St. Louis County Executive Dr. Sam Page spoke with Chancellor Kristin Sobolik and Tim Nowak before delivering his annual State of the County Address at the Touhill.
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Eye on UMSL: County executive takes center stage
St. Louis County Executive Dr. Sam Page spoke with Chancellor Kristin Sobolik and Tim Nowak before delivering his annual State of the County Address at the Touhill.
Eye on UMSL: County executive takes center stage
St. Louis County Executive Dr. Sam Page spoke with Chancellor Kristin Sobolik and Tim Nowak before delivering his annual State of the County Address at the Touhill.
Eye on UMSL: County executive takes center stage
St. Louis County Executive Dr. Sam Page spoke with Chancellor Kristin Sobolik and Tim Nowak before delivering his annual State of the County Address at the Touhill.
UMSL celebrates its past while building for the future during eventful 2023
The university continued to impact the lives of students and people in the broader community while marking its 60th anniversary.
UMSL celebrates its past while building for the future during eventful 2023
The university continued to impact the lives of students and people in the broader community while marking its 60th anniversary.
UMSL celebrates its past while building for the future during eventful 2023
The university continued to impact the lives of students and people in the broader community while marking its 60th anniversary.
Eye on UMSL: ‘The Marriage of Figaro’
UMSL students rehearse a selection from Mozart’s comic opera masterpiece as Opera Theatre Interim Director Karen Kanakis leads them from the front row.
Eye on UMSL: ‘The Marriage of Figaro’
UMSL students rehearse a selection from Mozart’s comic opera masterpiece as Opera Theatre Interim Director Karen Kanakis leads them from the front row.
Eye on UMSL: ‘The Marriage of Figaro’
UMSL students rehearse a selection from Mozart’s comic opera masterpiece as Opera Theatre Interim Director Karen Kanakis leads them from the front row.
Eye on UMSL: Eight is enough
Alla Voskoboynikova, Daniel Schene, Susan Lutz and Daniel Kuehler perform “Galop-Marche for Eight Hands” by Albert Lavignac during last Thursday’s All-Steinway Extravaganza.
Eye on UMSL: Eight is enough
Alla Voskoboynikova, Daniel Schene, Susan Lutz and Daniel Kuehler perform “Galop-Marche for Eight Hands” by Albert Lavignac during last Thursday’s All-Steinway Extravaganza.
Eye on UMSL: Eight is enough
Alla Voskoboynikova, Daniel Schene, Susan Lutz and Daniel Kuehler perform “Galop-Marche for Eight Hands” by Albert Lavignac during last Thursday’s All-Steinway Extravaganza.
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Student new to UMSL, takes on big role in ‘Rocky Horror’
Among the University of Missouri–St. Louis students performing in “The Rocky Horror Show” at the Blanche M. Touhill Performing Arts Center is Grayson Jostes, who came to UMSL this semester as part of SUCCEED, a post-secondary program for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
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UMSL marks Jubilee with specially commissioned symphony
To mark its 50th anniversary the University of Missouri–St. Louis commissioned composer and UMSL music professor Barbara Harbach to write an original performance piece. Her creation will make its debut next month.
New Dance Horizons sequel: 4 choreographers, 4 companies, 4 debut performances
Four is a significant number for PNC Arts Alive New Dance Horizons II. Dance St. Louis has commissioned four renowned choreographers from around the country to collaborate with four St. Louis professional dance companies to create four distinct, clever and moving world premieres.
Improv shop to stage evening of comedy at Touhill
The Blanche M. Touhill Performing Arts Center at the University of Missouri–St. Louis and St. Louis’ own Improv Shop have teamed up again this season to present three evenings of comedy. The first performance will begin at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 25 at the Touhill.
St. Louis Jazz Orchestra to pay tribute to Maynard Ferguson
The St. Louis Jazz Orchestra, led by Jim Widner, director of jazz studies at the University of Missouri–St. Louis, will showcase the music of Maynard Ferguson and feature the artistry of St. Louis’ own Maynard “disciple” Jim Manley. “St. Louis Jazz Orchestra: A Tribute to Maynard Ferguson” will begin at 7 p.m. Sept. 24 at the Blanche M. Touhill Performing Arts Center at UMSL.
Chinese artistic treasure to take Touhill stage
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Fall arts at UMSL’s Touhill Center featured prominently by St. Louis Post-Dispatch
If the St. Louis Post-Dispatch fall arts guide is any indication, there will be plenty of great things to see and do over the next few months at the University of Missouri–St. Louis’ Blanche M. Touhill Performing Arts Center.
Media Coverage: August 2013
The University of Missouri–St. Louis makes a significant impact on the St. Louis area. Stories about the university, its scholars and their expertise are often covered by local and national news media. Media Coverage highlights some of the top coverage, but does not serve as a comprehensive listing.
Arianna String Quartet to revisit South Africa for season opener
This summer, the Arianna String Quartet spent three weeks teaching and performing in South Africa. Now back in the States, the University of Missouri–St. Louis’ resident quartet will revisit their trip to open its 2013-2014 season at the Blanche M. Touhill Performing Arts Center at UMSL.
