Recent UA graduate and Community Music School student, Camille Cathey, has won the tiara in the 2024 Miss Arkansas pageant. Ms. Cathey, a vocal student of CMS teacher Laura Woolf, […]
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UA Campus Jazz Ensemble Trumpeter Receives Full Scholarship to Jazz at Lincoln Center Summer Academy
Braeden Jackson of UA’s Campus Jazz Ensemble has been awarded a full scholarship to attend the prestigious Jazz at Lincoln Center Summer Academy. Braeden also plays trumpet in band at […]
UA School of Music Delegates to Perform at International Toradze Music Festival in Tbilisi, Georgia
A delegation of UA School of Music faculty and students will be performing for the Toradze International Music Festival this month in Tbilisi, Georgia. Established last year, the festival runs […]
UA Choir Students and Alumni Shaping Young Minds This Summer
UA Choir students and alumni Grace Dell, Lizzy Erbach, Faith Kirkland, and Meredith Taylor are shaping young minds as camp counselors this summer. Lizzy and Faith are counseling at Music […]
Music Theory Graduates Blazing New Trails: Adriana Ezekiel and Abigail Byrd
Adriana Ezekiel (MM Music Theory, 2024) completed her degree of Master of Music in Music Theory this spring. Her thesis, also successfully written and defended this spring, is titled “Conceptualizing […]
Faculty Highlight: Theory Instructor Stephen Gomez-Peck, Scholar of Hip-Hop Studies
Stephen Gomez-Peck is an instructor of music theory at UA, and has been active as a scholar in the area of hip-hop studies. On April 12th, 2024, he gave an invited […]
New Horizons for Percussion Studio Graduates: Michael Rivera, Matthew Sandridge, Jordan Waddell
The University of Alabama School of Music is proud of our 2024 percussion studio graduates who will be continuing their studies in graduate schools this fall. Michael Rivera will begin […]
Alumni Spotlight: Heather Holmes, BS ’01
Congratulations to Heather Holmes on her recent re-election to the office of Recording Secretary for the Alabama Music Educators Association! Mrs. Holmes completed her Bachelor of Science in Music Education […]
Alumni Spotlight: Travis Bender, BS’06, MA’08
Congratulations to Dr. Travis Bender on his recent election to the office of President of the Alabama Music Educators’ Association! Dr. Bender completed his Bachelor of Science in Music Education […]
Symposium on Music Teacher Education 2023
UA Music Education was well represented at the 2023 Symposium on Music Teacher Education in Salt Lake City, Utah (October 12-14, 2023). Music Education faculty member Dr. Julie Bannerman, current […]