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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…
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…
Garrett McQueen’s love for music has taken him to places he never dreamed it would have. Growing up in the church, McQueen has always had music in his life. However, it wasn’t until he was 12 years old that he began his formal education in classical music. After joining his middle school band he was…
Next fall, The Rudi E. Scheidt School of Music at the University of Memphis will provide full-tuition undergraduate scholarships to fourteen incoming freshmen who will be members of the School’s premier chamber ensembles. The program, which is comprised of three ensembles known as the Rudi E. Scheidt School of Music Chamber Players, will train students…
Growing up in a musical household, it is no surprise that Rudi E. Scheidt School of Music alumna, Rebekah Wineman, picked up an instrument of her own. At the age of 11 she decided to play the oboe. “I had to pick the hardest instrument,” laughed Wineman, “I was very adamant about being the most…