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KU School of Music Student Named Winner of Prestigious Bob Dylan Center Songwriter Fellowship
Lawrence, KS – The University of Kansas School of Music is pleased to announce that a current student has been selected as one of two winners in the highly esteemed Bob Dylan Cen
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Pianist Eddie Moore pursues a pure vision
LAWRENCE — Eddie Moore’s new album, “Aperture,” comprises just six songs and 16 minutes of solo piano.
A box of Barnes: Group records all professor’s symphonies
LAWRENCE — Like thespians who refer to “Macbeth” as “the Scottish play,” classical music composers have a superstition about the number of symphonies they may write. Beethoven and Mahler died shortly after completing their respective ninth symphonies.
KU to stage ‘Sweeney Todd,’ opening Feb. 16
LAWRENCE — Before the Broadway national tour begins, a local production of “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, a Musical Thriller” will explore the psyche of the villain and bring Stephen Sondheim’s brilliant melodies to the community with the help of KU’s Opera and Symphony Orchestr
Brandon Draper's recording dam to burst in 2024
LAWRENCE – The way Brandon Draper heard it all his life, it was the impending birth of his older sister that cost his keyboardist father a chance to audition for the Rolling Stones.
KU School of Music Presents Prairie Winds Festival with The Westerlies
The University of Kansas School of Music is thrilled to announce the Prairie Winds Festival, featuring multiple wind ensembles and the genre-defying brass quartet, The Westerlies. The event is scheduled to take place on Saturday, February 3, 2024, at the Lied Center in Lawrence, Kansas.
Paul Popiel named dean of KU School of Music
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas has selected Paul Popiel as the next dean of the KU School of Music. Popiel has served as the interim dean since January. He has been a professor of music at KU since 2010.