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Faculty Music Meadows voice professor donates talent, time to help build concert choir at high school in South Dallas

October 21, 2014

��ý Meadows Dance Ensemble Presents 2014 Fall Dance Concert, November 5-9

Dance Two world premieres, including an homage to Bob Fosse, among the four innovative contemporary works featured at the concert

October 15, 2014

Meadows Dance Professor Christopher Dolder to premiere documentary at Dallas Videofest on October 18 about the making of ��ý's new Rite of Spring

Dance Classic work re-imagined by noted Dutch choreographer Joost Vrouenraets debuted in 2013 at ��ý to critical acclaim

October 15, 2014

Art Professor Philip Van Keuren Featured in Solo Exhibition at the Gallery at UTA, October 13 - November 15

Faculty Art Certain Named Parts presents atmospheric black and white photogravures

October 07, 2014

15 Must-See Photos from ��ý Theatre’s Production of Black Snow

Theatre Photographer Kim Leeson went behind the scenes on Meadows Theatre's first main stage show

October 07, 2014

Watch the ��ý Meadows Brown Bag Dance Series Live

Students Dance ��ý Meadows to live stream the Brown Bag performance on Wednesday, October 8 at 12:00 pm

October 06, 2014

��ý Speech Team Wins Two First-Place Speaking Awards at Regional Tournament

Staff Corporate Communication and Public Affairs After a three-year hiatus, team re-launches and wins top awards in both informative and extemporaneous speaking, taking third place overall

October 04, 2014

��ý's Pollock Gallery to Present "1972," October 10 - November 8, 2014

Art Film and exhibit by Sarah Morris will cover the events of the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich

October 03, 2014

��ý's Meadows School of the Arts brings activist artist Tania Bruguera's new project "The Francis Effect" to Dallas, October 3-4

Art Public Project Results From Bruguera’s 2013 Meadows Prize Residency Work Co-Commissioned with Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and Santa Monica Museum of Art

October 02, 2014

��ý Names New Leah Young Fullinwider Centennial Chair In Music Performance

Faculty Music New Chair Funded by $2 Million Gift from Sarah and Ross Perot, Jr.

September 29, 2014

Clyde Valentin, Director of ��ý Meadows Arts and Urbansim initiative, chosen to participate in International Leadership program hosted by National Arts Strategies

Valentín is one of 50 international arts leaders selected for 2014-15 class of The Chief Executive Program: Community and Culture

September 24, 2014

Music, Message: Student’s Documentary Music Helps Raise Awareness

Students Music Combining her lifelong love of music and activism, M.M. student Ellen Seldin creates musical scores for documentaries about urgent matters: gendercide, kids at risk, wildlife conservation and more

September 22, 2014

At ��ý Theatre’s Conference Hour, Alums Chris Mathews and Jake Minton Talk Careers

Alumni Theatre Chicago’s House Theatre founders visit with students about their lives before and after ��ý Meadows

September 11, 2014

Pulitzer-Winning Editorial Cartoonist Michael Ramirez to give the 2014 Sammons Media Ethics Lecture at ��ý, October 2

Ramirez to give the fifteenth annual Rosine Smith Sammons Lecture in Media Ethics at ��ý at 8 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 2

September 10, 2014

Meadows Collaborates on Pike Park Exhibit at Latino Cultural ��ý, Opening September 12

"Uptown’s Pike Park: Little Jerusalem to Little Mexico, 100 Years of Settlement" explores the Dallas immigrant experience

August 26, 2014

Chair of Communication Studies Joins Arthur W. Page Society

Faculty Corporate Communication and Public Affairs Sandra Duhé to join association of public relations CEOs, communications officers and leading academics

August 25, 2014

Cliburn Golden Medalist Alexander Kobrin and Former DSO Concertmaster Emanuel Borok to Present Concert at ��ý, Sept. 6

Events Music First of three concerts in ��ý Meadows School Faculty Artist and Distinguished Alumni Recital Series devoted to complete collection of Beethoven sonatas for violin and piano

August 21, 2014

��ý Meadows’ Sandra Duhé Named to PRSA College of Fellows

Faculty Corporate Communication and Public Affairs Chair of Division of Communication Studies is one of 15 professionals nationwide selected for the honor

July 23, 2014

Building a Career in Digital Marketing

Alumni Advertising Temerlin alum Wendi Leggitt '07, director of DKC Connect, on listening, hard work and the 'aha!' moment

July 21, 2014

13 Questions with Temerlin alumna Wendi Leggitt

Alumni Advertising Temerlin alum Wendi Leggitt (’07) acquired tenacity and learned strategy at TAI

July 20, 2014

Artist-in-Residence Matt Albert Named Director of Music in the Mountains Conservatory in Durango, Colorado

Music Prestigious, two-week summer program draws talented high school and college string musicians from across the country

July 18, 2014

A Report from the 2014 Teaching Jazz Dance Symposium

Dance Professor Danny Buraczeski reports on results of bi-annual event and next steps

July 18, 2014

Q&A with Joe Hoselton/Jenna Skyy: Living the Double Life

Staff Meadows staff member by day; award-winning female impersonator by night

July 17, 2014

New Website Ranks ��ý Among Top Ten Colleges for Dance Performance in the U.S.

