Music
The Texas A&M University College of Performance, Visualization and Fine Arts will host the World Shakuhachi Festival April 17-20. Dr. Martin Regan, a professor in the Music Performance program, organized the festival, which will be held in Texas for the first time. The quadrennial event debuted in Japan in 1994, and it was most recently held in London in 2018.
The Institute for Applied Creativity in the College of Performance, Visualization and Fine Arts held its first LASER Talk Jan. 29 at the J. Wayne Stark Galleries in the Memorial Student Center.
Aggieland Saturday — Texas A&M University’s largest open-house event — returns on Feb. 8, inviting prospective students and their families to explore everything Aggieland has to offer.
Artists Dorothy Chan and Lucy Yao — known as Chromic Duo — presented an evening of augmented reality, soundscapes and storytelling in a fall event titled “Ocean of Memories.” In the Swaim Amphitheater in Aggie Park, guests experienced an augmented reality soundwalk that explored the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goal titled “Life Below Water.”
Piano students in the Music Performance program presented their first recital on Dec. 9 in the Black Box Theater in the Liberal Arts and Arts and Humanities Building.
The College of Performance, Visualization and Fine Arts recently recognized 14 faculty and staff members for their contributions in teaching, service, innovation, teamwork and leadership.
Students in percussion courses in the new Music Performance program recently presented “Omnia,” a showcase for the work they’ve learned in individual and ensemble courses this semester.
The new Music Performance program that debuted this semester in the College of Performance, Visualization and Fine Arts has a series of concerts happening Tuesday through Nov. 21.
Dr. Lynn Vartan, associate professor in the new Music Performance program that debuted this semester in the College of Performance, Visualization and Fine Arts, will present her first campus performance titled “Memor-ii” on Thursday and Friday at 7 p.m.
The multidisciplinary performance duo slowdanger — which was selected for the inaugural New Work Development Artist Residency in the College of Performance, Visualization and Fine Arts — will debut a dance performance titled “Story Ballet” on Friday at 7 p.m. in Rudder Auditorium. Admission is free.