Tag: Music

2021 saw the publishing of the book The Clarinet that was edited by the EWU Fine & Performing Arts Music Department professor Jane Ellsworth. Along with overseeing editing the collection of essays written by leading performer-scholars, Professor Ellsworth also wrote two of the chapters. The Clarinet “offers unique perspectives on the clarinet’s historical role in…

Enjoy a moment of peace as our EWU String Orchestra performs Antonio Vivaldi’s “Spring” from “The Four Seasons.” Featuring Amanda Howard-Phillips on violin and directed by Dr. John Marshall.

Congratulations to Sheila Woodward in being elected Executive Vice President of the International Music Council Executive Board.

Join us for our virtual convocation at 7 p.m., Wednesday, May 27. Program The Star Spangled Banner – Lyrics: F. S. Key/J.S. Smith: music The EWU Symphonic Choir Kristina Ploeger-Hekmatpanah, Conductor When You Wish Upon a Star – Ned Washington/Leigh Harline Adam Shiner, voice Don Goodwin, piano Etude No. 8 – N. Kapustin Stephanie Zickau, piano Gaztelu – S. Jenkins…

Recorded by the “Quarantine Quartet,” this string performance was submitted by an EWU alum. Violin I: Lucia Lostumbo Violin II: Kate Slyusarev Viola: James Marshall Cello: Mikaela Elms

Winter Quarter 2020 | Mar. 6-14 “Silent Sky” by Lauren Gunderson Directed by Sara Goff “When Henrietta Leavitt begins work at the Harvard Observatory in the early 1900s, she isn’t allowed to touch a telescope or express an original idea. Instead, she joins a group of women “computers,” charting the stars for a renowned astronomer…

“When I took the position here at EWU in 2003, I was thrilled to come back as an Alum to work with the students here, knowing that I might be able to inspire other young artists to develop their talents and see where it might take them as it has for me.” Since Jody Graves…

In September, Jonathan Middleton, Music Department Chair and Composition Professor, and EWU Information Systems and Business Analytics lecturer, Jeff Culver, attended the Experiential Classroom—a three-day clinic held at the University of Tampa designed to help attendees develop creative ways to teach business entrepreneurship. One of the workshops included a competition where fifteen teams had two…

EWU’s Music Department held its first annual Smithsonian Folkways World Music Pedagogy course on the Cheney campus last summer. Music educators from Washington and New York states explored a wide variety of world culture musics, including Hawaiian, steel drums, Klezmer, Mandingue percussion, Zimbabwe percussion, world dance, Salish drum and song, and Appalachian folk music taught…

Music Technology and Entrepreneurship Major – Mixing Music, Engineering and Design, and Entrepreneurship The Eastern Washington University Music Department is excited to announce that they are offering a B.A. in Music Technology and Entrepreneurship this fall. The degree is designed to provide professional training for students who aim to succeed as creative entrepreneurs, performers, songwriters,…