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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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Two KU School of Music students named 2024 Global Scholars
LAWRENCE — From around the world and across diverse academic units, 15 University of Kansas second-year students have been selected as the 2024 cohort of Global Scholars.
Research, new recordings bring works of 20th century Ecuadorian composer to light
Ecuadorian composer Luis Humberto Salgado was so far ahead of his time that neither he nor the public in Quito, where he lived, heard most of his orchestral and chamber music works performed during his life (1903-1977).
Opera singer, director aims to embody music’s epic storytelling
For Stella Markou, opera is a ticket to a magical world where she can embody not only life’s ecstasy and agony but even inhabit the skin of the greatest singer of all time.
Music theorist shows how EDM broke pop music's chorus
Your ears are not fooling you. Electronic dance music DJs-turned-producers have affected the very form of popular music in the past decade, essentially breaking the chorus in half, a University of Kansas music theory professor says.
Author details how Czechs overlaid politics onto Mozart
LAWRENCE – Even though Mozart lived mostly in Vienna and only visited Prague four times, German- and Czech-speaking residents of Prague have fought over his legacy ever since, trying to make it support their nationalistic beliefs.