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 [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
April is Jazz Appreciation Month, and Missouri Western State University’s Department of Music will promote this American art form with its annual Spring Jazz Concert at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 18 in the Fulkerson Center. The jazz program will showcase its three major ensembles and several student soloists. The Vocal Jazz Ensemble, under the direction [...]
Dr. Kostis Hassiotis Dr. Kostis Hassiotis, an international oboist and professor, will visit Missouri Western State University for a guest lecture and guest recital on Wednesday, April 19. Both events are free and open to the public. Dr. Hassiotis teaches at the University of Macedonia and the State Conservatory of Thessaloniki. As a [...]
Junior Rhonda Gierstorff as the 'Countess' in The Department of Music's Opera Workshop production of Mozart's "The Marriage of Figaro." Young professional opera singers will join Missouri Western State University students and faculty and current and former area music teachers in a Missouri Western Opera Workshop production of Mozart’s comic opera, “The Marriage [...]
The Chamber Singers of Missouri Western State University will tour Missouri March 28-30. Seven high schools and community colleges are on the spring tour: Staley High School, Kansas City Kearney High School Cameron High School Charles Community College Hazelwood High School, St. Louis Parkway Central High School, St. Louis Fort Osage High School, Independence The [...]
Dr. Nathanael May Dr. Nathanael May, associate professor of music at Missouri Western State University, has been interviewed by “I Care If You Listen,” a major international source for the promotion of contemporary classical music. The interview is about the soundSCAPE festival founded by Dr. May. soundSCAPE (Sound, Composition and Performance Exchange) will [...]
