Tag: Department of Music

Kuykendall Returns to New College, Oxford to Speak on Gilbert & Sullivan

Brooks Kuykendall, professor and chair of the Music Department, spoke at the fourth biennial conference The London Stage and the Nineteenth Century World, hosted by New College Oxford (April 6-8, 2022). As at the previous three conferences, he was on a panel of specialists of the Gilbert & Sullivan operas. For 2022, his presentation was entitled “‘The […]

Wells Presented Duo Piano Recital, March 11

UMW music professor Dr. Robert Wells joined his former piano professor, Dr. Derek Parsons (Furman University), presenting a two-piano recital at UMW on Friday, March 11 in Dodd Auditorium (originally scheduled for March 2020, but postponed due to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic). Parsons performed Anglo-Canadian composer Healey Willan’s piano concerto, accompanied by Wells […]

UMW Choirs Holiday Sing-A-Long, Dec. 4 at 7:30 p.m.

You are cordially invited to an informal holiday sing-a-long with the UMW Choirs, this Saturday, December 4, from 7:00-8:00 p.m. outside of George Washington Hall. We will be singing holiday favorites for those passing by, and for those that will be arriving to attend the UMW Philharmonic Holiday Concert at 8 p.m. You are also […]

UMW Piper Opens Memorial Day Concert at FredNats Park

When AJ Gluchowski conducted his college search, he found a website listing East Coast schools that had bagpipe bands.The University of Mary Washington stood out. Once he was accepted, the Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, native made plans to join UMW’s Eagle Pipe Band, eager to perform with other avid pipers at Mary Washington and in the Fredericksburg […]