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).
Internationally acclaimed vocal instructor Robin Rice to join Rice University HOUSTON – (May 7, 2018) – Internationally acclaimed vocal instructor Robin Rice will join the Shepherd School of Music faculty this fall as a professor of voice.
Rice Shepherd School to present spring opera, ‘La finta giardiniera,’ March 5, 7 and 9 HOUSTON – (Feb. 26, 2018) – The Shepherd School of Music’s Opera Department and Chamber Orchestra will present Mozart’s “La finta giardiniera” (“The Disguised Gardener”) at 7:30 p.m. March 5, 7 and 9 at Wortham Opera Theatre in Alice Pratt Brown Hall.
Rice Shepherd School to present spring opera, ‘La finta giardiniera,’ March 5, 7 and 9 The Shepherd School of Music’s Opera Department and Chamber Orchestra will present Mozart’s “La finta giardiniera” ("The Disguised Gardener") at 7:30 p.m. March 5, 7 and 9 at Wortham Opera Theatre in Alice Pratt Brown Hall.
Shepherd School alumni part of Grammy Award-winning ensemble Alumni from Rice’s Shepherd School of Music were part of the ensemble that received the 2018 Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording at the 60th annual Grammy Awards ceremony Jan. 28.
Rice musicians selected for New York Philharmonic fellowship program HOUSTON -- (Dec. 13, 2017) -- Six Rice University graduate students have been selected to participate in the New York Philharmonic Global Academy Fellowship Program, part of the New York Philharmonic Global Academy partnership launched in fall 2015 between Rice’s Shepherd School of Music and the New York Philharmonic.
Rice musicians selected for New York Philharmonic fellowship program Six Rice University graduate students have been selected to participate in the New York Philharmonic Global Academy Fellowship Program, part of the New York Philharmonic Global Academy partnership launched in fall 2015 between Rice’s Shepherd School of Music and the New York Philharmonic.
Rice U. holds ceremonial groundbreaking for new music building HOUSTON -- (Dec. 7, 2017) -- Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music held a ceremonial groundbreaking today for a new music building that together with Alice Pratt Brown Hall and adjoining plaza will form the Rice University Music and Performing Arts Center.
Rice U. holds ceremonial groundbreaking for new music building Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music held a ceremonial groundbreaking today for a new music building that together with Alice Pratt Brown Hall and adjoining plaza will form the Rice University Music and Performing Arts Center.
Rice to host groundbreaking for new music building Dec. 7 HOUSTON – (Dec. 4, 2017) – Rice University will hold a ceremonial groundbreaking Dec. 7 for a new music building that together with the Shepherd School of Music's Alice Pratt Brown Hall and the adjoining plaza will form the Rice University Music and Performing Arts Center.
Rice, Society for the Performing Arts to host Renée Fleming Nov. 3 Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music and Houston’s Society for the Performing Arts will host internationally acclaimed soprano Renée Fleming Nov. 3 from 10 to 11:30 a.m. in Alice Pratt Brown Hall’s Stude Concert Hall for a master class with four Shepherd School students. This class is free and open to the public. Seating is first come, first served; no tickets are required.
Rice Opera Department and Chamber Orchestra to present ‘Little Women’ HOUSTON -- (Oct. 16, 2017) – The Opera Department and Chamber Orchestra of Rice University's Shepherd School of Music will present Mark Adamo’s “Little Women” at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 1 and 3 and at 2 p.m. Nov. 5 at Rice’s Wortham Opera Theatre in Alice Pratt Brown Hall on the Rice campus.
Shepherd School’s Rachleff inducted into American Classical Music Hall of Fame For his life’s work of encouraging and nurturing musicians, Larry Rachleff, the Walter Kris Hubert Professor of Orchestral Conducting, has been inducted into the American Classical Music Hall of Fame (ACMHF).