The American Wild Ensemble will perform a free, outdoor concert of contemporary chamber music reflecting on the Missouri Bicentennial in Springfield Aug. 4. The ensemble is directed by Missouri State University music faculty members Daniel Ketter and Emlyn Johnson. The concert’s program, “Missouri Music at 200,” features new music and poetry by composers and writers connected … [Read more...] about American Wild Ensemble performs Missouri Bicentennial concert Aug. 4
Members of the Missouri State University Chorale spread messages of hope through song. Regularly, they travel to feature their talent on international and national stages. This week, the Chorale traveled to Jefferson City and performed at the Bicentennial Inauguration Ceremony. The ceremony included the swearing in of several state officials, including Gov. Mike Parson, Lt. … [Read more...] about Chorale performed at Missouri Bicentennial Inauguration
As we celebrate and reflect on the 100th anniversary of women gaining the right to vote, Emlyn Johnson and Daniel Ketter spotlight the stories of two female trailblazers. Johnson and Ketter, music faculty at Missouri State University, collaborated with composers and performers from the Midwest to tell the stories of Bessie Coleman and Amelia Earhart. Female aviators inspire new … [Read more...] about New music spotlights women aviators
Often with music, you don’t have the opportunity to ask the composer about his or her life’s work. But one project was an exception. In 2016, Dr. Cameron LaBarr, director of choral studies at Missouri State University, and Dr. John Wykoff, associate professor of theory and composition at Lee University, traveled to Hawley, Massachusetts. There, they spent a week interviewing … [Read more...] about A team of Bears tells the story of world-renowned composer
Missouri State University has made a big addition to the Springfield arts community. Dozens-of-Steinway-pianos big. The Board of Governors in July approved a contract to buy new Steinway & Sons pianos, considered around the world as the ultimate performance instruments. Missouri State will be one of only four schools in Missouri to have All-Steinway status by June … [Read more...] about New pianos on the (Stein)way to MSU