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47th Annual Jazz Festival to sound off Feb. 18-20
February 10, 2016 · Music News
The Marshall University School of Music and Theatre will present the 47th Annual Winter Jazz Festival, Feb. 18-20, in Smith Recital Hall on Marshall’s Huntington campus. Special guests to the festival include Jim Snidero, an alto saxophonist who revolutionized jazz education by penning the first Jazz Conception books. Snidero is currently an adjunct faculty member
MUsic Monday lecture series to begin Feb. 15
February 10, 2016 · Music News
The Marshall University School of Music and Theatre’s lecture series, MUsic Mondays, resumes at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 15, at the Cellar Door, 905 Third Ave. The lecture, “Schubert and The Wanderer: A Winter’s Journey,” focuses on Franz Schubert’s intriguing song cycle, “A Winter’s Journey.” Lead presenter Dr. Vicki Stroeher, professor of music history at
Society of Composers regional conference to be held Feb. 25-27
February 4, 2016 · Music News
The Society of Composers Inc. Region III Conference will offer the public 10 concerts of new music by internationally recognized composers on Marshall University’s Huntington campus Thursday, Feb. 25 through Saturday, Feb. 27.
290 high school students to visit Huntington campus for three-day music festival
February 4, 2016 · Music News
Marshall University’s Huntington campus will “adopt” 290 teens this week when the High School Honor Band Festival kicks off Thursday, Feb. 4.
MUsic Mondays final fall lecture set for Dec. 14
December 8, 2015 · Music News
MUsic Mondays, Marshall University School of Music and Theatre’s lecture series, will have its final presentation at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 14, at the Cellar Door, 905 3rd Ave., Huntington.
Marshall music to celebrate TubaChristmas
November 24, 2015 · Music News
Huntington will be one of more than 250 cities participating in TubaChristmas, thanks to Marshall University’s School of Music and Theatre. Marshall’s Director of Bands, Brian Walden, will conduct West Virginia TubaChristmas, at 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 5, at the Huntington Mall.
MUsic Mondays continue with study of Mahler; lecture series investigates influences on 19th and 20th century music
November 9, 2015 · Music News
The Marshall University School of Music and Theatre’s music lecture series, MUsic Mondays, continues with the third lecture in the fall series at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 16, at the Cellar Door, 905 3rd Ave.
Chamber Choir to perform, prepare for trip to Spain
November 6, 2015 · Music News
The Marshall University Chamber Choir, under the direction of Dr. David Castleberry, will perform its first concert of the season at 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 15, in Smith Recital Hall on Marshall’s Huntington campus. The performance will feature music of Bruckner, Barber, Messiaen, Tedesco and others. The program’s centerpiece will be movements selected from Mario
Veterans to be honored with free concert
November 3, 2015 · Music News
Marshall University’s School of Music and Theatre will honor U.S. military veterans with a free concert at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 11, in Smith Recital Hall on Marshall’s Huntington campus. “This Veterans Day Concert is a salute to veterans of our armed forces through music of the early big bands and other early 20th century jazz
Tuba/euphonium quartet to play free concert
November 3, 2015 · Music News
The Four Horsemen Tuba/Euphonium Quartet will perform a free concert at 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 8, at Johnson Memorial United Methodist Church at 513 10th St. in Huntington. “The quartet joined to perform fresh, enlivened interpretations of standard quartet repertoire, as well as to introduce audiences to exciting original music and new transcriptions,” said Dr.