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Stories in School of Fine and Performing Arts

Christian Okeke, a self-taught cellist, pursuing music degree at UMSL

Okeke worked two jobs to buy a used cello and learned to play by watching YouTube videos. Now he is excelling under the tutelage of acclaimed cellist Kurt Baldwin....

Blanche M. Touhill Performing Arts Center hosting the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra during 2023/2024 season

The orchestra will perform at the Anheuser-Busch Performance Hall for 13 events during the upcoming schedule....

20th annual Des Lee Fine Arts Festival showcases student musicians and visual artists in the region

Nearly 900 high school and middle school students from over 30 schools and 15 school districts gathered last week at the Blanche M. Touhill Performing Arts Center....

Looking back at an eventful 2022 through stories told in UMSL Daily

The past 12 months have featured numerous stories of success, innovative teaching and research, and impactful community engagement done by students, faculty, staff and alumni....

UMSL awarding honorary doctorates to Gene Dobbs Bradford, late Kirk Richter as it celebrates new graduates

The university will honor Bradford, the longtime director of Jazz St. Louis, and Richter, the former president of the UMSL Alumni Association, as it holds three commencement ceremonies on Saturday....

UMSL embarks on a dramatic campuswide transformation

Plans include a more centralized north academic core, a health sciences campus to the south, a new welcome and alumni center and more....

Des Lee Fine Arts Education Collaborative partners with St. Louis Dancing Classrooms to teach kids confidence and kindness

Five UMSL education students are volunteering with St. Louis Dancing Classrooms this semester through the College of Education’s Community Agency Partners program....

Keri Jupka, Sarah Klekamp and Tim Wombles receive UMSL Hero Awards

The award is presented to up to three staff or faculty members each month in recognition of their efforts to transform the lives of UMSL students and the wider community....

UMSL celebrates exemplary faculty, staff with Chancellor’s Awards

Twelve faculty members and four staff members received Chancellor's Awards for Excellence and the Gerald and Deanne Gitner Excellence in Teaching Award....

Chancellor Kristin Sobolik highlights transformational changes coming to UMSL campus during State of the University Address

Sobolik also recapped some of the university's many successes over the past year during the event at the Blanche M. Touhill Performing Arts Center....