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Eye on UMSL: ‘The Impresario’
Eye on UMSL: ‘The Impresario’

University of Missouri–St. Louis students Rachel Anthonis, Rita Schien, and Vanessa Tessereau rehearsed for UMSL Opera Theatre’s production of “The Impresario,” Mozart’s one-act comic opera.

Eye on UMSL: ‘The Impresario’

University of Missouri–St. Louis students Rachel Anthonis, Rita Schien, and Vanessa Tessereau rehearsed for UMSL Opera Theatre’s production of “The Impresario,” Mozart’s one-act comic opera.

Eye on UMSL: ‘The Impresario’

University of Missouri–St. Louis students Rachel Anthonis, Rita Schien, and Vanessa Tessereau rehearsed for UMSL Opera Theatre’s production of “The Impresario,” Mozart’s one-act comic opera.

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Eye on UMSL: All that jazz

Eye on UMSL: All that jazz

Alumnus Dustin Shrum and Danny Campbell of the Jazz St. Louis Big Band perform Friday during the 2022 Greater St. Louis Jazz Festival.

‘I Chose UMSL’ campaign shifts focus to opportunity, outcomes

‘I Chose UMSL’ campaign shifts focus to opportunity, outcomes

UMSL students look to the university to create life-altering opportunities. UMSL alumni prove-out those opportunities with solid successes. That’s the story of the newest chapter of the “I Chose UMSL” branding campaign launched in October. This is the fourth iteration of the popular initiative.

Student new to UMSL, takes on big role in ‘Rocky Horror’

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.

Composer’s poetry-inspired score to debut at Touhill

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.

Black 47 to bring eclectic sound to Touhill

Black 47 to bring eclectic sound to Touhill

The New York City-based Irish rock band Black 47 will bring its eclectic mix of reggae, hip-hop, jazz, blues, folk and traditional Irish music to the University of Missouri–­St. Louis as part of the Celtic Festival.

Arianna String Quartet, member to perform in November

Arianna String Quartet, member to perform in November

Julia Sakharova, the newest member of the Arianna String Quartet, will give a special solo performance with ticket sales benefiting scholarship students in the College of Fine Arts and Communication at the University of Missouri–St. Louis.

Students to stage Pulitzer winner’s ‘In the Blood’

Students to stage Pulitzer winner’s ‘In the Blood’

A new production at the University of Missouri–St. Louis will take a raw, unfiltered look into the world of poverty in the United States. “In the Blood,” by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Suzan-Lori Parks, follows the story of Hester as she struggles to provide for her five fatherless children. Students with UMSL’s Department of Theatre, Dance and Media Studies will perform the play. Jacqueline Thompson, visiting assistant professor of theater at UMSL, will direct the production, which is described as a modern-day reinterpretation of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s “The Scarlet Letter.”

Wind Ensemble, Symphonic Band to perform in concert

Wind Ensemble, Symphonic Band to perform in concert

The University Wind Ensemble and the University Symphonic Band, under the direction of Gary W. Brandes, director of bands at the University of Missouri–St. Louis, will perform in concert at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 12 in the Anheuser-Busch Performance Hall at the Blanche M. Touhill Performing Arts Center.

The first performance of the season for the two bands will feature the music of Gustav Holst, Percy Grainger, Ron Nelson, Martin Ellerby and Paul Hindemith. It will also include two guest conductors, music students Jason Nickell and Robert Hardcastle.

Free UMSL concert to include music by noted faculty composer

Free UMSL concert to include music by noted faculty composer

An upcoming concert at the University of Missouri–St. Louis will feature two members of the UMSL faculty and include music composed by a third member of the faculty.

The concert will be held at 5 p.m. Sept. 18, in the E. Desmond and Mary Ann Lee Theater at the Blanche M. Touhill Performing Arts Center. Free and open to the public, it will feature a performance of “Harriet’s Story,” a new song cycle by noted composer Barbara Harbach.

Celtic music comes to UMSL

Triptych is a vivacious three-part ensemble that delivers elegant and soulful renderings of traditional music and step...