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BGSU Tuba Graduate Assistant Sakda Pharchumcharna wins Brass Competition Mar 28, 2025 10:58 AM First year Master's Tuba Performance Major, Sakda Pharchumcharna has received first place in the Brass area of the 2025 Tuesday Musical Annual Scholarship. The Arden J. Yockey Scholarship comes with a $2000 award. Sakda has been invited to compete with the other winners from  and perform in the winner's concert on May 4, 2025 for a chance at additional scholarships.

Michelle Teyvel completes research on synesthesia, composition, and piano teaching Mar 17, 2025 9:38 AM Michelle Teyvel (BM '25) composed Synesthesia Preludes, a collection of eight intermediate piano pieces designed for students, guiding them on a journey of transforming colors into music.

Prof. Plank releases Pulse on Panoramic Recordings Feb 25, 2025 3:25 PM On February 21, 2025, Prof. Aidan Plank along with pianist Anthony Fuoco, drummer Dustin May, and saxophonist Brad Wagner released their recording "Pulse" on Panoramic Recordings (an imprint on the New Focus Recordings label out of New York City).  Pulse is also the name of the ensemble co-led by the musicians noted above and this debut recording represents the compositional and improvisational efforts of the ensemble over the past 7 years.

Dr. Kenneth Moore Presents at Michigan Music Conference Jan 29, 2025 9:44 AM Dr. Moore presented a poster session on January 24, 2025 at the MMC titled "A History of Michigan's Band and Orchestra Festival: Contests, Competitions, or Assessments?"

Falcon Marching Band Recognized as One of the Nation's Best Jan 27, 2025 9:45 AM US News has recognized the Falcon Marching Band as one of the 8 most outstanding Marching Bands in the nation.

Solungga Liu invited as a Rawlins Guest Piano Artist to perform and teach at the University of South Dakota Jan 27, 2025 9:40 AM BGSU piano faculty Solungga Liu has been invited by the Piano Area at the University of South Dakota as a Rawlins Guest Piano Artist to present a recital and a master class in the 2024-2025 USD Keyboard Series.

Dan Piccolo publishes new collection of snare drum music discovered in the BGSU Music Library Jan 15, 2025 9:48 AM Three boxes of un-catalogued materials from Charley Wilcoxon’s personal archives were donated to the BGSU Music Library, including a collection of manuscripts labelled "Swinging the Downfall of Paris". Up until now, the existence of these pieces hasn't been known, and they have now been edited and published.

Prof. Plank appears on Contrabass Conversations Podcast Dec 3, 2024 10:50 AM On October 3, 2024 Assistant Teaching Professor of Jazz Bass, Aidan Plank was featured on the Contrabass Conversations podcast hosted by bassist Jason Heath.

CMA Alumna Jane Hines wins SMT Publication Award Nov 26, 2024 9:07 AM CMA alumna Jane Hines (MM Music History and MM Music Theory, 2015) was recently awarded the Society for Music Theory's Citation of Special Merit publication award for her translation of Friedrich Wilhelm Marpurg's treatise, *Abhandlung von der Fuge* (*Treatise on Fugue*), 1753, from the original German.

Decker wins Society for Music Theory Publication Award Nov 20, 2024 3:25 PM Dr. Greg Decker (professor, music theory) as been awarded a prestigious publication award by the Society for Music Theory, the primary academic society for the study of music theory and analysis internationally. Decker's publication *Here for the Hearing: Analyzing the Music in Musical Theater* (University of Michigan Press, 2023) won SMT's Outstanding Multi-Author Collection publication award.

Graduate Percussion Ensemble to compete in the Concert Chamber Percussion Ensemble Competition in Indianapolis Nov 12, 2024 10:44 AM The BGSU Graduate Percussion Ensemble will be competing in the Concert Chamber Percussion Ensemble Competition on Thursday, November 14th. The competition is held during the annual Percussive Arts Society International Convention in Indianapolis, IN. Jacob Koch (2nd year DMA), Chris Harris (1st year DMA), and Nicholas Bahr (2nd year MM) will compete with students from all around the United States.

BGSU Percussion Ensemble performs at Edeta Arts Festival Nov 5, 2024 9:04 AM In July 2024, members of the BGSU Percussion Ensemble travelled to Valencia, Spain to participate in the Edeta Arts Festival

Associate Professor, Sidra Lawrence recognized by the Society for Ethnomusicology Nov 5, 2024 9:00 AM "intimate entanglements in the ethnography of performance", co-edited by Sidra Lawrence, was awarded honorable mention for the Ellen Koskoff Edited Volume Prize by the Society for Ethnomusicology.

