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August 22, 2011 - September 22, 2011
The KU School of Music is pleased to present
A Liszt Odyssey, September 11-13, 2011. This festival is set to become one of the most memorable and visible Liszt festivals in the world as it will feature Alan Walker, the world?s greatest authority on Liszt, and composer Mohammed Fairouz and his
world premiere of
The Last Resistance, a work created specifically for the festival.
April 14, 2010
The KU choir will travel April 19-21 to Burlington, Marion, Hutchinson, Greensburg, Meade, Garden City and WaKeeney. All concerts are free and open to the public.
April 09, 2010
Peixiang (Vincent) Li has been selected as one of three finalists for one of the major student competitions for the International Trumpet Guild. He will perform in the final competition in Sydney next July and be honored at the banquet. The top prize is $1,000. Li studies with Professor Steve Leisring.
April 09, 2010
The Helianthus Ensemble, a student ensemble dedicated to the performance of contemporary music, will perform spring concerts at 4:30pm and 7:30pm on Saturday, April 17, 2010, in The Commons/Spooner Hall.
April 09, 2010
Bo Atlas has been named a semi-finalist in the Artist Division of the ITEA Solo Tuba competition, an international competition sponsored by the International Tuba Euphonium Association. Bo will compete in the semi-final round in Arizona in May. Bo is a junior in tuba performance and is Principal Tuba in the Topeka Symphony. He is also a winner of the Great Plains Conference Solo Competition in 2009 and is a student of Professor Scott Watson.
April 09, 2010
Guangyu Dong has been awarded a competitive scholarship for the International Trumpet Guild 2010 competition based on a CD recording Dong entered. He will be recognized at the banquet in Sydney in July. Only a handful of students are chosen and recognized for this honor. Dong studies with Professor Leisring.
April 09, 2010
Brian Scarborough, an undergraduate music student, is one of three international finalists for the Gilberto Gagliardi Trombone Competition, sponsored by the International Trombone Association. Brian will go to the ITA convention this July in Austin, TX, to compete. Judges include a first-call Los Angeles studio musician, the second trombonist of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Principal Trombonist of the RAI Orchestra of Torino, Italy. Brian is a student of Professor Michael Davidson.
April 09, 2010
David Ferneau is the newest member of the trombone section in the 312th Army Band, Lawrence, KS. Brett Bohmann recently won a spot on the Army National Guard 35th Infantry Division Band based in Olathe, KS. David and Brett both study with Professor Davidson.
April 07, 2010
Mark Inouye, Principal Trumpet of the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra will give a master class, free of charge and open to the public, in the Kansas City area at the KU Edwards Campus next Monday, April 12th.
April 02, 2010
The KU Symphony Orchestra will perform a spring concert on Tuesday, April 6, 2010, at the Lied Center of Kansas. This concert is at 7:30 p.m. and tickets are $7/gen admission and $5/student and seniors. Tickets can be purchased through the Lied Center Box Office at lied.ku.edu or 785-864-2787.
March 31, 2010
The University of Kansas School of Music commencement convocation is scheduled for Saturday, May 15, 2010, 10:30 a.m., at the Lied Center of Kansas. The school is pleased to announce the guest speaker for the School of Music?s inaugural year's commencement ceremony will be KU Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little.
March 29, 2010
Joyce Castle, professor of voice/opera and Grammy award-winning mezzo soprano, is celebrating he0r 40th year in opera this year. The Pulitzer Prize-winning composer, William Bolcom, has written The Hawthorn Tree for Castle to be performed in NYC, Washington, D.C., Fort Worth, TX, as well as Lawrence, KS at the Lied Center in January of 2011.
March 26, 2010
Mary Elizabeth Thompson, DMA candidate in flute performance studying with Professor David Fedele, has been invited to perform for the New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival in New York City on March 25, 2010 at City University of New York. She will perform Ariel for flute, alto flute, and tape by Jorge Sosa with Kansas City flutist Rebecca Ashe.
March 25, 2010
Professor Kip Haaheim (music composition) will take part in a program entitled "Nature's Mix: Dialogue in the Round" at The Commons, Spooner Hall, on March 31, 2010, at 7:00 p.m. This event will be a discussion about food sovereignty, the relationship between natural habitat and agriculture, and the importance of working with rural social movements to promote ecological sustainability.
March 24, 2010
David Neely, Director of Orchestral Activities and KU Symphony Orchestra conductor, has been chosen to conduct "Figaro" and "Macbeth" for the Des Moines Metro Opera during this year's season, scheduled from June 25 through July 18, 2010. After nearly four decades on the podium, the Des Moines Metro Opera founder and artistic director Robert Larsen will step down. During the two-year transition period, Larsen will oversee a series of veterans chosen to conduct the opera's productions, including Neely.
March 15, 2010
Kathy Kessler Price (Ph.D. Candidate Music Education/Vocal Pedagogy) received a 2010 National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) Voice Pedagogy Award, one of only two such awards presented this year.
March 03, 2010
Robert van Sice is considered one of the world's foremost performers of contemporary music for percussion and he is also one of the world's most respected percussion teachers. Mr. van Sice teaches at the Yale University School of Music, Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins University and the Curtis Institute of Music. He will be in residency at KU March 7th and 8th. His residency will include a class on marimba, chamber music and percussion master classes.
February 24, 2010
KU's School of Music presents numerous performing groups at this year's upcoming KMEA conference in Wichita, KS, including: KU's Flute Choir, KU Double Reed Ensemble, KU's Trombone Choir, The Kansas Woodwinds and KU;s Symphony Orchestra. These groups will perform during the conference, Feb. 25-26, 2010.
February 24, 2010
Ho Ni Connie Mak won with her performance of the first movement of "Concerto in A Minor, Op. 16" by Edvard Grieg.
February 24, 2010
Ray Riccomini trumpet master class--Monday March 1, 7:30pm, Swarthout Recital Hall. Free and open to the public.
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