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First Look at New Visions, New Voices 2014

Students Theatre Meadows students and playwrights Tom Valentine Gelo (B.F.A. Theatre, B.A. Film, ’14) and Carson McCain (B.F.A. Theatre, ’14) introduce their New Visions, New Voices works

March 11, 2014

SMU Meadows Maestro Paul Phillips to conduct Dallas Symphony Orchestra concerts March 20, 21 and 22

Faculty Former student Michelle Merrill to step in for Phillips at March 19 Meadows Symphony Orchestra performance

March 11, 2014

Joint Study from Association of Art Museum Directors (AAMD) and SMU's National Center for Arts Research (NCAR) finds gender gap among salaries of Art Museum Directors

Arts Management and Arts Entrepreneurship Based on 2013 Data From AAMD Member Institutions, Study Shows Women Hold Fewer Than 50% of Directorships and Average Salaries Lag Behind Those of Male Counterparts

March 07, 2014

Dr. Carole Brandt, Former Dean of Meadows, Has Passed Away at Age 76

She led the school from 1994 until her retirement in 2006

March 07, 2014

SMU Meadows Choral Ensembles present "Fields of Gold" at Dallas City Performance Hall, March 23

Events Music Sunday afternoon concert is part of new Meadows Community Series of performances outside the SMU campus

March 06, 2014

SMU Debate Team Advances to Nationals

Students Corporate Communication and Public Affairs Novice team tops higher-ranked schools, takes second place at MAC tourney

March 05, 2014

Brazen Brass 5, Ensemble-In-Residence at SMU Meadows School of the Arts, wins Aspen Music Festival Summer Fellowship

Music Group will perform with DSO Brass Quintet at SMU March 24 and in SMU spring recital April 5

March 03, 2014

SMU Meadows School of the Arts and Dallas Chamber Symphony host International Piano Competition, March 12-15, 2014

Music Young pianists from around the world will participate in competition and SMU master classes

February 28, 2014

SMU Meadows School of the Arts students win local American Advertising Awards (formerly the ADDYS)

Students Advertising Senior Advertising Major Mackenzie Keck Wins “Best of Show”

February 28, 2014

SMU's Pollock Gallery to present “Jin-Me Yoon: Extended Temporalities,” March 7-29, 2014

Art The Pollock Gallery of the Division of Art at SMU’s Meadows School of the Arts will present “Jin-me Yoon: Extended Temporalities,” March 7-29, 2014.

February 27, 2014

Introducing the BoulevART: The First-Ever Meadows Fair

Students SMU Student Senate funds fair for Meadows Students to showcase their art

February 27, 2014

Dispatch from the Field: Dance Alum Julie Kaye Talks the Challenges and Excitement of Studio Work

Dance Dark Circles Contemporary Dance and SMU Meadows Dance Alum Julie Kaye (’13) on her first season with the DCCD

February 26, 2014

Santiago Canon-Valencia, Graduate Student in Cello at SMU's Meadows School of the Arts, wins first prize at Lennox International Young Artists String competition

Music Will Perform with Richardson Symphony Orchestra on March 8

February 25, 2014

SMU Mock Trial Program Rocks Regional Competition

Corporate Communication and Public Affairs Red and Blue Teams now Memphis-bound for championship rounds

February 21, 2014

What’s Coming Up for SMU Student Theatre

Students Theatre Combat Theatre, Get Hit, Good Egg and The Eccentricities of a Nightingale stretch theatrical muscles; includes 24-hour create-a-play challenge, original works and a classic

February 21, 2014

SMU Meadows Art History Professor Pamela Patton wins 2014 Eleanor Tufts Book Award from American Society for Hispanic Art Historical Studies

Art History Award honoring distinguished book on the history of art and architecture in Iberia goes to Patton’s Art of Estrangement: Redefining Jews in Reconquest Spain

February 19, 2014

Green Room Facelift Adds to Ambience

New furniture attracts students, builds sense of community

February 18, 2014

Making Art History Internships Possible

Faculty Art History Joy Richardson Undergraduate Internship Award honors retired staff member and provides financial support for art history summer interns.

