With new additions to the music department and interesting projects and concerts on the horizon, here is a preview for what to expect from the music faculty this year. This is only a partial list of the exciting news across the department. To submit faculty news for the departmental or College of Arts and Letters blogs, please contact COAL by email. Visiting musicians to … [Read more...] about Music faculty gears up for year ahead
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
Music is ringing out across campus this week as more than 100 carillonneurs from across the world gather at Missouri State for the 2015 Guild of Carillonneurs in North America (GCNA) Congress. The event concludes Friday, June 19. Visit the website for a complete schedule. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0fokOZEc7g&feature=youtu.be About the Congress This year’s … [Read more...] about Carillonneurs fill campus with music in four-day event
Dr. Robert C. Quebbeman will conduct his last concert as Missouri State's director of orchestral activities on Sunday in this year's President's Concert. The Hammons Hall event will be free and open to the public. About the event Missouri State University's music department will continue its annual Masterworks concert tradition with Giuseppe Verdi's "Requiem Mass," one of the … [Read more...] about President’s Concert to be Quebbeman’s last
Music professors Dr. John Prescott and Dr. Cynthia Green Libby will travel to China next month to debut Prescott's piece, "Baroque Concerto for 2 Oboes and Chamber Orchestra." Genesis of the piece The piece features two oboes and chamber orchestra. It premiered in the U.S. at the 2015 Composition Festival with Libby performing with music department head Dr. Julie … [Read more...] about Professors to premiere orchestra piece in China