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“It Don’t Mean a Thing if It Ain’t Got That Swing”: SMU Meadows Jazz Orchestra presents concert on Saturday, Oct. 29

Panelists Include Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings, Dallas Morning News Editor Mike Wilson and CBS 11 Journalist Steve Pickett

First-time debaters from Meadows log wins

Power, artist-in-residence at SMU Meadows School of the Arts and playwright-in-residence at Dallas Theater Center, will select 3-5 participants for the program, to run Nov. 1-Dec. 5; applications due Friday, Oct. 14 at 5 p.m.

Grants support graduate students pursuing arts management careers

Report shows overall growth in unrestricted contributions, which outpaced both growth in expenses and inflation

Alumni Meadows couple met on a bus ride to Mustang Corral

Opening reception on Sept. 10 from 1 to 3 p.m. at Pollock Gallery

Alumni Entrepreneurial Breaking Winds Bassoon Quartet is first chamber music ensemble endorsed by Fox Products Corporation

SMU Meadows Professor of Voice Barbara Hill Moore has been traveling to South Africa since 2000 to recruit voice students to SMU Meadows. Over the years she has helped many dreams come true – including her own.

Alumni Both Artists Chosen Through Exchange Between SMU Meadows Division of Art and École Nationale Supérieure d’Art (ENSA) of Dijon, France

Tiana Johnson and Jeffery Moffitt are among the Meadows participants in Creative Solutions, helping to empower youths and instill valuable life skills

New Tool Allows Arts Organizations to Measure Performance Against Peers

Exhibition presented by HELP USA to feature homeless signs Baronet purchased from across the country over the past 23 years

Jessica Pinkham (M.M. ’16) presents research findings at international music cognition conference

Award to be presented by Texas Bandmasters Association at July convention

Alumni Longtime Dallas Symphony Orchestra principal trombonist and Meadows Adjunct Professor of Trombone John Kitzman prepares students for the symphony life

Art History MA alum wins Fulbright Grant to study in Armenia, and two Creative Computation majors win Gilman International Fellowships to study in Japan

First project of new Public Works Dallas initiative, developed with Meadows Prize winner Lear deBessonet, will involve community members as actors

Former President of the Brooklyn Academy of Music to Serve as Ambassador for Research Center to Arts Organizations Around the Country

The symposium will include three days of classes and presentations

In her four years at SMU, Jones has made a name for herself not only as a vocalist and dancer but also as a motivational speaker.

Benjamin Munson ’16 receives Johnny and Frances Williams Prize in Performing Arts

Power Is One of 21 Performing Artists in Jazz, Theater and Dance To Receive $275,000 Each as Award Recipients

Winners circle includes conductors from New York Philharmonic, National Symphony Orchestra and Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, among others

Recipients selected for awards from the University and from the Meadows School

Newly choreographed version of Stravinsky’s "Firebird" and new version of Copland score for "Appalachian Spring" to debut; event to honor community leader Donna Wilhelm

SMU Meadows art history grad students travel to historic sites thanks to support from SantanderBank, N.A.

Judges call him "a phenomenon"

Can you double major and keep everything in balance? Four Meadows students share their advice

Armstrong will connect NCAR research findings to the national arts field

David Smith enrolled at SMU after 20 years in the military. With undergrad and graduate degrees in aeronautical science already in hand, the former helicopter pilot is now pursuing art and creative computing degrees at SMU Meadows, thanks to the G.I. Bill.

Free event features talks by WhoWhatWear co-founder Hillary Kerr and former Harper’s Bazaar editor-in-chief Kate Betts plus annual spring fashion show

Lecture examines emerging phenomenon of spirituality (not religion) in advertising

Junior Jaden Warren named top varsity debater in the U.S.

Six New Cities Added to the Top 20 Lists of Arts-Vibrant Cities in the U.S.

Big band and contemporary jazz numbers swing with standout musicians Sato, Horne and Butler

Reception with the artists on Friday, April 8, 6-8 p.m. at Pollock Gallery

Proposal for classical-contemporary prelude and fugue lands award from the American Guild of Organists

Hunter to be special guest at March 31 kickoff at Neiman Marcus

$500,000 challenge grant provided by Donna Wilhelm is matched by individual donors and foundations

Over the past five decades, the SMU Piano Preparatory Dept. has attracted hundreds of young pianists to its rigorous program. Whether for cultural growth or for competition awards, the program for students in grades K-12 is gaining an international reputation.

Featuring world premiere of new choreography for Stravinsky’s "The Firebird" by noted Mexican choreographers Claudia Lavista and Victor Manuel Ruiz of Delfos Danza Contemporanea in Mazatlán, and works by Martha Graham and George Balanchine

Experienced cultural producer will curate several exhibitions at Pollock Gallery over coming year

New Cities, Future Ruins is an art and design initiative re-imagining the explosive urbanism of Western Sun Belt cities

Music Increases Engagement and Socialization Among Participants with Dementia and Other Illnesses

Event includes public master classes by Carol Leone, associate professor of piano at SMU Meadows, and John Perry, professor of music at the Glenn Gould School of the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto

Senior Mackenzie Cimala wins three gold and two bronze awards, the most of any university student in the competition

"Art and Vision in the Inca Empire" named one of four best art history books published in 2015

Meadows 2015-16 Ensemble-in-Residence to premiere new composition by Meadows student; concerts March 17 & 18 free to the public

Event, themed “The United City,” hopes to map out progressive new future for Dallas

Free performance of “one of the pillars of sacred music” at Highland Park United Methodist Church will feature the SMU Meadows Chorale with the Conservatory Singers and Conservatory Orchestra of the University of Missouri-Kansas City

Will Perform with Richardson Symphony Orchestra on March 5 and with Cézanne Quartet at SMU on April 23

Meadows School brings national competition for high schoolers to Dallas for the first time; winners to compete in NYC for final round

Seven Former Students, All Prizewinning International Artists, Will Perform

Awards ceremony on Jan. 25 featured dance alum Parisa Khobdeh as guest speaker

NCAR study identifies the key differences between culturally specific organizations and their mainstream peers and calls for a more equitable measurement of performance

Film student Ryan Blitzer on the value of "gear the first year," Cannes, expanding connections and SMU Meadows

Area arts writers’ “best of” lists include plentiful Meadows talent

Students Journalism major Lauren Aguirre set to graduate with honors December 19

Faculty Dance Professor Danny Buraczeski returns to Cuba to restage signature work with Zenon Dance Company

Faculty Award is part of the League of American Orchestras’ Women Composers Readings and Commissions program

Campus Event held December 1 included audience participation

Students Advertising senior Ashley Eschert says internships have prepared her well for a career as a search planner

Students Award presented by Texas Art Education Association to Rosemary Hickman ’01

Faculty Mystery, documentary books join long list of SMU Meadows faculty-authored publications

Alumni Soprano Michelle Alexander (M.M. '15) also wins Audience Favorite Award

Alumni Peugh selected as top choreographer among 114 entrants at 18th annual fest in Palm Desert, Calif.

Events Public invited; highly regarded actress, writer and director in town as guest of Dallas Film Society