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Professor Honored for Arts Entrepreneurship Teaching

February 23, 2018

Faculty Arts Management and Arts Entrepreneurship Jim Hart wins national award from Society for Arts Entrepreneurship Education

2018 August Wilson Competition Names Regional Winners

February 22, 2018

Events Theatre Top two winners advance to national finals in New York

2018 August Wilson Competition Doubles in Size

February 13, 2018

Events Theatre Dallas Region event grows from 8 schools in 2016 to 17 schools in 2018

SMU Debate Wins Texas State Championship

February 06, 2018

Students Corporate Communication and Public Affairs In spite of having only four team members at the competition, SMU was a top scoring school

Remembering William Jordan at SMU

February 02, 2018

Founding director of Meadows Museum in 1967 had memorable art adventures

Concert Presents Reich’s “Music for 18 Musicians”

January 30, 2018

Events Music SYZYGY and Percussion Ensemble to perform the landmark work

Meadows and Dallas Theater Center Present Frankenstein

January 22, 2018

Events Theatre Theatre faculty and students perform in Dallas premiere of hit London play

Pollock Gallery Presents Let’s See Action

January 22, 2018

Events Art Exhibit of works by contemporary Japanese artists, Feb. 3 – Mar. 10, 2018

ExxonMobil Lecture Series Presents David Baldwin

January 17, 2018

Events Advertising Award-winning ad executive and filmmaker to discuss brands and ethics

Meadows to Host 2019 Cliburn Junior Competition

January 10, 2018

Events Music Alessio Bax to serve as jury chair for event open to pianists 13 to 17

Lucien Leinfelder, the Pianist Who Played Through Parkinson’s

January 10, 2018

Alumni Documentary about renowned classical pianist and Meadows alumnus premieres

Getting Your Film into Festivals: Advice from Alums

January 08, 2018

Alumni Film & Media Arts Four festival-savvy alumni from Division of Film & Media Arts share advice

2017 in Review: Critics Cite Top Performances

January 08, 2018

Events Meadows talent represented in multiple “best-of” lists

“James Farmer Jr.: The Great Debater” Book Captures National Award

December 12, 2017

Corporate Communication and Public Affairs Book is latest publication by Associate Professor Dr. Ben Voth

Moody Foundation Gift to Support SMU Arts Facility Renovation and Education Research

December 08, 2017

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

SMU Debate Team Rises to Top Ten National IPDA Ranking

November 15, 2017

Corporate Communication and Public Affairs Meadows students Ngo, Pittman score high in junior varsity division

Growing the Community One Seedling at a Time

November 13, 2017

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

Dallas Artists Come Together to Support “RESPOND: Puerto Rico”

November 10, 2017

Art Three November events to benefit sustainable rebuilding of the island

Trombone Pros to Hold Benefit Concert for School Music Programs Hit by Hurricane Harvey

November 07, 2017

Music 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

SMU Meadows Dance Ensemble Presents 2017 Fall Dance Concert, November 8-12

October 25, 2017

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

Retraining the Brain

October 13, 2017

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

SMU’s Pollock Gallery Presents "Wide Open," November 3 – December 2, 2017

October 10, 2017

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

Mary Vernon Painting Prize Helps Launch Young Artists’ Careers

September 28, 2017

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

SMU Meadows School of the Arts Welcomes New Faculty Members in Art History, Dance and Music

September 27, 2017

Art History Dance Music 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

2017 DFW Theater Critics Forum Awards: Meadows Theatre Faculty, Alumni and Current Students’ Productions Honored

September 15, 2017

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

First-year Student Wins “Best Writer” at National Association of Black Journalists’ JSHOP 2017

September 05, 2017

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

SMU’s Pollock Gallery Presents Acts of Aggression: An Exhibition About Community, September 9 – October 14, 2017

August 24, 2017

Art 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.

SMU Meadows Presents Rare Solo Recital by Internationally Renowned Pianist Joaquín Achúcarro

August 10, 2017

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

SMU Meadows’ Ignite/Arts Dallas Initiative and Cara Mía Theatre Co. Launch Tour of Acclaimed Play "Deferred Action," September 14-17

August 09, 2017

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

Gene and Jerry Jones give $5 million to transform east plaza and entrance of Meadows arts complex

August 07, 2017

Yunjung Lee, Graduate Student in Organ Performance at SMU Meadows School of the Arts, Wins First Prize at Inaugural Asia International Organ Competition in Taiwan

August 07, 2017

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

Long-forgotten love letters inspire SMU student filmmaker

June 20, 2017

Film & Media Arts "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

Dallas civic leader and SMU alumna and benefactor Jeanne Roach Johnson ’54 dies

June 14, 2017

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

Julius Quartet Named Winner of 2017 Peak Fellowship Ensemble-in-residence at SMU Meadows School of the Arts

June 13, 2017

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

Award-winning Violinist Aaron Boyd Named Director of Chamber Music and Professor of Practice in Violin at SMU Meadows School of the Arts

June 13, 2017

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

Meadows Alums Earn 2017 Tony Awards

June 12, 2017

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

Should I Say Anything?

