May 22, 2015—On January 16, 2015, the SOMD hosted a reception at the Hilton in downtown Eugene to honor Oregon-based SOMD alumni, and to celebrate the annual conference of the Oregon Music Education Association.
May 19, 2015—SOMD alumna Alison Bjorkedal (BMus ‘03), along with her colleagues in the Los Angeles-based new music Partch Ensemble, was awarded Best Classical Compendium at the 57th annual Grammy Awards on February 8, 2015.
May 8, 2015—Think fast! Alison Kaufman, a doctoral student in the SOMD’s musicology program (far left in this photo), placed first in the University of Oregon Graduate School's Three-Minute Thesis Competition on Friday, May 1.
May 7, 2015—The University of Oregon is honored to welcome Susan McClary, Professor of Music at Case Western Reserve University, for a scholarly lecture on the UO campus on May 22.
April 30, 2015—The award-winning University of Oregon Chamber Choir has been invited once again to perform and compete in a prestigious international competition, this time in Germany.
April 24, 2015—Loren Kajikawa, assistant professor of musicology and ethnomusicology, tells us about his new book, and why assumptions about race are just as contingent as classifications of musical genre.
April 14, 2015—The University of Oregon is honored to welcome William Caplin, the James McGill Professor of Music Theory at McGill University, Montreal, for a scholarly residency on the UO campus the last week of April.
April 13, 2015—On Friday, April 24 and Sunday, April 26, the award-winning University of Oregon Opera Ensemble will present "Hänsel und Gretel," a family-friendly opera, in the Soreng Theater at the Hult Center for the Performing Arts.
