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Eye on UMSL: Making connections
Eye on UMSL: Making connections

Dean Shu Schiller speaks with attorney Eric Kendall Banks, a 1990 UMSL Distinguished Alumni Award recipient, during a reception last Wednesday night at the Blanche M. Touhill Performing Arts Center.

Eye on UMSL: Making connections

Dean Shu Schiller speaks with attorney Eric Kendall Banks, a 1990 UMSL Distinguished Alumni Award recipient, during a reception last Wednesday night at the Blanche M. Touhill Performing Arts Center.

Eye on UMSL: Making connections

Dean Shu Schiller speaks with attorney Eric Kendall Banks, a 1990 UMSL Distinguished Alumni Award recipient, during a reception last Wednesday night at the Blanche M. Touhill Performing Arts Center.

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Eye on UMSL: Jazz practice

Eye on UMSL: Jazz practice

The University Jazz Ensemble rehearses a number as several area high school students – each a Creative Achievement in the Arts award recipient – look on.

Eye on UMSL: Angelic voice

Eye on UMSL: Angelic voice

Soloist Theresa Pancella sings “Only in Sleep” during the University Singers’ rehearsal before their concert in Anheuser-Busch Hall at the Blanche M. Touhill Performing Arts Center.

Eye on UMSL: Warming up to Shakespeare

Eye on UMSL: Warming up to Shakespeare

Under the direction of a professional British actor, UMSL students warm up during a unique class session bringing to life one of the texts they’ve been studying.

Eye on UMSL: Listening

Eye on UMSL: Listening

Gavin Chuck, managing director of Alarm Will Sound, speaks with UMSL music students at a Seminar in Literature and Pedagogy focused around the idea of listening.

Eye on UMSL: Bluegrass

Eye on UMSL: Bluegrass

Musical artists Heidi Clare and Ron Thomason return to campus June 14 for a free evening of bluegrass at the Blanche M. Touhill Performing Arts Center.

Eye on UMSL: Simply sublime

Eye on UMSL: Simply sublime

A harpist performs during “Sweet Swan of Avon” at the Touhill, presented on the 400th anniversary of the death of William Shakespeare.

Convocation celebrates new start

Convocation celebrates new start

A convocation for the new School of Fine and Performing Arts was held Feb. 19 in the Blanche M. Touhill Performing Arts Center.

Eye on UMSL: Moving

Eye on UMSL: Moving

UMSL dance students brought the audience to their feet Monday during the Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday Observance at the Blanche M. Touhill Performing Arts Center.

Night at the opera

Night at the opera

The UMSL Opera Theatre’s 2014 production of “The Mikado” continued the group’s tradition of presenting dazzling and imaginative shows.

Teens sing their hearts out at Acappellooza

Teens sing their hearts out at Acappellooza

The camp attracted 80 students from grades 9-12 to the UMSL campus. It was developed to provide opportunities for devoted singers to get experience they might not get at home.

Eye on UMSL: Music festival

Eye on UMSL: Music festival

College and high school students from the St. Louis area, Illinois and as far away as Colombia gathered at the Touhill for the Arianna String Quartet’s annual Chamber Music Festival.

Eye on UMSL: Campus tour

Eye on UMSL: Campus tour

Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster received an up-close look at the University of Missouri–St. Louis campus during a half-day visit May 22 with Chancellor Tom George.

Eye on UMSL: Sunset

Eye on UMSL: Sunset

UMSL campus photographer August Jennewein was en route to an assignment at the Blanche M. Touhill Performing Arts Center when he was struck by what he saw.