November 2024

Director and Assistant Professor of Contemporary Music Rod Vester, Ph.D., released his first holiday EP, “Joy to the World,” on Nov. 8. This collection features…

This semester, the CONTEMPO Ensemble, a dynamic group of first-year, sophomore, and junior students from the Contemporary Musicianship & Entrepreneur Development (CMED) program, along with…

DB Bonds ’24 (Bachelor of Fine Arts in Musical Theatre) is the associate director of the new Broadway production, “Boop! The Musical.”

Connor Kabat ’23 (Bachelor of Fine Arts in Musical Theatre) is on the national tour of “How the Grinch Stole Christmas.”

Amanda Reid ’27 (Bachelor of Fine Arts in Musical Theatre) has joined the Broadway company of “Hell’s Kitchen” and is understudying the lead.

Associate Professor of Cello Julian Schwarz, M.M., and Coordinator of Strings and Professor of Bass Donovan Stokes, D.M., will premiere a newly commissioned work by…

Pianists Jean Lin ’26 (Artist Diploma) and Sarah Morris ’24, ’25 (Doctor of Musical Arts in Performance, Graduate Certificate in Performing Arts Health & Fitness),…

Coordinator of Music Theory and Professor of Music Keith Salley, Ph.D., traveled to Vienna, Austria, in early November to participate in the “Digging Schoenberg” conference…

A group of more than 20 conservatory students attended a performance of “The Other Americans” at Arena Stage in Washington, D.C., on Sunday, Nov. 3,…

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Music Literature Alanna Ropchock Tierno, Ph.D., presented a paper, “Wedding Music, Gender, and Catholic Identity in Bi-Confessional Augsburg,” on Sept. 18,…