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Calling all Glee Club alumni! Festivities to mark the 125th anniversary of the Glee Club will occur from April 25-27, 2014. A special alumni choir of at least 125 men is being formed to sing at the concert on Saturday, April 26, 2014 at 8:00 p.m. in Eisenhower Auditorium. Alumni and current members will also combine to form a massed choir, and current members will perform Randall Thompson's...
Congratulations to Brent Wissick ('78 M.M.) who will receive the Penn State Arts & Architecture Alumni Award on April 4, 2014. The alumni award is designed to recognize outstanding accomplishments of Penn State alumni, and also to connect prominent alumni with current students and faculty. Professor Wissick studied with former cello faculty member Leonard Feldman during his...
A reference book including chapters written by four School of Music faculty members and one alumnus has been named to the "2014 Outstanding Reference Sources" list by the American Library Association. Music in American Life: An Encyclopedia of the Songs, Styles, Stars, and Stories That Shaped Our Culture includes chapters by School of Music faculty members Mark Ballora,...
Student Spotlight
Senior B.M. voice student Jamie Rapaport won the preliminary round (University Division - Classical) of the Classical Singer Vocal Competition held at Temple University on...
Faculty Spotlight
Congratulations to Distinguished Professor Maureen Carr for receiving an award from the the Otto Kinkeldey Endowment of the American Musicological Society (AMS) in support of her forthcoming book...
Alumni Spotlight
Soprano Julia Wolcott (B.M. '13) was named as a finalist in the National Opera Association's "Caroline and Dominick Argento Vocal Competition" held in...