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 [...]
"Draxian," a latex bust by Wayne Anderson April 15, 2019—Wayne Anderson, makeup effects artist and sculptor who has worked on the Netflix series “Stranger Things” and numerous movies, will present an artist’s talk and demonstration beginning at 8:30 a.m. Wednesday, April 24 in the Kemper Recital Hall inside Spratt Hall. The presentation is [...]
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 [...]
Conceptual illustration courtesy of Patterhn Ives LLC April 9, 2019—The project to enhance Potter Hall at Missouri Western State University has received a $1 million gift from Drew H. Brown of St. Joseph to support the addition of a visual arts annex. When constructed, the addition will be known as the Drew H. [...]
April 9, 2019—A film shot by Missouri Western State University students last summer has been selected for KC FilmFest International 2019 at Cinemark on the Plaza, 526 Nichols Road in Kansas City, Missouri. “The Eclipse” will be shown during the Block of Shorts: Sci-Fi at 9 p.m. Saturday, April 13. Directed by Toby Lawrence, assistant [...]
Dr. Mey-Yen Moriuchi, author of "Mexican Costumbrismo: Race, Society and Identity in Nineteenth Century Art, is the keynote speaker of the Undergraduate Art History Symposium. April 9, 2019—The Department of Art at Missouri Western State University and the Albrecht-Kemper Museum of Art in St. Joseph will host their third annual Undergraduate Art History [...]
April 9, 2019—The Potter Art Gallery at Missouri Western State University will host the second of two Senior Art Exhibits from April 10 through April 19. An opening reception will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday, April 12 in the gallery. The reception is free and open to the public. The exhibit celebrates [...]
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 [...]