Earn a Certificate in Audio Recording from UMSL
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Pair of Touhill festivals, MADCO make St. Louis Post-Dispatch’s Go! List
Two festivals and a dance company that call the Blanche M. Touhill Performing Arts Center at the University of Missouri–St. Louis home are among St. Louis’ best in arts and entertainment. That’s according to the inaugural Go! List, which celebrates the St. Louis Post-Dispatch critics’ and readers’ A&E favorites.
UMSL resident artists Arianna String Quartet announce 2013-14 repertoire
The acclaimed St. Louis-based Arianna String Quartet, resident artists at the University of Missouri–St. Louis, has announced its 2013-14 St. Louis concert series. The quartet will perform four concerts – “Out of Africa” featuring Alex Klein, oboe; “An Evening with Johannes Brahms” with pianist Johannes Brahms, “A Night at the Opera” with special guest soprano Stella Markou and “High Five” – in the E. Desmond and Mary Ann Lee Theater at the Touhill Performing Arts Center. Subscriptions are on sale now at Touhill.org and by calling 314-516-4949. Single tickets go on sale early August.
Eye on UMSL: Ain’t Misbehavin’
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Big Muddy Dance set to ‘Invigorate’ Touhill audiences
St. Louis’ full-time, professional jazz dance company will present “Invigorate,” a concert of new and classic dance works, at 8 p.m. June 20-22 at the Blanche M. Touhill Performing Arts Center at the University of Missouri–St. Louis.
Ambassadors of Harmony to celebrate 50 years with Touhill show
The June University of Missouri–St. Louis performances by the Ambassadors of Harmony will provide exactly what you’ve come to expect from the ensemble’s shows – outstanding showmanship and award-winning a capella music.
Spring to Dance Festival returns to Touhill
What started out as just an idea of Dance St. Louis Artistic and Executive Director Michael Uthoff has exploded into one of the hottest dance festivals in the country. Thirty professional dance companies, three nights, $15 tickets – the Memorial Day Weekend phenomenon, Spring to Dance Festival, returns for its sixth year at the University of Missouri–St. Louis with a smorgasbord of dance styles, including everything from cutting-edge contemporary dance and tap to classical ballet, modern and more.
Creative writers to give one last reading as students
A day before they graduate from the University of Missouri–St. Louis with an MFA in creative writing, nine students will read their original works. The semiannual MFA Graduate Reading will begin at 7:30 p.m. May 17 at the Blanche M. Touhill Performing Arts Center at UMSL. The reading is free and open to the public.
Improv Shop to feature UMSL chancellor as guest monologist at Touhill
The Improv Shop, featuring guest monologist Tom George, chancellor of the University of Missouri–St. Louis, will bring its improvisational comedy to UMSL. The show will begin at 7:30 p.m. May 15 at the Blanche M. Touhill Performing Arts Center.
Alarm Will Sound to perform ‘1969’ at Touhill
Inspired by a once-rumored but unconsummated meeting between the Beatles and Karlheinz Stockhausen – icons of 1960s rock and avant-garde composition, respectively – Alarm Will Sound’s “1969” connects the music, politics and culture of a turbulent decade through the works of the Beatles, Leonard Bernstein and contemporary composers Stockhausen and Luciano Berio.
UMSL Mirthday concert draws nearly 900
Neon Trees (pictured), an alternative rock band from Provo, Utah and Grouplove a Los Angeles-based indie band attracted nearly 900 fans April 17 to the annual Mirthday concert at the University of Missouri–St. Louis. The concert was held in the Blanche M. Touhill Performing Arts Center. The Capital Kings, a Washington, D.C., Christian pop band, opened for the headliners.
Russian, UMSL musicians to collaborate for Touhill concert
Last October, the Russian city of Samara played host to a group of University of Missouri–St. Louis piano students. This month, UMSL will return the favor.
American Academy of Nursing president to deliver nursing leadership lecture
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Greater St. Louis Jazz Festival celebrates 10 years
Over the last ten years, the Greater St. Louis Jazz Festival has grown to be one of the most significant jazz festivals in the Midwest. Produced by the University of Missouri–St. Louis, the Blanche M. Touhill Performing Arts Center and Jazz St. Louis, the 2013 festival will run April 18-20 and feature Monterey Jazz Festival on Tour, Doc Severinsen and His Big Band and Anat Cohen and Matt Wilson.
The Second City to stage ‘Laughing Matters’ at Touhill
Every time The Second City touring company returns to the University of Missouri–St. Louis for its extremely popular annual show at the Blanche M. Touhill Performing Arts Center, a future legend could be onstage. Named the country’s “Comedy Empire” by The New York Times, the Chicago-based improv group has a reputation for cultivating the next generation of comedic royalty with alumni including Tina Fey, Bill Murray and Steven Colbert.
