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The 2008 “Meadows at the Meyerson” event on April 29 to showcase the Meadows Symphony Orchestra, Artist in Residence Chee-Yun, and student accomplishments

Tickets are still available! Read more

Robert Dodson named Director of Division of Music

Dodson joins Meadows after serving as Provost at the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, Mass. Read more

Meadows Percussion Ensemble fall concert to feature southwestern premiere of Robert Xavier Rodriguez work

"Splendid Wood" on November 6 to feature Rodriguez's El Dia de Los Muertos. Read more

Quintet Travels to Italy to Perform at the Matese Friends International Music Festival

The Quintet for the End of Time, an ensemble comprised of four SMU music majors and associate professor of composition/guitarist/vocalist Kevin Hanlon, has been invited to perform at the three-day Matese Friends International Music Festival in Bojano, Italy, on August 9. Read more

Meadows Graduate Wins Dallas Opera Guild Competition

On March 3, Valerie Vinzant, a 2006 graduate of the Meadows School of the Arts (B.M., Voice), won first place in the Dallas Opera Guild Competition. Read more

Meadows graduate crowned at Met Opera National Council Auditions

Stephen Hartley, who earned a Master of Music in vocal performance at SMU in 2001, has won first place in both the district and regional levels for the 2007 Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions. Read more.

Meadows Faculty Members Honored at International Piano Competition

Dr. Carol Leone and Dr. Catharine Lysinger were recent prizewinners in the Vietri Sul Mare International Piano Competition, which was held Sept. 12-16 in Italy. Read more.

Meadows Benefactor’s Gift to Advance Division of Music

In a move that will go a long way toward furthering the Meadows School of the Arts piano department’s reputation as one of the finest in the nation, SMU alumna Jeanne Roach Johnson made her second donation of $1 million in as many years. Read more.