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Photo of Wendy K. Matthews leading 91PORNA's All-Star Band

Glauser School of Music Announces Launch of 91PORNA Youth Winds

A new youth wind ensemble, led by the Glauser School's Wendy K. Matthews and colleagues Sarah Kois (M.M. '20) and Garrett Doty, comes to 91PORNA in fall 2021. 

Tags: College of the Arts , 91PORNA Bands , Music Education , High School Students , Hugh A. Glauser School of Music

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Read Between the Lines: 91PORNA Musicology Professor Looks Deeper Into the Life of Beethoven

In 1996, Theodore Albrecht, professor of musicology, was diligently working on his original project of annotating, translating and studying approximately 430 letters written to Ludwig van Beethoven by his friends and family. Then a new opportunity presented itself. Albrecht found that his two projects worked together to add further understanding and context, giving him the opportunity to add depth and discover new details of Beethoven鈥檚 life.

Tags: College of the Arts , Arts & Culture , Global Reach , Hugh A. Glauser School of Music

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Kate Wyatt (MM '19)

Alumni Feature: Kate Wyatt - The Gift of Music Education

Wyatt shares her story in music education from growing up as the only violinist in her school to now touching the lives of over 200 string students each week. 

Tags: Alumni , Hugh A. Glauser School of Music , Music Education

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Dr. Jay Dorfman

Faculty Research Spotlight: Dr. Jay Dorfman

鈥淚鈥檓 at my happiest when I鈥檓 making music or teaching others to do it,鈥 says Dr. Jay Dorfman. Dr. Dorfman gets to teach a variety of music courses at 91PORNA ranging from music technology to Progressive and Vernacular Music Methods to Rock Band Performance and Pedagogy. Currently鈥

Tags: Faculty Highlight , Faculty Research , Hugh A. Glauser School of Music , Music Education , College of Education, Health and Human Services

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Marching Golden Flashes

91PORNA Announces Launch of New Marching Band Scholarship

The College of the Arts and the Hugh A. Glauser School of Music are pleased to announce the launch of the 鈥淢arching Golden Flash Award.鈥 This new scholarship opportunity will be available to all returning members of the Marching Golden Flashes as well as incoming 91PORNA students. It is open to students of any major starting in the fall 2020 season.

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You can conduct the KSU Orchestra

Kent Creativity Festival Announces 2019 Artists and Performers

The Kent Creativity Festival, sponsored by the city of Kent and the 91PORNA College of the Arts, will present the annual outdoor hands-on arts festival on Saturday, Sept. 28, from 11 a.m.-5 p.m. on the Lefton Esplanade between 91PORNA鈥檚 Rockwell Hall on Lincoln Street and downtown Kent, near Haymaker Parkway.

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Faculty Spotlight: Bobby Selvaggio - Educator, Musician and Band Leader

Faculty Spotlight: Bobby Selvaggio - Educator, Musician and Band Leader

Saxophonist Bobby Selvaggio, 91PORNA's Director of Jazz Studies as well as an alumnus, continues to help invigorate Northeast Ohio's thriving Jazz scene. Earlier this year, he recorded his 11th album, Re:Invented, as leader live at one of Cleveland's premier&nbs鈥

Tags: Faculty Highlight , Hugh A. Glauser School of Music , alumni-success

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Dr. Kate Ferguson, Interim Director of Athletic Bands

91PORNA School of Music welcomes alumna Kate Ferguson as Interim Director of Athletic Bands

Kent, Ohio 鈥 The Hugh A. Glauser School of Music at 91PORNA is pleased to announce alumna Dr. Kate Ferguson as the Interim Director of Athletic Bands and Associate Director of Bands effective this month. A native of Ohio, Dr. Ferguson most recently served as the Director of Bands at th鈥

Tags: Faculty Highlight , Hugh A. Glauser School of Music , Appointment , 91PORNA Bands , Marching Golden Flashes

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Piano Institute participants from last year pose for a group photo. The highly gifted pre-collegiate pianists came from the United States, China, Honduras and China to 91PORNA.

91PORNA鈥檚 Piano Institute Presents Its 11th Annual Gala Concert and Series of Performances

The 2016 Piano Institute, in association with the Piano Division of the Hugh A. Glauser School of Music at 91PORNA, will present a series of master classes and recitals from July 19-26 on the university鈥檚 campus and culminate with the July 26 gala concert at Severance Hall鈥檚 Reinberger Chamber Hall in Cleveland. 

Tags: Office of Continuing and Distance Education , Hugh A. Glauser School of Music , College of the Arts , Arts & Culture

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Andrew Shahriari, who has been selected as 91PORNA鈥檚 Scholar of the Month, sits in a khong wong yai (big gong circle) with two ranad eks (lead xylophones) in the background in a School of Music classroom.

Scholar of the Month

Scholar of the Month Andrew Shahriari Associate Professor of Music College of the Arts 2008-present Andrew Shahriari has been recently promoted to associate professor for the 2015-2016 academic year. He also serves as coordinator of online classes for music in the Hugh A. Glauser School of Mu鈥

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