News Archive: 2017

Book is latest publication by Associate Professor Dr. Ben Voth

Meadows School of the Arts, Simmons School of Education and Human Development to directly benefit from longtime SMU benefactor's gift

Meadows students Ngo, Pittman score high in junior varsity division

SMU professor, local agencies to launch new Seedling Farm at Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Center on November 21, 2017

Three November events to benefit sustainable rebuilding of the island

Meadows professional musicians John Kitzman, Derek Hawkes, Jeff Dee, John Sebastian Vera and more donate their time and talents to “D/FW Trombones for Houston” event November 15

Three Innovative Contemporary Works by Dwight Rhoden & Desmond Richardson, Christopher Dolder and Moncell Durden To Be Featured

Opening reception on Friday, Nov. 3 from 5 to 7 p.m.

Prize, awarded to one or more top art students annually, is a tribute to professor’s 50 years of teaching excellence at SMU Meadows

Professor Roberto Conduru (Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro), Aaron Boyd (Escher String Quartet), and Desmond Richardson and Dwight Rhoden (Complexions Contemporary Ballet) Join the Faculty in 2017-2018

Best Actress, Best Actor and Best New Play Awards Recognized Meadows Talent

Laurence Lundy also recipient of the first-ever Russell LaCour Legacy scholarship

Opening reception and curator walk-through on Saturday, Sept. 9 from 2 to 5 p.m.; artists’ talk on Saturday, Oct. 14 from 3 to 5 p.m.

All-Chopin concert will honor the memory of Jeanne Roach Johnson, longtime supporter of SMU and the Meadows School of the Arts

Free Community Conversation will be held Sept. 16 to discuss the DREAM Act, immigration reform and Latinos in politics

Award includes $3,000 and a winner’s recital in China

"Missing Pieces" by Jessica Cole '17 tells story of how the discovery of old letters changes a young woman’s relationship with her ailing grandmother

The private investor was a major donor to business and music programs at SMU

Chamber music group will be in residence August 2017-May 2019, present free concerts

Boyd, a member of the acclaimed Escher String Quartet, wins appointment following national search

Michael Aronov Wins Best Actor in a Featured Role for "Oslo" and Andy Blankenbuehler Wins Best Choreographer for "Bandstand"

Dr. Ben Voth’s latest book, "James Farmer Jr.: The Great Debater," examines how speaking up and following through can turn the tide of social injustices

She will continue her study of opera while teaching English in Germany

Open to the public; seats are first come, first served at the Margo Jones Theatre on the SMU campus

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

Trombone, trumpet and French horn alumni advance their careers

Triple major Jacquelyn Elias receives Founders’ scholarship; double major Hannah Ellisen wins Texas Associated Press Broadcasters scholarship

Meadows representatives to participate in panels on “The Cultural City” and “Ideas to Action”

“The Cheesiest” campaign by Temerlin seniors takes Best in Print Advertising/General and Best Copy

Free event features fashion industry panel discussion, magazine launch party and fashion show

Event to honor arts and civic leader Don Glendenning

National Touring Show Highlights Stories of African American Communities Through Dance, Music and Theater

While incremental gains were observed, the study shows that women still hold fewer than 50% of directorships, earn less than male counterparts, and typically lead institutions with smaller budgets

SYZYGY and the Meadows Percussion Ensemble team with Dallas Neo-Classical Ballet to present an eclectic, electric performance of bold music, choreography ... and a propeller or two, April 30 at Dallas City Performance Hall

Community-based projects to use creative practice to drive social change

Featuring Works by Balanchine, Taylor and Coleman

Irving Symphony will premiere her Cattywampus Rompus for orchestra on April 8, 2017

Award-winning journalist is first female editor of a national sports magazine

SMU Wins Two of the Four Gold Awards Presented to Student Entries and Advances to District Competition

Event includes public master classes by Carol Leone, associate professor of piano at SMU Meadows, and Boris Slutsky, chair of the piano department at the Peabody Conservatory

Dallas regional finals name top two winners to receive all-expenses-paid trip to national finals in New York City

"cruelty ironic waves washing" composed on commission for GDYO

Exhibition catalogue offers speculative courses by 35 artists for an imagined future

Award Supports Six-Month Study of Emotional Responses to Music

National Award Presented by Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and Washington National Opera

Dallas icon was namesake of SMU’s Temerlin Advertising Institute for Education and Research

Meadows talent represented in multiple “best-of” lists