History hasn’t always been kind to the University of Minnesota’s Aeolian-Skinner organ, built between 1932 and 1936. “It’s true that for decades the university spent very little money on the organ,” said Dean Billmeyer, an organ professor since 1982.

Tom Ashworth (trombone) was featured in the Shafter Press (Shafter, CA) article "Music man comes back and gives back" on October 4, 2018.

David Evan Thomas (PhD 1996, composition, student of Dominick Argento) was initiated into Sigma Alpha Iota (SAI) Minneapolis,/St. Paul Alumnae Chapter as a National Arts Associate on October 8, 2018.

Laura Hynes (DMA 2013, voice, student of Adriana Zabala) was a featured performer for Music and the Brain: A Conversation with Renée Fleming at the University of Calgary, where she is currently an assistant professor and head of voice.

Hannah Schendel (BA 2013, violin) was chosen to be a conducting fellow with the Allentown Symphony. The Allentown Symphony Conducting Fellows Program supports the opportunity for promising conductors to hone their craft and enrich their musical experience through mentorship and participation in the Allentown Symphony Association’s orchestral and community programs.

Elizabeth Egger (BM 2005, music education) and Ryan LaBoy (MM 2015, choral conducting/music education) conducted their choirs from the 50-yard-line in a performance of America the Beautiful with Leslie Odom Jr. as part of the Super Bowl LII pregame festivities at U.S. Bank Stadium on February 4, 2018.

More than 30 music education students and faculty attended the second Music for All workshop, hosted by the University of Minnesota CNAfME (Collegiate National Association for Music Education) Chapter on Saturday, September 29, 2018.

Tanya Remenikova (cello) will perform with the Hill House Chamber Players group in two recitals on October 8 and October 15, 2018.

Fanya Lin (DMA 2018, piano, student of Lydia Artymiw) opened the 2018-19 concert season with Kenneth Freed conducting the Mankato (MN) Symphony on October 6, 2018, performing the Ravel G Major Piano Concerto and Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue at the Mankato West Auditorium.