Lisa Balkwill and Jody Woodruff will talk to students and the public about their careers Sept. 23. “Professional Journeys,” a workshop featuring cast members from the Performing Arts Association production of “Embraceable You: The Music of George Gershwin,” will be presented at 2 p.m. Friday, Sept. 23 in the Potter Hall Theater. The [...]
The Alumni Association at Missouri Western State University will honor eight individuals at the 34th annual Alumni Awards Banquet at 6 p.m. Friday, Oct. 14 in the Fulkerson Center. Award recipients include: Distinguished Alumni Award The Distinguished Alumni Award was created by the Alumni Association Board of Directors in 1983 to recognize alumni of the [...]
The MWSU Chamber Singers will perform for the final installment of Missouri Western State University’s Midday Melodies concert series at 12:15 p.m. Friday, April 29 at Kelley Commons, the patio area just west of Blum Student Union. In the event of inclement weather, the concert will be held in the Blum Food Court. The brief [...]
Dr. Dennis Rogers leads a recent rehearsal for eXtreme Percussion. The 14th annual eXtreme Percussion Show will entertain audiences with the rumble of drums and clanging of cymbals at 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 22 and Saturday, April 23 in the Potter Hall Theater on the Missouri Western State University campus. Tickets are $7 [...]
The MWSU Percussion Ensemble will perform as part of Missouri Western State University’s Midday Melodies series at 12:15 p.m. Friday, March 25 at Kelley Commons, the patio area just west of Blum Student Union. In the event of inclement weather, the concert will be held in the Blum Food Court. The brief concert is free [...]
The Missouri Western State University Arts Society has donated $32,000 to the Potter Hall project for renovations and repairs. The funding they raised came directly from their membership dues in 2015, Missouri Western’s centennial year. “We’re very grateful to members of the Arts Society for this gift,” said Dr. Bob Willenbrink, founding dean of Missouri [...]
The Golden Griffon Pep Band of Missouri Western State University will kick off the first MWSU Midday Melodies of the spring semester at 12:15 p.m. Friday, Feb. 26 at Kelley Commons, the patio area just west of Blum Student Union. In the event of inclement weather, the concert will be held in the Blum Food [...]
Missouri Western State University is the site of Electronic Music Midwest’s annual MiniFest Friday and Saturday, Feb. 26 and 27. Concerts will be held at 7:30 p.m. Friday and at 10:30 a.m., 2:30 p.m. and 7 p.m. in Kemper Recital Hall, inside Spratt Hall. The concerts are free and open to the public. MiniFest is [...]
The Music Department of Missouri Western State University will host its tenth annual MWSU Jazz Festival on Saturday, Feb. 13. Groups will perform in Blum 219 and the Fulkerson Center. Each ensemble will perform for the adjudicators, and will receive recorded and written critiques of the performance from clinicians. Immediately following each band’s performance the [...]
The Golden Griffon Marching Band of Missouri Western State University will be a part of a holiday tradition in Branson, Missouri, leading Rudolph’s Holly Jolly Christmas Light Parade through Silver Dollar City on Dec. 12. “This is the first time the Golden Griffon Marching Band has participated in the parade at Silver Dollar City, and [...]
