“Composing for Improvisors” marks the next concert in the WSU School of Music’s Faculty Artist Series, 8 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 24, in Kimbrough Concert Hall on the WSU Pullman campus. The concert will feature Regents Professor Greg Yasinitsky, an internationally noted composer and saxophonist and winner of the American Prize for Musical Composition. The program will include
The WSU School of Music’s annual Holiday Concert, “Joy to the World: A Global Holiday,” held on Saturday, Dec. 1, featured five different student ensembles: * Madrigal Singers * Treble Choir * Tenor/Bass Choir * Concert Choir * Symphony Orchestra The concert included seasonal favorites and concluded with Leroy Anderson’s Christmas Festival, featuring all of […]
Washington State University students Francis Fay and Gordon Shaw, and faculty member Ruth Boden made their Carnegie Hall debut on Nov. 3 in Manhattan, New York. The three were invited to perform with international cellist Mischa Quint and the InterHarmony Cello Ensemble. Fay is a junior music major studying cello performance, and Shaw is a sophomore music major […]
Eighty years ago, on the evening before Halloween, radio audiences across the country were shocked, thrilled, or panicked by a radio drama depicting an invasion by beings from the planet Mars. That radio drama was “The War of the Worlds,” directed by and starring Orson Welles. First heard on Oct. 30, 1938, “The War of […]
Sophia Tegart, WSU clinical assistant professor of flute, performed two world premieres on April 7 at the Women Composers Festival of Hartford, with bassoonist Helena Spencer, University of North Carolina-Wilmington. The festival, held at Trinity College in Hartford, attracts composers and performers internationally every year. The premiered works for flute and bassoon were composed
The WSU Opera Workshop presents opera and musical theatre productions, giving singers and actors several opportunities to perform exciting repertoire while developing singing, acting, and stage-movement skills. This fall, students filled Bryan Hall Theatre with song, performing two one-act comic operas, each with an abiding moral to the story. Directed by Julie Anne Wieck, associate […]
Hollywood studio musician, arranger, major film music composer and rising star. It’s not your average resume for someone who grew up on a Palouse wheat farm and graduated from nearby Wazzu. Paul Henning, a WSU School of Music alum (’98) and Pullman native, returned to campus to talk about his experience in the music program, […]
Home game day preparation for the WSU Marching Band means five straight weeks of learning halftime shows. The process of memorizing music, learning the drill and cleaning up the formations is prepped two weeks before the football games, drum major Nichole Chambers said. “Countless hours go into this 12-minute performance,” she said. Read more at […]
Hiking up mountain trails with a full-size cello on her back and playing music to the sky has given Ruth Boden, associate professor of music at Washington State University, some unique perspectives on the nature of music and life. As part of her ongoing research project “Music Outside Four Walls,” Boden, who teaches cello, bass, […]