Andre Chiang and Olivia Yokers (both Music) gave a set of master classes, lectures, and workshops around the Southeast this past week. The pair visited the University of Alabama to give a Chekhov workshop, Belmont University to give lectures on vocology and body work, the University of Mississippi to give a master class and Chekhov workshop, and…

Stephen Caplan's (Music) article, "Face the Music: New Frontiers for Training Facial Muscles," was published in The Double Reed, the journal of the International Double Reed Society. 

Stephen Caplan's (Music) article, "Better Practice for Better Performance," was published in the winter issue of "Piano Magazine."

Linda Lister (Music) presented a session at the National Opera Association conference in Tempe, Arizona, along with graduate students Claudia Affan and Olivia Yokers. The session was titled "New Arias/New Topics For Women/By Women." This session spotlighted selected arias from three new operas by living American composers Emily Clements and…

André Chiang (Music-Voice) presented at the National Opera Association National Conference with a session titled, “Cupboard Love: A True Crime Comedy by Madeleine Dring.” The session covered the one act opera Cupboard Love in terms of its potential for ease of production along with a performance of the piece. Chiang and colleagues from across the…

Jonathan Rhodes Lee (Music) published a review article in College Music Symposium 63, no. 2, the journal of the College Music Society, a "consortium of college, conservatory, university, and independent musicians and scholars interested in all disciplines of music." Lee's article reviews Discovering the Classical String Trio, a…

Voice professor Andre Chiang (Music) sings Escamillo with Opera Western Reserve in their production of Carmen on November 17. This season celebrates Opera Western Reserve’s twentieth season in Youngstown, Ohio, providing mainstage opera and outreach performances for the community.  Chiang was also invited to give a master class during the…

Amy Brown (Music) was nominated and selected as Nevada Society of Innovators and Digital Educators (NVSIDE) Outstanding Teacher of the Year!  The Outstanding Teacher of the Year award "recognizes a classroom teacher and Computer Using Educator (CUE) member who has made a noteworthy contribution to educational technology in a classroom…

Stephen Caplan's (Music) two part article, "Ninety Percent Mental, the Other Half is Physical! Perspectives on Teaching Movement to Musicians" has been published in The Double Reed, Vol. 46, #2 and #3. The Double Reed is the journal of the International Double Reed Society. Caplan's article explains research about attentional focus cues by UNLV's…

Joshua Thomas (Music-Voice), first-year Artist Diploma candidate, was a winner of the Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition - Utah District on Nov. 4, 2023. He will next compete at the Regional level in Denver, Colorado, in February 2024. This competition was established to identify early career opera singers and provide development funding and…

Associate professor John McMurtery (Music) performed in the 2023 U.N. Day Concert as part of United Nations Day. The program took place at the General Assembly Hall at the United Nations building in New York City. Under the theme of "The Frontlines of Climate Action," the concert presented the power of the human spirit to combat the…

Amy Brown (Music) presented a session at the Fall Computer Using Educators (CUE) conference in Stockton, California, (October 21-22, 2023). The session was titled, "Keep"ing Your Sanity and focused on how to use Google Keep to encourage active listening and notetaking skills for 2nd-12 grade students. Participants listened, responded, and…