The Fite Family Piano Festival spring recital will be held at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 25 at Ellis Hall 217B. The recital will feature a solo piano performance given by Avguste Antonov Featured pianist Antonov, an artist in residence at The Master's Touch School of Music & Performing Arts, LLC, in Grapevine, Texas, is a dedicated performer of 20th and 21st century American … [Read more...] about Fite piano festival to feature Avguste Antonov on Feb. 25
Tickets are now on sale for the Kauffman Center performance of the Missouri State President’s Concert in Kansas City on May 1. Tickets are available online and will cost between $15 and $35. The concert begins at 6 p.m. In addition to their May 1 performance, Missouri State University’s Grand Chorus and Symphony Orchestra will perform the concert for free on April 30 at … [Read more...] about Tickets now on sale for President’s Concert
Emeritus Professor Bill Armstrong and his wife, Margo, have gifted $25,000 to the MSU jazz studies program after hosting two art gallery fundraising events in November. Armstrong, co-founder of the Watercolor USA Honor Society, donated more than 30 of his watercolors, oil paintings and drawings for the events, held at his Springfield gallery at 2053 S. Waverly Avenue, Suite … [Read more...] about Artist raises $25,000 for jazz studies program
Missouri State’s College of Arts and Letters announced today that Robert Westenberg will join its faculty in the fall 2016 semester as musical theatre coordinator and associate professor in the theatre and dance department. MSU’s dedication to arts, student success attracts new coordinator Westenberg, a Tony Award-nominated actor, comes to Missouri State from Drury … [Read more...] about Award-winning actor to lead MSU’s musical theatre program
Missouri State music students will have the opportunity to put their teaching skills to the test for the spring semester String Project. The String Project, which is entering its eleventh year, teaches second- and third-grade children how to play a string instrument, e.g. violin, viola or cello. Instruction is provided by MSU music students under the direction of Springfield … [Read more...] about Music education for elementary students begins Jan. 20