As a longtime performer, Worrell hopes she can serve as a firsthand example to her students.
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Bethany Worrell joins UMSL Department of Music as director of vocal studies
As a longtime performer, Worrell hopes she can serve as a firsthand example to her students.
Bethany Worrell joins UMSL Department of Music as director of vocal studies
As a longtime performer, Worrell hopes she can serve as a firsthand example to her students.
Year in review: UMSL sees transformative change during 2024
Look back at some of UMSL Daily’s top stories from the past year.
Fall Music Festival showcases ‘energy and vitality’ of UMSL Department of Music
The weeklong celebration of the arts and music featured performances by The Arianna String Quartet, the UMSL Symphony Orchestra, University Singers and Voices of Jubilation.
Fall Music Festival showcases ‘energy and vitality’ of UMSL Department of Music
The weeklong celebration of the arts and music featured performances by The Arianna String Quartet, the UMSL Symphony Orchestra, University Singers and Voices of Jubilation.
Fall Music Festival showcases ‘energy and vitality’ of UMSL Department of Music
The weeklong celebration of the arts and music featured performances by The Arianna String Quartet, the UMSL Symphony Orchestra, University Singers and Voices of Jubilation.
Music education major Alex Wurl striving to get more children involved in performing arts
Wurl, who works with St. Louis Children’s Choirs and the Des Lee Fine Arts Education Collaborative, is student teaching at Barretts Elementary in Manchester during his final semester at UMSL.
Music education major Alex Wurl striving to get more children involved in performing arts
Wurl, who works with St. Louis Children’s Choirs and the Des Lee Fine Arts Education Collaborative, is student teaching at Barretts Elementary in Manchester during his final semester at UMSL.
Music education major Alex Wurl striving to get more children involved in performing arts
Wurl, who works with St. Louis Children’s Choirs and the Des Lee Fine Arts Education Collaborative, is student teaching at Barretts Elementary in Manchester during his final semester at UMSL.
UMSL faculty and staff members hit the airwaves on UMSL Radio
Staff members Jessica Long-Pease and Dorian Hall joined UMSL Radio to explore their love of music and engage with students in a new way.
UMSL faculty and staff members hit the airwaves on UMSL Radio
Staff members Jessica Long-Pease and Dorian Hall joined UMSL Radio to explore their love of music and engage with students in a new way.
UMSL faculty and staff members hit the airwaves on UMSL Radio
Staff members Jessica Long-Pease and Dorian Hall joined UMSL Radio to explore their love of music and engage with students in a new way.
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Des Lee Fine Arts Festival brings nearly 1,000 students from across the St. Louis region to UMSL
High school and middle school students from 15 school districts and more than 40 schools gathered at the Blanche M. Touhill Performing Arts Center for the two-day event.
Cybersecurity major Cin Lam Mung aids his community in Myanmar through music
After Myanmar’s 2021 military coup, Mung recorded and sold copies of “Nang a Ding Om Den Ning,” an album of 12 love songs, to raise money for those affected.
Conductor Maria A. Ellis offers her own brand of music education
With her company, Girl Conductor, the UMSL alumna has been taking her music education all over the country.
Undergraduate Research Symposium features special performance of composer Hazel Felman’s work
Senior Shane Devine presented his senior thesis project, which consists of the first-ever biography of Felman, an annotated catalogue of all of her known works and a public performance.
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.
Gateway Writing Project’s OneCity Stories program teaches high schoolers to use their voices for social change
The three-week program brought together 11 students from across the St. Louis region to hone their writing and multimedia skills.
Alumnus James Young wins Missouri Teacher of the Year
Young leads an innovative musical theater program at Johnson-Wabash Sixth Grade Center, where students learn how to project self-confidence.
Love of music brings Mark Briguglio back to college, almost 50 years after he started, to earn degree
Briguglio has studied music and psychology while working toward his bachelor’s in liberal studies, and he aims to provide music therapy to military veterans after graduation.
UMSL Summer Preview Day kicks off recruiting for spring semester, return to in-person events
The hybrid event started with an in-person session on Friday and will conclude on Tuesday with a virtual event that includes a live chat.
Education alumnus James Young wins Ferguson-Florissant School District Teacher of the Year
After serving three years in the U.S. Army and working as a musician, Young’s grandmother helped him find his passion for music education.
Doctoral student Zachary Schwartz is the voice behind folk-rock act The Hollow Ends
Schwartz released his full-length album, “Bears in Mind,” in 2018. His folk-rock songs often draw on themes such as mental health, mortality and relationships.
Eye on UMSL: Dream it, do it
Grant Beckmann was on campus shooting b-roll for his internship with UMSL Athletics when he crossed paths with photographer August Jennewein.
Eye on UMSL: Making music
Music education students teach a new song to 4- and 5-year-olds at the University Child Development Center as part of the Early Clinical Experience in Schools course.
High school students learn from UMSL experts at Des Lee Fine Arts Festival
Fifteen St. Louis schools were represented at an event designed to connect students through band, choir, orchestra and visual arts.
Students discover opportunities for campus connections at Spring Involvement Expo
The Spring Involvement Expo brought a variety of campus organizations together, giving students the opportunity to enhance their college experience.
