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Music theater group creates anti-type production
OCU STRIPPED announced its season’s first production theme and date. The STRIPPED production, “Reclaiming and Reinventing: A Night to Challenge Type,” is a part of their performance project series, a...
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School of Music opens socially distant comedy as first production
The Wanda L. Bass School of Music is opening their season with “Monty Python’s Spamalot – a Socially Distant Concert-ish Version.” The production of “Spamalot” was originally scheduled for the spring...
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Music/theater faculty member leaves after 18 years
A well-known staff member at the Wanda L. Bass School of Music and School of Theatre recently left the university. Angela Polk, OCU alumna and production coordinator for the School of Theatre and the...
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Gallery: The Women of Lockerbie
On Oct. 16, the School of Theatre opened their Stage II season with “The Women of Lockerbie” in the Burg Theatre. The show was streamed online, and actors maintained physical distance throughout the...
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New adjunct theatre professor directs performance study
The atrium of the Wanda L. Bass Music Center. Photo by Annie Bragg Wanda L. Bass School of Music premiered its second performance study, directed by a new adjunct professor. “Performance Study 2”...
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School of Music mainstage delayed after ice storm
The Wanda L. Bass School of Music delayed mainstage opera, “Così fan tutte,” to adapt to university campus closures. The School of Music’s production of “Così fan tutte,” was originally scheduled for...
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Columnist reviews “Ratatouille: the TikTok Musical”
Last October, knee-deep into the global pandemic, TikTok-er Emily Jacobsen posted a 10 second clip of a melody which would become the genesis of a new internet phenomenon: “Ratatouille: The TikTok...
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OCU alumnus hired as interim production coordinator
Photo submitted. An OCU grad will serve as interim production coordinator for the School of Theatre for the spring 2021 semester. Andrew Tompkins Lewis, OCU alumnus, made his transition from student...
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Professor taking a sabbatical to write music book
A professor of music is taking a semester-long sabbatical in the fall of 2021 to write a book. Photo by Mackenzie Shaw Dr. Erik Heine, professor of music and assistant director of the honors program,...
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Student Group hosts LGBTQIA+ Panel
OCU Creatives for Artistic and Realistic Equalities will host a two-night town hall discussing LGBTQ+ inclusivity in entertainment and on campus. OCU CARE is a student organization which advocates for...
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Senior performers prepare for annual showcase
The atrium of the Wanda L. Bass Music Center. Seniors from the Wanda L. Bass School or Music and the School of Theatre are gearing up to participate in a variety of showcases across the country. Lance...
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Student opera group returns to produce digital performance
The student-led performance group OPERAtions is returning from a semester-long hiatus to create an online production. OPERAtions will premiere in “Speed Dating Tonight!” by Michael Ching on Apr. 16....
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School of Music opens first spring ’21 opera
The Wanda L. Bass School of Music opened the first musical of this semester. “Closer than Ever,” written by Richard Maltby, Jr. and composed by David Shire opened at 8 p.m. Feb. 26 in the Burg...
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Gallery: Closer Than Ever
On Friday, Feb. 26, the Wanda L. Bass School of Music debuted their delayed production of the Richard Maltby, Jr. and David Shire musical “Closer Than Ever” for a virtual audience. The show was held...
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Student music theater group prepares distanced production
OCU STRIPPED is beginning rehearsals for their first full-length musical since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. The student production company is producing “Songs for a New World” by Jason...
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Students and faculty reflect on the life of Florence Birdwell
Kelli O’Hara (left) and Kristin Chenoweth (right) pose with Florence Birdwell (middle). Photo courtesy of OCU Communications Florence Birdwell, former professor of voice, died in Yukon, Oklahoma on...
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Performance and Pandemic, one year later
Sabrina Brush (musical theater junior, left) and Charlie Turner (musical theater junior, middle) point at cast mate Rae Hillman (musical theater junior, right) during the Feb. 26 performance of...
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Music Theater and Vocal Performance Auditions Go Virtual
The Wanda L. Bass School of Music moved all auditions for the music theater and vocal performance programs online. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, yearly auditions for the Wanda L. Bass vocal programs...
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Gallery: Songs for a New World Final Dress Rehearsal
On Friday, March 19, OCU Stripped held their final dress rehearsal for their show “Songs for a New World.” The show ran the following weekend, March 20 and 21, in the Petree Recital Hall in the...
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New OCU CARE officers look to include faculty
Courtesy of OCU CARE. The student organization Oklahoma City University Creatives for Artistic and Realistic Equity recently completed officer elections for the 2021-2022 year. Sadie Koopman, music...
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School of Music opens musical about intimacy, sexuality
The women of “Spring Awakening” sing their hearts out during “Mama Who Bore Me” during a dress rehearsal on April 13th. | Photo by Mackenzie Shaw The Wanda L. Bass School of Music’s final mainstage of...
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School of Music expects to reduce COVID protocols in fall 2021 semester
The set for the Wanda L. Bass School of Music’s April 23-24 production of “Spring Awakening.” Photo by Mackenzie Shaw Music and theatre administrators at OCU are expecting a fall semester decrease in...
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Professor, alumnus release string quartet album
On November 15, the album Poetic Justice, co-composed by OCU music professor, Dr. Edward Knight and OCU alum, Or Kribos was published by Warner Chappell Production Music (WCPM). The album features...
View ArticleAn insight into Project 21 productions
Project 21: Music for the 21st Century will be live streaming their production Fusion on March 30, 2022, at 6 p.m. on their YouTube channel. Past performances are also available on their channel....
View ArticleResident Artist Amanda Harberg visits Wanda Bass
OCU’s Wanda Bass School of Music welcomed Amanda Harberg for a guest artist residency on March 24- 27. Dr. Amanda Harberg is a composer, pianist, and flutist from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Harberg...
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