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For incoming instructor of double bass Jonathan Colbert, the Rudi E. Scheidt School of Music is the latest stop on a musical journey that has taken him around the world and back again. Colbert, a native of Atlanta, GA, comes to Memphis by way of Copenhagen, Denmark, where he spent six years serving as co-principal…
Sky Macklay (M.M. in Music Composition, 2012) has been awarded with a 2021 Guggenheim Fellowship. Upon completion, she will be joining the composition faculty at the Peabody Conservatory of Music, at John Hopkins University. “She is one of the most prominent composers of her generation,” said Mahir Cetiz, Assistant Professor of Composition and Music Theory…
Visiting Assistant Professor of Opera and Conducting Dror Baitel brings a wealth of knowledge and experience as a collaborative artist to his new position with The Rudi E. Scheidt School of Music. “I’m thrilled to have the chance to collaborate with Dror,” said Benjamin Smith, Opera Stage Director and Associate Professor of Music with the…
When the opportunity to teach at the University of Memphis presented itself, Jarrett McCourt, incoming tuba-euphonium instructor for the Rudi E. Scheidt School of Music, found himself eager be part of an acclaimed faculty in a decidedly subtropical climate. “It’s one of those situations that just sort of happened, and it seems like a great…
The City of Tomorrow releases their second album Blow on New Focus Recordings. The album features music by Esa-Pekka Salonen and Franco Donatoni, and the world premiere recording of a work Hannah Lash wrote for the quintet, supported by a Chamber Music America Classical Commissioning Grant. The album was recorded at the University of Memphis…