Former PRIDE Band members have an action-packed reunion weekend scheduled Sept. 11-12 to commemorate their time on campus and meet the new faces of Missouri State's band. Their Facebook event shows more than 500 alumni are planning to attend. What's on the agenda? Friday, Sept. 11 "Meet & Greet" for past and current band members (to take place at the end of … [Read more...] about PRIDE band alumni to return to campus for Family Weekend reunion
Five decades of singers under Dr. Guy B. Webb’s direction will gather June 28 for a special reunion concert to raise fund for the Dr. Guy B. Webb Touring Scholarship. The alumni will be joined by Springfield Chamber Chorus. The event will start at 4 p.m. at Springfield’s Immaculate Conception Church. Webb will direct the ensemble. Scholarship to help students on choir … [Read more...] about Alumni concert to raise funds for Guy B. Webb scholarship
Missouri State music professor and baritone, Dr. Chris Thompson, will join concert pianist and Missouri State alumnus, Steven Spooner, in a Jan. 12 performance to breathe life into Franz Schubert's "Winterreise" — a wintry journey spanning the heights and depths of the human soul. About the performers Thompson and Spooner, now a professor at University of Kansas, have been … [Read more...] about MSU professor, alumnus join to perform Schubert’s ‘Winterreise’
Missouri State alumna Danaya (Atkinson) Roller, ’10, has spent the last week watching history unfold before her. The Kansas City Royals' official in-game emcee for the last four years, Roller works at all 80-plus home games and has become a face and voice associated with the game-day experience at Kauffman Stadium, including this historic season. Royals last World Series … [Read more...] about Music education alumna emcees World Series
The College of Arts and Letters will be hosting a series of master classes Oct. 16 and 17 as part of its Homecoming event schedule. These classes, presented by COAL alumni in music, art and design, theatre and dance, and media, journalism and film, are open to the public. The schedule is as follows: Living the Dream – Composing and Publishing Music Presented by COAL … [Read more...] about COAL Homecoming: Master class series brings alumni back to campus to share their crafts