Dance ZOOMtens.com says Meadows offers “unparalleled quality in instruction”

July 15, 2014

Meadows Dance Students and Alumni Chosen to Participate in Inaugural Dallas DanceFest, Aug. 29-31

Alumni Dance Performers to include ��ý Meadows Dance Ensemble; Dark Circles Contemporary Dance, founded by alum Joshua Peugh

July 10, 2014

Meadows Alum Ian Derrer (B.M. Voice Performance,’96) Named New Artistic Administrator at The Dallas Opera

Alumni Music Derrer chosen following an international search for newly created position; will support the planning and implementation of the opera’s programming for future seasons.

June 25, 2014

��ý’s Meadows School of the Arts named top music school in the country in study published in USA Today College

Music ��ý heads top 10 list in rankings by College Factual

June 20, 2014

The 2013-14 Year at Meadows School of the Arts in GIFs

Creative Computation Dance Journalism Music Theatre From the Brown Bag dance series to the Art Division hot molten bronze pour, a look back on the best GIFs of the 2013-14 academic year

June 18, 2014

��ý Piano Student Alessandro Mazzamuto Wins ��ý for Musical Excellence International Grant/Birte Moller Young Artists Award

Students Music Prize includes Carnegie Hall debut in 2015

June 12, 2014

Next Stop: Carnegie Hall

Students Music Student Alessandro Mazzamuto has already soloed with orchestras in Milan, Germany, Ukraine and Romania. Now, thanks to a 2014 CME International Grant/Birte Moller Young Artists Award, he’s headed to Carnegie Hall in 2015.

June 10, 2014

Two Meadows Alumni Receive Tony Awards Sunday Night

Alumni Music James Houghton ’86 and Will Trice ’01 Receive Broadway’s Top Honor

June 09, 2014

��ý Associate Film Professor Carolyn Macartney to premiere WANDA THE WONDERFUL at Oak Cliff Film festival, June 22

Faculty Film & Media Arts Wild West sharpshooter Wanda "had four husbands, but only shot one of them…"

June 09, 2014

Meadows Ph.D. Art History Candidate to Speak in London on Contemporary Artist Richard Mosse

Students Art History Gayle and Paul Stoffel Fellow Lauren Richman to present conference paper on Mosse’s The Enclave

June 02, 2014

Two Meadows Staff Members Honored with Faculty Senate Outstanding Staff Awards

Amy Dahmann and Pam Henderson among five ��ý staff to receive 2014 awards

May 23, 2014

Hear The Final Two Tracks from SYZYGY’s New Album

Music Tracks by student composers sizzle, breathe; works by Uriah W. Rinzel (M.M. Composition, ’14, M.M. Theory Pedagogy, ’15) and Nathan Courtright (M.M, ’13) complete year-long creation of album

May 20, 2014

Altius Quartet Takes Silver Medal at International Fischoff Chamber Music Competition

Alumni Music Just weeks after taking first place at the Coltman, ��ý alumni ensemble wins the silver and $3,000 at the Fischoff Competition

May 14, 2014

Meadows Alums and Faculty to Perform Excerpts from Simon Sargon’s "Saul" Opera

Music One-hour version of the dramatic struggles of King Saul features internationally recognized Meadows opera artists Donnie Ray Albert and Clifton Forbis

May 13, 2014

The Making of an Album: SYZYGY’s New Tracks Showcase the Inspiration Behind Exploration

Music How SYZYGY, ��ý’s New Music Ensemble, built an album of music and wrote a love letter to how it’s done in the process

May 05, 2014

2014 End-of-Year Awards Given to Outstanding Meadows Students and Faculty

Advertising Art Art History Arts Management and Arts Entrepreneurship Corporate Communication and Public Affairs Creative Computation Dance Film & Media Arts Journalism Music Theatre Recipients selected for awards from the University and from the Meadows School

May 05, 2014

Three MA/MBA Students Awarded Patricia A. Porter Fellowships

Arts Management and Arts Entrepreneurship The Business Council for the Arts supports grad students pursuing arts management careers

April 30, 2014

Contemporary Classical Music Ensemble Voices of Change Presents “Poetic Overtones” Concert

Music Admission is free for ��ý faculty, staff and students

April 25, 2014

What’s Coming Up for ��ý Student Theatre

Theatre “��ýST” see shows in Meadows

April 23, 2014

The BoulevART: Preview of coming attraction

Events New student-created art fair coming to the main quad

April 23, 2014

Santiago Cañón-Valencia, Graduate Student in Cello, Wins Second Prize at Lynn Harrell Concerto Competition

Students Music Competition sponsored by Dallas Symphony Orchestra encourages talented musicians aged 18 and younger

April 22, 2014

Associate Professor of Photography Debora Hunter Featured in Spring Exhibition at Frontiers of Flight Museum

Faculty Art Time Flies commemorates the museum’s past and present

April 22, 2014

Meadows Music Alum wins major Symphony position

Alumni Music Matthew Ernst (M.M. ’06 and ’07) named principal trumpet of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

April 21, 2014

How to Take Your Home Studio Worldwide

Music Internet recording production is shaking up the music world. A new book by pro musician and Meadows student Derrick Horne provides a definitive guide to online music collaboration.

April 17, 2014