April is Jazz Appreciation Month, and Missouri Western State University’s Department of Music will promote this American art form with its annual Spring Jazz Concert at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 18 in the Fulkerson Center. The jazz program will showcase its three major ensembles and several student soloists. The Vocal Jazz Ensemble, under the direction [...]
Dr. Kostis Hassiotis Dr. Kostis Hassiotis, an international oboist and professor, will visit Missouri Western State University for a guest lecture and guest recital on Wednesday, April 19. Both events are free and open to the public. Dr. Hassiotis teaches at the University of Macedonia and the State Conservatory of Thessaloniki. As a [...]
Junior Rhonda Gierstorff as the 'Countess' in The Department of Music's Opera Workshop production of Mozart's "The Marriage of Figaro." Young professional opera singers will join Missouri Western State University students and faculty and current and former area music teachers in a Missouri Western Opera Workshop production of Mozart’s comic opera, “The Marriage [...]
The Chamber Singers of Missouri Western State University will tour Missouri March 28-30. Seven high schools and community colleges are on the spring tour: Staley High School, Kansas City Kearney High School Cameron High School Charles Community College Hazelwood High School, St. Louis Parkway Central High School, St. Louis Fort Osage High School, Independence The [...]
Dr. Nathanael May Dr. Nathanael May, associate professor of music at Missouri Western State University, has been interviewed by “I Care If You Listen,” a major international source for the promotion of contemporary classical music. The interview is about the soundSCAPE festival founded by Dr. May. soundSCAPE (Sound, Composition and Performance Exchange) will [...]
Faculty in the Department of Music at Missouri Western State University will present the Spring Faculty Showcase Concert at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 21, in the Kemper Recital Hall inside Spratt Hall. The concert is free and open to the public. The program is an eclectic mix of classical, jazz and contemporary music that features [...]
Dr. Andrew Richardson will present a percussion recital at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 16 in Potter Hall, room 112 at Missouri Western State University. The performance is free and open to the public. Dr. Richardson currently teaches at the University of Oklahoma and is a highly sought after clinician and educator. The concert will feature [...]
The Music Department of Missouri Western State University will host their eleventh annual MWSU Jazz Festival Saturday, February 11, with groups performing in the Fulkerson Center and in the Hoff Conference Room, Blum Student Union room 219. The festival will start at 10 a.m., with the Missouri Western Jazz Ensemble performing at 3:40 p.m. in [...]
Students from 20 area high schools will participate in the third annual Missouri Western Honor Choir Monday, Feb. 6. The honor choir will be joined by the MWSU Chamber Singers and the MWSU Concert Chorale for a free concert at 7 p.m. Feb. 6 in the Fulkerson Center at Missouri Western. More than 200 students [...]
The Fountain City Brass Band, the reigning North American and U.S. Open Brass Band champions, will perform a concert of holiday favorites at 3 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 11 at the Cathedral of St. Joseph, 519 N. 10th Street. Tickets are $12 for adults, $10 for seniors, $5 for students and free to Missouri Western faculty, [...]
