The music and culture blog An Earful wrote: “Besides having a burnished tone and monster technique, violist Watras has a gift for contextualizing the music of the past … with ‘Schumann Resonances,’ Watras continues to prove herself a curator, performer and composer of unique abilities.” 113 is the centerpiece and artistic jumping-off point for the CD, which is inspired by fairy tales and folklore, and features UW faculty colleagues Cuong Vu and Richard Karpen. Schumann’s Märchenbilder (Pictures from Fairyland), Op. Watras plays Schumann: Melia Watras, professor of viola, offers new music and a masterwork by composer Robert Schumann in “Schumann Resonances,” a CD released on Seattle’s Planet M Records. Published by UW Press, this three-volume set represents the culmination of 40 years of work and features striking illustrations by Joseph Tomelleri and details about 260 species of fish, complete with the ecology and life history of each species. Salish Sea fishes: Theodore Pietsch, curator emeritus of fishes at the Burke Museum and a professor emeritus of aquatic and fishery sciences, teamed with James Orr of the Alaska Fisheries Center for “ Fishes of the Salish Sea,” the first-ever documenting of all the known species of fishes that live in the Salish Sea. It’s about understanding that we are all living in a much longer history that has put us in different positions of advantage and disadvantage, and equipped us with very few tools to talk about it.” “Mindful travel in an unequal world,” she says, is about “paying attention, and noticing positionality in relation to each other.
Taranath has led student trip to India, Mexico and other locations. Mindful travel: How can travelers respectfully explore cultures with lower incomes, different cultural patterns and far fewer luxuries? Anu Taranath, lecturer in English and the Comparative History of Ideas program, explores such questions in “ Beyond Guilt Trips: Mindful Travel in an Unequal World,” published by Between the Lines. The new edition has an introduction by Seattle writer Knute Berger. Any serious student of Seattle or of recent urban history will now read Roger Sale, and with good reason.” Sale, who taught at the UW for decades, died in 2017. Seattle stories: University of Washington Press is republishing UW English professor Roger Sale‘s well-loved 1976 reflections on his city, its history and its possible futures, “ Seattle, Past to Present.” Pacific Northwest Quarterly called the book “an exhilarating critique of Seattle’s birth, growth, sickness, health, promise and fulfillment. Publishers Weekly wrote: “O’Mara’s extraordinarily comprehensive history is a must-read for anyone interested in how a one-horse town birthed a revolution that has shifted the course of modern civilization.” The New York Times called it an “accessible yet sophisticated chronicle.” Nominated for a 2020 Pacific Northwest Book Award. O’Mara’s ‘Code’: History professor Margaret O’Mara provides a sweeping history of California’s computer industry titans in her book “ The Code: Silicon Valley and the Remaking of America,” published by Penguin Press. Here’s a quick look at some gift-worthy books and music created by UW faculty in the last year - and a reminder of some recent favorites.
A teacher discusses respectful world travel, a historian explores Silicon Valley’s evolution, a professor and violist plays the music of Robert Schumann and a late English faculty member’s meditation on Seattle returns …
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