News

SMU Piano Student Alessandro Mazzamuto Wins Center for Musical Excellence International Grant/Birte Moller Young Artists Award

June 12, 2014

Students Music Prize includes Carnegie Hall debut in 2015

Next Stop: Carnegie Hall

June 10, 2014

Students Music 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.

Two Meadows Alumni Receive Tony Awards Sunday Night

June 09, 2014

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

SMU Associate Film Professor Carolyn Macartney to premiere WANDA THE WONDERFUL at Oak Cliff Film festival, June 22

June 09, 2014

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

Meadows Ph.D. Art History Candidate to Speak in London on Contemporary Artist Richard Mosse

June 02, 2014

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

Two Meadows Staff Members Honored with Faculty Senate Outstanding Staff Awards

May 23, 2014

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

Hear The Final Two Tracks from SYZYGY’s New Album

May 20, 2014

Music 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

Altius Quartet Takes Silver Medal at International Fischoff Chamber Music Competition

May 14, 2014

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

Meadows Alums and Faculty to Perform Excerpts from Simon Sargon’s "Saul" Opera

May 13, 2014

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

The Making of an Album: SYZYGY’s New Tracks Showcase the Inspiration Behind Exploration

May 05, 2014

Music 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

2014 End-of-Year Awards Given to Outstanding Meadows Students and Faculty

May 05, 2014

Advertising Art Art History Arts Management and Arts Entrepreneurship Corporate Communication and Public Affairs Creative Computation Dance Film & Media Arts Journalism Music Theatre Recipients selected for awards from the University and from the Meadows School

Three MA/MBA Students Awarded Patricia A. Porter Fellowships

April 30, 2014

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

Contemporary Classical Music Ensemble Voices of Change Presents “Poetic Overtones” Concert

April 25, 2014

Music Admission is free for SMU faculty, staff and students

What’s Coming Up for SMU Student Theatre

April 23, 2014

Theatre “SMUST” see shows in Meadows

The BoulevART: Preview of coming attraction

April 23, 2014

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

Santiago Cañón-Valencia, Graduate Student in Cello, Wins Second Prize at Lynn Harrell Concerto Competition

April 22, 2014

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

Associate Professor of Photography Debora Hunter Featured in Spring Exhibition at Frontiers of Flight Museum

April 22, 2014

Faculty Art Time Flies commemorates the museum’s past and present

Meadows Music Alum wins major Symphony position

April 21, 2014

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

How to Take Your Home Studio Worldwide

April 17, 2014

Music 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.

SMU Meadows School of the Arts to host inaugural national Arts Entrepreneurship Educators Conference in Dallas, Texas, June 6-7

April 17, 2014

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

Global perspective gives edge to arts administrators

April 16, 2014

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

SMU To Host Third Annual Fashion Week, April 30-May 2, 2014

April 15, 2014

Journalism Your guide to SMU’s third annual Fashion Week

Meadows faculty member Trey Bowles named to Dallas Business Journal's 2014 "Top 40 Under 40" list of Business Professionals

April 14, 2014

Faculty Arts Management and Arts Entrepreneurship Bowles teaches entrepreneurship classes, co-founded Dallas Entrepreneur Center

Headed to the Getty

April 07, 2014

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

What’s Coming Up for SMU Student Theatre

April 04, 2014

Theatre The upcoming “SMUST” see shows in Meadows

All Together Now: North Texas Universities Collaborate on New Media Artwork Exhibit

April 02, 2014

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

Zhulong Gallery Opens with Meadows New Media Art

April 01, 2014

Art Art History Creative Computation Meadows alum and gallery director Aja Martin emphasizes technology, contemporary art

The National Center for Arts Research Findings Generator

March 31, 2014

Arts Management and Arts Entrepreneurship Highlights from the first, interactive NCAR report

SMU Meadows Chorale Takes to the Road with 2014 Spring Concert Tour

March 31, 2014

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

Maura Bellmio Sheffler M.A./M.B.A. : After the Degree

March 31, 2014

Alumni Arts Management and Arts Entrepreneurship Alumna Maura Bellmio Sheffler on staying on top of the changing arts fields

SMU French Horn Student Daniel Hawkins (’15) Wins First Place at National MTNA Competition

March 27, 2014

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

SYZYGY, SMU’s New Music Ensemble, Releases New Works Composed by Students and Alumni

March 27, 2014

Music 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)

Incoming Meadows First Year Chase Dobson Already Establishing Career as Composer

March 27, 2014

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

AM I BLUE: 40 Years Later, a One-Act Play by Beth Henley Returns to SMU

March 26, 2014

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

A Closing Look at New Visions, New Voices 2014

March 26, 2014

Students Theatre 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.

SMU's Meadows School of the Arts presents "Meadows at the Meyerson," April 9

March 24, 2014

Music Event to honor community leader Bess Enloe

A Note from Dean José Bowen: Meet The New Interim Dean

March 24, 2014

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

A Second Look at New Visions, New Voices 2014

March 20, 2014

Theatre 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

Eminent Italian pianist Michele Campanella to conduct mini-residency at SMU, March 31 - April 4

March 19, 2014

Music Free public events to include afternoon master class and evening concert

SMU Meadows Theatre Professor Blake Hackler receives Fulbright Scholars grant

March 19, 2014

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

How SMU Meadows' M.A./M.B.A Program Prepared Katharine Vandergriff Rice to Think Like an Executive

March 18, 2014

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

Meadows graduate voice student Audra Methvin wins $10,000 first prize in Dallas Opera Guild Voice competition

March 17, 2014

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

SMU Meadows Dance Ensemble presents 2014 Spring Dance Concert, March 26-30

March 17, 2014

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

SMU Dean José Antonio Bowen named President of Goucher College

March 12, 2014

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

First Look at New Visions, New Voices 2014

March 11, 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

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

March 11, 2014

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

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

March 07, 2014

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

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

March 07, 2014

She led the school from 1994 until her retirement in 2006

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

March 06, 2014

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

SMU Debate Team Advances to Nationals

March 05, 2014

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

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

March 03, 2014

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

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

February 28, 2014

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

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

February 28, 2014

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

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

February 27, 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.

Introducing the BoulevART: The First-Ever Meadows Fair

February 27, 2014

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

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

February 26, 2014

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

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

February 25, 2014

Music Will Perform with Richardson Symphony Orchestra on March 8

SMU Mock Trial Program Rocks Regional Competition

February 21, 2014

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

What’s Coming Up for SMU Student Theatre

February 21, 2014

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

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

February 19, 2014

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

Green Room Facelift Adds to Ambience

February 18, 2014

New furniture attracts students, builds sense of community

Making Art History Internships Possible

February 17, 2014

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

First-year Student Lands Cannes Film Festival Internship

February 17, 2014

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

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

February 12, 2014

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

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

February 11, 2014

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

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

February 10, 2014

Music Theatre Photographer Kim Leeson captures the 2014 Meadows Opera production

Meadows Grad Working with NBC at the Sochi Olympics

February 06, 2014

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

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

February 04, 2014

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

The Eclectic Art of the Faculty Show at the Pollock

February 04, 2014

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

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

January 31, 2014

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.