UO School of Music and Dance

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⭐️BIG ANNOUNCEMENT⭐️ Our 2025 season lineup of concerts and artists is here! 🎟️Packages go on sale March 3 🎟️Single tickets go on sale April 8 Our 2025 Season: oregonbachfestival.org/obf-announces-…

Details: musicanddance.uoregon.edu/academic-music…

Academic Music Degree Areas: 🎵General Music (BA, BS) 🎵Music Technology (BS) 🎵Musicology (MA, PhD) 🎵Music Education (BMME, MMus, PhD) 🎵Music Theory (BA, MA, PhD) 🎵Music Composition (BMus, MMus, PhD) 🎵Music History and Culture (BA) 🎵Intermedia Music Technology (MMus)

In the @UOSOMD Academic Music Dept., we lead internationally recognized research & offer endless professional development opportunities, all designed to equip students with the skills and experience needed for successful careers in teaching, exploring, and creating music.

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a DITL with @uosomd double major Max Cullen🎷🎶📚

Congratulations to @UOSOMD '16 alum Christopher McCurdy for being named one of Yamaha's 2025 "40 Under 40" for excellence in music education! hub.yamaha.com/music-educator…

Our artistic partner, Jos van Veldhoven, cooking up some big OBF 2025 plans! 🎶Next week, we'll reveal the concerts he has programmed🎶

The competition will take place on March 18th. For more information visit mtna.org/conference

"Being invited to the final round of a nationwide competition is a great honor, providing us with the opportunity to showcase the music we have been preparing while representing the university at a national conference." - Da-sol Um and Jun Yun

👏MTNA–Stecher and Horowitz Two Piano Competition Finalists👏 Congratulations to @UOSOMD DMA pianists Da-sol Um and Jun Yun who were selected as finalists of the 2025 @MTNA1 competition!

💥We love this energy!💥 Thank you to our visiting guest artist Franco Nieto for teaching this incredible masterclass (& others!) and choreographing for our Student Dance Collective. You can see Franco’s piece performed at SDC's concert in April! ✨🤸‍♀️🎉💃

🌎Top 5 in the world🌎 Interkultur names UOCC the world's 4th best choir in 2025 🏆 Rankings are based on performance, achievements, and competition success. @INTERKULTUR is the world's leading organizer of international choir competitions and festivals since 1988.

Throw🔙 to 2024 Fall Dance Loft!✨

A peak into life as a music education grad student warming up our University Singers 📚🎶🎤

📢Calling all musicians📢 The last day to audition for the OBF Berwick Academy for Historically Informed Performance is this Friday, January 31! Visit oregonbachfestival.org to submit your audition to Berwick Academy's 10 Anniversary season!

📹: Friendly Street Media 🎹: Angelita Berdiales Full-length video: youtu.be/rsAgrCL0pwA

SOMD Students: If you're interested in researching a topic related to song that you're passionate about, please submit a proposal to be a 2025-26 Cykler Scholar! Due May 1. Submit proposal: musicanddance.uoregon.edu/edmund-cykler-…

We💚our Cykler Song Scholars! Paula Alva Garcia's '24 Cykler project examined the music of Peruvian composer Rosa Mercedes Ayarza de Morales. She wanted to share her love for Peruvian music & was able to do so using Cykler funds and resources!