2019
Denison's Bluegrass Ensemble will perform at 3:00pm and again at 5:00pm on Saturday September 21st at Infirmary Mound Park for Ohiolina!
Date: September 10, 2019
Recognition & Accolades
Singer’s Theatre Workshop has been selected as a finalist in the Musical Theatre division of The American Prize.
Date: July 26, 2019
Alumni
Jimmy Fennessey ’19 has been awarded a prestigious Boren Scholarship to study in Jordan during the 2019-20 academic year.
Date: July 25, 2019
Music and English major Allison Lyttle '12 will give her skills and knowledge a workout on the July 2 episode of "Jeopardy!"
Date: July 2, 2019
Daniel Meyer '94 adds BlueWater, Lakeside orchestras to his roster of conducting the Erie Philharmonic & Westmoreland Symphony Orchestra.
Date: June 24, 2019
Phantom of the Opera, 30 years old, is a re-imagined spectacle, starring Herb Porter '13 as iconic Raoul at the story's center.
Date: April 9, 2019
Performances
Professor and guitarist Brett Burleson's album "Songs for My Friends" is featured in Ohio's first digital library collection focused on local music.
Date: April 8, 2019
Fairs & Festivals
The TUTTI original works festival takes place every two years as original art is premiered to the public.
Date: March 13, 2019
The Czech National Symphony Orchestra, under direction of John Mauceri, features guest soloist Isabel Leonard presents 100 Years of Leonard Bernstein.
Date: February 18, 2019
Fairs & Festivals
Adam Schlenker, the Coordinator of Bluegrass Studies and this year’s festival, in a Q&A about the festival.
Date: February 18, 2019
Student News
The Gospel Choir and Denison jazz artists celebrated the history and influences of the Harlem Renaissance.
Date: February 15, 2019
Fairs & Festivals
15th Annual Bluegrass Festival - February 15 and 16, 2019.
Date: January 8, 2019
Jazz artist Pete Mills, with members of Columbus Jazz Orchestra, local & national artists present “Songs & Sounds of the Harlem Renaissance.”
Date: January 3, 2019
2018
Tom Atha's 31 West, a former ballroom in Newark, Ohio has become an up-and-coming venue appreciated by artists and audience alike.
Date: December 14, 2018
Performances
Denison's Bluegrass Ensemble will heat up the stage at Swasey on Friday, Dec. 14.
Date: December 7, 2018
Performances
Choral director Joel Garber shares insight into this year's performance of Handle's "Messiah."
Date: December 7, 2018
Fairs & Festivals
The 22nd Annual Denison Jazz Guitar Festival will take place on October 6th and 7th, 2018.
Date: September 27, 2018
Performances
The community is invited to take part in a production of Handel's Messiah.
Date: September 20, 2018
Alumni
Biology major Kimbrey Havens '07 has turned her love of Bluegrass music into a new career.
Date: September 5, 2018
The Vail Series opens with a U.S. premiere — Pablo Ziegler — and adds a night of jazz, a tribute to Leonard Bernstein, and a farewell to ETHEL.
Date: August 28, 2018
Faculty
HyeKyung Lee, associate professor of music, has been awarded a prestigious orchestral commission for the Eastern Music Festival.
Date: July 12, 2018
Faculty
The American Prize in Composition for instrumental chamber music, professional division, has been awarded to Professor of Music Ching-chu Hu.
Date: July 10, 2018
Former economics major Sahil Vasudeva '08 stretches the boundaries of classical music with an "Un-Recital" at the Royal Opera House in India.
Date: June 20, 2018
Performances
DU Jazz Ensemble hosts Special Guests Spin Cycle a New York City based band.
Date: April 5, 2018
Faculty
Three local high school bands were invited to Swasey Chapel to work with guest llinician, Dr. Charles Peltz, courtesy of Music Professor Chris Westover.
Date: March 6, 2018
Fairs & Festivals
Music and poetry speak in metaphorical languages. Something exponential happens when poetry inspires new music.
Date: March 5, 2018
Student News
Tema Cohen '21 and Meg Odell '19 are taking part in the National Association of Teachers of Singing competition.
Date: February 21, 2018
Faculty
A new composition by Music Professor Ching-chu Hu will be featured in a concert by The North/South Chamber Orchestra at Christ & St Stephen's Church, NY.
Date: February 21, 2018
Visiting Artists
Reenergizing chamber music with new compositions and interpretations, the NOW Ensemble visits Denison for a short-term residency.
Date: February 9, 2018
Just two weeks after winning their 5th Grammy, the electrifying Ladysmith Black Mambazo takes to the Swasey stage.
Date: February 6, 2018
