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Meadows First Year Chase Dobson To Have Work Premiered by Dallas Symphony, March 12-15

February 19, 2015

Music Faculty artist Lucille Chung will perform Dobson’s Piano Concerto No. 1

Third Annual Dallas International Piano Competition To Be Held at Meadows School of the Arts, March 11-13

February 19, 2015

Music Event is community partnership between Dallas Chamber Symphony and Meadows School and includes public master classes by music faculty

Voices of Change to present concert dedicated to music of professor Xi Wang, March 14

February 19, 2015

Music Concert will include world premiere of Wang’s "Tibet Fantasia"

Why SMU Theatre Alum Molly Beach Murphy Returned to Helm "The Sparrow"

February 18, 2015

Theatre Theatre’s new mainstage production, "The Sparrow," flies to the Garson next week

SMU Meadows School of the Arts Announces Collaboration with Arts Publication Pastelegram

February 17, 2015

Art Online publication “Coronagraph” to feature interviews between art thinkers, including SMU Meadows art leaders

Three Meadows Faculty and a Current Student To Present at "Dallas Festival of Ideas," Feb. 27-28

February 14, 2015

Arts Management and Arts Entrepreneurship Dance Music The future of Dallas: Meadows representatives to contribute performances, serve as panelists at inaugural conference

New Chamber Music Fellowship Now Accepting Applications

February 12, 2015

Music Application deadline is February 20, 2015 for Peak Fellowship Ensemble-in-Residence

Meadows Professor Sings on Grammy-Winning CD

February 09, 2015

Music Associate Professor Pamela Elrod Huffman is part of the professional choir Conspirare, which won a Grammy yesterday for Best Choral Performance

Guitar Virtuoso Matt Palmer to Teach Free Master Class at SMU Meadows at 2 p.m. Feb. 12

February 06, 2015

Members of the Dallas-area guitar community welcome to attend

"The President's Own” U.S. Marine Band Brass Quintet from Washington, D.C. will present free concert at SMU Tuesday, February 10 at 8 P.M.

February 06, 2015

Music Concert in Caruth Auditorium will feature music of Kurt Weill, Monteverdi and others

Meadows Professors to Speak at "Columns to Characters" Conference Tuesday, Feb. 17

February 06, 2015

Corporate Communication and Public Affairs Journalism Stellar roster of U.S. media leaders and scholars to examine how the evolving digital age affects the presidency

SMU Meadows Awards Annual Meadows Prize to Artist Collective "Complex Movements" and the Public Theater's Lear deBessonet

February 05, 2015

Complex Movements and Lear deBessonet Will Each Receive $25,000 and Artistic Residency at Meadows School

Danielle Avram Morgan Selected as 2015 Pollock Gallery Curatorial Fellow

February 04, 2015

Art Avram Morgan to manage exhibitions of works by students and established artists

SMU's Pollock Gallery to Present "soak stain bleed bloom," Works by Kristen Cochran, January 31 - March 21, 2015

January 28, 2015

Art Opening Reception on Sat., Jan. 31 from 6-8 p.m.

SMU's National Center for Arts Research (NCAR) Creates Index to Measure Arts Vibrancy of Metropolitan Areas

January 22, 2015

Arts Management and Arts Entrepreneurship Data-driven Assessment Ranks Cities by Arts and Cultural Assets

SMU Meadows School of the Arts Offers Community Performance Series for Spring 2015

January 13, 2015

First concert by Meadows Wind Ensemble at Dallas City Performance Hall, Jan. 30

On the Path toward Arts Management

January 12, 2015

Arts Management and Arts Entrepreneurship Music Allison Beck loves music, the arts and business. The music major and double-minor in arts management and arts entrepreneurship talks about how Meadows faculty and curriculum are helping her prepare for a career in the arts.

"Helen Suzman: Fighter for Human Rights" Exhibit at SMU Meadows School of the Arts, January 20 - February 20, 2015

January 08, 2015

Public invited to opening reception Jan. 21, 4-6 p.m.

Critics Name Meadows Alumni and Student Performances as Favorites of 2014

January 06, 2015

Alumni Dance Music Theatre Area arts writers praise innovative works by alums and undergrads

Meadows Dean Sam Holland Named MTNA Teacher of the Year

January 05, 2015

Music Holland recognized for authorship, leadership, pedagogy

Class Led by MacArthur Fellow Rick Lowe Uses Art to Build Up One of Dallas’s Most International - and Challenged - Neighborhoods

December 16, 2014

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

SMU's National Center for Arts Research Publishes Second Major Report on Arts Industry Health

December 04, 2014

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

What’s Coming Up for SMU Student Theatre

December 03, 2014

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

SMU to Host Debate with Rwandan National Debate Team December 3

December 01, 2014

Corporate Communication and Public Affairs

Far Out: Meadows Faculty Art to Travel the Universe

November 25, 2014

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

Stunning Organ by German Master Builder Rudolf Janke Donated to Meadows by Wolfgang Rübsam

November 21, 2014

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

Leading Musician and Arts Administrator Named Dean of Meadows School of the Arts at SMU

November 12, 2014

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

"Edge" Exhibit Features Works by Meadows Professor

November 11, 2014

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

SMU’S Pollock Gallery to Present "Stranger than Fiction", November 14 – December 13, 2014

