The Elvis Presley Endowed Scholarship This award, in one of Memphis’ most famous musical Anames, recognizes an academically outstanding and financially deserving music student. Dr. Barbara Mashburn Choral Scholarship The Dr. Barbara D. Mashburn Endowed Scholarship was established to assist students who desire careers…
Sarah Brown, associate professor in Theater & Dance at the University of Memphis, has been awarded a prestigious Fulbright Scholarship to Romania where she will teach performance and direct acting students in a series of solo shows for NATO. The award runs from October 2021 through June 2022. Brown will be teaching solo…
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The Art Museum of the University of Memphis will host the 38th Annual Juried Student Exhibition this Sunday, April 18, from 2 to 4 PM. The event will kick off with a lecture from juror Rehema Barber, with award announcements to follow. Rehema C. Barber is the Chief Curator for…
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Memphis Public Libraries, in collaboration with the University of Memphis Department of Art, are hosting a seven-week Virtual Community Art Academy that invites children from third to sixth grade to learn how to create original works of art with the help of University of Memphis Art Education majors. Under the…
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The University of Memphis Department of Theatre & Dance is proud to announce the musical Working, based on the book by Studs Terkel as the final show in the 2020-2021 Jubilee Season. The University of Memphis joins theaters nationwide in Jubilee: A year-long celebration of performances generated by individuals that…
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They’ve duked it out in Whitehaven, at Crump Stadium, at Halle Stadium and at the Liberty Bowl. Though the venue has changed over the years, since 1963 the winner of what is now the Bandmaster’s Championship has earned the coveted title of “baddest marching band in the land.” For nearly…
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The University of Memphis Department of Theatre & Dance is proud to announce the next show in its Jubilee Season with 5×5, an outdoor performance senior showcase featuring the work of outstanding graduating dance students. 5×5 features work by five senior dance majors: Catherine Barkley, Victree Hayes, Aiyanna LaRue, Charlye…
Rudi E. Scheidt School of Music alum Dr. Jeffrey Murdock (PhD Music Education, 2015) was awarded the 2021 GRAMMY Music Educator Award during a live stream event held Thursday evening. This award is given annually to an outstanding music educator nominated by other music teachers, school administrators, students, parents or…
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When UofM faculty members David Goodman and Steven Ross first started work on “A Ballet Season” in 2018, the duo had no idea they would be telling the story of the last “normal” ballet season for the foreseeable future. “A Ballet Season,” a feature-length documentary film which covers Ballet Memphis’…
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“With a body she would have a coffin, or an urn, or a gravesite. A place to put her grief. But your wife has no such place. All she has is the sky where he vanished. The sky was not meant to be a burial ground. It’s too big and…
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