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Des Lee Fine Arts Education Collaborative

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....

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....

E. Desmond Lee Fine Arts Education Collaborative connects St. Louis students with local arts agencies

The Collaborative recently hosted its annual kickoff with nearly 30 fine arts partner organizations, plus teachers from 17 St. Louis-area school districts....

‘Operatic superstar’ Denyce Graves discusses pioneer Marian Anderson during virtual event

The renowned soprano discussed Marian Anderson's outsized contributions to music and the fight for racial equity before giving a virtual masterclass....

Community engagement is core to UMSL’s mission

As the University of Missouri System celebrates Engagement Week, Interim Chancellor Kristin Sobolik reflects on ways UMSL works to better the St. Louis region....

‘College Connections’ program brings St. Louis Symphony musicians, area students together at Touhill

High school and middle school students from Bayless and Ferguson-Florissant school districts attended the performance of Igor Stravinsky’s “L’Histoire du Soldat.” ...

‘Lion King’ cast members make time during tour to connect with St. Louis youth, UMSL students

Last week's "Lunch and Learn" put a crowd of young artists in conversation with the people who portray Simba, Mufasa and other characters in the award-winning musical....

Des Lee Fine Arts Festival packs two days full of unique opportunities for youth

Hundreds of St. Louis young people took campus by storm Feb. 7 and 8 as they came together alongside UMSL faculty and other contributors to make music and create art....

St. Louis youth, University Singers spend rare hour with the most awarded a cappella group in history

They had plenty of questions for acclaimed sextet Take 6, who performed and interacted with the students during a free Lunch and Learn event at the Touhill....

UMSL collaborative brings dance, music to area schools

Merengue music blares out of a boom box as a group of about 40 fifth-graders at Buder Elementary School in south St. Louis walk arm-in-arm into the school gymnasium. The...