Shepherd School

Top conductors from around the world to guest direct Rice’s Shepherd School orchestras over next 18 months

Some of the most recognizable conductors in the classical music world will take the stage at Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music over the next 18 months.

Christian Harvey named 2022-2023 Shepherd School-Houston Symphony Community Embedded Fellow

Christian Harvey, a first-year graduate student studying double bass performance, is the 2022-2023 Shepherd School-Houston Symphony Brown Foundation Community Embedded Fellow.

‘Arabian Nights’ adventure in store at Rice Shepherd School Family Concert Jan. 28

An “Arabian Nights” adventure awaits attendees of the 2023 Shepherd School of Music Family Concert, set for Jan. 28 in Stude Concert Hall in Rice University’s Alice Pratt Brown Hall. The concert is free and open to the public.

Rice Shepherd School, Humanities professor wins top honor for musicology research

Peter Loewen , an associate professor of musicology in Rice’s Shepherd School of Music and a faculty member in the School of Humanities’ Medieval and Early Modern Studies Program, is the recipient of the American Musicological Society’s H. Colin Slim Award, the organization’s highest honor for published research.

DesRoches outlines 2023 goals to faculty

President Reginald DesRoches delivers his inaugural State of the University

‘A driving force and visionary leader’: LA Opera’s Joshua Winograde to head Rice Shepherd School’s Opera Studies

Joshua Winograde, one of the nation’s leading arts administrators, will join Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music as professor of opera and director of Opera Studies in July.

Strategic planning process to be launched in January

President Reginald DesRoches shared the news with the Rice community in an email Nov. 21.

Shepherd School students riff on Moody’s ‘Urban Impressions’

Art and music aficionados alike flocked to the Moody Center for the Arts Nov. 19 for an afternoon of live performances and original compositions by Shepherd School of Music students, each piece created in response to the Moody’s current fall exhibition.

Get into the holiday mood with Rice Shepherd School’s ‘Spirit of the Season’ Dec. 3

Put on your holiday cheer and head over to Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music on Saturday, Dec. 3 for a spirited celebration.

Cool respite with a conscience

Rice faculty members have installed “Building Ecologies” at Post Houston to demonstrate a “circular” strategy that incorporates environmental systems into architecture.

Tony Award-winning ‘Street Scene’ performed by Shepherd School opera program

“Street Scene ,” the fall opera production from the Rice University Shepherd School opera program, was performed Nov. 4 and 6 in Brockman Hall for Opera’s Morrison Theater, with stage direction by Pat Diamond.

Shepherd School concert honors Larry Rachleff

More than 500 students, faculty, staff and friends gathered at Stude Concert Hall to remember Rachleff, who died Aug. 8 of non-Hodgkin lymphoma at the age of 67. The evening included a celebratory reception, a video tribute recorded by former students and colleagues, and, befittingly, an orchestral concert to pay tribute to the educator.

Rice Shepherd School to celebrate life and legacy of late conductor Larry Rachleff Oct. 29

Rice’s Shepherd School of Music will celebrate the life and legacy of late conductor Larry Rachleff Oct. 29 with a musical tribute from those who knew and loved him best.

A fitting fanfare: Shepherd School student Alex Moreno-Gonzalez creates original composition New Dawn for DesRoches investiture

Pomp and circumstance is a key component of any presidential inauguration, and music is no small part of that.

Shepherd School fall opera, ‘Street Scene,’ set for Nov. 4 and 6

The year is 1946, and it’s an unbearably hot day on the east side of Manhattan. Drama abounds, from neighborhood gossip to romantic affairs to daily squabbles.