The Murray State News

Music Department offers new major

November 17, 2021

Mason Galemore Contributing Writer [email protected] Announcing a new major in musical theatre, the Murray State Music Department says it will...

Music department takes precautions after positive COVID-19 case

October 14, 2020

Staff Report After a music student tested positive for COVID-19, the department of music decided to suspend in-person activities to ensure the safety...

Jazz ensembles celebrate awards, look to future

March 28, 2014

The Murray State jazz ensembles have leaped into the limelight this semester. When Todd Hill began at Murray State several years ago, he had trouble...

Piano scholarship set for 2014

February 21, 2013

The College of Humanities and Fine Arts will award the Marie Holifield Taylor Piano Scholarship in the Spring of 2014. The endowment level has been...

Murray students take opera on the road to Union and Graves counties

December 4, 2012

Members of the cast and crew for the University's music department’s production of Mozart’s The Magic Flute arrived on campus at 6:30 a.m. on Nov....

Department edits Mozart for children

November 15, 2012

The music department’s children adaptation of Mozart’s “The Magic Flute” removed the stereotype of the average opera this past weekend. The...

Cast performs in tragic musical

January 19, 2012

Savannah Sawyer Assistant Features Editor It has been 75 years since the first production of Campus Lights drew an audience at Murray State. According...

Departments of theater, music present lively musical

November 17, 2011

Paige Graves Staff writer On Thursday the department of music and the department of theater opened their annual musical in Johnson Theatre. This...

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