BGSU Percussion Ensemble welcomes Chris Sies for Fall Concert Oct 31, 2024 10:06 AM Chris Sies is a percussionist and composer currently based in Calgary, Canada. His work "Music for Horizon Lines" is a 30-minute piece in four movements for 4-6 percussionists and electronics. Mr. Sies will be on campus for 3-4 days to rehearse the piece and work with BGSU percussion students in lessons and masterclasses.

Gruenhagen and McClure Publish Article on Fostering Well-Being in General Music Oct 24, 2024 11:28 AM Lisa Gruenhagen (Ph.D., ESM), Associate Professor of Music Education, and Anna McClure (MM, BGSU), Music Teacher at David Hill CLC, Akron Public Schools, co-authored the article “Fostering Well-Being in Elementary General Music” which was recently published in TRIAD, the cornerstone publication for the Ohio Music Education Association (OMEA).

Robert Satterlee performs at State and National Conferences Oct 24, 2024 11:17 AM Robert Satterlee, professor of piano, recently gave solo performances at the Ohio Music Teachers Association State Conference, held in Akron, Ohio in October, and also at the American Liszt Society Festival, an event drawing pianists and scholars from all across the US. This year's festival was held in October at the University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia.

Graduate Pianists to Present at the 2025 MTNA Collegiate Symposium Oct 24, 2024 11:12 AM Niayesh Javaheri and Hannah Zaborski’s proposal, Exploring Extended Piano Techniques: A Pedagogical Approach through Emma Lou Diemer’s Space Suite, has been selected for presentation at the 2025 MTNA Collegiate Symposium, which will take place in January at the University of Oklahoma in Norman, Oklahoma.

Graduate Pianist Won Ohio MTNA Young Artist Competition Oct 24, 2024 10:56 AM Congratulations to Apostolos Konstantakis ( MM ‘25), Winner of the 2024 Ohio MTNA Young Artist Competition. Apostolis will represent Ohio to compete in the next round- the Regional Competition. Apostolos studies with Dr. Solungga Liu.

Spectra Trio Wins Audience Choice Award in 2024 Glass City Chamber Music Competition Aug 23, 2024 11:00 AM Spectra Trio Wins Audience Choice Award in 2024 Glass City Chamber Music Competition. The ensemble consists of Shannon Lotti, flute; Anthony Marchese, cello; Stephen Eckert, piano. They played Cendres by Kaija Saariaho and Piano Trio, No. 1, Op. 49, Mvt. I by Felix Mendelssohn

DMA student Stephen Eckert competes in the 16th International Piano Competition of Orléans Aug 23, 2024 10:30 AM

Faculty Member Aidan Plank is Featured in The Cleveland Musuem of Art's Third Thursday Concert Series Aug 23, 2024 10:30 AM On August 15, 2024 jazz faculty member Aidan Plank was featured in The Cleveland Museum of Art's "Third Thursdays at the Transformer Station" concert and interview series.

BGSU graduate string quartet in St. Louis channel 8 news Aug 21, 2024 11:24 AM Students from Bowling Green State University in Ohio played a concert for St. Louis firefighters.

Commission by impuls Composition Competition with Klangforum Wien in Vienna and Graz Aug 16, 2024 11:39 AM Piyawat has been selected as one of only five composers to participate in the prestigious impuls Festival Composition Competition in Vienna and Graz. This new commission, newly written for a large ensemble, will be performed by the renowned Klangforum Wien, with the world premiere set for February 2025 at the impuls Festival in Graz.

Finnish Premiere of Louilarpprasert's Ptera for orchestra and sound objects by Helsinki Philharmonic Aug 16, 2024 11:28 AM Under the curation of Tuuli Lindeberg, music director of Musica nova Helsinki 2025, Piyawat Louilarpprasert's, Ptera for orchestra and sound objects, will be featured in a prestigious concert at Music Centre / Musiikkitalo: Concert Hall, Helsinki.

BGSU Horn Students Attend the 56th Annual Symposium of the International Horn Society Aug 8, 2024 11:34 AM

College of Musical Arts 2019-2020 academic year in review Sep 8, 2020 4:44 PM

College of Musical Arts 2023-2024 academic year in review Sep 8, 2020 4:44 PM

College of Musical Arts Composition faculty member Elainie Lillios spent some of the summer “Being the Good” on a Project Mexico home building trip in Rosarito, Mexico.

Dr. Cory Ryan Kasprzyk, '17 joins CUNY faculty Dr. Cory Ryan Kasprzyk (DMA '17) has joins CUNY faculty.

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