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2026

A wind ensemble seated in performance in a large concert hall flanked by projected images on a wood wall on one side and a large pipe organ on the other.

Students, Performances

DU Wind Ensemble Poland trip is once in a lifetime experience

The Denison Wind Ensemble performed “The War is Over” concert with top Polish music conservatory.

Date: February 19, 2026

2025

Larry Murdock, Assistant Professor & Coordinator of Keyboard Studies - Piano, Sun Min, Kim, Amelia Senior ’25

Students

Ongoing community support for Denison’s young musicians

Former registrar Larry Murdock keeps showing up — supporting Denison student musicians and sharing their music with his senior community.

Date: April 25, 2025

Spotlights

A musician plays an upright bass while two dancers, one in blue and one in white, perform expressive movements on a dimly lit stage.

Denison Magazine

‘An ethos of collaboration’

A work by Dance faculty and Denison musicians highlights the departments’ artistic innovation and the college’s interdisciplinary philosophy.

A woman with dark hair, wearing a purple sleeveless dress with straps, sings on an outdoor stage.

Denison Magazine

Rising Voices

A chorus of Denison students enthusiastically joined Voice Instructor Emily Noël’s inaugural opera ensemble. The second is even more popular.

Rumi Kang ’26 sits at a piano discussing his concerto with award-winning composer Professor Ching-chu Hu.

For Rumi Kang ’26, composing a piano concerto is a ‘natural next step’

Rumi Kang ’26 is challenging himself to write a piano concerto. It’s tedious but rewarding work aided by award-winning composer Professor Ching-chu Hu.

An eye for science and an ear for the banjo

Tireless Owen Tekelenburg ’26 hasn’t let a health scare slow his pursuit of a wide range of interests at Denison.

Timothy Carpenter on stage inside Swasey chapel with singers behind him

Denison’s ‘Rev’ is moved by a spirit of tolerance and inclusion

The leader of the gospel choir and coordinator of Christian life, Timothy Carpenter embraces the struggle and tenacity of Martin Luther King Jr.

Making their mark with Messiah

This year’s performance of Handel’s epic work included student soloists, a new twist on a long-running Denison tradition.

5 questions with Music’s Sun Min Kim

Kim talks about his path to piano, the late mentor who still watches over him, and the freedom of teaching and studying music at a liberal arts college.