‘Back where I started’: Alumna Maria A. Ellis forms children’s choir on UMSL campus
The new choral group is part of Maria A. Ellis’ mission to make music education more accessible to everyone, starting in her hometown.
Trio of UMSL students earn Bond International Scholars Awards for study abroad programs
YuJin Hur and Molly Motes will study abroad in Japan for the entire 2019-20 school year, while Sarah Thompson will study in Ireland in the fall.
Design students team with UMSL Percussion Ensemble on animated performance of ‘Stained Glass’
The design students each created one minute of animation to accompany the musical performance April 8 at the Touhill Performing Arts Center.
Associate Professor Zachary Cairns premiers new composition at German festival’s 10th anniversary
“Blumenlieder” debuted at an event titled “Hamburger, Sauerkraut and Champagne” at the American Days festival last month in Stuttgart, Germany.
UMSL internships help Jennings students get a head start on college
The third year of the UMSL/Jennings Summer Internship Program gave 13 high school students the chance to work as research assistants under the tutelage of UMSL instructors in biology, chemistry, physics, psychology, economics, education and music.
He’s got rhythm: Jim Widner named Outstanding Jazz Educator for second time
The UMSL Jazz Studies director won in 1990 and now in 2018. The award recognizes an individual’s outstanding contribution to jazz education.
Paid UMSL internships offer Jennings high school students collegiate research experience
Meet five of the 13 high school students and learn about their research, internship experience and future hopes and dreams.
Meaningful connections: Scholarships benefit donors as well as students
Nicholas O’Brien and Brandi Fields were two UMSL scholarship recipients recently recognized at a luncheon on campus.
Doctoral student draws on passion for social justice, education in Latino recruitment role
UMSL alumna and Puerto Rico native Luimil Negrón returned to campus this fall to pursue a doctoral degree in global education and leadership.
UMSL concert to feature ‘Symphony for Ferguson,’ social justice themes
“Composers for Social Justice” will begin at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 6 at the Blanche M. Touhill Performing Arts Center at UMSL.
Music scholar featured in Fanfare magazine
Barbara Harbach is a distinguished faculty member and composer whose works have been performed worldwide.
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.
Wind Ensemble debuts Assistant Professor Zachary Cairns’ modern take on a classic
“Refracted Moonlight” is inspired by Debussy’s “Clair de Lune” and will debut March 5 at the Touhill.
IN UNISON offers performance, mentoring to UMSL music students
The St. Louis Symphony’s IN UNISON scholarship has offered sweet musical experiences to five University of Missouri–St. Louis students this year.
UMSL caps yearlong Jubilee with holiday jazz concert
The weather outside was frightful, but the music inside was delightful to the more than 1,200 who attended the Jazz...
Eye on UMSL: ‘Bass Ostinato’
University of Missouri–St. Louis music students Thomas Winkler (piano), Charles Clements (bass) and Corey Axelson...
Teacher of music teachers enters hall of fame
Fred Willman, Curators’ Teaching Professor of Music and Education at the University of Missouri–St. Louis, has influenced music education and music educators for almost half a century. His contributions were recognized in January with his induction into the Missouri Music Educators Association Hall of Fame.
Finance student to release gospel CD
Kenya native Joanna Waceke Slaughter, a business administration major at the University of Missouri–St. Louis, has always enjoyed singing in her church but never thought she’d pursue it further.
Music students perform for UCDC preschoolers
After a lesson on music, preschoolers at the University Child Development Center received a spontaneous concert from University of Missouri–St. Louis music students. When students in the Discoverers class returned from their motor skills lesson, they were surprised by a string quartet who were there to perform for the two-and-a-half to 4-year-olds.
Musical trio Silver Roots to perform at Touhill
The Blanche M. Touhill Performing Arts Center will be infused with a mix of traditional and classical music from both Japan and the western world Feb. 18 as the internationally-known trio Silver Roots takes the stage. The concert, “Silver Roots: Japan Meets World” is part of the International Studies Performing Arts Series at the University of Missouri–St. Louis.
Celtic music comes to UMSL
Triptych is a vivacious three-part ensemble that delivers elegant and soulful renderings of traditional music and step...
Japanese big drums to thunder at UMSL
Japanese musicians will perform “Taikoza: Such Sweet Thunder” at 8 p.m. Jan. 29 in the E. Desmond and Mary Ann Lee...
Sounds of Greece come to UMSL
Mavrothi Kontanis and the Maeandros Ensemble will perform their blend of traditional folk, urban and classical music...
Recent chemistry grad rocks out on weekends
A quick glance at Laurel Mydock in her white lab coat and you might not guess she plays guitar in a garage band on the...
Enjoy ancient sounds of west Africa at UMSL
Bassekou Kouyate and Ngoni Ba will perform ancient traditional west African music at 7:30 p.m. April 7 in the E....
UMSL to host Irish music, storytelling
The McGee Band and Professor David Wilson will perform at 8 p.m. Feb. 13 at the E. Desmond and Mary Ann Lee Theater in...
UMSL to showcase masks, mime, music of Japan
Kuniko Yamamoto will perform “Magical Mask, Mime and Music of Japan” at 8 p.m. Jan. 22 and 2 p.m. Jan. 23 at the E. Desmond and Mary Ann Lee Theater in the Blanche M. Touhill Performing Arts Center at the University of Missouri-St. Louis.
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