Full Circle
One day last year, Greg Tardy, associate professor of jazz saxophone, was working out at the gym when he received an unexpected call. It was totally out of the blue, but it was a call he had been waiting for
Where in the World is Chih-Long Hu?
Article by Brooks Clark Thanks to the Sandra G. Powell Endowed Professorship of Piano, the School of Music has for the past four years benefited from having internationally-recognized pianist and professor Chih-Long Hu on its faculty. “It was an unbelievable gift
Fulfilling a Dream
Victor Chávez’s dedication to the clarinet community fueled the tremendous success of ClarinetFest® 2019. It was about fulfilling a dream, but it wasn’t even his own dream. That’s why Victor Chávez, assistant professor of clarinet, worked so hard to bring the
Former Artist in Residence Wins 2019 Pulitzer Prize for Music
Ellen Reid, recent School of Music artist in residence and Oak Ridge, Tennessee native, won the 2019 Pulitzer Prize for Music for her debut opera, “p r i s m.” The opera addresses the effects of sexual and emotional abuse. “I
Practicing What She Preaches
It only took thirty seconds for Katie Johnson’s life work—teaching and playing horn—to be transformed. The assistant professor of horn was playing for her idol, Frøydis Ree Wekre, one of the world’s leading horn players and teachers in Frøydis’s home country
Smith Selected for TROMP Competition
Alexander Smith (MM 2018) was selected for the 2018 TROMP International Percussion Competition in the Netherlands. This is one of the biggest solo stages in the world for a percussionist his age and he is 1 of 30 selected, 1