2021
Workshops & Info Sessions
When Bluegrass faculty Adam Schlenker posted an online lesson to Bluegrass Unlimited, it sparked a connection and a history lesson.
Date: January 15, 2021
Performances
Join ETHEL and Friends during their virtual performances of "Balcony Bar with ETHEL" featuring Harrison Ponce, 18 and Ching-chu Hu, Professor of Music.
Date: January 13, 2021
2020
Columbus Makes Art interviews music prof. Pete Mills about the impact of the pandemic on teaching and the arts community.
Date: December 16, 2020
Alumni
Jared Thompson ‘04 was commissioned by the Indy Jazz Festival 2020 to create a soundtrack for the mini-documentary, "38th and Postmodernism."
Date: December 8, 2020
Performances
Talented Denison voice students excelled in a state-wide competition.
Date: December 3, 2020
Performances
A production of the beloved musical The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee proves the old adage “the show must go on.”
Date: November 4, 2020
Performances
Timothy Carpenter receives a commission from Texas State University to record and perform an arrangement of “Stand Up,” from the movie “Harriet.”
Date: October 27, 2020
Research & Internships
Summer scholar research projects completed in the music department in Summer 2020.
Date: September 14, 2020
Performances
In the Spring of 2020, in the midst of the COVID-19, Denison Bluegrass students produced an extraordinary piece of music, a tribute to Hank Williams.
Date: September 10, 2020
Student News
Parker Bailey '23 can't stop making music. He's been part of two bands and a solo act.
Date: September 8, 2020
Alumni
Aidan Vansuetendael '18 has joined Bluegrass band "Bill and the Belles."
Date: September 3, 2020
Assistant Professor Belinda Andrews-Smith has won the American Prize for directing the student performance of 'Chicago.'
Date: August 21, 2020
Alumni
As a VP for Universal Music Group Nashville, Lori Christian '00 works with some top names in music: Alan Jackson, Carrie Underwood, and Kacey Musgraves.
Date: August 19, 2020
Contests
Celebrating and showcasing our Concerto winners virtually until we can perform together in person.
Date: August 3, 2020
Econ major Sahil Vasudeva '08 went on to a banking career in NYC & now releasing a contemporary classical piano album of his performances in India.
Date: June 26, 2020
Student News
During COVID-19 the music department wanted to do something to create a sense of community - the result - a great t-shirt shared across the world.
Date: June 8, 2020
Performances
Denison Ensemble-in-residence Third Coast Percussion presented a livestream performance of music by composer Danny Elfman.
Date: June 4, 2020
Alumni
Rob Tate '16 AKA Sarob, a hip hop and neo-soul musician, released the song “Pleasures U Like" to benefit the Pandemic Emergency Fund in Ohio.
Date: June 2, 2020
Workshops & Info Sessions
Debbie Blunt-Barrett Price to conduct master classes with the Your Body is Your Strad workshop.
Date: May 18, 2020
Awards & Honors
Clem Pearson '20, a music major and philosophy minor, has won a Provost’s Academic Excellence Award for extraordinary academic achievement.
Date: May 14, 2020
Awards & Honors
Jaden Richeson '20, a music and communication double major, was awarded Denison's President's Medal, the college's highest student honor.
Date: May 4, 2020
Alumni
Enjoy Duke Ellington's "Don't Get Around Much Anymore, " courtesy Quinn and Hayes Griffin.
Date: April 9, 2020
Denison Ensemble-in-residence, Grammy-winning Third Coast Percussion, shares a greeting.
Date: April 9, 2020
Enjoy an innovative Bluegrass "Trio"
Date: April 9, 2020
"The hope moment is this idea of a moment in between your inhale and your exhale," says Prof. Ching-chu Hu of his musical inspiration.
Date: March 30, 2020
Faculty
Affiliate Instructor Evan Lynch attends 2nd annual International Clarinet Conference in Krakow.
Date: February 26, 2020
Prof. Chris David Westover, director of bands, is guest conductor for the Newton Mid-Kansas Symphony.
Date: February 17, 2020
Faculty
Susan Larson is winner of a Columbus Symphony 2020 Music Educator Award.
Date: February 12, 2020
Performances
Denison's Department of Music presents the 16th annual Bluegrass Festival on February 7 and 8, 2020.
Date: February 7, 2020
Faculty
Denison psychology and music professors lead a class for local children that explored how the brain processes music.
Date: January 29, 2020
