The MSUM Department of Music will host a Day of Percussion with six internationally renown guest artists on Saturday, Nov. 10 from 9 a.m.-6 p.m. in the Center for the Arts. The day will be filled with fun clinics, concerts, masterclasses, and hands-on music making for all ages to enjoy, and will climax with a performance by MSUM’s own “Fuego […]
Two seniors, Conor Holt and Simone Leclaire, of Cinema Arts & Digital Technologies presented research papers at the Midwest Popular and American Culture Association Conference, Columbus, Ohio Oct 12-14. Holt’s paper is titled “Cinema Go Bragh: Irish Nationalism in Celtic Tiger Cinema” and Leclaire’s “Eyes of the Lady: Perspectives and Cinematic Representations of Women in New Danish Cinema.” Leclaire’s paper […]
Dr. Kenyon Williams, Professor of Music, will accompany six MSUM student percussionists to the Percussive Arts Society International Convention in Austin, Texas Oct. 31-Nov. 3. The largest gathering of its kind, it is expected to attract over 7,000 percussionists and music industry professionals, students, and hobbyists. Williams will also be performing with the PAS All-Star Steel Drum Band, a 50 […]
Fuego Tropical, the MSUM World Music and Percussion Ensemble under the direction of Dr. Kenyon Williams, will present three educational performances for over 1,500 elementary school students across the Fargo-Moorhead region this Thursday and Friday. The ensemble annually presents their educational presentation “Carnival Jump Up!” each fall for area schools, to great acclaim from the students, faculty, and staff at […]
Several MSUM students presented at the 5th Red River Undergraduate Philosophy Conference at NDSU on Saturday, Oct. 20. The students and their paper titles included: Lance Pearson: “On the Potentiality and Structure of Indirect Realism” Jacob Hedlund: “On the Virtuous Prime Belief”