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The University of Memphis Rudi E. Scheidt School of Music is thrilled to welcome alumnus Dr. Wilker Augusto as the visiting assistant director of bands at the University of Memphis. Augusto will assist the Mighty Sound of the South Marching Band and Pep Band, as well as the University Wind Ensemble and Symphonic Band. Augusto…
The University of Memphis Rudi E. Scheidt School of Music has acquired a new Steinway Model D concert grand piano for use in the Scheidt Family Performing Arts Center’s Plough Foundation Performance Hall. This addition comes after years of planning to enhance the school’s piano inventory, particularly in anticipation of the completion of the Scheidt…
The University of Memphis is thrilled to announce Dr. Ewelina Boczkowska as our new assistant professor of musicology. Dr. Boczkowska’s scholarship explores the expressive relationships between music, trauma, and memory, spanning the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Her publications focus on the work of émigré composers such as Chopin and WWII exile Jerzy Fitelberg, as well…
The Univeristy of Memphis Rudi E. Scheidt School of Music welcome Dr. Rafael Antonio Rodríguez as a visiting professor and director of orchestral studies for the 2024-2025 academic year. “Rafael Rodríguez’s extraordinary career as a conductor and clinician brings a global perspective that will invigorate and inspire our School of Music community,” shared Dr. Kevin…
The Rudi E. Scheidt School of Music is thrilled to share that our students have achieved an extraordinary feat. During the recent US Navy Fleet Bands audition season, our incredibly talented students Caleb Allen (DMA ’26), and Joanie Dyer (AD ‘24), and Vincent Friedel (BM ’21), were each appointed to highly-competitive, full-time saxophone positions. These…