Many of the schools and learning spaces across OCU recently received a technology upgrade.
Performing arts seasons to adapt due to COVID-19
To comply with social distancing requirements, the schools of theatre, dance and music are altering their seasons to allow for increased social distancing and online performance opportunities.
University COVID-19 guidelines affect classes
Officials from each school at OCU have adjusted the classroom experience to accommodate for new COVID-19 policies.
Gallery: A Little Night Music
Wanda L. Bass School of Music presented their spotlight production of Sondheim’s “A Little Night Music.” Set in 1900 Sweden, the show explores the possibility of new romances and second chances in a tangled web of affairs. The production was 8 p.m. Feb. 28 – Mar. 1 in Burg Theater in Kirkpatrick Fine Art Center….
Gallery: Project 21 Dance Concert
Students from the Wanda L. Bass School of Music and the Ann Lacy School of American Dance and Entertainment collaborated to produce the annual Project 21 Dance Concert with student composers, choreographers and performers.
Gallery: The Zombies of Penzance
View a gallery from Wanda L. Bass School of Music’s production of “The Zombies of Penzance.”
Gallery: The Music Man
View photos from first mainstage of the semester.
Vocal performance student wins scholarship
A vocal performance student recently won a scholarship for a full year of tuition from the Wanda L. Bass School of Music.
School of Music to perform first mainstage musical production
Theater students are preparing to perform The Music Man in late September.
School of music to host World Voice Day events
This is the first time OCU will host a World Voice Day event.
Gallery: Crazy for You
View photos of the spring musical.
Gallery: L’amico Fritz
View photos from the recent spotlight opera.
Music education professor nominated for Grammy Award
Dr. Michael Raiber, professor of music education, was nominated for Grammy Music Educator of the Year.
Mainstage opera Susannah to open this weekend
The opera is loosely based on the story of Susanna and the Elders from the biblical Apocrypha.
Gallery: Little Women
View photos from the spotlight musical.
Music student stages original production with student composition club
The production is about the relationship between a mother and a daughter a the mother suffers from Alzheimer’s Disease.
Gallery: Side Show
View photos from the first musical of the year.
Fall mainstage musical to educate audience about self-acceptance
The first show of the Wanda L. Bass School of Music season will open this weekend.
Student survey inspires new music assembly, curriculum changes
The weekly music assembly curriculum has changed in response to a student survey.
‘Playbill’ deems OCU one of ‘most represented’ on Broadway
Playbill’s annual list of “The 10 Most Represented Colleges on Broadway” was published Sept. 10 and ranked OCU seventh.
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.
School of Music prepares for final mainstage musical of semester
Students and faculty are working to produce On the Town, the Wanda L. Bass School of Music’s final mainstage of the year.
Musicology curriculum changes, new classes offered to students
The two musicology seminars for the fall semester are American Music during the Depression and World War II, and Sound and Religion.
Renovations continue in music library
Construction was finished Feb. 20, but some of the planned changes are still incomplete.
Project 21 members prepare music for three new concerts
Officials plans to collaborate with other schools and universities for upcoming concerts.
