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

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.

June 25, 2014

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

Music SMU heads top 10 list in rankings by College Factual

June 20, 2014

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

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

June 18, 2014

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

Students Music Prize includes Carnegie Hall debut in 2015

June 12, 2014

Next Stop: Carnegie Hall

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.

June 10, 2014

Two Meadows Alumni Receive Tony Awards Sunday Night

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

June 09, 2014

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

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

June 09, 2014

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

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

June 02, 2014

Two Meadows Staff Members Honored with Faculty Senate Outstanding Staff Awards

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

May 23, 2014

Hear The Final Two Tracks from SYZYGY’s New Album

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

May 20, 2014

Altius Quartet Takes Silver Medal at International Fischoff Chamber Music Competition

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

May 14, 2014

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

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

May 13, 2014

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

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

May 05, 2014

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

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

May 05, 2014

Three MA/MBA Students Awarded Patricia A. Porter Fellowships

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

April 30, 2014

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

Music Admission is free for SMU faculty, staff and students

April 25, 2014

What’s Coming Up for SMU Student Theatre

Theatre “SMUST” see shows in Meadows

April 23, 2014

The BoulevART: Preview of coming attraction

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

April 23, 2014

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

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

April 22, 2014

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

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

April 22, 2014

Meadows Music Alum wins major Symphony position

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

April 21, 2014

How to Take Your Home Studio Worldwide

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.

April 17, 2014

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

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

April 17, 2014

Global perspective gives edge to arts administrators

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

April 16, 2014

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

Journalism Your guide to SMU’s third annual Fashion Week

April 15, 2014

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

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

April 14, 2014

Headed to the Getty

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

April 07, 2014

What’s Coming Up for SMU Student Theatre

Theatre The upcoming “SMUST” see shows in Meadows

April 04, 2014

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

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

April 02, 2014

Zhulong Gallery Opens with Meadows New Media Art

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

April 01, 2014

The National Center for Arts Research Findings Generator

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

March 31, 2014

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

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

March 31, 2014

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

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

March 31, 2014

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

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

March 27, 2014

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

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)

March 27, 2014

Incoming Meadows First Year Chase Dobson Already Establishing Career as Composer

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

March 27, 2014

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

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

March 26, 2014

A Closing Look at New Visions, New Voices 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.

March 26, 2014

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

Music Event to honor community leader Bess Enloe

March 24, 2014

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

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

March 24, 2014

A Second Look at New Visions, New Voices 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

March 20, 2014

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

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

March 19, 2014

SMU Meadows Theatre Professor Blake Hackler receives Fulbright Scholars grant

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

March 19, 2014

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

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

March 18, 2014

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

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

March 17, 2014

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

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

March 17, 2014

SMU Dean José Antonio Bowen named President of Goucher College

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

March 12, 2014

First Look at New Visions, New Voices 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

March 11, 2014

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

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

March 11, 2014

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

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

March 07, 2014

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

She led the school from 1994 until her retirement in 2006

March 07, 2014

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

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

March 06, 2014

SMU Debate Team Advances to Nationals

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

March 05, 2014

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

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

March 03, 2014

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

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

February 28, 2014

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

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

February 28, 2014

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

February 27, 2014

Introducing the BoulevART: The First-Ever Meadows Fair

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

February 27, 2014

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

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

February 26, 2014

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

Music Will Perform with Richardson Symphony Orchestra on March 8

February 25, 2014

SMU Mock Trial Program Rocks Regional Competition

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

February 21, 2014

What’s Coming Up for SMU Student Theatre

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

February 21, 2014

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

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

February 19, 2014

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