Performing Through A Pandemic: Look inside the Pride of Arizona’s Season

May 7, 2021

A look inside a unique season for the Pride of Arizona, the University of Arizona Marching Band, performing during a pandemic.

Performing Dendrochronology: Tree-Ring Music for Three Woodwinds

April 27, 2021

Sara Fraker used her production seed grant to fund a collaborative project involving oboes, woodwinds, composers, biologists and tree-rings.

Audiences can vote on piano competition at the Trester Festival

April 15, 2021

The inaugural Trester Festival for Latin American Music includes student piano competition and the audience gets a vote.

Trester Festival for Latin American Music

The 2021 Trester Festival will include lectures, master classes, and concerts centered around Latin American piano music by guest artists including outstanding University of Arizona alumni and internationally renowned concert pianists. The core of the Trester Festival is a solo piano competition for current Fred Fox School of Music students, where students are required to […]

Research, Innovation and Impact awards new production seed grants

February 25, 2021

The University of Arizona Office for Research, Innovation and Impact awarded its first round of production seed grants to four CFA faculty.

Five Fellows launch new Arizona Arts research program

February 23, 2021

Arizona Arts selects five faculty for the interdisciplinary research fellows program to lead interdisciplinary, collaborative arts research.

Students to pursue border-engaged arts research

February 23, 2021

Graduate artists Mariel Miranda and Bella Maria Varela (art) and Diana Peralta (music) were awarded border-engaged research scholarships.

The Most Dangerous Instrument

February 23, 2021

Flutist Kaissy Yau, Arizona senior, is meeting the challenges of COVID-19. “Mask up and stay safe … don’t let it hinder your creativity.”

Emmy Tisdel, Mariel Miranda join 2020-21 University Fellows cohort

February 23, 2021

An accomplished violinist and an international visual artist from Arizona Arts, Emmy Tisdel and Mariel Miranda, have joined the prestigious 2020-21 University Fellows program, the flagship initiative of the University of Arizona Graduate Center.

WONDER MAKES ME DESIGN

December 9, 2020

Melissa Requist, Class of ‘21Hometown: Steamboat Springs, COMajors: Biomedical Engineering and Music Performance “I grew up in a really small town—a great town. Ski town. I actually grew up doing ski jumping and Nordic Combined,” explains senior Melissa Requist. She also started playing the flute in the fifth grade, which progressed into honor band and […]