Music News
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Prof. Scott Perkins Wins Anthem Competition
May 18, 2013"The winning entry of the seventh annual anthem competition of the First Baptist Church of Worcester, Massachusetts is by Scott Perkins of Greencastle... Read More
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School of Music Season Culminates in Sunday Performance of 'Lord Nelson Mass'
May 1, 2013The DePauw School of Music will offer an exuberant finale to its 2012-13 season when orchestra director Orcenith Smith conducts the joint DePauw University... Read More
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Prof. Ian Davidson '80 Headed to Tanzania as Fulbright Scholar
April 29, 2013Ian B. Davidson, a professor in the School of Music at Texas State University and 1980 graduate of DePauw University, is the recipient of a Fulbright Award... Read More
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DePauw Band and Wind Ensemble Perform Sunday at 3 p.m.
April 24, 2013Craig Paré steps up to the podium Sunday to conduct the DePauw University Band and Wind Ensemble in its final performance of the year at 3 p.m. in the... Read More
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DownBeat Features Jazz Trumpeter Pharez Whitted '82
April 21, 2013"Music has the power to help mellow out some screwed-up philosophies," says trumpeter Pharez Whitted. The 1982 DePauw University tells DownBeat, "I'd... Read More
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Ohio State U's Bruce Henniss Here for Horn Concert Tuesday
April 20, 2013The sonorous sound of horns will fill the DePauw School of Music Tuesday, April 23, when an unusual convergence of four major symphony horn players occurs... Read More
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DePauw Percussion Ensemble Presents 'Fire, Fugues, and Fandangos' Thursday
April 13, 2013A wide range of musical styles from the eighteenth-century to the present -- including two new works by Indiana composer Alexis Bacon and by DePauw student... Read More
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Winners of Annual Concerto Competition Perform Sunday
April 9, 2013The DePauw University Orchestra, under the direction of Orcenith Smith, will accompany winners of the annual School of Music Concerto Competition in an... Read More
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World Renowned Canadian Brass Coming to DePauw for Friday Concert
April 9, 2013"These are the men who put brass music on the map," opined the Washington Post of the world renowned Canadian Brass, who will perform live at DePauw University... Read More
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Indiana Repertory Theatre Dramaturg Richard J Roberts '81 is Profiled
April 5, 2013"Richard J Roberts is well aware that the specialty he’s practiced for Indiana Repertory Theatre for 15 years is obscure to the general public," begins... Read More
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Back Where It All Began
April 5, 2013It is Wednesday afternoon — the regular weekly rehearsal time for the DePauw University Choir. Today, however, the choir is joined by the DePauw Chamber... Read More
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175th Anniversary Lecture & Concert Sunday Feature Renowned Conductor Joseph Flummerfelt '58
April 4, 2013Joseph Flummerfelt, the 1958 graduate of DePauw University who Leonard Bernstein called "the greatest choral conductor in the world," returns to his alma... Read More
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Singer-Songwriter David McMillin '06 Returns to Campus, April 9-11
April 3, 2013Singer-songwriter David McMillin, a 2006 graduate of DePauw University, will return to his alma mater as a guest of the Performing Arts Series, April 9... Read More
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Radio Program Features Recordings by DePauw University Band
April 2, 2013The music of the DePauw University Band has been featured on Wind & Rhythm, a weekly, one-hour radio program which is carried on some over-the-air stations... Read More
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New York Times">New Compositions by Kevin James '83 "Haunting, Riveting": New York Times
April 1, 2013"The 'Vanishing Languages' project by Kevin James, a New York-based trombonist and composer, is a rare hybrid of conservation effort and memorial, new... New York Times">Read More
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Wednesday Concert by DePauw Chamber Players Features Music of Love and Loss
March 31, 2013French and Czech chamber music masterpieces, each written by a broken hearted composer, form the program to be presented by the DePauw Chamber Players... Read More
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Jazz Ensemble Performs Big Band & McCartney Monday
March 13, 2013The DePauw University Jazz Ensemble, directed by Dan Foster, will pair classic big band favorites with a selection of outstanding less known works by composers... Read More
