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…
Musicology Professor Peter Mercer-Taylor’s book, Gems of Exquisite Beauty: How Hymnody Carried Classical Music to America (Oxford University Press), has been published…
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…