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- SOU receives support from legislatureMarch 12, 2024 - 9:10 am
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- Four SOU actors take the stage at Oregon Shakespeare FestivalMarch 4, 2024 - 2:59 pm
- Former University of Portland administrator to become SOU’s top academic leaderFebruary 26, 2024 - 2:35 pm
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On repeat: prominent NYC music festival features SOU percussion ensembles
/in The ArtsSouthern Oregon University’s percussion ensembles received a special invitation two years ago to perform at the Bang on a Can “LONG PLAY” music festival – a three-day NYC event each year that draws hundreds of percussive artists from around the world. With instruments nearly packed and ready to go, SOU’s contingency had to wait while […]
“Splinter” woodwind concert features composers of color
/in The ArtsThe SOU Music Program will present “Splinter” – a woodwind concert featuring composers of color and directed by SOU’s Rhett Bender – at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, February 22, in the SOU Music Recital Hall. Tickets are $10 for general seating, and SOU students, faculty and staff are free. Three SOU woodwind groups will perform: […]
President Bailey, SOU Raiders, make splash for Special Olympics
/in The ArtsSOU President Rick Bailey will join other members of the campus community this year as they “take the plunge” as part of a local benefit for Special Olympics Oregon. Bailey will line up Saturday morning on the edge of the unheated, outdoor pool at Rogue Valley Country Club in Medford with students from the Oregon […]
SOU Theatre is back: Two comedies open this month
/in Press Releases, The Arts(Ashland, Ore.) — Live performances from the SOU Theatre Program will return from a COVID-19 hiatus with plenty of laughs in a pair of February comedies: “The Thanksgiving Play” by Larissa FastHorse and “The Servant of Two Masters” by Carlo Goldini. The first of the two winter term productions, “The Thanksgiving Play,” will open with […]
OCA offers free performance tickets to SOU community
/in The ArtsDid you know that if you are an SOU faculty, staff or student that you receive two free tickets to all SOU Theatre and Music program performances? The Oregon Center for the Arts at SOU is pleased to offer this two-free-ticket benefit to the SOU campus community. Faculty, staff and students can reserve tickets online […]
Remembering college fur-ever
/in The ArtsDorothy Thomas Kole often regaled her daughters with stories of her college years in Ashland – of her involvement in the theatre program, soliciting donations from community members of curtains, bedspreads, tablecloths and other materials that could be used to make costumes. So it seemed only fitting to the daughters that they should donate a […]
SOU music ensembles get creative in their new, virtual reality
/in Academics, The ArtsWith some schools cancelling ensembles altogether, Paul T. French – Southern Oregon University’s Director of Choral Studies and Vocal Studies – had doubts about the spring ahead for his corner of the Music Program in the Oregon Center for the Arts at SOU. The idea of taking the choir virtual was especially daunting, with the […]
Entire cohort of SOU bachelor of fine arts students perform in L.A. and gain internships
/in Press Releases, The ArtsThe 2019 cohort for Southern Oregon University’s bachelor of fine arts in performance program will get more than degrees after completing their requirements last month. All 16 members of the BFA program performed a thesis showcase in December, first on the SOU campus and then at the historic Miles Memorial Playhouse in Santa Monica, California. […]
SOU percussion groups to perform at prominent NYC music festival
/in Press Releases, The ArtsTwo percussion groups affiliated with Southern Oregon University will be featured this spring at the inaugural “Long Play” music festival – a three-day event at various New York City venues, produced by the renowned contemporary music organization Bang on a Can. Left Edge Percussion, a contemporary percussion group in residence at SOU’s Oregon Center for the […]
Oregon Fringe Festival seeking applicants for week-long exhibition
/in The ArtsThe application deadline for the Oregon Fringe Festival – a distinctive blend of visual, musical, and theatre arts presentations – is Dec. 30. Interested parties can apply online here. Started in 2014, the Oregon Fringe Festival (OFF), is an Oregon Center for the Arts-funded showcase of SOU students’ creative work. It includes presentations of music, […]