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Pianist Christopher Taylor to close WMU's Piano Masters series

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… Christopher Taylor Taylor has many ties to Kalamazoo. He was one of the first Gilmore Young Artists in the '90s, and … Transcendental Etudes and Messiaen's Vingt Regards. He was briefly on the piano faculty at WMU and now teaches at … up to the popular John Adams. The second part of this solo piano recital will feature the complete Chopin …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/03/38566

Trombone Choir to present innovative works at spring concert

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… Richard Strauss, Giovanni Gabrieli, Tommy Peterson, Eric Ewazen and others. It will also feature an arrangement of … and composer Chris Hass. The Trombone Choir includes many award-winning students from WMU's trombone studio, including … the highly competitive International Trombone Association solo competitions. Faculty members David Little and Karl …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/03/31412

WMU wins U.S. Environmental Protection Agency award

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… WMU wins U.S. Environmental Protection Agency award Submitted by Anne Copeland on Noack holds the award. KALAMAZOO—Western Michigan University has been awarded … reuse of construction materials, providing dining service kitchen waste to a local hog farmer for feed and from …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/05/15543

Fulbright Scholar Igor Fedotov in concert at Dalton Center

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… , (269) 387-2300 or (800) 228-9858. Fedotov has performed solo recitals throughout the United States and abroad, and … France; Musiques en Mer, Italy; Musikdagar, Sweden; and Sewanee and Meadowmount Summer Schools in the United States. He received a Fulbright Scholar Award in 2006 in support of his research on music for viola …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/02/140

Faculty composers present an evening of new works

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… variety of compositional styles and will include works for solo piano; woodwind sextet; clarinet, horn and …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/10/9894

Acclaimed jazz violinist to perform with WMU alumnus

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… (not verified) on Carter KALAMAZOO—Violinist and jazz soloist Regina Carter will appear in concert with her … albums with the all-female jazz quartet Straight Ahead. She was the first jazz artist and African American to play … filmmaker Ken Burns on his soundtrack for The Civil War. After traveling throughout Africa, she released …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/10/9835

Free concert features works inspired by 'Goyescas' opera

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… death. The program consists of three movements for piano solo and two works for mezzo and piano. Marisa Martins Grammy-Award nominee Marisa Martins began her studies in Buenos Aires, where she was born, and continued in the Superior Conservatory in …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/10/35802

Global and Languages Community provides new student housing option

Haenicke Institute for Global Education

… hall beginning this fall semester. Sign-up is underway for the new housing opportunity, which includes … suite-style rooms with a newly remodeled, fully functional kitchen and communal living area. A learning community … and the College of Arts and Sciences. The community was created to benefit international students, world …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/07/47388

Fall 2026 student exhibit

University Libraries

… This student exhibit can be found on the second floor of Waldo Library in the rotunda . Cecilia Taylor Undergraduate … on newsprint Community shapes all of us in many different ways. In this piece, I explore three main ways we form … ongoing decisions to care for another person. I made this set of prints to spark conversation about coercion, …

https://wmich.edu/library/news/2026/09/student-exhibit-fall-2026

Twenty incoming students win $50,000 Medallion Scholarships

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… fall. Medallion Scholarships are the highest merit-based award WMU can bestow on an incoming freshman. Valued at … years will also receive a $4,000 Residence Hall Award to offset their 2014-15 housing costs. This year's 20 Medallion … for her poetry and short story writing and high honors as a soloist or group member in various categories at big band …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/06/7662