Every other year, the Athena Festival reaches Murray State students and faculty, regional audiences, public school music students and many scholars and performers across the country. This year, the event will be held Feb. 26 through March 3. The festival, sponsored by the Murray State department of music, includes three days of lecture sessions, recitals Read More
The Murray State music program has many groups who perform for the campus and community. One of these groups, the Murray State String Chamber Orchestra, was selected to perform at the Kentucky Music Educators Association Professional Development Conference today in Louisville, Ky. The KMEA Professional Development Conference is for music teachers pre-school through college level Read More
The Suspensions A suspension in music is defined as a non-chordal tone that resolves downward by step to a chordal tone, but Murray’s definition of the word has been transformed by a group of students whose harmonies have been heard throughout the community at various events since 2010. The Suspensions are a male a capella Read More
The music department’s children adaptation of Mozart’s “The Magic Flute” removed the stereotype of the average opera this past weekend. The Murray State music department presented the 50-minute production last Saturday and Sunday at 2 p.m. and 6 p.m. This show involved a lot of audience interaction in which children in the audience got to Read More
Combining a showcase of talented music students and an educational opportunity for children is the Murray State music department’s adaption of Mozart’s “The Magic Flute”. The department is presenting a children’s adaption of the popular Mozart opera this weekend. The idea for the show was first performed by the Nashville Opera for their educational outreach Read More
Murray State’s Lovett Auditorium may be the first stop for the up and coming Little Big Town’s soon to be Tornado Tour. The group will visit Murray State on Thursday, Jan. 31 where they will perform some of their newly famed songs such as “Pontoon” and “Tornado.” Little Big Town reached higher levels of fame Read More
On Tuesday, it was announced that Beyonce Knowles will be performing at the 2013 Super Bowl halftime show. From her dancing to her trained vocals, I’m really looking forward to watching the very powerful Knowles entertain the crowd. Maybe we’ll even see a guest appearance from Jay-Z. Because I’m excited about Knowles’ upcoming gig, I Read More
Savannah Sawyer Staff writer Now that Thanksgiving has passed, Christmas is right around the corner. What better way to celebrate than attending the Murray State Madrigal Dinner? Many madrigal dinners have taken place across the country in schools and local theaters during the Christmas season. This is Murray State’s 15th madrigal production. There are two Read More