News Rice’s Shepherd School Symphony Orchestra presents ‘A Constellation of Sounds & Stories’ News Matthew Aucoin & Peter Sellars: Music for New Bodies - A World Premiere Collaboration at the Shepherd School of Music News Chamber Music America to host its 2025 National Conference in Houston in partnership with the Shepherd School of Music News Audiences celebrate Shepherd School’s opera double bill of ‘Dido and Aeneas’ and ‘The Rape of Lucretia’ News Shepherd School’s Kellan Dunlap wins Presser Graduate Music Award for project raising awareness of school shootings News Shepherd School Opera’s double bill to explore timely stories of remarkable women News Isabel Leonard named Rice Shepherd School’s 2023-24 Aleko Endowed Master Class artist News Rice’s Shepherd School mesmerizes families at Musical Stories Family Concert News Mastery in Motion: Shepherd School students learn from award-winning pianist Daniil Trifonov News Window into the Creative Mind: Pioneering concert explores the neural underpinnings of musical improvisation News Cowboys, Cowgirls, and Classical Music at the Houston Rodeo News It's Back! Shepherd School Students Perform Music Across Houston via The Concert Truck News Miguel Harth-Bedoya Leads the Shepherd School Orchestras Mar 2-3 News Shepherd School Alumna Caroline Shaw ('04) Wins at the Grammy's News Shepherd School to Kick Off Spring Semester News Music for New Bodies Casting Announced - Including Two Shepherd School Alumni News Final Events of 2023 at the Shepherd School of Music News Numerous Shepherd School Alumni up for Grammy gold News One-of-a-kind practice organ gifted to the Shepherd School News The Shepherd School of Music Presents Eugene Onegin News Music with Hans Graf & Kevin Puts at the Shepherd School News Shepherd School Bringing Free Music to Community via The Concert Truck News James McCarthy Named 2024 San Francisco Opera Adler Fellow News Orchestra Season Kicks Off with Conductor Robert Spano News Shepherd School of Music Announces 2023-24 Season News SSM Alumni Shine at Santa Fe Opera This article mentions alumni Lauren Snouffer (BM '09, Stephen King) and Luke Sutliff (MM '21, Stephen King), in addition to former SSM student Nicholas Brownlee (MM candidate, Stephen King). News Xayvion Davidson Wins Cynthia Woods Mitchell-Ima Hogg Young Artist Competition News Emanuel Ax Coaches Shepherd Pianists in Master Class News Trio Menil Wins Plowman Chamber Music Competition News Sir Stephen Hough Visits Shepherd News Grammy Winner Christian McBride Gives Master Class News Shepherd School Ready to Hit High Notes Again, says Houston Chronicle News Announcing Guest Conductors for Orchestras News Don Giovanni Named Best of 2022 by Houston Chronicle News Announcing Joshua Winograde, our new director of Opera Studies News Collector loans Stradivarius violin to The Shepherd School of Music News Flutist Marianne Gedigian to join Rice's Shepherd School of Music
News Matthew Aucoin & Peter Sellars: Music for New Bodies - A World Premiere Collaboration at the Shepherd School of Music
News Chamber Music America to host its 2025 National Conference in Houston in partnership with the Shepherd School of Music
News Audiences celebrate Shepherd School’s opera double bill of ‘Dido and Aeneas’ and ‘The Rape of Lucretia’
News Shepherd School’s Kellan Dunlap wins Presser Graduate Music Award for project raising awareness of school shootings
News Window into the Creative Mind: Pioneering concert explores the neural underpinnings of musical improvisation
News SSM Alumni Shine at Santa Fe Opera This article mentions alumni Lauren Snouffer (BM '09, Stephen King) and Luke Sutliff (MM '21, Stephen King), in addition to former SSM student Nicholas Brownlee (MM candidate, Stephen King).
Human capacity to create can change the world The human capacity for creativity can change the world for the better, according to a new book co-authored by a Rice University composer and a noted neuroscientist/Rice alum.
Rice rallies to support Houston arts community impacted by Hurricane Harvey A large effort is underway at Rice to connect with and temporarily host Houston arts organizations impacted by the devastating floods of Harvey.
Shepherd School orchestras to present 2017-2018 season debut concerts Rice University's Shepherd School of Music will offer the first concerts of the academic year by its chamber and symphony orchestras.
Former Rice staff member Larry Slezak remembered Lawrence “Larry” Slezak, a former staff member at Rice’s Shepherd School of Music, died July 28. He was 71.
Moody Center for the Arts advances teaching, student learning during inaugural season Since the Moody Center for the Arts’ official opening Feb. 24, the 50,000-square-foot center has served not only as an internationally focused arts institution, but also as a flexible teaching space to encourage new modes of making, learning and presenting. This spring, a diverse range of undergraduate courses took place at the Moody or drew on the center’s state-of-the-art resources and visiting artists.
Rice’s Shepherd School Chamber, Symphony orchestras to present final concerts of the season HOUSTON – (April 11, 2017) – Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music Chamber and Symphony orchestras will perform their final concerts of the spring semester April 20 and 21, respectively.
Rice ‘Listening Project’ to provide new perspectives on aural perception HOUSTON – (April 4, 2017) – Rice University students will offer a free concert series called the “Listening Project,” which invites audience members to experience new perspectives on aural perception, April 9, 13 and 19 on the Rice campus.
‘An Iliad’ captivates at Rice’s Moody Center for the Arts New York City actor Leon Ingulsrud starred in a performance of Lisa Peterson and Denis O’Hare’s “An Iliad,” with original music composed and performed by students from Rice’s Shepherd School of Music, at the Moody Center for the Arts’ Lois Chiles Studio Theater March 30-April 2.
‘Julius Caesar’ among spring events at Rice’s Shepherd School of Music HOUSTON – (March 3, 2017) – Events at Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music during March and April include the Shepherd School Opera’s production of “Julius Caesar,” faculty recitals and season finale orchestra concerts.
Shepherd School Opera to present ‘Julius Caesar’ The Rice University Shepherd School of Music's Opera Department and Chamber Orchestra will present Handel’s “Julius Caesar” March 6, 8 and 10 at 7:30 p.m. at Rice’s Wortham Opera Theatre in Alice Pratt Brown Hall.
Shepherd School Opera to present ‘Julius Caesar’ HOUSTON – (Feb. 22, 2017) – The Rice University Shepherd School of Music's Opera Department and Chamber Orchestra will present Handel’s “Julius Caesar” March 6, 8 and 10 at 7:30 p.m. at Rice’s Wortham Opera Theatre in Alice Pratt Brown Hall.
Shepherd School alums win Grammy awards Rice University Shepherd School of Music alums won Grammy Awards at the annual awards show held Feb. 12 in Los Angeles.
