Spring 2001 at the Rudi E. Scheidt School of Music offers an assortment of musical events, including three diverse festivals: Jazz Week 2001, the Chamber Music Festival and the New Music Festival, Imagine 2001 and a Schubertiade, an evening of Schubert vocal music. Jazz Week 2001 is scheduled from Feb. ...
The U of M Jazz Division in the Rudi E. Scheidt School of Music presents Jazz Week 2001 at the Harris Concert Hall, featuring the talents of students, faculty and guest artists. Jazz Week is an annual event during the first week of March, bringing The U of M and the Memphis community five days of jazz ...
Two departments within the School of communications are collaborating on a documentary, Hoxie: The First Stand. Directed and produced by Communications Professor David Appleby, the documentary is about Hoxie, Arkansas' first attempts at school integration in the early 1950s. Appleby's credits also include ...
On Monday evening the Rudi E. Scheidt School of Music officially celebrated the naming of the school with an orchestra concert in honor of Rudi E. Scheidt. The concert was specifically in honor of the endowment Mr. and Mrs. Scheidt made earlier this summer to the department of music, to the tune of ...
The opera division of The University of Memphis invites students to take a trip back to Ancient Egypt for their production of Henry Purcell's Dido & Aeneas at Harris Auditorium at 8 p.m. on Dec.1. Written in English in 1689, this marks the oldest opera performed by the opera division, however, plenty ...
On Saturday, Nov. 18, Opera Memphis kicks-off their 45th season at the Orpheum Theater with Puccini's Manon Lescaut. The production stars Kallen Esperian, Adam Klein, Ryan Allen, Dominic Inferrera and Randall Rushing. It's led by General/Artistic Director Michael Ching. Puccini's 3rd opera, Manon Lescaut ...
Vocal recitals flood Harris Concert Hall every semester and on Nov. 6 at 8 p.m., mezzo-soprano Dr. Pamela Gaston will star in another. Assisted by Dr. John David Peterson on piano and Jane Gerard-Schranze on viola, pieces by Brahms, Peterkin, Barber, Mahler and Peterson are scheduled. Gaston is an associate ...
The U of M Contemporary Music Ensemble will serenade students, faculty and staff as they present a host of tunes in the Harris Concert Hall Sunday, Nov. 5 at 8 p.m. The program includes Steve Martland's "Re-Mix," Igor Stravinsky's "Septet," Jim Hall's "Piece for Guitar and Strings," U of M graduate ...
