McNally Smith College of Music Liberal Arts Department

08/22/2023

12/14/2017

12/12/2017

"... an intricate art form that dates back centuries, but don’t try to read the text without your glasses on" University of Iowa

Miniature books -- all measuring three inches or smaller -- are an intricate art form that dates back centuries, but don’t try to read the text without your glasses on.

12/11/2017

Second to last week of the semester in History of American Popular Music (MUS218) at McNally Smith College of Music is on Jimi Hendrix, the Monterey International Pop Music Festival, AND American speed painter Denny Dent (1948 - 2004).

12/08/2017

"... for the first time worldwide, a formally and thematically, as well as spatially and temporally wide-ranging research project dedicated to the interdisciplinary phenomenon of the endless loop in art, film, architecture, music, literature and cultural history" Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg

Never Ending Stories The Loop in Art, Film, Architecture, Music, Literature and Cultural History 29.10.2017 – 18.02.2018 InfoVideosPhotos In today’s world, the loop seems to be virtually ubiquitous—whether in music, on the internet, in video art, or in hotel lobbies and living rooms, where mon...

11/22/2017

"Ms. Swift, 27, did it largely the semi-old-fashioned way: Because the full album was not made available on streaming services, it sold most of its copies through digital download — a fading format — and even some as hard-copy CDs thanks to promotions including Taylor-centric UPS trucks and bundles with custom “Reputation” magazines at Target. (Of the 925,000 copies the album sold in its first three days, more than 600,000 were downloads.)"

This is the pop singer’s fourth consecutive album to sell more than one million copies right off the bat.

11/17/2017

11/15/2017

Alma Deutscher is a 12-year-old British musical virtuoso, not just on piano and violin, but as a composer too. Alma tells Scott Pelley that it's normal for her to walk around "having melodies popping into my head"

11/03/2017

Purpose and contents of the vast chamber remain unclear, but method used to find it deep inside the ancient structure is revolutionary in and of itself

10/18/2017

The Grammy Museum Experience opens to the public this Friday Oct 20 in Newark, New Jersey GRAMMY Museum

GRAMMY Museum Experience Prudential Center is coming to Newark, NJ. The Experience will allow guests to experience music and the GRAMMYs.

10/11/2017

The fellowship honors "exceptionally creative people."

Rhiannon Giddens, the playwright Annie Baker and the theater artist Taylor Mac are among the 24 recipients of fellowships for “exceptionally creative people.”

10/10/2017

The streaming service offers a generous trove of modern classics and recent festival favorites.