Jaeger a 2024 Rockwell Award recipient
Ben Jaeger (Music Education 2000) has been named a recipient of a 2024 Rockwell Award. Awarded by the School of Education, these honors recognize exemplary teachers and other school professionals […]
Author Archive for: Eric_Murtaugh
Entries by Eric Murtaugh
University Opera to present collegiate premiere of Songbird
Purchase tickets University Opera begins the 2024-25 season with Songbird, a reimagining of Offenbach’s hilarious operetta La Périchole in 1920s New Orleans. Songbird was adapted by Eric Sean Fogel, James […]
Nonprofit led by alumnus awarded NEA grant
Since his undergraduate days at UW–Madison, Cody Goetz (Piano Performance and Spanish ’17) has maintained a focus on community engaged music education opportunities. “From the first moment I started working […]
New series celebrates chamber music
The School of Music is proud to present a new concert series, Live from the Mead Witter School of Music. Held the second Sunday of each month during the academic […]
Payung named Assistant Director of Bands
The School of Music is excited to announce Herb Payung as the next Assistant Director of Bands. He will serve alongside the band faculty to teach and help guide the […]
Concert Choir invited to perform at ACDA conference
The American Choral Directors Association (ACDA) has announced that Concert Choir, under the direction of Dr. Mariana Farah, has been invited through its peer-review process to perform at the […]
Cook, Rowe set to retire
Professor Susan C. Cook and Professor Paul Rowe are retiring this spring. Cook is a professor of musicology, and was formerly the academic associate dean for the Arts and Humanities […]
Pinsonneault joins Choral faculty
The School of Music is thrilled to announce Albert Pinsonneault as the incoming Associate Director of Choral Studies starting this fall. Pinsonneault will teach choir, conducting, and the graduate choral […]
Remembering Les Thimmig, 1943-2024
Professor Les Thimmig, who taught at UW–Madison for over 50 years, died April 28, 2024. Leslie L. Thimmig (“Les”) grew up in Joliet, Illinois, where he played his saxophone as […]
Orchestral Library project funded by Library Collections Enhancement Initiative
A project proposal submitted by Oriol Sans, Director of Orchestral Activities and Assistant Professor in Orchestral Conducting, and Cat Richmond, Music Ensemble Librarian, has been funded by the Library Collections […]
Reck wins Early Career Advising Award
Todd Reck, Undergraduate Advisor for the School of Music, was chosen as a 2024 College of Letters & Science Early Career Advising Award recipient. Reck formally received the award at […]
Schwendinger leads list of Creative Arts Awards recipients
The 2024 Creative Arts Awardees have been announced by the UW–Madison Division of the Arts. Laura Schwendinger, Professor of Composition, leads a distinguished list of faculty, staff, and student recipients who […]
Wohn, Treviño join Music faculty
After competitive national searches, the School of Music is thrilled to announce the hiring of Dawn Dongeun Wohn as Assistant Professor of Violin, and Matthew Treviño as Assistant Professor of […]
University Opera presents The Light in the Piazza
Purchase tickets After recently winning The American Prize for its 2022 production of Sweeney Todd, University Opera closes the 2023-24 season by returning to the crossover between classical voice and […]
Teeple inducted into American Bandmasters Association
Professor Scott Teeple, Director of Bands, has been inducted into the American Bandmasters Association (ABA). He’s conducting the United States Navy Band in concert in Washington, D.C. on March 7, 2024 […]
Kang participates in Panula’s Conducting Masterclass
Daewon Kang, a current DMA Orchestral Conducting student studying with Professor Oriol Sans, was selected to participate in Jorma Panula’s Conducting Masterclass in Vaasa, Finland in January 2024. Only a […]
Cavanagh wins American Prize
Dan Cavanagh, director of the School of Music, won The American Prize in the “Composition, 2023, Social Justice related” category for his composition Even if the Last Bullet Hits My Chest. […]
