Spar Pole
Krist Novoselić, Ray Prestegard, and Robert Michael Pyle
Murky Slough Music: 2019
This eleven-track acoustic folk offering celebrates the natural world with profound but approachable spoken-word verse inspired by the cycles of life and sciences of ecology and geology. Armed with a PhD from Yale University and sense of curiosity about and reverence for the biosphere, Robert Michael Pyle—a lepidopterist, naturalist, and award-winning writer—presents compelling poetry that explores the intertwined fates of humans and nature.
Pyle, largely considered the godfather … » More …