Earlier this year, student Jay Afrisando (PhD, composition, Alex Lubet; advisor) was honored with the prestigious Jerome Hill Artist Fellowship. Hill, an Academy Award-winning…
The School of Music honors Professor Laura Sindberg as she earns the title of Professor Emerita from the College of Liberal Arts. Her years of unwavering dedication to the…
The School of Music welcomes Gwendolyn Freed as its interim director. Freed comes from the Humphrey School of Public Affairs, where she served as director of development. She…
Distinguished School of Music alumnus Dale Warland (MA, theory and composition, 1960, DHL, 2004) is the 2021 recipient of the American Prize National Award for Lifetime…
How have the leaders of local BIPOC arts organizations sustained or deepend ties to their BIPOC communities during the COVID-19 pandemic and the aftermath of George Floyd’s…
As the field of music composition is continuing to innovate and evolve, School of Music faculty member Professor Sumanth Gopinath is leading support of new music in the Twin…
Alumna and composer Carol Barnett (BA, music theory and composition, 1972, MA, music theory and composition, 1976) has spent her storied career contributing new compositions…
We are thrilled to introduce the School of Music’s Peer Advisors, Matt Healy (BM, tuba performance) and Katira Lutterman (BM, music therapy). This summer, they will be working…
Student composer Aarush Bothra (BM, percussion performance, BS mechanical engineering) will have his piece “Caminandes Llamigos” featured in the next Symphonic Band…
Alumna Melanie Ditter (BM, horn performance, 2012) created Rogue Repair, a new instrument repair business serving the Twin Cities area. In recent months, she has grown the…
Graduate Teaching Assistant Shaun Evans will conduct “Letters for Home” by Peter Meechan for the upcoming University Wind Ensemble and University Symphony Orchestra virtual…
Congratulations to Daniel Eras (MM, piano; MA, theory) on winning the 2021 University of Minnesota Marvin O. Mechelke II Piano Competition on Saturday, May 15, 2021. View the…
Graduate teaching assistant Vinay Thomas will be conducting the upcoming University Singers Broadcast Performance (https://z.umn.edu/6von) airing Saturday, May 8 at 7:30 pm…
As you all know, Derek Chauvin was found guilty of second and third degree murder and manslaughter yesterday. It was painful for us all to relive the horror of Mr. George…
The upcoming University Wind Ensemble and University Symphony Orchestra virtual performance will feature two unique contemporary works featuring percussion instruments…
The Chorus America Distinguished Service Award recognizes a member whose long-term service to the choral field significantly furthers Chorus America’s mission “to empower…
The School of Music is honored to share an upcoming collaboration with distinguished contemporary composer Gabriela Lena Frank. We talk with principal violist Joshua Peterson…
![School of Music Student Jay Afrisando. Text: [the sound of thinking]](/sites/cla.umn.edu/files/styles/teaser_image/public/20210713_jayafrisando_bee_lab_caption.png?h=d1cb525d&itok=Y3-2NIX_)
