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In September, with great sorrow the Rudi E. Scheidt School of Music announced the passing of our beloved benefactress, Honey Scheidt. In 2000, Rudi and Honey Scheidt endowed the School with a multimillion-dollar gift that transformed the Department of Music to the School of Music. With another multi-million-dollar gift, the Scheidt family supported the upcoming…
November 3, 2:30 PM Zoom link: https://memphis.zoom.us/j/8913713375 For more information on attending, contact Professor Lenny Schranze. Renee Skerik is Instructor of Viola and Chamber Music at Interlochen Arts Academy. Renee is violist with the Interlochen String Trio and performs regularly with its members Ara Sarkissian and Patrick Owen. Formerly Professor of Viola at Texas Tech…
Premier on September 30 at 7:00 PM https://youtu.be/S-9fziJKzOQ and https://youtu.be/LlKfv0qscZg Under the direction of Isaac Selya, members of the University of Memphis Opera present the Act 4 Quartet of Puccini’s La Bohème. La bohème is based on Henry Murger’s novel Scenes de la vie de Bohème. Four struggling bohemians – a poet, a painter, a musician…
September 30, 3:30 For information on attending, contact Dr. Artina McCain. The Press Enterprise (Riverside, CA) hailed his “dazzling technique” and his “clean, tidy approach.” Music critic Laurence Vittes described him as an “illumination in music,” and said of his all-Beethoven recital: “Marshall presented a recital so full of musical thrills and beauties, and so in…
October 12, 4:00 PM For more information on attending, contact Dr. Jonathan Tsay. JEANNETTE FANG is an imaginative and expressive pianist whose dynamic performances have attracted the attention of both professionals as well as the concert going public. She is the newest member of the acclaimed Garth Newel Piano Quartet, who perform over 50 concerts a…