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Professor Emeritus Patricia Hall Gives Lecture as Part of Teaching Excellence Award
Professor Emeritus Patricia Hall (music theory) received the SMTD Teaching Excellence Award in 2024, and as part of that award, she will be presenting a special lecture that is open to all. Titled “Bringing the Composer’s Workshop into the Classroom,” the lecture will...
SMTD Announces Winners of 2024–25 Brehm Prizes in Composition
The School of Music, Theatre & Dance recently announced the winners of the 2024–25 Brehm Prizes for original compositions. Nora Farley (MM ’25, composition) won the Brehm Prize in Choral Composition, and Stephen Elsinger (BM ’27, composition) won the Brehm Prize...
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SMTD’s Concerto Competition Offers an Extraordinary Performance Opportunity
While student musicians at the School of Music, Theatre & Dance have abundant occasions to make music as part of ensembles, the opportunity to perform as a soloist is rare. Even more rare is the chance, as a soloist, to perform an entire concerto with an ensemble....