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Staff Meadows staff member by day; award-winning female impersonator by night

ZOOMtens.com says Meadows offers “unparalleled quality in instruction”

Alumni Performers to include SMU Meadows Dance Ensemble; Dark Circles Contemporary Dance, founded by alum Joshua Peugh

Alumni Derrer chosen following an international search for newly created position; will support the planning and implementation of the opera’s programming for future seasons.

SMU heads top 10 list in rankings by College Factual

From the Brown Bag dance series to the Art Division hot molten bronze pour, a look back on the best GIFs of the 2013-14 academic year

Students Prize includes Carnegie Hall debut in 2015

Students Student Alessandro Mazzamuto has already soloed with orchestras in Milan, Germany, Ukraine and Romania. Now, thanks to a 2014 CME International Grant/Birte Moller Young Artists Award, he’s headed to Carnegie Hall in 2015.

Alumni James Houghton ’86 and Will Trice ’01 Receive Broadway’s Top Honor

Faculty Wild West sharpshooter Wanda "had four husbands, but only shot one of them…"

Students Gayle and Paul Stoffel Fellow Lauren Richman to present conference paper on Mosse’s The Enclave

Amy Dahmann and Pam Henderson among five SMU staff to receive 2014 awards

Tracks by student composers sizzle, breathe; works by Uriah W. Rinzel (M.M. Composition, ’14, M.M. Theory Pedagogy, ’15) and Nathan Courtright (M.M, ’13) complete year-long creation of album

Alumni Just weeks after taking first place at the Coltman, SMU alumni ensemble wins the silver and $3,000 at the Fischoff Competition

One-hour version of the dramatic struggles of King Saul features internationally recognized Meadows opera artists Donnie Ray Albert and Clifton Forbis

How SYZYGY, SMU’s New Music Ensemble, built an album of music and wrote a love letter to how it’s done in the process

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

The Business Council for the Arts supports grad students pursuing arts management careers

Admission is free for SMU faculty, staff and students

“SMUST” see shows in Meadows

Events New student-created art fair coming to the main quad

Students Competition sponsored by Dallas Symphony Orchestra encourages talented musicians aged 18 and younger

Faculty Time Flies commemorates the museum’s past and present

Alumni Matthew Ernst (M.M. ’06 and ’07) named principal trumpet of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

Internet recording production is shaking up the music world. A new book by pro musician and Meadows student Derrick Horne provides a definitive guide to online music collaboration.

The conference includes two days of workshops and panel discussions dedicated to arts entrepreneurship education

Students Semester in Milan, Italy important component to Master of Arts/M.B.A. dual degree

Faculty Bowles teaches entrepreneurship classes, co-founded Dallas Entrepreneur Center

Art History grad student Rheagan Martin lands coveted internship at the Getty Center in Los Angeles

The upcoming “SMUST” see shows in Meadows

Students Dallas Contemporary show unifies SMU, UTD and UNT new media programs

Meadows alum and gallery director Aja Martin emphasizes technology, contemporary art

Highlights from the first, interactive NCAR report

Performances in Houston, San Antonio to showcase Meadows vocal talent, woo potential students

Alumni Alumna Maura Bellmio Sheffler on staying on top of the changing arts fields

Staff The award included a $3,000 prize, and a performance in the Young Artist Winners Concert in Chicago on March 25.

Hear four tracks from SYZYGY’s album, including "Interruptions and Diversions (2013)," by Jason Edward Platt (MM Composition, '14) and Vince Gover (BM Music Composition, BM French Horn Performance, '14)

Students Upcoming concerts by Avant Chamber Ballet and Dallas Symphony Orchestra to feature Dobson’s music

Meadows alums share their memories from the original production in 1974; director of first production to attend Friday performance

Students Meadows students and playwrights Stephen Gardner (B.F.A. Theatre, ’14) and Claire Carson (B.F.A. Theatre, ’14) introduce their New Visions, New Voices works.

Event to honor community leader Bess Enloe

Sam Holland, Director of the Division of Music and Professor, will be Interim Dean of the Meadows School of the Arts

Meadows students and playwrights Sarah Hamilton (B.F.A. Theatre, ’14) and Kristen Kelso (B.F.A. Theatre, B.A. Spanish, ’14) introduce their New Visions, New Voices works

Free public events to include afternoon master class and evening concert

Hackler to conduct teaching and research in Bulgaria, January-June 2015

SMU's Meadows and Cox combined MA/MBA program gave Katharine Vandergriff Rice ('13) a specific set of skills

Students Graduate student Jeawook Lee also places as a finalist in this year’s competition

SMU’s Meadows School of the Arts will present three intriguing contemporary works

José Antonio Bowen, visionary dean of SMU’s Meadows School of the Arts, will become president of Goucher College

Students 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

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

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

She led the school from 1994 until her retirement in 2006

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

Students Novice team tops higher-ranked schools, takes second place at MAC tourney

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

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

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

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.

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

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

Will Perform with Richardson Symphony Orchestra on March 8

Red and Blue Teams now Memphis-bound for championship rounds

Students 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

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

New furniture attracts students, builds sense of community

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

Ryan Blitzer ready to work hard, play hard in Nice, France

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

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