News Archive: 2014

Music therapy students help clients improve cognition, social skills and more

Art and Social Practice class helps Vickery Meadow express experiences of immigration, isolation and the unexpected arrival of America’s first case of Ebola.

Report Measures Industry Health by Sector, Organizational Size, and Geographic Location and Examines What Drives Performance

Take the edge off of finals week with these SMUST-see shows

Ransom, Tran works to be transmitted into deep space in 2015

International musician donates instrument in honor of his SMU teacher, the late Dr. Robert T. Anderson

Samuel S. Holland, internationally renowned music educator, named dean of Meadows School of the Arts

Brian Molanphy’s "pousse" series explores perception of materials, line at Eastfield College Galleries, November 14 – December 19, 2014

Opening Reception on Nov. 21 from 6-8 p.m.; Artists’ Gallery Talk on Nov. 22 at 1 p.m.

Theatre studies B.F.A. Wrenn Schmidt visited SMU to talk with theatre students on how Meadows prepped her for her career

Choreographer of "Cigarettes" and "To the Fore" talks career transitions and inspirations

Plans to sample “Moody Magic”

The full Q&A with Alexander Sanchez, choreographer of Dancin’ Man

Engels will perform a program of classic French works spanning the centuries

SMU Debate Team wins “Top Speaker” in novice division and third place overall at Edmond, Okla. tourney

Controversial Victorian-era artist subject of study by Dr. Alessandra Comini, University Distinguished Professor Emerita of Art History; New York Times calls the show “gripping”

Alumna Robin Rose draws on networking, budgeting skills learned in M.A./M.B.A. program for her career

Associate Professor of Photography Debora Hunter and painter Jane Starks (M.F.A. Art '99) showcase the landscapes of Texas and New Mexico in new exhibition

A memorial service for Tomlanovich will be held Nov. 22 at 4:30 p.m. at the St. James Episcopal Church

Photographer Kim Leeson went behind the scenes to capture the show

Conducting ensembles and the Meadows Symphony while at SMU provided valuable experience

Meadows voice professor donates talent, time to help build concert choir at high school in South Dallas

Two world premieres, including an homage to Bob Fosse, among the four innovative contemporary works featured at the concert

Classic work re-imagined by noted Dutch choreographer Joost Vrouenraets debuted in 2013 at SMU to critical acclaim

Photographer Kim Leeson went behind the scenes on Meadows Theatre's first main stage show

Certain Named Parts presents atmospheric black and white photogravures

SMU Meadows to live stream the Brown Bag performance on Wednesday, October 8 at 12:00 pm

After a three-year hiatus, team re-launches and wins top awards in both informative and extemporaneous speaking, taking third place overall

Film and exhibit by Sarah Morris will cover the events of the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich

Public Project Results From Bruguera’s 2013 Meadows Prize Residency Work Co-Commissioned with Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and Santa Monica Museum of Art

New Chair Funded by $2 Million Gift from Sarah and Ross Perot, Jr.

Valentín is one of 50 international arts leaders selected for 2014-15 class of The Chief Executive Program: Community and Culture

Combining her lifelong love of music and activism, M.M. student Ellen Seldin creates musical scores for documentaries about urgent matters: gendercide, kids at risk, wildlife conservation and more

Chicago’s House Theatre founders visit with students about their lives before and after SMU Meadows

Ramirez to give the fifteenth annual Rosine Smith Sammons Lecture in Media Ethics at SMU at 8 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 2

"Uptown’s Pike Park: Little Jerusalem to Little Mexico, 100 Years of Settlement" explores the Dallas immigrant experience

Sandra Duhé to join association of public relations CEOs, communications officers and leading academics

First of three concerts in SMU Meadows School Faculty Artist and Distinguished Alumni Recital Series devoted to complete collection of Beethoven sonatas for violin and piano

Chair of Division of Communication Studies is one of 15 professionals nationwide selected for the honor

Temerlin alum Wendi Leggitt '07, director of DKC Connect, on listening, hard work and the 'aha!' moment

Temerlin alum Wendi Leggitt (’07) acquired tenacity and learned strategy at TAI

Professor Danny Buraczeski reports on results of bi-annual event and next steps

Prestigious, two-week summer program draws talented high school and college string musicians from across the country

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

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

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

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

Prize includes Carnegie Hall debut in 2015

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.

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

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

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

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

New student-created art fair coming to the main quad

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

Time Flies commemorates the museum’s past and present

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

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

Your guide to SMU’s third annual Fashion Week

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

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

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

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)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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