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KU School of Music to host 2023 Prairie Winds Festival
On February 3 and 4th, nearly 100 music students from across the region will descend onto the KU campus for the Prairie Winds Festival, hosted by the KU School of Music. ...
KU School of Music announces new Interim Dean
Please join us in welcoming Professor Paul Popiel as the new Interim Dean for the University of Kansas School of Music. ...
Two educators receive Chancellors Club Teaching Professorships
LAWRENCE — KU Endowment has announced the 2022 Chancellors Club Teaching Professorships. Mark Mort, professor of ecology & evolutionary biology, and Cynthia Colwell, professor of music therapy & music education, are this year’s recipients. ...
Piano students place at Kansas Music Teachers Association competition
Here’s a breakdown of the results. ...
KU School of Music’s seasonal Vespers concerts now free
It’s one of the most exciting times of year in the KU School of Music. Two beloved annual Vespers programs are returning to the Lied Center. ...
KU’s inaugural Saxophone Day coming November 12
Join us in Lawrence on Nov. 12 for KU’s inaugural Saxophone Day! Registration is FREE and lunch will be provided! ...
World-renowned organist displaced by Notre-Dame Cathedral fire to play in Lawrence
Please join us for an upcoming concert featuring Notre-Dame organist Olivier Latry. The musician, who was displaced by the cathedral fire in 2019, is the William T. Kemper Artist-in-Residence at KU. He is set to play Bales Organ Recital Hall on Tuesday, November 1st, 2022, at 7:30 p.m. ...
KU School of Music to celebrate 50 years of jazz with large celebration
The University of Kansas School of Music will be celebrating a major milestone this month with a massive celebration and concert. ...
KU Professor of Tuba and Euphonium wins Teaching Award
Please join us in congratulating Professor of Tuba and Euphonium Scott Watson, who was named the winner of the 2022 International Tuba and Euphonium Association (ITEA) Daniel Perantoni Teaching Award. ...
KU School of Music to honor faculty, alumni with hall of achievement and dedication ceremony
Please join us on Friday, September 30, at 5:00 p.m. as we launch the new Nicholas Gerren Hall of Achievement with a dedication ceremony at Murphy Hall. ...
KU School of Music welcomes new faculty
The KU School of Music is pleased to announce six new faculty appointments for the 2022-2023 school year. Included in the esteemed group are Stella Markou, Emily Rossin, CharCarol Fisher, McKenna Stenson, Gulli Björnsson, and Geoffrey Landman. “We are so excited to have such large and highly qualified group of...
KU Jazz Ensemble I Honored by DownBeat and Jazz at Lincoln Center
LAWRENCE, KS – KU Jazz Ensemble I, under the direction of Dan Gailey, was recognized with the Graduate College Outstanding Performance honor in the category of large jazz ensembles in the 45th Annual DownBeat Student Music Awards. ...
University of Kansas invited to compete at the 2022 Jack Rudin Jazz Championship at Lincoln Center
KU School of Music Celebrates the Season with 97th Annual Holiday Vespers and KU 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. ...
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. ...