![]() Professor Salzman holds degrees from Wheaton (IL) College (Bachelor of Music Education), and Northern Illinois University (Master of Music in low brass performance), and studied privately with Arnold Jacobs, former tubist of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. From 1978 to 1983 he was band director in the Herscher, Illinois, public school system where the band program received several regional and national awards in solo/ensemble, concert and marching band competition. Prior to his appointment at the UW he served for four years as Director of Bands at Montana State University where he founded the MSU Wind Ensemble. Former graduate wind conducting students of Professor Salzman have obtained positions at forty-five colleges and universities throughout the United States. Timothy Salzman is in his 31st year at the University of Washington where he serves as Professor of Music/Director of Concert Bands, is conductor of the University Wind Ensemble and teaches students enrolled in the graduate instrumental conducting program. He has released 8 solo CDs for Rosewood Recordings, and is also featured on releases on the Cadenza Music and Present Sounds labels.ĭirector Bios Timothy Salzman, Wind Ensemble Partington is frequently invited to adjudicate or sit on the jury for local, national and international competitions in the US and Canada, including the Guitar Foundation of America competition, the National finals for the Federation of Canadian Music Festivals, the Music Teachers of North America national finals and the Portland Guitar Competition. He has also performed with Seattle Opera, Seattle Chamber Players, Seattle Pro Musica, Orchestra Seattle, Philharmonia Northwest, Seattle Creative Orchestra, Wenatchee Valley Symphony, Rainier Symphony, Portland State University Orchestra, Seattle Symphony Chorale, Seattle Choral Company, and flutist Paul Taub in the duo Dinamici. He is a frequent performer and teacher at festivals, including the Guitar Foundation of America Festival, Llantilio Crossenny Festival, La Guitarra California, Columbus Guitar Symposium, Appalachian Guitar Festival, Portland Guitar Festival, Northwest Guitar Festival, Shenandoah Valley Bach Festival, Cascadia Festival and Chelan Bach Fest. Paul Sunday on National Public Radio in the US, KUOW, KING FM, KZAZ, and KAOS in Washington, JPR in Oregon, KUT in Texas, and cable television in California, Montana and Washington.Īn advocate of new music, he has commissioned and premiered works by Stephen Goss, Bryan Johanson, Toshio Hosokawa, Angelo Gilardino, Tom Baker, Kevin Callahan and others. He has performed live on BBC Radio 3’s In Tune, BBC Radio Bristol, BBC Wales and Great Western Radio in the UK, as well as St. Mary in the Castle, Hastings Bristol Music Club Russell-Cotes Museum, Bournemouth Brewery Arts Centre, Kendall Trinity Arts Centre, Tunbridge Wells Nottingham Carlisle Derby and others. James’, Piccadilly in London the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama in Cardiff St. Concerts in England and Wales have included Blackheath Halls, the Royal College of Music, St. His North American appearances include the first solo guitar recital in Seattle’s Benaroya Hall, as well as Town Hall and Meany Theater in Seattle, Austin, Los Angeles, New Haven, Phoenix, Portland, Reno, San Francisco, Vancouver and many others. ![]() Partington has appeared throughout the USA, UK, Canada, Russia and Scandinavia in solo recital, with orchestra and in chamber ensembles. He has trained with many of the world’s greatest guitarists, including Oscar Ghiglia, Eliot Fisk, Eduardo Fernandez, Manuel Barrueco and David Russell, who commented on his “exquisite good taste and fluid perfection.” He began playing guitar at age 6 while growing up in Wales, gave his first public performance at age 7 and won his first competition at age 9. His innate rhythmic understanding and sense for tonal colour combine to form some of the most memorable phrasing to be heard on the guitar. Audiences are put at ease by his charming stage manner and captivated by his musical interpretations. ![]() Praised by Classical Guitar Magazine for his “lyricism, intensity and clear technical command,” this award-winning British guitarist has performed internationally as a soloist and with ensemble to unanimous critical praise. ![]() Michael Partington is one of the most engaging of the new generation of concert players. Toward the Splendid City, Richard Danielpour, arr. The UW Wind Ensemble and Symphonic Band present their fall quarter concert, performing the Northwest premiere of A Concerto of Colours (2017) by Stephen Goss with faculty guitarist Michael Partington. Music Education, Post Bac, Vocal Emphasis.Music Education, Post Bac, Instrumental Emphasis.Instrumental & Vocal Performance, Jazz & Improvised Music.Ethnomusicology, Music Education, Musicology & Music Theory.
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