Chamber Music America taps Rice’s Shepherd School as host of 2025 national conference
The Shepherd School of Music at Rice University will serve as the official sponsoring partner of Chamber Music America’s (CMA) 2025 National Conference, hosting several of its performances in its renowned facilities Feb. 13-16.
Rice Business celebrates future trailblazers and world-changers at commencement
A new cohort of Rice University Master of Business Administration graduates crossed the stage May 3 and are heading out into the world to bring their knowledge and experience to organizations across the nation and beyond. This commencement weekend also featured the first class of students at Rice to attain their bachelor’s degrees in business May 4.
Rice honors achievements of over 700 advanced degree recipients
More than 700 of Rice University’s advanced degree recipients crossed the stage to thunderous applause and cheers from family, friends, faculty and staff during an afternoon graduation ceremony May 4 in Tudor Fieldhouse.
During two days of festivities May 3-4, Rice University’s Class of 2024 graduates celebrated the culmination of their experiences on South Main while also looking forward to the bright futures that await them.
Grammy winner Isabel Leonard offers expertise and inspiration to Shepherd School students
Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music students say they came away inspired after a public master class led by three-time Grammy Award-winning mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard.
Shepherd School Symphony Orchestra concludes 2023-24 season on a high note with a sold-out program
Six-time Grammy Award-winning music director Giancarlo Guerrero led Rice University’s Shepherd School Symphony Orchestra through musical landscapes from outer space to a 1940s jazz club in “One Thousand and One Nights” April 19.
‘Music for New Bodies’ makes world premiere at Rice’s Shepherd School
Lauded by the New York Times for “the ferocity of the music” and “the layered depths of the text,” “Music for New Bodies” made its world premiere at the Shepherd School of Music at Rice University April 20.
Faculty, staff, students honored for excellence in teaching, mentoring, service
Each year, Rice honors members of the university community who have served students through outstanding teaching, dedication and service.
Rice’s Shepherd School Symphony Orchestra presents ‘A Constellation of Sounds & Stories’
Delving into realms both celestial and terrestrial, Rice University’s Shepherd School Symphony Orchestra presents “A Constellation of Sounds & Stories” in Stude Concert Hall at Alice Pratt Brown Hall at 7:30 p.m. April 19.
The ambitious double bill featured two operatic masterpieces: “Dido and Aeneas” composed by Henry Purcell and “The Rape of Lucretia” by Benjamin Britten.
On April 20, Rice Univeristy’s Shepherd School of Music will host the co-commission with DACAMERA, the American Modern Opera Company (AMOC), the Los Angeles Opera and Aspen Music Festival and School.
Shepherd School students combine their new music with new art at Rice’s Moody Center
Students from Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music composed and performed a series of compositions that served as musical responses to the themes and artworks present in the Moody Center for the Arts’ spring 2024 exhibition Hayv Kahraman: The Foreign Among Us.
Kellan Dunlap , a Rice Shepherd School of Music graduate student studying vocal performance, is a recipient of the 2024 Presser Graduate Music Award for a musical project that will take listeners on a “thought-provoking musical journey that addresses the multifaceted dimensions of school shootings.”
Rice’s Shepherd School mesmerizes families at Musical Stories Family Concert
Combining the enchantment of music with the allure of artful storytelling, Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music celebrated another successful iteration of its annual family concert March 23, showcasing the musical talents of Shepherd School students while serving as an example of Rice’s commitment to fostering creativity and cultural enrichment within the community.
Mastery in motion: Shepherd School students learn from award-winning pianist Daniil Trifonov
Several piano students from Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music learned from Grammy Award-winning pianist Daniil Trifonov, coached them during a unique public master class.
