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Office of Student Involvement kicks off semester with Fall Involvement Jamboree

The event helped students connect with more than 50 campus organizations engaging in activities to meet a range of their interests....

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....

Music education student Sara Mullins performs with College Band Directors National Association’s intercollegiate band

A devoted horn player, Mullins also works at Pianos for People in St. Louis....

Dave Wacyk ready to conduct change as UMSL’s new director of instrumental music

Wacyk previously served as the director of instrumental music at Saint Martin’s University and taught instrumental conducting at Towson University....

UMSL Jazz Ensemble selected to perform with industry icons in Chicago and Dallas this winter

The 19 student members of the group have just hit what Director of Jazz Studies Jim Widner describes as the trifecta....

New UMSL conductor Darwin Aquino and student musicians anticipate debut performance

Aquino discusses the Nov. 8 concert, his excitement about the music department and his personal journey from the Dominican Republic to St. Louis....

EP release, graduation up next for UMSL violinist and media studies major

Mario Miles-Turnage’s musical style draws on years of classical training and a knack for exploring what the violin can bring to many different genres....

Alla Voskoboynikova recognized with Steinway award for outstanding piano instruction

Steinway Piano Gallery of St. Louis applauded the UMSL music faculty member's excellence in helping students achieve their maximum potential....

Faculty member ventures into Robert Louis Stevenson’s Land of Nod with ‘curious music’ of his own

Zachary Cairns’ new choral piece “The Land of Nod” earned kudos from the Missouri Composers Project earlier this year....

4 UMSL singers represent Missouri, lend voices to all-collegiate choir at national conference

When leaders of the Missouri Choral Directors Association were looking for a single quartet to sing on behalf of the Show-Me State, they chose UMSL....