The program is the first of its kind outside of Jamaica seeking to recognize and enhance the study of reggae.

In the class Music Outreach in Healthcare Settings, taught by Professor Michael Silverman, music students play for patients at the University of Minnesota Health Clinics and Surgery Center. These students are learning about the experience their music can create for other people in a non-concert setting.

Professors Scott Currie, Akosua Addo, Paul Shaw, and Michael Kim welcomed to campus world-renowned Jamaican artists and delegates.

Alison Lee (DMA 2018, piano, student of Lydia Artymiw) has joined Ensemble 1828 (with violinist Nicole Oswald and cellist Isaac Pastor-Chermak) for six all Schubert chamber and solo programs coming up in Fremont, San Francisco, Oakland, Cupertino, and Albany, CA.