Dana School of Music News

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Andrews Avenue Mural

Students in Professor Dragana Crnjak’s special topics class on creating public art are partnering with Lit Youngstown to install a mural along Andrews Avenue in downtown Youngstown.

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Pipino Artist: Kate Reid

Jazz artist Kate Reid, whose latest recording was named 2019 Top Rated Album of the Year by Downbeat magazine, performs 7:30 PM, Friday, January 31, in YSU’s Ford Theater, Bliss Hall on the campus of Youngstown State University.

Isaac Hraga

Hraga had busy semester

Isaac Hraga, who will be the first Dana student to complete YSU’s new interdisciplinary minor in Video Game Design, recently presented research on the topic at the 2019 North American Conference on Video Game Music.

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Sesquicentennial Suite

Six students in Professor Dave Morgan’s composition studio composed the work to celebrate the 150th Anniversary of the Dana School of Music. 

Rachel Jones

NATS winner

Junior vocalist Rachel Jones (student of Dr. Misook Yun) took second place at the Ohio Chapter of the National Association of Teachers of Singing auditions in Toledo.

 

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Professor James Umble

James Umble, Professor of Saxophone, has been selected as a featured guest clinician at the 42nd International Saxophone Symposium in January at the George Mason University Center for the Performing Arts in Fairfax, Va.

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Virtual performances

This past spring, our music making might have looked a little different, but our faculty and students found innovative ways to continue bringing performances to our community. Links to performances: YSU Alma Mater and YSU Virtual Wind Ensemble Stars and Stripes.

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Brass quintet plays Heinz Hall

A student brass quintet featuring Maxwell Franko and Darren Thompson (trumpets), Brendan Gage (horn), Dominic Gentile (trombone), and Alyssa Kordecki (tuba) performed a recital at historic Heinz Hall in Pittsburgh.

 

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YSU Reading of the Names

Associate Professor Dan Keown and Voices of YSU sang the National Anthem for YSU’s "Reading of the Names" virtual ceremony. To Listen.

 

 

Voice of Ysu to Perform I know where I have been

Honoring Juneteenth

Associate Professor Dan Keown and voice faculty member Jaron LeGrair collaborated with member of Voice of YSU to perform I Know Where I’ve Been.