The Rudi E. Scheidt School of Music at the University of Memphis held its annual awards ceremony April 24 at Harris Concert Hall, handing out a multitude of honors that included the Presser Foundation Scholarship, the Scheidt School’s most prestigious award. Smit Music Composition Award Presented by Dr. John Baur, Professor…
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Collaboration this semester between students from the Rudi E. Scheidt School of Music and Raleigh-Egypt Middle School students culminated Wednesday with a piano recital in the Psychology Auditorium at the University of Memphis. Led by Dr. Artina McCain, assistant professor of piano at the UofM, the teaching project between the university…
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Micah Lewis’ musical career has taken him from the University of Memphis to Yokosuka, Japan, where he served as a Musician 2nd Class in the U.S. Navy and a percussion instrumentalist for the Seventh Fleet Band, and now back to the United States. Lewis, a Memphis native, earned his Master of…
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Melody Lehn, assistant professor of Rhetoric and Women’s and Gender Studies at Sewanee: The University of the South, has done quite well since earning her Ph.D. in Communication with emphases in rhetoric and public address from the University of Memphis. Lehn in 2018 received the Southern States Communication Association’s Dwight L.…
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The Art Museum of the University of Memphis is preparing to host an exhibition from UofM students studying art history and anthropology that focuses on museum artifacts from diverse cultures and places. “Divine Diversities” will be on display beginning Saturday, April 20, through June 1. “From Ancient Egypt’s polytheistic beliefs…
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The University of Memphis‘ College of Communication and Fine Arts on Thursday held a 90-minute on-campus forum — “Where Ideas Meet” — during which attendees heard faculty and graduate students present research on a variety of CCFA-themed topics involving advertising, journalism, music, communication and art. — Phillip Tutor, CCFA media…
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Michael Osborn, professor emeritus at the University of Memphis, retired as chairman of the Department of Communication & Film in 1995. But he’s still having a profound influence on the department’s students. Through the newly created Michael and Suzanne Osborn Fellowship, advanced graduate assistants in the department’s Ph.D. program will…
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In her classes in the University of Memphis’ Department of Communication & Film, assistant professor Christina Moss often discusses the “power of place” with students. For educators, opportunities to take students to locations that affect people’s memories are both invaluable and rare. “I’ve always been a firm believer that when…
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With ample respect to the legacy of Elvis Presley, Memphis’ rich musical history offers more than Graceland and The King. From Stax Records and Isaac Hayes, from Sun Studio and Jerry Lee Lewis, from W.C. Handy and B.B. King and Johnny Cash and Carl Perkins and Justin Timberlake and a…
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Tom Shadyac — acclaimed filmmaker, boldface Hollywood name, University of Memphis instructor, philanthropist, de facto Memphian — received yet another award Tuesday night. But his acceptance speech wasn’t about Hollywood’s glitz or his career’s fame. Instead, he talked about Memphis. “There’s no accident that Memphis has this kind of energy,…
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