March 7, 2016
| Columbus State University Schwob School of Music
Current D.M.A. student Nicolas Emilfork and Butler School alum Robert Brown beat out over 60 other competitors to take 3rd and 4th Prize, respectively, at the 17th Annual Guitar Symposium & Competition at Columbus State University in Columbus, Georgia.
KMFA's Dianne Donovan chats with world-renowned American composer and Guggenheim Fellow Jake Heggie, who was in residence at the Butler School to oversee the production of two of his operas, performed by the Butler Opera Center. Learn about his process and about the two operas--and hear some of the music!
San Francisco-based opera composer Jake Heggie was interviewed about his week-long residency at the Butler School in advance of the opening of the Butler Opera Center's productions of two of his works, "Three Decembers" and "At the Statue of Venus."
Our own Miró Quartet, performing a portion of the Beethoven String Quartet Cycle February 5 at the Lincoln Center, will dig into Beethoven’s middle period. Read more in The New York Times.
The Butler School hosts San Francisco-based composer and pianist Jake Heggie Feb. 22-26, 2016, the recipient of the school’s 2015-2016 Eddie Medora King Award.
Jakovljevic, a visiting scholar in the Butler School's Division of Musicology and Ethnomusicology through the Harrington Fellowship Program, focuses on traditional music of the Balkans.
Composer, sound designer and Butler School professor Russell Pinkston's new album on the Ravello Records label, Balancing Acts, is now available for purchase.
Daniel Kopp (M.M. 2017) performed on the main stage of Carnegie Hall as principal cellist of the New York String Orchestra, with Jaime Laredo conducting and Emanuel Ax as piano soloist. The New York Times reviewed the Christmas Eve concert.