February 17, 2014

First-year Student Lands Cannes Film Festival Internship

Film & Media Arts Ryan Blitzer ready to work hard, play hard in Nice, France

February 17, 2014

SMU's Meadows School of the Arts awards Annual Meadows Prize to choreographer Jawole Willa Jo Zollar

Dance Founder of Urban Bush Women Will Receive $25,000 and Artistic Residency at Meadows School

February 12, 2014

Kate D. Levin Named First Fellow of National Center for Arts Research at SMU

Arts Management and Arts Entrepreneurship Former Commissioner of the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs to Serve as Ambassador for Research Center to Arts Organizations Around the Country

February 11, 2014

Behind the Scenes Photos from SMU Meadows Opera’s La Finta Giardiniera (The Pretend Garden Girl)

Music Theatre Photographer Kim Leeson captures the 2014 Meadows Opera production

February 10, 2014

Meadows Grad Working with NBC at the Sochi Olympics

Alumni Art History Dance Second time to work at the Games for Art History and Dance double major Morgan Beckwith (’13)

February 06, 2014

NCAR Study: NEA-Funded Activities Don't Just Benefit The Rich

Arts Management and Arts Entrepreneurship NCAR Study Evaluates Wealth Distribution in NEA Grant-Recipient Communities vs. Non-Recipient Communities

February 04, 2014

The Eclectic Art of the Faculty Show at the Pollock

Art Creative Computation The faculty show at the Pollock now through February 22

February 04, 2014

SMU Mock Trial Program's RED team takes first place in Lee Allen Memorial invitational at UC Berkeley

Corporate Communication and Public Affairs In its first visit to the tournament, SMU beat 19 other highly competitive mock trial teams from throughout the western U.S.

January 31, 2014

Ideas, meet Reality.

Theatre M.F.A. Theatre Design student Tim Rothwell on set design and the critical eye

January 30, 2014

Lobbying Congress, Greek-style

Corporate Communication and Public Affairs Junior Natalie Yezbick tackles Washington with the backing of her sorority and a handful of powerful movers and shakers

January 29, 2014

State of the Arts: NCAR Report by the Numbers

Arts Management and Arts Entrepreneurship The National Center for Arts Research Report takes a look at the numbers.

January 29, 2014

SMU Music Composition Grad student Jesus J. Martinez to premiere new work with Irving Symphony, Feb. 8

Students Music Harmonic Tremor Created on Commission Through Unique Student Composer-in-Residence Program

January 28, 2014

SMU Meadows School of the Arts to host "Teaching Jazz Dance" symposium in Dallas, Texas, June 16-18

Award-winning choreographer Danny Buraczeski presents three days of classes and presentations dedicated to the continued vitality and relevance of jazz dance.

January 28, 2014

What do music therapists do?

Music The American Music Therapy Association explains what clinical music therapy is - and is not.

January 27, 2014

Spreading the LOVE: Advertising students’ work part of Dallas LOVE Project of 10,000-plus artworks honoring JFK

Advertising Art on sale this weekend, Jan. 24-25; some works to be loaned to nursing homes, rehab centers and more

January 24, 2014

Teaching Naked by SMU Meadows Dean José Antonio Bowen Receives National Award

Teaching Naked by SMU Meadows School of the Arts Dean José Antonio Bowen Receives National 2014 Frederic W. Ness Book Award From Association of American Colleges and Universities

January 23, 2014

Watch This Video of SMU Music Alum John Campione Nailing "Don't Rain On My Parade"

Alumni Dance Music WFAA Channel 8's Daybreak features performance from SMU vocal alum, Broadway Our Way team

January 22, 2014

Sharp Show Expands, Moves to Margo Jones Theatre

Dance Tickets going fast for senior-choreographed show, January 25 & 26

January 21, 2014

Major Decisions

Dance Sharp Show Artistic Director Bre’Ann Berger on choosing dance as a major, sticking out the hard times and emerging as an artist

January 21, 2014

Internationally Acclaimed Organists to perform at SMU Meadows School of the Arts in February

Music Stefan Engels and Douglas Cleveland to present free concerts on Feb. 18 and 25, respectively

January 17, 2014

Drone Strikes?

Corporate Communication and Public Affairs SMU Debate hosts event arguing for and against presidential power to command drone strikes.

January 13, 2014

Critics Name Meadows Performances and Initiatives on “Best of 2013” Lists

Arts Management and Arts Entrepreneurship Dance Music Theatre Meadows School of the Arts mentioned in local and national year-end lists

January 07, 2014

New Class to Fund Student Teams with $5,000 Grants to Build Business Ideas

Arts Management and Arts Entrepreneurship Mentors from Dallas Entrepreneur Center to coach students during intense, ambitious semester; applications due before Nov. 20

November 12, 2013