WWU Music Department

WWU Music Department Music Department at Western Washington University We are a collaborative community where the love of music is acted upon with vibrancy and unity.

The Department of Music advances artistry, creativity, pedagogy, and scholarship as modeled and guided by faculty and realized by the undergraduate and graduate population.

Thank you, Liz, for bringing so much more music to us!
06/10/2026

Thank you, Liz, for bringing so much more music to us!

Guitars, fiddles, banjos, mandolins and a lone accordion all tuned to the key of A on the lawn facing Old Main. The sounds of a 1935 folk classic filled the circle of students, who sang together; “If you fill up ma jug, with some good ole mountain dew.”  

WWU Percussion Professor Patrick Roulet first learned of Haruna Walusimbi from Béla Fleck’s 2008 documentary “Throw Down...
05/29/2026

WWU Percussion Professor Patrick Roulet first learned of Haruna Walusimbi from Béla Fleck’s 2008 documentary “Throw Down Your Heart” which follows Fleck’s search for the African origins of the banjo. Roulet met Walusimbi in person in 2019 at the Percussive Arts Society international convention. When he heard Walusimbi would be coming to United States this year, Roulet worked with musician Mark Stone - who was organizing the trip - to add WWU to Haruna’s itinerary.

WWU Percussion Professor Patrick Roulet first learned of Haruna Walusimbi from Béla Fleck’s 2008 documentary “Throw Down Your Heart” which follows Fleck’s search for the African origins of the banjo. Roulet met Walusimbi in person in 2019 at the Percussive Arts Society international convent...

Caden Davis, a second-year graduate student pursuing a master’s degree in Music Education, was recently awarded the WWU ...
04/28/2026

Caden Davis, a second-year graduate student pursuing a master’s degree in Music Education, was recently awarded the WWU Graduate Research and Creative Opportunities Grant to support his research project, "Rhythmic Conversations: An Exploration of Improvisational Interactions between Kushaura and Kutsinhira Players in the Music of the Zimbabwean Mbira Dzavadzimu."

Caden Davis, a second-year graduate student pursuing a master’s degree in Music Education, was recently awarded the WWU Graduate Research and Creative Opportunities Grant to support his research project, "Rhythmic Conversations: An Exploration of Improvisational Interactions between Kushaura and K...

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