ARTICLES AND REVIEWS
Photo by Melia Watras
American Viola Society Residency 2024
Reviews
Melia Watras: Play/Write, The WholeNote: June/July/August 2024
Melia Watras: Play/Write, Textura: May 2024
Melia Watras’s Play/Write Looks Toward a Musical Future, LA Opus: March 22, 2024
LOOP—Ligeti’s Inspiration and Legacy—Rose Wollman (including Watras: Blue Rose), The WholeNote: February 13, 2023
Rose Wollman: LOOP—Ligeti’s Inspiration and Legacy (including Watras: Blue Rose), Textura: December 2022
Melia Watras: String Masks, Journal of the American Viola Society: Summer 2022
Melia Watras: String Masks, The WholeNote: March/April 2022
Melia Watras’s “String Masks” Ties Us Together, Which Sinfonia: January 28, 2022
Melia Watras’s Far-Out Music, The Art Music Lounge: January 22, 2022
Melia Watras: Firefly Songs, Textura: April 2021
Melia Watras: Firefly Songs, The WholeNote: March/April 2021
Melia Watras: Schumann Resonances, Textura: October 2019
The Newest Music—Melia Watras: Schumann Resonances, American Record Guide: May/June 2019
Melia Watras: Schumann Resonances, An Earful: April 1, 2019
For the Record, Op. 77: Matthew Lipman; Leila Josefowicz; Melia Watras, Violinist.com: February 8, 2019
Melia Watras: Schumann Resonances, Rafael’s Music Notes: January 19, 2019
Melia Watras: 26 and Ispirare, Journal of the American Viola Society: Fall 2017
Melia Watras: 26, The Strad: August 2017
Melia Watras: 26, An Earful: August 7, 2017
Melia Watras Reveals the Power of ’26’ Strings, Broadway World: May 13, 2017
Strings Attached, The WholeNote: March 2017
Second Inversion Album of the Week: 26 by Melia Watras, secondinversion.org, KING FM-Seattle, February 6, 2017
The Viola in Everybody’s Life, Music in Victoria: January 20, 2017
Melia Watras: Ispirare, Brooklyn Rail: October 2016
Melia Watras: Ispirare, Strings: February 2016
Melia Watras: Ispirare, American Record Guide: January/February 2016
Favorite Albums of 2015, Chicago Reader: December 28, 2015
Second Inversion Album of the Week: Ispirare by Melia Watras, secondinversion.org, KING FM-Seattle, November 2, 2015
Q2 Album of the Week: Violist Melia Watras Spans Earthy and Luxurious Sounds in "Ispirare", wqxr.org, WQXR-NYC, October 26, 2015
The Inspired Viola of Melia Watras, An Earful: October 25, 2015
Washington Uni professor narrates through her viola, Gramophone: February 2013
Melia Watras: Short Stories, Strings: September 2012
Melia Watras: Short Stories, Journal of the Canadian Viola Society: Autumn 2012
Critics' Picks, Seattle Times: June 24, 2012
Melia Watras: Prestidigitation, Computer Music Journal: Spring 2011
Machine Maid: Melia Watras explores the world of computer-assisted music, Strings: May 2009
She Flees, The Gathering Note: November 1, 2008
Middle Child, Seattle Weekly: Reverb: October 2007
Shostakovich's final thought, Classical in Seattle: October 2007
Melia Watras: Viola Solo, Stringendo: April 2007
Soaring Solo, Strings: October 2006
Melia Watras: Viola Solo, The Strad: June 2006
Melia Watras: Viola Solo, Journal of the American Viola Society: Fall 2005
Melia Watras: Viola Solo, American Record Guide: January/February 2005
Articles Authored/Co-Authored by Melia Watras:
Concentric and Intersecting Circles of Connection: Two Compositions for Viola Solo, Journal of the American Viola Society, Volume 38, Number 2, 2022
What made me fall in love with music, Rafael’s Music Notes, March 3, 2019
On My Music Stand, Strings: June 2017
Viola Party: Melia Watras on the joys of recording with friends and hearing your own works come to life, Strings: January 2017
Why I Play Chamber Music, Strings: February 2015
The Quest for Tone, Strings: January 2015
Honestly Assess Your Practice Habits, Strings: January 2013
Living in Alto Clef: 11 Top Players Pick the Best Loved, and Most Overlooked, Viola Works of All Time, Strings: December 2007
The Influence of Atar Arad: Studying with an Unconventional Master, New York Violist: April 2005
Reflections on a Residency, Julliard Journal: April 2001
Interviews with, and articles about Melia Watras:
Atar Arad’s Partita Party Premiere, Indiana Daily Student: October 12, 2023
Cadenza with host David Osenberg, WFFM The Classical Network: March 11, 2021
Faculty Profile: Violist Melia Watras on Schumann Resonances and her Folk Style Project, University of Washington School of Music News: April 3, 2019
Watras, Lim Start New Year with New Label, CD, Broadway World: February 4, 2019
Let’s Talk Off the Podium with host Tigran Arakelyan, podcast; September 11, 2017
Interview with Melia Watras, Primephonic: December 26, 2015
Short Stories: Eclectic new viola music from Melia Watras, UW Today: June 26, 2012
Meet the Artist: Melia Watras, Seattle Modern Orchestra Newsletter: April 2012
Before the Performance, A&S Perspectives: November 2010
The Five: Melia Watras plays new music by Shulamit Ran, The Gathering Note: October 24, 2010
Blending tradition and innovation: Faculty compositions to be performed in Feb. 16 Meany Hall concert, University Week: February 11, 2010
Walk Like a Musician: The actors of Opus learn the secrets of string players, Seattle Repertory Theatre: Deeper Look: October 2009
Violist Watras to perform new compositions in Prestidigitation, University Week: October 2006
Violist Melia Watras brings masterpieces to life at UPS, Tacoma Weekly: November 3, 2005
Zing will go the heartstrings of viola and violin lovers, Seattle Times: October 15, 2004
Duet with a computer is part of violist’s debut, University Week: October 14, 2004