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Beth Mann named to CAPA Hall of Fame

NATCHITOCHES – Northwestern State University Director of Publications and University Printing Beth Mann is the 2019-20 inductee into the Mrs. H.D. Dear Sr. and Alice E. Dear School of Creative and Performing Arts Hall of Fame.

Mann, a 1975 graduate in advertising design from NSU, has had a 30-year career in graphic design including the past […]

NSU to host regional band directors conference

NATCHITOCHES – Northwestern State University will host the annual College Band Directors National Association Southern Division Conference on Feb. 20-23.

The conference will include professional presentations at the Chateau St. Denis Hotel in downtown Natchitoches, conducting sessions and presentations of juried marching band videos.

As part of the conference, a number of top middle school, high school […]

Christopher, Hsieh, Young to perform Feb. 17

NATCHITOCHES – Cellist Paul Christopher will perform with pianists Dr. Chialing Hsieh and Michael Young on Monday, Feb. 17 at 6 p.m. at the LSMSA Recital Hall. Admission is free and open to the public.

The performance will include music by Bax, Wolff and Young.

Christopher is an associate professor of music theory and low strings at […]

Allen, Thompson, Yang to perform with Natchitoches-Northwestern Symphony Feb. 11

NATCHITOCHES – The Natchitoches-Northwestern Symphony Orchestra will perform on Tuesday, Feb. 11 at 7:30 p.m. in Magale Recital Hall. Tickets are $10. Northwestern State University, BPCC@NSU and Louisiana School for Math, Science and the Arts students are admitted free with a current student I.D.

Dr. Douglas Bakenhus is music director of the Natchitoches-Northwestern Symphony. Juan Pablo […]

Vocal faculty to present concert on Friday

Vocal faculty in the Mrs. H.D. Dear Sr. and Alice E. Dear School of Creative and Performing Arts will present a recital on Friday, Feb. 7 at 7:30 p.m. in Magale Recital Hall.

Sopranos D’nissa Hester, Juliana Handy, Terrie Sanders, and Marcy McKee, mezzo-soprano Grace Edgar, and tenors Michael Rorex and Nicholaus Cummins accompanied by pianist […]

Hester to perform musical theatre vocal recital Feb. 4

NATCHITOCHES – Soprano D’nissa Hester will present a musical theatre vocal recital at Northwestern State University on Tuesday, Feb. 4 at 7:30 p.m. in Magale Recital Hall. Admission is free and open to the public.

Hester will perform works by “3 Stephens, 2 Andrews & Jason,” with works by composers Stephen Schwartz, Stephen Sondheim and Stephen […]

McLaren recital set for Feb. 5

NATCHITOCHES – A faculty recital featuring Malena McLaren on clarinet and Chialing Hsieh on piano will be held at Northwestern State University on Wednesday, Feb. 5 at 7:30 p.m. in Magale Recital Hall. Admission is free and open to the public.

The recital will feature works by Gerald Finzi, Miguel Yuste and Serge Rachmaninoff.

McLaren is the department […]

McCutcheon Honors Recital to be held Tuesday

NATCHITOCHES – The School of Creative and Performing Arts at Northwestern State University will hold the annual McCutcheon Honors Recital on Tuesday, Jan. 28 at 7:30 p.m. in Magale Recital Hall Admission is free and open to the public. A reception for the participants will follow the recital.

Each year student winners are chosen from each […]

Guitarist Cain Budds, Corrales String Quartet to perform Feb. 2

NATCHITOCHES – Guitarist Dr. Cain Budds will perform at Northwestern State University on Sunday, February 2 at 3 p.m. in Magale Recital Hall. Admission is free and open to the public. Budds, a professor of guitar and music theory at Louisiana Tech, will be joined by the Corrales String Quartet, which includes NSU students Cesia […]

Marine Band member Tessa Vinson to perform at Double Reed Day

NATCHITOCHES – The School of Creative and Performing Arts at Northwestern State University will host its annual Double Reed Day on Sunday, Jan. 26 from noon to 5:30 p.m. in Magale Recital Hall. The event is open to oboists and bassoonists of all ages.

The event will conclude with a recital by oboist Tessa Vinson at 4:30 […]

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