November 10, 2014

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

'Tyrant' Star Wrenn Schmidt Shares Her Experiences from SMU Meadows

November 10, 2014

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

An Interview with 2014 Fall Dance Concert Choreographer Adam Hougland

November 07, 2014

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

Actor Brian Baumgartner is SMU Homecoming Parade Grand Marshal

November 05, 2014

Plans to sample “Moody Magic”

An Interview with Alexander Sanchez, One of the Three Choreographers to the 2014 Fall Dance Concert

November 05, 2014

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

SMU Meadows Faculty Artist & Distinguished Alumni Recital Series Presents “à la française!,” Debut Concert with New Chair of Organ Stefan Engels, November 22

November 05, 2014

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

Speaking Up

November 03, 2014

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

Neue Galerie “Egon Schiele: Portraits” Exhibit in New York Curated by Former Meadows Professor

October 30, 2014

Art History 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”

M.A./M.B.A.: After the Degree

October 29, 2014

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

Up Close with the Landscapes of Texas and New Mexico

October 28, 2014

Alumni Art 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 Tribute to Matthew Tomlanovich, the 21st Century Margo Jones

October 27, 2014

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

Meadows Music Alumna Michelle Merrill Named Assistant Conductor of Detroit Symphony

October 23, 2014

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

12 Photos from SMU Theatre’s Production of Top Girls

October 23, 2014

Theatre Photographer Kim Leeson went behind the scenes to capture the show

Higher Notes

October 21, 2014

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

Meadows Dance Professor Christopher Dolder to premiere documentary at Dallas Videofest on October 18 about the making of SMU's new Rite of Spring

October 15, 2014

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

SMU Meadows Dance Ensemble Presents 2014 Fall Dance Concert, November 5-9

October 15, 2014

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

Art Professor Philip Van Keuren Featured in Solo Exhibition at the Gallery at UTA, October 13 - November 15

October 07, 2014

Faculty Art Certain Named Parts presents atmospheric black and white photogravures

15 Must-See Photos from SMU Theatre’s Production of Black Snow

October 07, 2014

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

Watch the SMU Meadows Brown Bag Dance Series Live

October 06, 2014

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

SMU Speech Team Wins Two First-Place Speaking Awards at Regional Tournament

October 04, 2014

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

SMU's Pollock Gallery to Present "1972," October 10 - November 8, 2014

October 03, 2014

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

SMU's Meadows School of the Arts brings activist artist Tania Bruguera's new project "The Francis Effect" to Dallas, October 3-4

October 02, 2014

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

SMU Names New Leah Young Fullinwider Centennial Chair In Music Performance

September 29, 2014

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

Clyde Valentin, Director of SMU Meadows Arts and Urbansim initiative, chosen to participate in International Leadership program hosted by National Arts Strategies

September 24, 2014

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

Music, Message: Student’s Documentary Music Helps Raise Awareness

September 22, 2014

Students Music 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

At SMU Theatre’s Conference Hour, Alums Chris Mathews and Jake Minton Talk Careers

September 11, 2014

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

Pulitzer-Winning Editorial Cartoonist Michael Ramirez to give the 2014 Sammons Media Ethics Lecture at SMU, October 2

September 10, 2014

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

Meadows Collaborates on Pike Park Exhibit at Latino Cultural Center, Opening September 12

August 26, 2014

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

Chair of Communication Studies Joins Arthur W. Page Society

August 25, 2014

Faculty Corporate Communication and Public Affairs Sandra Duhé to join association of public relations CEOs, communications officers and leading academics

Cliburn Golden Medalist Alexander Kobrin and Former DSO Concertmaster Emanuel Borok to Present Concert at SMU, Sept. 6

August 21, 2014

Events Music 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

SMU Meadows’ Sandra Duhé Named to PRSA College of Fellows

July 23, 2014

Faculty Corporate Communication and Public Affairs Chair of Division of Communication Studies is one of 15 professionals nationwide selected for the honor

Building a Career in Digital Marketing

July 21, 2014

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

13 Questions with Temerlin alumna Wendi Leggitt

July 20, 2014

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

A Report from the 2014 Teaching Jazz Dance Symposium

July 18, 2014

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

Artist-in-Residence Matt Albert Named Director of Music in the Mountains Conservatory in Durango, Colorado

July 18, 2014

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

Q&A with Joe Hoselton/Jenna Skyy: Living the Double Life

July 17, 2014

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

New Website Ranks SMU Among Top Ten Colleges for Dance Performance in the U.S.

July 15, 2014

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

Meadows Dance Students and Alumni Chosen to Participate in Inaugural Dallas DanceFest, Aug. 29-31

July 10, 2014

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

Meadows Alum Ian Derrer (B.M. Voice Performance,’96) Named New Artistic Administrator at The Dallas Opera

June 25, 2014

Alumni Music 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’s Meadows School of the Arts named top music school in the country in study published in USA Today College

June 20, 2014

Music SMU heads top 10 list in rankings by College Factual

The 2013-14 Year at Meadows School of the Arts in GIFs

June 18, 2014

Creative Computation Dance Journalism Music Theatre 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

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