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Shepherd School of Music. [ 1] The Shepherd School of Music is a music school located on the campus of Rice University in Houston, Texas. From its inception in 1974 [ 2] under dean Samuel Jones, the Shepherd School has emphasized orchestral, chamber music, and opera as the central elements of its performing curriculum.
Aug. 1—Shepherd University's Community Music Program will offer a new 10-week jazz workshop for middle school age to adult students beginning Aug. 17. The jam session-style performance-based ...
He was a conducting fellow at Tanglewood in 2003. In 2004, he was a first-prize recipient at the Sir Georg Solti International Conductors' Competition in Germany. Gaffigan was assistant conductor of the Cleveland Orchestra from 2003 to 2006. During this period in Cleveland, he also served as music director of the CityMusic Cleveland chamber ...
Paul Ellison (born October 17, 1941) is co-principal bass at the Grand Teton Music Festival in Jackson Hole, Wyoming and is Professor of Double Bass at Rice University 's Shepherd School of Music. He was also on the faculty of The Colburn School Conservatory of Music in Los Angeles, California . Ellison was principal bass of the Houston ...
The majority of the 175+ concerts given by the Setnor School of Music each year are held in the historic Setnor Auditorium and contain a wide range of musical genres and ensembles. [4] The Rose and Jules R. Setnor Auditorium is a 700-seat concert hall in Crouse College that houses a 3,823-pipe Holtkamp Organ below a 70-foot-high open timber ...
Paul Cooper (May 19, 1926; Victoria, Illinois – April 4, 1996; Houston, Texas) was an American composer and teacher of classical music . Born in Victoria, Illinois, he received degrees from the University of Southern California, where his teachers included Ernest Kanitz, Halsey Stevens, and Roger Sessions. He also studied with Nadia Boulanger ...
Ella Sheppard. Ella Sheppard (February 4, 1851 – June 9, 1914) was an American soprano, pianist, composer, and arranger of spirituals. She was the matriarch of the original Fisk Jubilee Singers of Nashville, Tennessee. [1] [2] She also played the organ and the guitar.
Lynn Harrell. Lynn Harrell (January 30, 1944 – April 27, 2020) was an American classical cellist. Known for the "penetrating richness" of his sound, [ 1] Harrell performed internationally as a recitalist, chamber musician, and soloist with major orchestras over a career spanning nearly six decades. [ 2] Harrell was the winner of the inaugural ...