music

Pulitzer Prize and Grammy Award Winner in Residence

The Furman Music Department announces the residency of renowned composer and pianist William Bolcom and his wife Joan Morris, mezzo-soprano, Feb. 10-14. The residency is sponsored by Partners in the Arts, a program made possible...

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Furman ranked 37th for doctorates in the arts

Students interested in pursuing a Ph.D. after leaving Furman may just find themselves ideally positioned to prepare to take that step. The Survey of Earned Doctorates, an annual census of all new research doctorate recipients...

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Furman’s Pauper Players present “Les Miserables”

Furman's  Pauper Players will present the epic musical, “Les Miserables,” at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 7 and Feb. 8 in McAlister Auditorium. Directed by Rebecca Shield ’14, the production will feature nearly 80 Furman students participating as...

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Mormon Tabernacle Choir director to lead concert Jan. 24

Furman University will present a concert to close its annual Church Music Conference Friday, Jan. 24 at 7:30 p.m. at First Baptist Church of Greenville. “A Festival of Sacred Choral Music” is free and open to...

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Kudos for the music department

Furman University is listed among the top 10 music schools in the nation, according to a Dec. 15 post on BostInno, an online news site and community publishing platform based in Boston. In the posting...

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Award-winning music in the great outdoors

Furman percussion professor Omar Carmenates is among the performers on a recording that has been named one of NPR Music’s “50 Favorite Albums Of 2013.” Carmenates was one of 30-plus percussionists who gathered in the...

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To the Metropolitan Opera and back again

Elizabeth Bishop was a student at Furman when she decided she wanted to become an opera singer.  A few decades later, she was singing the leading role of Fricka in “Das Rheingold” at Metropolitan Opera...

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Symphony Orchestra to perform Oct. 18

The Furman Symphony Orchestra will present a concert Friday, Oct. 18 at 8 p.m. in McAlister Auditorium on the Furman University campus. The concert is open to the public. Tickets are $12 for adults, $10...

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Bieber, Bach and Seth G

Furman graduate and violinist Seth Gilliard, who goes by the stage name Seth G, wows crowds in Charleston, S.C., with hip-hop-inspired original songs and adaptations of pop hits like Ellie Goulding's "Lights," Cee-Lo Green's "Forget...

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Presidential honor for incoming freshman

Sarah Adams, who will enroll at Furman this fall as a freshman, has been named a U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts, a prestigious award given to just 20 student artists across the country. One...

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Hanks, Kilstofte first recipients of Furman Standard awards

The bond between professor and student is one of the hallmarks of a Furman education. It’s that bit of magic that lends itself to creative expression, career paths defined, and dreams revealed. The Furman Standard, established...

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Seth G.: Classical skills, contemporary flair

by Stacy Schorr Chandler As a violin performance major at Furman, Seth Gilliard spent lots of time with Bach, Mozart and all those powdered-wig types. But there were times when he really just wanted to...

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