DMA tuba student, David Humphreys, appointed to the full-time position at Western Kentucky University as Instructor of Tuba and Euphonium.

Alexa Torres Skillicorn, MM student in jazz violin, has been chosen to receive the 2021 Presser Foundation Graduate Award. Her proposal is Ethnography of Practice: Oral History for the Development of Embodied Jazz Violin Praxis. "The program is designed to encourage and support, in a special way, the advanced education and career of truly exceptional graduate music students who have the potential to make a distinguished contribution to the field of music." 

https://tinyurl.com/Skillicorn

Conducted by Thomas Wilkins, the Omaha Symphony will present the world premiere of LIFT UP THINE EARS by two-time Recording Academy / GRAMMYs winner Michael Daugherty (BM ’76, composition).  

https://www.omahasymphony.org/wilkins-finale-stream.

Jenna McCall (MM ’15, current DMA student) invited to perform at the International Clarinet Association ClarinetFest® 2021.

Anuj Bhutani won the Verdigris Ensemble ION Composer Competition - College Division.

https://www.verdigrismusic.org/ion

Staff Sergeant Ashley Mendeke (BM ’11) was recently awarded First Prize in the 2021 International Kujala Competition. She is a member of the United States Military Academy at West Point field music group, The Hellcats. She was selected as the University of North Texas 2010-2011 undergraduate Presser Scholar and was recipient of the Hispanic Scholarship Fund's National Academic scholarship.

https://www.chicagofluteclub.org/page-18148

Dave Meder, Assistant Professor of Jazz Piano offered The Fulbright Program United States Scholar Award for Visual and Performing Arts. The award takes him to Cairo, Egypt in 2022 to teach at the Cairo Conservatoire.

The A Cappella Choir accepted an invitation to perform at the Southwest Conference of the American Choral Directors Association in Little Rock, Arkansas 2022. The A Cappella choir recently also appeared at the 2020 TMEA conference and the 2021 National ACDA conference.

Collective Storytelling in Journalism, Composition and Performance presented by HAVEN Trio along with ensemble member Kimberly Cole Luevano, Professor of Clarinet and incoming Chair of the Division of Instrumental Studies at University of North Texas. The symposium  presented by the University of Toronto's Jackman Humanities Institute.

https://tinyurl.com/TwingeCole

Jonathan Orellana (class of 2025) trumpet, won the High School Division of the 2021 Army Blues Solo Competition. He is a graduate of Westfield High School in Chantilly, Virginia. As part of the prize, he is scheduled to record with the United States Army Band. https://tinyurl.com/FordBlues

Kevin Rosacia (BM ’20, Composition) was selected as a finalist for One Found Sound Emerging Composer Competition with his latest work for orchestra titled, "Pendulums" (2021). According to their website, One Found Sound "is a democratic, collaborative orchestra at the forefront of equitable and barrier-free music."

https://kevinrosacia.wixsite.com/composer

Éva Polgár, (DMA ’16, GAC ‘18) released music of Liszt by Hunnia Records & Film Production titled Harmonies Patriotiques et Religieuses. This is her first solo album and is available through online services. She is Assistant Professor of Piano at Azusa Pacific University School of Music.