Day of Percussion features exotic “being”

Guest artists and workshops draw percussionists from across the region He’s the proud new “father” of an exotic Indonesian baby who hasn’t yet received a name. Kenyon Williams, MSUM Music Department faculty member, reveals his baby’s name in a traditional Indonesian ceremony, complete with a ritualistic Javanese meal, on Friday, Nov. 5, at noon in the MSUM Art Gallery. The […]

Vienna Boys Choir takes Moorhead stage Saturday

Program includes folk songs, polkas, classics, hymns and more More than 500 years ago, an Austrian emperor formed an elite choir to provide accompaniment to the church mass. The members of the choir were talented boys between the ages of 10 and 14 whose voices had not yet broken, and who would leave their families to devote their young lives […]

MSUM helps students displaced by recent fire

As you may be aware, 14 MSU Moorhead students were displaced by the October 11th Galleria apartment fire in south Fargo. The F-M community is being asked to help and there are several appeals underway, including tax-deductible non-profit organizations like the Red Cross, the United Way, and the Salvation Army. MSUM is trying to provide needed assistance with books, financial aid […]

Honors lecture features opera expert Wendy Heller

Please join the Honors Lecture Series for the Thursday night lecture entitled, “Taming the Epic Hero: Jason and Medea in Seventeenth-Century Venice.” It will be presented by Princeton Professor of Musicology, Dr. Wendy Heller, at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 21 in the Center for Business 111. The lecture is free and open to the public.