Musicologist Zachary Wallmark, colleagues are exploring the evolutionary origin of music

New symphony and multimedia show pay tribute to legendary runner Steve Prefontaine

The renowned baritone Kenneth Overton (former soloist with Oregon Bach Festival) returns to Eugene to join the Elsewhere Ensemble in a concert promising to be unique and powerful. The Elsewhere Ensemble has enchanted audiences in Oregon and abroad with concerts which blur the lines between classical music, theater, and stories. Kenneth Overton made his Metropolitan Opera debut this past year and was soloist on a Grammy Award Winning album.

The School of Music and Dance will hold its 3rd Annual UO Pop Voice showcase on Friday, May 20 at 8:00 p.m. The competition will be judged by a panel of industry professionals and UO music faculty in the music building’s Aasen-Hull Hall.

Associate Professor of Music Theory Drew Nobile is the recipent of a National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Stipend. The grant will help fund research for his upcoming project, Voicing Form in Rock and Pop, 1991–2020. Nobile's book looks at the relationship between vocal timbre and song form in popular music of the last 30 years, with case-study chapters on Alanis Morissette, early-2000s indie, and Beyoncé.

Events include an Asian heritage month, theater, music, dance, movies and more

Events include an Asian heritage month, theater, music, dance, movies and more

Zachary Wallmark explains timbre, a quality that can make music unique for listeners

The Opera department will be awarding three scholarships: the Ann & Wayne Lamon Musgrove Scholarship, the Thomas & Connie Kulick Scholarship, and the Kathleen Lacey Bezinover Scholarship.

Claire Worsey won both mock auditions (high horn and low horn)!

Lauren Griffith, Kayla Wenos, Evan Doster, and Ray Randol won the horn quartet competition!