music

28th Annual Vocal Extravaganza concert slated for Oct. 11, Dad’s Weekend

PULLMAN, Wash. – The Washington State University School of Music will present the 28th Annual Vocal Extravaganza at 8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 11, in Bryan Hall Theatre. A part of the celebration of Dad’s Weekend events, the performance will showcase all of the vocal ensembles in the School of Music.

Fresh lyrics accompany Redbone’s timeless roots music

  PULLMAN, Wash. – With music acclaimed by the New Yorker magazine as “a brilliant collision of cultures,” the Martha Redbone Roots Project will take the stage at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 18, in Washington State University’s Jones Theatre in Daggy Hall. Reserved seating costs $20 for adults, $16 for seniors (60+) and $10 for […]

Faculty duo presents a day of song in concert

PULLMAN, Wash. – A voice and piano performance, “Dawn to Dusk in Song,” will continue the Faculty Artist Series at Washington State University at 8 p.m. Friday, Sept. 27, in Bryan Hall. Series proceeds support the School of Music’s scholarship fund. A Baroque solo cantata, “The Morning” by Thomas Arne, depicting the awakening of an […]

Faculty Artist Series: ‘The oboe in its natural habitat’

PULLMAN, Wash. – WSU faculty members Keri McCarthy and Karen Savage will perform solo works for the oboe and piano 8 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 19, in Bryan Hall Theatre. Together McCarthy and Savage will explore musical pieces from the Baroque, Romantic, and 20th centuries. The concert will feature Carl Nielsen’s spritely Fantasie Pieces; Francis Poulenc’s soulful […]

Prof performs first of two concerts on Beethoven sonatas

  PULLMAN, Wash. – Beethoven’s influence on piano development and the relevance of the sonata today will be explored by Jeffrey Savage, Washington State University associate professor of music, at 8 p.m. Friday, Aug. 30, in Kimbrough hall.   The performance is the first of the academic year in the WSU School of Music Faculty […]

Sondheim favorites highlight annual WSU musical revue

    Publicity from the original Broadway pro- duction of Sondheim’s “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum.” PULLMAN, Wash. – “Song by Song by Sondheim,” a musical revue, will be presented by the Washington State University School of Music as its 12th annual summer musical production at 8 p.m. July 19, […]

WSU professor becomes ambassador for oboes

  PULLMAN, Wash. – A Washington State University music professor is using oboes to capture hearts and minds in Southeast Asia.   Keri McCarthy has received a WSU grant to bring the woodwind instruments to Burma, where they are virtually nonexistent.   “The oboe has never been adopted in Burma,” said McCarthy, a renowned oboist […]

60s music, fashion, freedom in musical ‘Shout!’

  WSU student vocalists  (l-r) Angela Brown, Alyssa Erickson, Kelsey Doyle and Crystal Harris. Amanda Guay was not available for the photo. (Photo by Tim Marsh, WSU Today)   PULLMAN – WSU Opera Workshop will present its summer musical production ‘Shout! The Mod Musical’ at 8 p.m. on July 30-31 in Bryan Hall Theatre.   Under the […]