Earn a Certificate in Audio Recording from UMSL
The College of Fine Arts & Communication at the University of Missouri–St. Louis announced their new program for students to earn a Certificate in Audio Recording. The college is collaborating with Ira DeWitt, president and founder of Notifi Records; the UMSL Department of Music; and the Blanche M. Touhill Performing Arts Center, to offer this certificate program that provides participants with the necessary technical skills needed for the production of high-quality sound recordings.
Chick Corea, Bela Fleck to play Touhill
Maybe pairing a National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Master and the one of the world’s finest banjo players shouldn’t work. But the BBC calls Chick Corea and Bela Fleck “everything a collaboration of this caliber should be – perhaps even a little bit more.”
MADCO to pick up speed in ‘Momentum’ at Touhill
MADCO, the resident dance company at the University of Missouri–St. Louis will pick up speed in “Momentum” by performing the work of some of the nation’s hottest choreographers, including Gina Patterson (Austin, Texas) and Janice Garrett (San Francisco).
Jazz orchestra to pay tribute to Count Basie
The St. Louis Jazz Orchestra will pay tribute to one of the leading bands of the swing era, the Count Basie Orchestra, with a concert at the University of Missouri–St. Louis. “A Night of Count Basie” will begin at 7 p.m. Feb. 26 at the Blanch M. Touhill Performing Arts Center at UMSL.
Epic production ‘Carmina Burana’ to be staged at Touhill, feature UMSL students
An ambitious production that’s taken years of planning will finally get its unveiling later this month at the University of Missouri–St. Louis.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch, KSDK cover UMSL’s 50th anniversary
In 50 years the University of Missouri–St. Louis has grown from one building, 26 faculty members and about 700 students to “a major educational presence in the region,” according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
Arianna String Quartet welcomes award-winning violist to Touhill
The Arianna String Quartet will welcome award-winning violist Elias Goldstein Feb. 6 to the Blanche M. Touhill Performing Arts Center at the University of Missouri–St. Louis.
‘Celebrating 50 Years of Fulfilling the Dream’ at UMSL
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Moulin Rouge-inspired ballet to be staged at Touhill
The Moulin Rouge has been the inspiration for books, paintings, musicals, films – and now, ballet. Dance St. Louis will bring Canada’s Royal Winnipeg Ballet, the oldest continuously running ballet company in North America, to St. Louis for the first time to perform “Moulin Rouge – The Ballet” at 8 p.m. Jan. 25 and 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. Jan. 26 at the Blanche M. Touhill Performing Arts Center at the University of Missouri–St. Louis.
Composer’s poetry-inspired score to debut at Touhill
A musical score composed by Barbara Harbach and based on works by Greek surrealist poet Andrea Embirikos will makes its debut at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 11 in the E. Desmond and Mary Ann Lee Theater at the Blanche M. Touhill Performing Arts Center on the North Campus of the University of Missouri–St. Louis.
KTVI to air UMSL holiday jazz concert on Christmas morning
If you missed the annual holiday jazz concert at the University of Missouri–St. Louis, you’re in luck, as KTVI (Channel 2) will re-air the performance on Christmas morning.
Festive holiday concert to feature UMSL’s choral ensembles
Are the mild temperatures and lack of snow making it hard to get into the holiday spirit? The University of Missouri–St. Louis’s annual holiday concert could be just the cure. The Classic Holiday Concert is one of the most popular of the holiday season. The performance will be held at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 10 in the Anheuser-Busch Performance Hall at the Blanche M. Touhill Performing Arts Center at UMSL.
Festive holiday concert features UMSL’s choral ensembles
Are the mild temperatures and lack of snow making it hard to get into the holiday spirit?
Ambassadors of Harmony to sing sounds of season at Touhill
The Ambassadors of Harmony fills the Blanche M. Touhill Performing Arts Center each December with the joy and magic of the holidays in a way only achieved by a 160-voice chorus. The choral group will perform it’s annual “Sounds of the Season” concert at 8 p.m. Dec. 7, 2 and 8 p.m. Dec. 8 and 2 and 7 p.m. Dec. 9 at the Touhill at the University of Missouri–St. Louis.
Touhill concert to feature noted music faculty members
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Annual holiday jazz concert to feature UMSL ensembles
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Saint Louis Ballet’s holiday favorite resumes at Touhill
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Improv troupe to make the holidays a hoot at Touhill
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Touhill wraps November shows with two free student performances
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Cross culture collaboration focus of upcoming concert
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UMSL students to compete in concerto competition finale
Top musicians at the University of Missouri–St. Louis will battle it out during the final round of the Fifth Annual Concerto Competition Nov. 16 at the Touhill Performing Arts Center.
Student singers to perform annual fall concert at Touhill
The University Singers and acclaimed a cappella group Vocal Point will perform their annual fall concert Nov. 12 at the Blanche M. Touhill Performing Arts Center at the University of Missouri–St. Louis.
Pilobolus tests boundaries of dance at Touhill
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Festival of Dance to showcase ballet to modern
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