The Yorkshire Champion makes a trans-Atlantic musical link as Lee Harrelson of Fountain City Brass becomes their new Visiting International Professor to work alongside David King. TUESDAY, 23 JULY 2019 Yorkshire Champion, Brighouse & Rastrick has acted swiftly following the recent departure of conductor David Thornton with news that Lee Harrelson will take up the [...]
June 20, 2019—The inaugural course of the newly founded National Youth Brass Band of America (NYBBA) will culminate with a public concert at 2:30 p.m. Saturday, June 22, in the Potter Hall Theater at Missouri Western State University. The concert is free and open to the public. Founders Helen and Lee Harrelson established NYBBA to [...]
April 22, 2019—The Spring Fling Concert presented by the Choral Studies program in the Department of Music at Missouri Western State University will include the world premiere of a new composition by David Bennett Thomas. The concert is at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 25 at First Presbyterian Church, 301 N. 7th Street in Downtown St. [...]
April 16, 2019—The percussion studies program in the Department of Music at Missouri Western State University will hold a Percussion Solo and Ensemble Festival on April 23 in the Fulkerson Center. The festival will conclude with a performance by the MWSU Percussion Ensemble featuring guest artist Ivan Trevino at 6 p.m. Admission is free. The [...]
April 16, 2019—The Missouri Western State University Concert Band and the Student Brass Quintet will perform with the Salvation Army Northland Corps Band from Kansas City at 8 p.m. Tuesday, April 23 in the Potter Hall Theater. The concert is free and open to the public. Each group will perform several songs separately then get [...]
April 15, 2019—April is Jazz Appreciation Month, and the Jazz Program at Missouri Western State University is doing its part to promote this great American Art Form by hosting its Spring Jazz Concert at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 18 in the Potter Hall Theater. The concert is free and open to the public. The concert will feature [...]
April 2, 2019— The Missouri Western State University choral program will host 400 middle and high school students from 41 area schools on Monday, April 8 in the Fulkerson Center. The middle school clinician is Mr. Stephen Rew, director of choirs from Raymore-Peculiar high school. The high school clinician is Dr. Elise Hepworth, director of [...]
Feb. 19, 2019—Two choral groups invited to perform at the American Choral Directors Association annual national conference will sing in St. Joseph. The Nairobi Chamber Chorus will perform at 6:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 24 at First Presbyterian Church, 301 N. 7th Street. The performance is free and open to the public, but a free-will donation [...]
Steve Houghton, guest clinician for the 13th annual Jazz Festival at Missouri Western Feb. 7. The Department of Music at Missouri Western State University will host the 13th annual MWSU/Phi Mu Alpha Jazz Festival Thursday, Feb. 7, featuring internationally known percussionist Steve Houghton as the guest clinician. The festival is free and open [...]
The Department of Music in the School of Fine Arts at Missouri Western State University will hold the fourth annual President’s Holiday Gala at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 6 in the Fulkerson Center. Admission is one can of non-perishable food for Missouri Western’s Campus Cupboard, the student food pantry. The President’s Holiday Gala rings in [...]
