The OSU Department of Music offers more than $100,000 each year in music study scholarships to qualified majors, thanks to the generosity and enthusiastic support of donors to the music program. Scholarship application form and more information.
Six Members of the Oregon State University Marching Band are currently in Beijing, China, performing as members of the international Olympic Orchestra. Kelly Jones, of Tigard, an anthropology major and captain of the OSUMB color guard, is joined in Beijing by color guard members Kelsey Lee, also of Tigard, a forest and civil engineering major; Jennifer Osburn, of Silverdale, Wash., a zoology major; Nicole Nasholm of Eugene, a bio-engineering major; and Katie Whitwell of Silverdale, Wash., a mechanical engineering major. Megan Ilg, of Beaverton, an OSUMB drum major, is also participating. All were selected for the orchestra after being nominated by Brad Townsend, OSU director of athletic bands. The Olympic Orchestra is being conducted by the University of Washington's "Husky Band" Director, Brad McDavid. It includes a select group of 1,700 student musicians from Europe, Australia, China, and the U.S. In addition to performing at Olympic ceremonies, the orchestra has performed at the Great Wall of China, and gave a historical performance on August 4 in Tiananmen Square - the first foreign group ever to perform there. For more information and video of performances: http://beijing2008olympicorchestra.com/joomla/index.php
Interested in singing in a choir while attending Oregon State University? Find out more about choirs, auditions, schedules.
Announcing the 2008-2009 OSU Steinway Piano Concert Series:
Friday, October 10, 2008: John Eaton returns with Jazz, Blues, and Broadway!
Sunday, November 2, 2008: William Wolfram
Wednesday, February 18, 2009: Stephen Beus
Sunday, April 26, 2009: Triple Play! Rachelle McCabe, Robin McCabe, Craig Sheppard
Season Tickets - 4 Concerts - $40 . . . Individual Tickets - $12 ea., $10 seniors OSU Students Free, Ages 8-18 Free. To order season tickets in advance, print out and complete this form and mail it to the music department. Questions? Send an e-mail to: steinway@peak.org or call 541-758-6822. A season brochure will be available in August. Tickets will be mailed mid-September. Individual tickets will be available at local outlets in mid-September. Watch for more information to come.
The OSU Chamber Choir has recently returned from Europe, where they presented concerts in Germany, including a Jubilee concert for the 40th anniversary of the Oregon/Baden-Wurttemberg academic exchange program. Students on tour kept this blog to share their experience!
On May 30 the OSU Wind Ensemble and Pep Band traveled to New York City to perform at Carnegie Hall and Greeley Square. Band member Branden Hansen gives his account of the experience.