The Department of Music at Missouri Western State University will offer its 25th annual Drumline Camp for junior high and high school percussionists July 16-19. Register at www.missouriwestern.edu by July 8. The Missouri Western Drumline Camp is designed to give percussionists entering grades 7 through 12 a hands-on experience with contemporary marching percussion while focusing [...]
Missouri Western State University honored ten employees who are retiring and ten award winners at its annual Faculty and Staff Awards and Retirement Reception on May 2. Award recipients were: Missouri Western Foundation Award for Teaching Excellence Pam Clary, assistant professor of social work and director of the BSW program Shauna Hiley, professor of chemistry [...]
Missouri Western State University graphic design seniors will present their final portfolios at the 2017 Design Portfolio Review from 5 to 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 2, at the emPowerU campus, 518 S. 6th Street in downtown St. Joseph. The portfolio review is free. The public is invited to view the portfolios and visit with 12 [...]
Primitive structures created by students in Missouri Western State University’s 3d Design classes will be displayed in an open house from 8 a.m. to noon Friday, April 28. Light refreshments will be served. The open house is free and open to the public. The students have created primitive structures using only natural materials. The students [...]
The Missouri Western State University Concert Chorale will participate in the final concert of the St. Joseph Symphony Orchestra’s 2016-2017 Concert Series, “Mastery of Mozart and Beethoven,” at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 29 at the historic Missouri Theater in Downtown St. Joseph. The Chorus, under the direction of Dr. Elise Hepworth, will join the St. [...]
The Department of Theatre, Cinema and Dance in the School of Fine Arts at Missouri Western State University will hold two events on Sunday, April 30 in the Potter Hall Theater. Spectrum: A Dance Showcase will be held at 2 p.m., and the Griffon Film Festival will be held at 7 p.m. Both events are [...]
Aung Moe Kyaw performing with the Founder & Director of Myanmar Music Festival, American pianist Kimball Gallagher. Aung Moe Kyaw, a Missouri Western State University music major from Myanmar, was invited to perform at a private concert in Washington, D.C. on April 21, 2017. The event was hosted by Derek Mitchell, former US [...]
The choral studies program in the Department of Music at Missouri Western State University presents their annual “Spring Fling” at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 27 in the Fulkerson Center. The concert is free and open to the public. The Concert Chorale and Chamber Singers will present a varied repertoire, from spirituals and gospels to Renaissance [...]
Dr. Blake Tyson (left) and Clif Walker are guest artists during the MWSU Percussion Ensemble Festival April 25. Missouri Western State University’s Department of Music will host a Percussion Ensemble Festival on Tuesday, April 25 in the Fulkerson Center. All performances are free and open to the public. The festival begins at 2:30 [...]
Go back to the Eighties by attending “The Wedding Singer” at Missouri Western State University April 21 through 29. The rollicking musical will close out the 2016-2017 Theatre Season in the Potter Hall Theater. Robbie Hart lives in his grandmother’s basement in New Jersey and sings in a wedding band. His dreams of being a [...]
