Mississippi University of Women is searching for talented musicians in the Golden Triangle. Open to all high school, college and adult band musicians, the Wind Ensemble (also known as the concert band) will meet in Shattuck Hall on The W’s campus on Mondays from 6– 8:30 p.m. in the fall,…
The Department of Music at Mississippi University for Women will present an evening of selections from opera and musical theatre Thursday, April 20 and Friday, April 21 at 7:30 p.m. in Kossen Auditorium at Poindexter Hall. “Our W Opera students are creative singer-actors with the confidence to make their own…
Dr. Joe L. Alexander continues to expand his portfolio. In the process, Alexander, a professor of music at Mississippi University for Women, keeps earning accolades as a world-renown composer. Dr. Joe L. Alexander Two of Alexander’s most recent compositions, “DJ2 Extravaganza” and “Ruffner Mountain Express” received Mississippi Institute of Arts…
Four Mississippi University for Women students won prizes at the Mississippi chapter of the National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) annual conference and Student Auditions finals Feb. 24-25. Aaron Rishel, Shakia Butler, Dr. Susan Hurley, Jerry Brown and Moira Cairns. Held at Delta State University in Cleveland, Mississippi, 69…
The seventh annual international Music by Women Festival will be held on the campus of Mississippi University for Women March 2-4. The festival will feature concerts of new and historic music written by women composers as well as academic presentations and lecture recitals presented at historic Poindexter Hall. “We are…
