UAM Jazz One, the University of Arkansas at Monticello's jazz ensemble, performed at the 2021 Midwest Clinic International Band, Orchestra and Music Conference in Chicago on Dec. 16.
UAM Jazz One, the University of Arkansas at Monticello's jazz ensemble, performed at the 2021 Midwest Clinic International Band, Orchestra and Music Conference in Chicago on Dec. 16.
Dr. Myra Rhoden, the Director of Bands at Fayette County High, was recently recognized by her peers for her tremendous dedication to music education. At the Midwest Clinic International Band, […]
JMU Wind Symphony honors cancer-stricken alumna with ‘miracle’ tribute
Published Wednesday, Apr. 28, 2021, 9:11 pm
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The music arrived on April 15, students in the James Madison University Wind Symphony began rehearsing it April 19 and on Monday, April 26, they performed a moving tribute to a cancer-stricken alumna who watched via YouTube from a hospital bed in her Northern Virginia home.
Kelsey Burch, a 2007 graduate of the School of Music and an elementary school music teacher in Northern Virginia, was thrilled to see the premiere, said Brian Balmages, an award-winning and internationally-known composer who was commissioned by Burch to write the music.