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Alumnus Leads FIU Winterguard To Victory At 2017 Winter Guard International Championship

April 14, 2017/By Michelle Vires

Proud Golden Panther Enrique Perez (’11) led the FIU Winter Guard to victory for the first time in its history, beating out 62 other teams competing for the coveted...

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Music Alumnus Appointed Executive Director of GMYS

Music

March 14, 2017/By Michelle Vires

One of FIU School of Music’s recent graduates, Matthew Sheary, has been appointed as executive director of the Greater Miami Youth Symphony (GMYS). He received both a Bachelor of...

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Music Student Selected As World Ahead Graduate

Music

December 20, 2016/By Michelle Vires

On Tuesday, December 13, Nimia Marquez was recognized by FIU President Mark B. Rosenberg as a Worlds Ahead graduate at FIU’s 2016 fall commencement ceremony. Only 22 students received this...

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Conductor Brenton F. Alston Performs Tribute Concert To Pulse

Music

November 20, 2016/By Michelle Vires

Photo courtesy: Maica Altmeider/NYT On Monday, November 21, South Florida families will have another change to pay tribute to those who impacted by the Orlando shooting at Pulse NightClub...

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The FIU Music Festival Returns This October in Celebration of the Wertheim Performing Arts Center’s 20th Anniversary

Music

September 20, 2016/By Michelle Vires

The Florida International University School of Music announces its 2016 FIU Music Festival (FIUMF) in celebration of the 20th anniversary of the Herbert and Nicole Wertheim Performing Arts Center,...

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New Music Faculty 2016-17 Positions Announced

Music, Theatre

August 15, 2016/By Michelle Vires

The FIU School of Music has four new full-time faculty positions for the 2016-17 academic year: Bruce Allen Carter, research associate in music education, is an arts educator and...

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Music Student Participates in Disney’s Royal Welcome Show on August 11

Music, Theatre

August 15, 2016/By Michelle Vires

Nadya Borno, a vocal performance student in her junior year, will be playing a principle character role in Disney’s Latina Princess Elena’s Royal Welcome Show to be debuted on...

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Alumnus Darwin Aquino ’15 Wins at Soberano Awards 2016

Music, Theatre

June 14, 2016/By Michelle Vires

Less than a year after graduating, FIU School of Music alumnus and conductor/composer Darwin Aquino ’15 received the Successful Dominican Artist Abroad Award in the classical category at the...

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Soprano Alumna Laura Martinez Leon ’15 Performs In Madrid

Music, Theatre

May 25, 2016/By Michelle Vires

[Photo Courtesy: Michelle Vires; Borja Mariño accompanies Laura Martinez León for the Opera Fusion-FIU School of Music “Zarzuela de las Americas” competition, located at FIU’s Herbert and Nicole Wertheim...

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FIU Singers and John “Bowzer” Bauman Celebrate Jewish American Heritage Month

Music, Theatre

May 18, 2016/By Michelle Vires

Repost from Sun Sentinel, May 16, 2016 By Marvin Glassman Jewish American Heritage Month was celebrated musically recently with a salute to the many Jewish American composers who created...

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2016 School of Music Award Winners Announced

Music, Theatre

May 17, 2016/By Michelle Vires

[Photo, Left to Right- Diana Fernandez, Maria Gutierrez, Esther Umansky Roth, Maureen Reyes] On Wednesday, May 11, the FIU School of Music announced its 2016 award winners. Every spring,...

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‘Superb’ Season Finale Tribute Concert to Founding Director Fredrick Kaufman

Music, Theatre

May 3, 2016/By Michelle Vires

The Florida International University School of Music honored the 80th birthday of its founding director Fredrick Kaufman on April 26 with an all-star celebratory performance featuring FIU faculty artists and guests....

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FIU Musicians Participate in Cuba Cultural Exchange

Music, Theatre

May 3, 2016/By Michelle Vires

FIU faculty and other U.S. based artists will share the stage with Cuba’s National Symphonic Orchestra in Havana, Cuba as the opening concert for the 2016 Cuba Disco Festival...

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Music Technology Alumnus Ricardo Lopez Lalinde ’12 Wins Grammy

Music, Theatre

May 3, 2016/By Michelle Vires

At the 58th Annual Grammy Awards, music technology alumnus, Ricardo López Lalinde ’12 added another award to his collection for his work as a recording engineer and arranger. This...

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FIU Jazzist Robert Grabowski Lectures On The Unexpected Side of Pat Metheny

Music, Theatre

April 27, 2016/By Michelle Vires

School of Music professor, Robert C. Grabowski, gave a lecture about the unexpected side of guitarist Pat Metheny entitled “Metheny, The Pat that you know and the Pat you...

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Virtuoso Concert Organist Marilyn Keiser Featured At Annual Wertheim Showcase

Music

April 20, 2016/By Michelle Vires

Marilyn Keiser is legendary in the American organ world and she’s coming to the Herbert and Nicole Wertheim Performing Arts Center Concert Hall this coming Sunday, April 24th at...

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2016 Concerto Competition Winners to Perform with FIU Symphony Orchestra Sunday

Music

April 14, 2016/By Michelle Vires

Photo: L-R: Marianna Yern (1st place winner) & Izak Kertznus and Anamaria Martinez (2nd place winners) Now in its 20th year, the three winners of the annual FIU Concerto Competition will...

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FIU School of Music Hosts the Twenty-Fourth Annual Conference of the Society for 17th Century Music

Music

April 14, 2016/By Michelle Vires

The FIU School of Music, in partnership with the Miami Bach Society, will host the 24th annual conference of the Society for Seventeenth-Century Music (SSCM) from April 14-17, 2016....

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FIU School of Music To Honor Its Founder Fredrick Kaufman with an 80th Birthday Concert Celebration

Music

April 13, 2016/By Michelle Vires

The Florida International University School of Music will celebrate the 80th birthday of founding director, musician, composer and educator Fredrick Kaufman with performances by guest artists and FIU faculty...

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Student Composers Use Voice to Explore Elements of Life

Music

December 15, 2015/By Michelle Vires

Repost by FIU Student Media Contributing Writer Nadine Rodriguez, “School of Music Student Showcase” Amongst a routinely crowded, loud Miami Beach side-walk resides Florida International University’s Miami Beach Urban...

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