Soon after the University of Mary Washington Chamber Choir performed live in the James Farmer Hall atrium last March, UMW went totally online, and singing was deemed a “super-spreader” activity. Last fall, UMW Choirs sang together again – virtually – performing In Te Domine Speravi. The new piece by composer Sarah McDonald focuses on isolation, […]
Department of Music
Music Professor Shares ‘Note’worthy Research on ‘With Good Reason’
University of Mary Washington Music Professor and Department Chair Brooks Kuykendall will be featured on the With Good Reason public radio show. The episode, Unexpected Remixes, will air daily beginning Saturday, Sept. 21, and continuing through Sept. 27. The episode showcases Kuykendall’s discovery of an epic 19th-century musical crossover. Working with Mary Washington alumna Elyse Ridder […]
UMW Senior, Music Faculty Collaborate on Note-Worthy Research
When Elyse Ridder ’19 declared as a music major, she expected to perform pieces by the likes of Aaron Copland. Never could she have imagined that she’d get to finish a work by the famed American composer. But Mary Washington made it happen. The UMW senior, who graduates next week, has spent countless hours working […]
UMW Hits High Notes with New Pianos
Andrew Kraus was in the middle of a performance when he heard it. After playing the first of Brahms’s powerful and dramatic Rhapsodies, Op. 79, he began playing a softer piece. As his hands danced deftly and gracefully across the keys, he heard a distinctive “twang” that rang out through the hushed Dodd Auditorium. It […]
Opera Star to Speak on Music and the Mind
Acclaimed soprano opera singer Renée Fleming will speak alongside the National Institutes of Health’s Dr. David Jangraw about music and the mind on Monday, Sept. 25, at the University of Mary Washington. The duo will discuss the therapeutic effects of music on the brain and the role it plays in relation to psychology, from 4 […]