June 05, 2017

Corporate Communication and Public Affairs 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

Alumna Jennie Lee (B.M. Voice Performance and B.A. World Languages ’16) Wins Fulbright English Teaching Assistant Award

May 25, 2017

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

Free Performances of “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee,” June 1 & 2

May 24, 2017

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

2017 End-of-Year Awards Given to Outstanding Meadows Students and Faculty

May 11, 2017

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

Winning Streak: Nine More Meadows Brass Alumni Win Orchestra Positions

May 06, 2017

Music Trombone, trumpet and French horn alumni advance their careers

Two Meadows Students Receive Scholarships from Headliners Foundation of Texas

May 01, 2017

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

Meadows Faculty, Staff and Alumni to Participate in 2017 Dallas Festival of Ideas, April 29

April 21, 2017

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

Advertising Students Win Two Top Prizes at 2017 DSVC National Student Show

April 06, 2017

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

2017 SMU Fashion Week, April 19-21

April 06, 2017

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

SMU Meadows School of the Arts Presents "Meadows at the Meyerson," April 12

April 03, 2017

Dance Music Theatre Event to honor arts and civic leader Don Glendenning

Ignite/Arts Dallas and South Dallas Cultural Center Present Gomela/to return: Movement of Our Mother Tongue, April 7-8

March 24, 2017

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

Dada, Meet Futurism

March 22, 2017

Music 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

Joint Study on Gender Disparity in Art Museum Directorships Shows Gap Persists Despite Gains

March 22, 2017

Art Arts Management and Arts Entrepreneurship 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

Dallas and Buffalo Named Next “Community Innovation Lab” Cities by EmcArts

March 20, 2017

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

SMU Meadows Dance Ensemble Presents 2017 Spring Dance Concert, April 5-9

March 15, 2017

Dance Featuring Works by Balanchine, Taylor and Coleman

Alison Overholt, Editor of ESPN The Magazine, to Give the 2017 William J. O'Neil Lecture in Business Journalism at SMU, April 4

March 07, 2017

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

SMU Music Composition Graduate Student Olga Amelkina-Vera Named 2016-2017 Student Composer-In-Residence With Irving Symphony

March 07, 2017

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

SMU Meadows School of the Arts Students Win Local American Advertising Awards

March 01, 2017

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

Dallas Chamber Symphony and Meadows School Host Fifth Annual Dallas International Piano Competition at SMU

February 28, 2017

Music 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

August Wilson Monologue Competition 2017

February 13, 2017

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

Meadows Junior Mikayla C. Dobson To Have Work Premiered by Greater Dallas Youth Orchestra (GDYO), February 19

February 01, 2017

Music "cruelty ironic waves washing" composed on commission for GDYO

SMU’s Pollock Gallery Presents "Co-Work Space for Potential Dropouts," February 4 - March 11, 2017

January 25, 2017

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

Zachary Wallmark, SMU Meadows Chair of Music History, Wins Fellowship From National Endowment For The Humanities

January 18, 2017

Music Award Supports Six-Month Study of Emotional Responses to Music

Alumnus John Holiday (’07) Named Winner of the 2017 Marian Anderson Vocal Award

January 17, 2017

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

Ad Giant Liener Temerlin, Founder of Temerlin McClain, Dies

January 13, 2017

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

Year in Review: Critics Praise Notable 2016 Performances and Publications by Meadows Alumni, Faculty, Students and Staff

January 05, 2017

Art Dance Music Theatre Meadows talent represented in multiple “best-of” lists

Every Theatre Kid’s Dream: Perform on Broadway Stage

January 05, 2017

Theatre 103 Area High School Students Vie for All-Expenses-Paid Trip to New York to Compete in the National August Wilson Monologue Competition

SMU Meadows School of the Arts Now Accepting Applications for Peak Fellowship Ensemble-in-Residence

January 03, 2017

Music Application deadline is February 15, 2017 for two-year string quartet fellowship

Leone Recording Wins Two Global Music Awards

December 20, 2016

Music Change of Keys takes silver in “Classical” and “Solo Performance” categories

SMU Receives $300,000 Grant from Andrew W. Mellon Foundation for the Meadows School Of the Arts Ignite/Arts Dallas Initiative

November 18, 2016

Grant will support key programs and projects integrating artistic practice and community engagement

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