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Student musicians are set to blow listeners away on the KU Wind Ensemble’s new album, “Midnight Sun,” a triumphant entry in the group’s repertoire.
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Low brass instrumentalists from ages 12 to 80 will soon join onstage for Brassmas, an annual holiday concert in Lawrence.
KU instrumentalists and choral singers will perform at the 101st annual Vespers concert next week.
Carillonneurs from across North America are heading to Lawrence, and numerous concerts are scheduled throughout the second week of June. There will also be Sunday evening concerts all summer.
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Low brass musicians from across Lawrence filled the Lied Center stage Friday to perform holiday classics.
Band students from Lawrence middle schools and KU will join onstage Friday for a holiday concert, “Brassmas.”
The KU School of Music’s Vespers concert is celebrating a huge milestone: It’s turning 100 this year. That will be one of many opportunities coming up to hear the sounds of the holiday season in Lawrence.
Taylor Zickefoose, a KU School of Music student, has been selected from among applicants worldwide as one of two rising talents who will participate in the inaugural Bob Dylan Center Songwriting Fellowship.
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Lawrence middle school student musicians who play trombone, baritone and tuba will join with KU brass to perform the first “Brassmas” holiday concert, set for Thursday.
KU has named Paul Popiel, the interim dean of the School of Music, to the permanent position.
