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The Birds Are Real: Ambush From Ten Directions

Shih-Hui Chen's 50th Anniversary Commission to Make World Premiere

Grams, Kim

50th anniversary season kicks off with weekend of orchestral performances

Ana María Martínez

‘Noche Española with Ana María Martínez & Friends' Celebrates National Hispanic Heritage Month

50th Anniversary Events

24/25 Season

Shepherd School Announces 2024-25 Season

Cristian Macelaru and Patrick Summers

Musical powerhouses Cristian Măcelaru and Patrick Summers join Shepherd School

Najee Greenlee playing clarinet with the Shepherd School Symphony Orchestra in April 2024

Najee Greenlee featured on American Public Media's Performance Today

Erik Broess

Award-winning musicologist Erik Broess joins Shepherd School faculty

Cristian Mǎcelaru, music director of the Orchestre National de France and Shepherd School alumnus conducts during the Paris 2024 Olympics.

Rice Shepherd School of Music alumnus reflects on conducting during Olympics opening ceremony

Tessa McQueen (MM '24) performing as Poppea during the Shepherd School's production of “L’incoronazione di Poppea”

Alumna of Rice’s Shepherd School selected for Met Opera’s Lindemann Young Artist Program

Miguel Harth-Bedoya

Miguel Harth-Bedoya Announced as Distinguished Resident Director of Orchestras

Shepherd School students perform in recital in Florence, Italy

Italian immersion: Shepherd School voice students travel to Italy to learn language, history

The world premiere of Music for New Bodies at the Shepherd School

Music for New Bodies makes world premiere at the Shepherd School of music

Grammy Award-winning mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard and Audrey Welsh, mezzo-soprano

Grammy winner Isabel Leonard offers expertise and inspiration to Shepherd School students

Shepherd School of Music partners with Chamber Music America as they host their 2025 National Conference in Houston

Chamber Music America to host its 2025 National Conference in Houston in partnership with the Shepherd School of Music

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