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KU Wind Ensemble and Crossroads Wind Symphony Celebrate Women Composers in Concert
LAWRENCE – On November 16, the KU Wind Ensemble and Crossroads Wind Symphony will present a joint concert featuring the work of women composers. ...
Musicology professor receives 2021 Chancellors Club Teaching Award
Paul Laird, professor of musicology at the University of Kansas, is known for his creative, energetic teaching style filled with movement and music. ...
KU Jazz Ensemble I Earns Top Downbeat Student Music Award
LAWRENCE, KS – KU Jazz Ensemble I, under the direction of Dan Gailey, has been named co-winners as the best graduate college large jazz ensemble in the country in the 44th Annual DownBeat Student Music Awards. ...
A secret, two-note formula tugs heartstrings in movies
LAWRENCE – Can a few seconds' worth of music convey the triumph of civil rights hero Martin Luther King Jr., the price he paid to achieve it and yet presage the struggles to come in our own time? ...
KU School of Music celebrates the season with 96th Annual Holiday Vespers
LAWRENCE – The KU School of Music along with the Lied Center of Kansas, Reach Out Kansas, Inc. And the Law Offices of Smithyman & Zakoura presents the 96th Annual KU Holiday Vespers Concert. ...
KU Symphony Orchestra receives national recognition
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas Symphony Orchestra (KUSO), led by Carolyn Watson, conductor and director of orchestral activities, was honored earlier this month with a 2019-20 American Prize for Orchestral Performance (second place, College/University Division) for its performance of Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 12 "The Year 1917.” The concert took...
KU Virtual Midwestern Music Camp draws nearly 2,000 students
LAWRENCE — In response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the economic downturn, the University of Kansas Midwestern Music Camp continued its 85-year-old tradition online and free of charge. ...
KU School of Music welcomes three new faculty for fall semester
The KU School of Music is pleased to announce the addition of three new faculty members for the fall 2020 semester. ...
KU music alumnus wins MTNA Young Artist Performance Competition
LAWRENCE — University of Kansas alumnus Benjamin Dominguez has recently been awarded first place in the Music Teachers National Association (MTNA) Young Artist Performance Competition. ...
KU Music mourns alumnus Brandon McCray, DMA ’15
LAWRENCE— The University of Kansas is mourning the death of music alumnus Brandon McCray. McCray died Sunday, April 19 after a two-week battle with COVID-19. Brandon was from Kansas City, he was 52. ...
KU School of Music celebrates 20th Annual Collage Concert
LAWRENCE – The University of Kansas School of Music will kick off the 2019-2020 performance season with the 20th Annual Collage Concert, a free celebration of the school’s many musical offerings. ...
Notre-Dame Organist Olivier Latry named William T. Kemper Artist-In-Residence at KU
The world’s premier organist Olivier Latry has been named a William T. Kemper Artist-in-Residence at the University of Kansas School of Music, beginning this fall. ...
KU School of Music strengthens ties with Chinese music institutions
LAWRENCE — With membership in a global music education organization and a new partnership with Shanghai Normal University, the University of Kansas School of Music continues to strengthen its relationships with Chinese music institutions. ...
KU Jazz Ensemble I earns top DownBeat Student Music Award
LAWRENCE, KS – KU Jazz Ensemble I, under the direction of Dan Gailey, has been named co-winners as the best graduate college large jazz ensemble in the country in the 44th Annual DownBeat Student Music Awards. ...
KU Music sound engineer Brock Babcock wins Latin Grammy
The road to Paulina Leisring’s Grammy Award started in Taiwan, but the story of how the recording came to fruition is a tale that spans continents. ...
Alumni News: Jennifer Antonetti named 40 under 40 by Yamaha
KU Music alum Jennifer Antonetti (BME '07, MME '13) was recently included in Yamaha’s 40 under 40 roundup celebrating excellence in music education. Hundreds of music educators from a wide variety of programs and backgrounds were nominated to receive this recognition from Yamaha. Among the reasons Antonetti was selected are...
2020 Presser Scholar: Gabriella Bernard
This fall Gabriella Bernard, entered her senior year at KU as a music therapy major, while minoring in psychology. She plays trumpet in the KU Symphonic Band and is a teacher’s aide at Hilltop Child Development Center. During her three years at KU, Bernard has excelled in research under the...