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The Percussion Plus Project Celebrates 20th Anniversary with Bartók
March 12, 2013On Sunday, March 17, The Percussion Plus Project will be celebrating a milestone -- its 20th anniversary -- with a lecture-recital on one of the seminal... Read More
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Category-Shattering Trio, Time for Three, Performs Monday
March 6, 2013Time for Three, described as the world’s first classically-trained "garage band," brings its music to DePauw University's Green Center for the Performing... Read More
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DePauw Chorus & Chamber Singers Combine for Thursday Concert
March 4, 2013The DePauw University Chorus and DePauw Chambers Singers will join forces for a concert this Thursday, March 7. Conducted by Gregory Ristow, assistant... Read More
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Senior is Finalist in Grand Concours de Chant Vocal Competition
February 27, 2013Tenor Lucas Wassmer, a senior voice student in the DePauw University School of Music, will perform this weekend as a finalist in the prestigious 2013 Grand... Read More
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Libby Larsen Here as Composer-in-Residence for Annual 'Music of the 21st Century'
February 24, 2013The DePauw University School of Music welcomes Libby Larsen to campus February 27 through March 3 to serve as composer-in-residence for "Music of the 21st... Read More
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Topher Jones '07 "A Talent on the Rise" on Electronic Dance Music Scene
February 22, 2013"When Topher Jones meets fellow Electronic Dance Music artists, he rarely finds anyone else who was a four-sport athlete in high school," begins an Indianapolis... Read More
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Prof. Emeritus Cleveland Johnson Featured in Nationally Distributed Story
February 17, 2013An Associated Press feature on "the 40-year-old National Music Museum, a treasure tucked away in an old Carnegie library building on the University of... Read More
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Acclaimed Baritone Thomas Hampson and Indianapolis Symphony Here for Feb. 23 Concert
February 13, 2013Baritone Thomas Hampson, one of the world's greatest classical singers, will join the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra for a performance at DePauw University... Read More
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Tuesday Concert Allows Audience to Vote on Best Composition
February 8, 2013On Tuesday night, Greencastle has an enticing opportunity to hear and judge for itself some of the works submitted to the 1919 Berkshire competition, including... Read More
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DePauw Opera Stages DeBat, Updated Version of Die Fledermaus, February 7-10
February 4, 2013The DePauw School of Music presents DeBat, a 21st century adaptation of Strauss' famous operetta, Die Fledermaus, February 7-10. Read More
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Performing Arts Series Brings Yuval Ron Ensemble to Campus on February 14
February 1, 2013Merging the musical traditions from Sufism (Islamic mystical tradition), Judaism and the Christian Armenian Church, Yuval Ron Ensemble will perform at... Read More
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HS Choral Director Jared Norman '12 Cited in Story
January 30, 2013An Indianapolis Star story examining how Center Grove High School choir members are preparing for the upcoming choral competition season notes, "One of... Read More
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Prof. Gregory Ristow Interviewed on NPR Affiliate's Arts Program
January 26, 2013Gregory Ristow, assistant professor of music at DePauw University, is among the guests on this weeks edition of The Art of the Matter. The radio program... Read More
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DePauw Chamber Symphony Presents "Delightful Concert" in England
January 19, 2013"Tourists and passers-by were treated to a free concert from touring American students," reports This is Oxfordshire. "The Chamber Symphony orchestra from... Read More
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DePauw School of Music Hosts Inaugural Honor Band Program This Weekend
January 10, 2013The Judson and Joyce Green Center for the Performing Arts will be the site of the inaugural DePauw University Honor Band program this Saturday and Sunday... Read More
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American Theatre Wing's Heather Hitchens '91 to Speak in Illinois
January 2, 2013Heather Hitchens, executive director of the American Theatre Wing, which administers the Tony Awards, will make a presentation at Illinois' Atlanta Public... Read More
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Baritone Robert Maril '02 to Help Raise Funds for Hometown Theatre
