Staying Connected with Sonorities
Staying Connected with Sonorities
Read the latest news about our students, alumni, and faculty.
Read the latest news about our students, alumni, and faculty.
Nominations for the 63rd Grammy Awards include two alumni and one current student from the UI School of Music.
Jenny Wong (BM Vocal Performance, '09), formerly assistant conductor of the Los Angeles Master Chorale (the resident chorus of Walt Disney Hall), has just been promoted to the newly created position of Associate Artistic Director.
Illinois Harp Studio alumni are garnering teaching positions throughout North America this year, guiding generations of all ages forward now for the future.
The U.S. Department of State and the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board recently awarded Justin Vickers (DMA '11) a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program award to conduct research at University of Surrey, Guildford, in the United Kingdom.
Debra Richtmeyer, Professor of Saxophone, recently served as a juror for the The Adolphe Sax International Saxophone Competition. The most prestigious international classical saxophone competition, it takes place every four years in Dinant, Belgium – the birthplace of Adolphe Sax.
Over 300 saxophonists entered the competition and 79 were selected to compete live in Dinant.
The 2019 National Flute Association Convention in Salt Lake City, Utah soared skyward with University of Illinois flutists front and center and behind the scenes. Hosted and organized by Rebecca Johnson, Illinois 2010 alum and Easte
Alumnus Zhen Piao (AD, MM '17) has won First Prize in the Lynnwood Farnam Organ Competition.
Watch the complete School of Music Convocation from Sunday, May 12, 2019.
Dr. Charles W. Lynch III joins Arizona State University's Herberger Institute for Design and Arts School of Music faculty this year.