Fall 2019
Studio of notes
The music recording studio at Washington State University gives faculty, student, and guest musicians a sonically blank slate on which they can immortalize their art. » More ...
Music
Fall 2019
YAZZ Band
Review of Washington State University professor, composer, and saxophonist Greg Yasinitsky's album YAZZ Band » More ...
Fall 2019
Cougar Marching Band
The Washington State University calls on Cougs to give to the Cougar Marching Band, and they'll match donations up to $10,000. » More ...
Summer 2019
TalkBack for Summer 2019
Letters from Washington State University alumni about Coach John Chaplin and the WSU Fight Song » More ...
Summer 2019
A point of reference
The Washington State University environmental research station at Meyer's Point on Puget Sound lends insight into the local ecology, history, archaeology, and shellfish farming, while providing environmental education opportunities. » More ...
Winter 2018
Eyes Wide Open
Jazz singer and composer and arranger Jamie Shew’s new album Eyes Wide Open is reviewed by Kristina Ploeger. » More ...
Fall 2017
Briefly noted
The Positive Leader: Five Leadership Strategies for Attaining Extraordinary Results
Howard Gauthier ’81
Sports Leadership Publishing Company: 2016
Through a series of parables, this book gives leadership strategies designed to build successful teams in the workplace, on the playing field, or in the boardroom. Gauthier is a former college basketball coach and athletic director, and is currently an associate professor of sports science at Idaho State University-Meridian.
Midwives and Mothers: Medicalization of Childbirth on a Guatemalan Plantation
Sheila Cosminsky ’64 MA
University of Texas Press: 2016
In this exploration of birth, illness, death, and survival on a Guatemalan sugar and coffee plantation, Cosminsky … » More …
Fall 2017
Cougtunes
Recent releases from the WSU School of Music:
Gator Tail, faculty jazz quartet (Brad Ard, David Jarvis, Brian Ward, Greg Yasinitsky) (contemporary hard bop—even a classic Hammond B-3 organ can be found on the album)
YAZZ Recordings
Singular … » More …
Spring 2017
Dan Maher ’78
Everywhere you go on the Palouse, there’s Dan Maher ’78. He’s playing at the Co-op in Moscow, the farmers’ markets in Pullman and Moscow, on Terrell Mall on the WSU campus—if there’s acoustic live music, Dan Maher, his guitar, and his guide dog can’t be far.
But, says Maher, the music scene is nothing like what it once was. “When I was a student here in the early ’70s there was a guitar every 30 feet. Everybody played guitar! We used to go to the basement of the K-House and jam every night.”
Even if you’ve never seen Maher play live, you may have … » More …
Spring 2017
From the top
It’s sunrise somewhere on the Appalachian Trail. Ruth Boden is sitting on top of a mountain, playing her cello as she gazes out at a sea of trees. A hiker approaches. “So that’s what I’ve been hearing for the past six miles!” he calls out to her, grinning from ear to ear.
Boden is the cello professor at Washington State University and the founder of Music Outside Four Walls. She is challenging the received wisdom that classical music is played in tuxedos in concert halls with whisper-quiet audiences who’ve paid big bucks for a seat. So she backpacks, with cello, … » More …