December 26, 2012Robert T. Maril, a baritone and 2002 graduate of DePauw University, will return to his hometown of Ponca City, Oklahoma, to take part in a December 29... Read More
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Chamber Singers Produce CD, Songs of Old DePauw
December 25, 2012The DePauw University School of Music is releasing its first recording on the newly-created label, DePauw University Recordings, Songs of Old DePauw. "The... Read More
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Star Reviews Performance by "Fiery Trumpeter" Pharez Whitted '82
December 17, 2012"Pharez Whitted is about as steeped in Indianapolis and its jazz history as anyone, but he seems to have really blossomed, like so many other talented... Read More
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Prof. Orcenith Smith's Leadership of Indy Philharmonic Noted in Star
December 11, 2012An Indianapolis Star story on area orchestras notes, "The oldest community orchestra in the area is the Philharmonic Orchestra of Indianapolis, started... Read More
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DePauw School of Music Reaches Into Community with New Effort
December 8, 2012The DePauw School of Music is pleased to announce the creation of a preparatory music program for the Greencastle community. This new initiative will allow... Read More
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IU Prof. Glenn Gass to Examine Impact of Sgt. Pepper, 45 Years After Release of Beatles' Classic
November 29, 2012Glenn Gass, Provost Professor of Music at Indiana University's Jacobs School of Music, will examine the impact of one of The Beatles' seminal works in... Read More
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School of Music's Holiday Gala Set for December 1 & 2
November 19, 2012The music and spirit of the holidays will fill the Green Center for the Performing Arts on December 1 & 2 as the DePauw University School of Music presents... Read More
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Thomas Cooley '91 to Perform in Minneapolis Concerts
November 18, 2012Thomas Cooley, tenor and 1991 graduate of DePauw University, will be among the featured performers in two holiday concerts by the Musicians of the Minnesota... Read More
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Enjoy Thanksgiving Concert by DePauw Orchestra Monday
November 16, 2012A festive Thanksgiving week concert by the DePauw University Orchestra will be presented Monday, November 19, at Kresge Auditorium, located within DePauw's... Read More
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DePauw Band Will Explore Crucible Theme and Other Musical Ideas at Sunday Concert
November 14, 2012You're invited to enjoy a performance by the DePauw University Band this Sunday, November 18, at 3 p.m. in Kresge Auditorium, located within the Green... Read More
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Prof. Scott Perkins Premieres New Opera at Kennedy Center in Nation's Capital
November 14, 2012On Monday, November 19, members of the Washington National Opera’s Domingo-Cafritz Young Artist Program will present the world premiere of a short chamber... Read More
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DePauw Percussion Ensemble Explores 'The Drums of War' Thursday Night
November 13, 2012The DePauw Percussion Ensemble, directed by Amy Lynn Barber, explores percussion in the service and depiction of war in a dramatic program in Kresge Auditorium... Read More
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DePauw Vocalists Win 22 Awards at Statewide Competition
November 7, 2012DePauw University student vocalists won twenty-two awards, with thirteen students receiving first place honors at the Indiana State National Association... Read More
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Classical Guitarist Miloš Karadaglic Joins Indianapolis Symphony for DePauw Concert
November 5, 2012The Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra returns to DePauw University this Sunday, November 11, for a 3 p.m. concert in the Judson and Joyce Green Center for... Read More
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2012 ArtsFest, Exploring 'Art & the Other,' Begins Sunday
October 26, 2012You're invited to be entertained, enlightened and encouraged to explore as DePauw University presents its eleventh annual celebration of the arts. The... Read More
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Orlando Cela '97 Performs Two California Concerts This Week
October 15, 2012Flutist Orlando Cela, a 1997 graduate of DePauw University, will present two performances in California this week. The concerts -- set for Wednesday, October... Read More
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Prof. Emeritus Cleveland Johnson Named Director of the National Music Museum
October 10, 2012Cleveland T. Johnson, professor emeritus of music at DePauw University, has been appointed director of the National Music Museum (NMM). Dr. Johnson recently... Read More