News
May 01, 2008
Steven Spooner, KU assistant professor of piano, is the winner of an Ivory Classics Foundation Grant. This grant is given to outstanding young pianists to provide free study, travel and lodging to study with distinguished American pianist Earl Wild. Wild is a Grammy-winning pianist known for his interpretations of Romantic-period composers, such as Liszt. He is now 93 years old.
May 01, 2008
Steven Spooner, KU assistant professor of piano, recently joined the distinguished list of international concert pianists as an official Steinway artist.
April 29, 2008
KU design students were successful in the 2008 Dallas Society of Visual Communications/DSVC National Student Show and Conference, taking home numerous awards. A KU design professor also took home the prestigious 2008 Golden Apple Award, the DSVC’s version of the “Teacher of the Year” award.
April 28, 2008
On July 1, the KU School of Fine Arts will welcome a new interim dean. John L. Gronbeck-Tedesco will serve as dean of the KU School of Fine Arts during the 2008-2009 school year, taking over for Steven K. Hedden, who will return to the fine arts faculty after serving five years as dean.
April 28, 2008
Stephanie Grebel Sato, an undergraduate student studying textiles, was recently named a recipient of the 2008 Windgate Foundation Fellowship Award. These fellowships are administered by The Center for Craft, Creativity and Design at the University of North Carolina in Hendersonville. Only ten Fellows were selected from a pool of almost 90 national applicants.
April 23, 2008
The KU Youth Chorus (KUYC), comprised of singers grades 4-8 from the Lawrence area, will present an informal concert on Thursday, May 8, at 5:00 p.m. in room 328, Murphy Hall. The youth chorus will present a variety of literature and demonstrate new music skills.
April 18, 2008
The Department of Music & Dance in the School of Fine Arts is pleased to present a recital by Joyce Castle, mezzo soprano and KU professor of voice, in Crafton-Preyer Theatre on Thursday, April 24, 2008, at 7:30 p.m. Castle will be accompanied on piano by Mark Ferrell, Music Director of the KU Opera.
April 17, 2008
The KU Department of Music & Dance welcomes Daniel Harrison, the Allen Forte professor of music theory and chair of the Department of Music at Yale University, to KU Thursday and Friday, April 24-25, 2008. Harrison will visit KU to give two music lectures at Murphy Hall.
April 17, 2008
For the second year in a row, Bailey Pike, a junior studying musicology, has taken home first place in the undergraduate division of the Snyder Book Collecting Contest. This contest is organized by the KU Libraries and Oread Books and is open to all currently enrolled KU students.
April 16, 2008
Michael Kirkendoll, a doctoral student in piano at the University of Kansas, was recently named one of five finalists for the American Pianists Association Classical Fellowship Awards.
April 16, 2008
Sarah Kephart, a master’s student in sculpture at the University of Kansas, was recently selected as one of six winners in the Kansas City, Mo., Municipal Art Commission’s Avenue of the Arts project.
April 16, 2008
Scholarship Exhibition May 4-6 in the gallery of the A&D Building. The A&D Gallery is located on the 4th floor. An opening reception will be held May 4 from 2-4pm and the exhibition will be open from May 4-6 (it closes at 12noon on the 6th). The show will feature student works nominated by the art department faculty for scholarship and awards in 2008-2009. The show is free and open to the public.
April 16, 2008
The Department of Music & Dance and the division of jazz studies is pleased to present John Williams’ “My Fair Lady” on Tuesday, April 22, 2008, at 7:00 p.m. at the Lied Center of Kansas. The concert will feature renowned guest musicians Gary Foster and Steve Houghton and is part of Festival of the Arts, a month-long celebration dedicated to Murphy Hall’s 50th anniversary.
April 10, 2008
The Department of Music and Dance in the School of Fine Arts presents the KU Wind Ensemble on Sunday, April 27, 2008, at 2:30 p.m. at the Lied Center of Kansas.
April 09, 2008
Stephanie Zelnick, KU assistant professor of clarinet, will perform a faculty recital on Monday, April 14, 2008, at 7:30 p.m. The recital will take place in Swarthout Recital Hall and is part of the overall celebration for Murphy Hall’s 50th anniversary.
April 09, 2008
The Department of Music and Dance in the School of Fine Arts presents the KU Symphony Orchestra/KUSO on Saturday, April 26, 2008, at 7:30 p.m. at the Lied Center of Kansas.
April 07, 2008
Governor Kathleen Sebelius and Lawrence Mayor Michael Dever will proclaim April 14-20 Elizabeth Sherbon Week in honor of the centennial celebration of her birth.
April 03, 2008
The University Dance Company will continue the celebration of Murphy Hall’s 50th anniversary and will pay tribute to dance legend Elizabeth Sherbon with performances on April 17 and 18 at 7:30 p.m. at the Lied Center of Kansas. Featured in these performances will be the works of solo tap artist and choreographer Bill Evans and choreographer Karole Armitage, a Lawrence native.
April 03, 2008
John Hachmeister, KU associate professor of sculpture, recently attended a week-long visit to the University of Costa Rica to spend time lecturing, conducting a master class and evaluating the metal casting facility.
March 28, 2008
To commemorate the 50th anniversary of Murphy Hall, the Department of Music & Dance will present a cello alumni concert on Friday, April 4, at 7:30 p.m. in Swarthout Recital Hall.
