Announcing the Joyce Castle Campaign for KU Opera. With this effort, we have a fantastic opportunity to create a permanent fund supporting the opera program at KU. In doing so, we honor an extraordinary champion of this vital program in the School of Music. Read more...
PROTECT KU: READ ABOUT THE UNIVERSITY AND KU MUSIC PLANS TO REOPEN CAMPUS
- General Information for Spring 2021 music students: music.ku.edu/safety
- Protocols for ensembles: Band, Choral, Jazz, and Orchestras
- Details on the university’s protocols for re-opening campus can be found at Protect KU.
Among the finest music schools in the United States, the KU School of Music offers comprehensive programs at the undergraduate and graduate levels. For generations, the School of Music has provided the soundtrack to KU's rich traditions. Our students perform on the world's biggest stages, learn from leading experts in their fields and take their studies beyond the classroom to concert halls, clinics, schools and hospitals.
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Celebrate the season with KU Holiday Vespers and Jazz Vespers
LAWRENCE - A favorite KU holiday tradition, the 97th Annual Holiday Vespers will be held on Sunday, Dec. 5 with concerts at 2:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. at the Lied Center of Kansas. Pre-Vespers performances will be at 1:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m in the Bales Organ Recital Hall.
Musicology professor receives 2021 Chancellors Club Career Teaching Award
Thursday, October 7, 2021
Paul Laird, professor of musicology at the University of Kansas, is known for his creative, energetic teaching style filled with movement and music.
After a class at KU’s Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, the university’s continuing education center, Laird received a review from a participant that said, “Nail his shoes to the floor!”
KU Cello Club Conference highlights
KU Cello Club Conference: April 14-17, 2021
Behind the Music: Exploring Social Issues in Music
Panel: Addressing Social Issues in Music with Du Yun, Mazz Swift, and inti figgis-vizueta
Gabriella Bernard presented at the Global Scholars Seminar
Registration Closed
Our 2020 camp was a resounding success, with over 1,900 participants from over 40 states and 6 countries!
While we look forward to resuming our in-person camp in the future, we will once again offer our virtual camp this summer. Thanks to the generous support of the Band of Angels program, our 2021 Virtual Midwestern Music Camp will once again be FREE for all participants. Signup today!