Posted on March 5th, 2010 by
Tara Davidson
ARKADELPHIA, Ark.—Ouachita Baptist University’s School of Fine Arts will present its annual Composers Symposium at 7:30 p.m. on March 16 in McBeth Recital Hall on Ouachita’s campus. The symposium is a concert of recent compositions by OBU student composers. This year’s concert will feature chamber music as well as a vocal performance by the Ouachita Singers.
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Posted on February 26th, 2010 by
Jeffrey Harmon
ARKADELPHIA, Ark.—The Ouachita Wind Ensemble will perform on Thursday, March 11, at 7:30 p.m. in Ouachita Baptist University’s Jones Performing Arts Center. The ensemble will perform under the direction of Dr. Craig Hamilton, Ouachita’s Lena Goodwin Trimble Professor of Music.
The 39-member ensemble is audition-based and open to all wind and percussion performers at OBU. Since the group’s inception in the late 1990s, it has performed throughout the United States and Europe and has recorded six CDs. “I’m always excited to showcase the ensemble’s incredible talent,” Hamilton said.
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Posted on February 25th, 2010 by
Amy Lynn Wentz
ARKADELPHIA, Ark.—Ouachita Baptist University’s School of Fine Arts will present OBU’s Percussion Ensemble in concert March 2 at 7:30 p.m. in McBeth Recital Hall. The ensemble will be under the direction of Dr. Ryan Lewis, OBU assistant professor of music, with a special guest appearance by Dr. Scott Herring, associate professor of percussion at the University of South Carolina. This event is open to the public and free of charge.
“Those in attendance will experience a soundscape and range of musical tone colors unlike those they have likely heard in previous concert settings,” Lewis said. “Percussionists are called upon to perform a literally infinite number of instruments, some of which are found in the standard orchestra, but many are uncommon specialty instruments, such as the flex-a-tone, vibratone, Chinese opera gong, cooking pans, slide whistle, automobile brake drums, bamboo wind chimes, splash cymbal, bird whistles and even gargled water—all of which will make an appearance throughout the concert.”
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Posted on February 13th, 2010 by
OBU News Bureau
ARKADELPHIA, Ark—Three Ouachita Baptist University students earned top honors in Ouachita’s 4th annual Wind and Percussion Concerto Competition held recent on the university campus.
The first-place winner was Alissa Hill, a junior instrumental music education major from Bella Vista, Ark., performing Philip Parker’s “Dialogue” on saxophone. The second-place winner was Aubrey Elliot, a sophomore instrumental music education major from Bentonville, Ark., performing Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s “Rondo” from “Concerto in G Major” on flute. The third-place winner was Cyrus Morris, a junior music education major from Katy, Texas, performing Sammy Nestico’s “Persuasion” on also saxophone.
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Posted on January 31st, 2010 by
Hannah Holmes
Each year, students are selected from colleges and universities across the state to play in the Arkansas Intercollegiate Band (AIB.)
Seven Ouachita students will participate this year, including Kelsey Bates, a horn player and music education major; Deborah Caldwell, a trumpet player and instrumental music education major; Paul Hill, a percussion player and instrumental music education major; Leah Jones, a horn player and music education major; Andrew McCraw, a trombone player and instrumental music education major; Elyse Senteney, a flute player and music education major; and Ruthie Stoner, a clarinet player and clarinet performance major. (more…)
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Posted on December 22nd, 2009 by
OBU Signal
ARKADELPHIA, Ark.—The Ouachita Saxophone Quartet has been invited to perform at the 33rd International Saxophone Symposium at George Mason University in Fairfax, Va., Jan. 15-16.
The Symposium, hosted by the United States Navy Band, has become one of the most prestigious saxophone conferences in the world. It also boasts one of the largest audiences of any saxophone-only event in the country.
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Posted on December 21st, 2009 by
OBU Signal
ARKADELPHIA, Ark.—Seven band students from Ouachita Baptist University have been chosen to participate in the 2010 Arkansas Intercollegiate Band. They will perform for the Arkansas Music Educators Association meeting at the Hot Springs Convention Center on Feb. 18-19.
The seven students selected for the honor are Kelsey Bates, Deborah Caldwell, Paul Hill, Leah Jones, Andrew McCraw, Elyse Senteney and Ruthie Stoner. They are among 100 students from universities across the state who were recommended by their band directors and selected to represent their respective schools.
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Posted on December 3rd, 2009 by
OBU News Bureau
ARKADELPHIA, Ark.—Ouachita Baptist University’s 4th Annual Wind and Percussion Concerto Competition will be held on Friday, Dec. 11, at 3 p.m. in Mabee Fine Arts Center’s McBeth Recital Hall on Ouachita’s campus.
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Posted on December 2nd, 2009 by
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Posted on November 21st, 2009 by
OBU News Bureau
ARKADELPHIA, Ark.—Ouachita Baptist University’s School of Fine Arts will present Ouachita’s Jazz Band in concert Monday, Nov. 23, at 7:30 p.m. in Jones Performing Arts Center on Ouachita’s campus. The concert is open to the public, and admission is free. A live webcast of the concert will also appear at www.obu.edu/band.
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