The Wanda L. Bass School of Music will open its 2024-2025 season with the inaugural mainstage production of Footloose, slated to perform in the Kirkpatrick Theater from Sep. 27-29. The 1998 musical, a stage adaptation of the beloved 1984 film starring Kevin Bacon, tells the story of the fictional small town of Beaumont. The town’s…
Oklahoma City University Music Theatre Presents Season Opener: Sweeney Todd
Oklahoma City University’s Wanda Bass School of Music invited students to “attend the tale of Sweeney Todd”, for this year’s first main stage musical production. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber on Fleet Street is a dark and thrilling musical that successfully transported its viewers into the macabre world of 19th-century London. Auditions for this production…
Music Theater and Vocal Performance Auditions Go Virtual
The Wanda L. Bass School of Music moved all auditions for the music theater and vocal performance programs online.
Gallery: Closer Than Ever
On Friday, Feb. 26, the Wanda L. Bass School of Music debuted their delayed production of the Richard Maltby, Jr. and David Shire musical “Closer Than Ever” for a virtual audience. The show was held socially distanced in the Burg Theatre and was directed by Dr. David Herendeen.
New adjunct theatre professor directs performance study
Wanda L. Bass School of Music premiered its second performance study, directed by a new adjunct professor.
Music/theater faculty member leaves after 18 years
A well-known staff member at the Wanda L. Bass School of Music and School of Theatre recently left the university.
Music professors write musical about Mt. Rushmore presidents
Two professors have been hired to write a new historical musical.
Senior chases opportunity, performs in online showcase
Lily Hickey, theater and performance senior, was featured on BroadwayWorld in a virtual showcase.
Kristin Chenoweth named as artist in residence at OCU
The newest artist in residence for OCU was recently announced as being Tony and Emmy award-winner and OCU alumna Kristin Chenoweth.
Mainstage opera to include androgynous character
The next OCU mainstage opera will be “Die Fledermaus” and will feature a gender-nonconforming character.
Students enjoy first snow day of the year
OCU students and staff were given their first snow day of the calendar year.
Music school to host invited auditions for upcoming opera
The auditions for OCU’s next semester opera will be conducted differently than they have been in previous semesters.
School of Music production to feature zombies singing opera
This Halloween season, the OCU campus is facing an infestation of zombies through the second mainstage musical show of the year, “The Zombies of Penzance.”
Playbill again recognizes OCU for representation on Broadway
Playbill recognized OCU for being well represented by alumni on Broadway for the second year in a row.
Music students to perform at high school
Vocalists will collaborate with high school students to perform the new musical revue Montage.
Student opera performance group returns after three years
OPERAtions is a student opera company that was reintroduced this semester for the first time since 2015.
Students rehearse for New York showcase, add extra performance
The New York showcase began rehearsing at the beginning of this semester and will continue until early May when they leave for New York.
National Opera Association awards first to Dark Sisters
The award brings the school of music’s total NOA awards to six in the past five years.
Faculty members celebrate 20 year anniversaries
Herendeen and Knight both the difference between 20 years was the unification and development of synergy between the arts.
TheatreOCU performs romantic tragedy
TheatreOCU students will display their talents in the upcoming Stage II Production of “Tallgrass Gothic.”
University to stage operatic double billing
OKLAHOMA CITY — The dust of a Depression-era work camp and the sheen of the golden age of Hollywood provide an updated twist on two Italian opera classics at the Bass School of Music.
