Join the Memphis Woodwind Quintet for a special concert on Friday, March 21. The faculty ensemble will be presenting a performance followed by games and refreshments.  Let the Latin sounds of Paquito Rivera's Aires Tropicales take you away to a tropical island.  Let Poulenc's Sextet for Piano and Winds draw you inside a 1920s speakeasy. Then stay for refreshment and games like Twister, Taboo, Charades and Sardines. This will be just too good to miss.

Announcing the 2014 Orff Summer Institute at the University of Memphis July 14 - 25. The Level I course is for anyone with musical training who wishes to acquire basic knowledge and pedagogic foundations in the Orff Schulwerk approach. Recommended for persons with no previous two-week training course. The course can be taken for-credit or non-credit. Learn more and register.

The Rudi E. Scheidt School of Music Jazz Week starts March 4, 2014 at the University of Memphis. Concerts will feature guest artists, faculty and student musicians performing jazz classics and today's hottest compositions. Special guests for the event are drummer Matt Wilson and his quartet and the Temple College Faculty Jazz Sextet. Bands that will be in concert include Southern Comfort Jazz Orchestra, U of M Jazz Singers and the U of M Faculty Birth of the Cool.  Read more.