Windsong choir enjoys longevity in Oklahoma City Sat, Dec 6, 2008 | Add a comment Music professionals will tell you that it’s far easier to form a vocal ensemble than it is to sustain one. With busy schedules, rehearsal demands and scheduling conflicts, such ensembles...

Oklahoma City artistic director on a mission with local theater Fri, Nov 28, 2008 | Add a comment Erin Hicks-Cheek was nearing completion of her master’s degree in theater when one of her professors suggested that she consider two options: go to New York and audition for ingenue parts or...

Trombonist relishes instrument’s versatility Thu, Nov 20, 2008 | Add a comment Successful musicians often have an epiphany at some point during their years of study. Will music be their life’s work or just an enjoyable avocation? For John Allen, principal trombonist...

Playwright ready to watch latest work take stage Fri, Nov 14, 2008 | Add a comment Actor, director and playwright Robert Matson believes the three most difficult things for actors to do on stage are kissing, crying and laughing. It’s a trust issue, he says, adding that such...

Singing, teaching drive director Fri, Nov 7, 2008 | Add a comment Kevin Eckard has fond memories of being a boy soprano. Then puberty hit, and he stopped singing until his senior year of high school. Fortunately, his love of the vocal arts prevailed. Today,...

Renaissance music still popular Fri, Oct 31, 2008 | Add a comment You might say the music of the Renaissance is enjoying a renaissance. Early music ensembles are thriving thanks to continued research about and interest in music written from 1400 to 1600. Today,...

Pianist will present a concert for UCO scholarship program Fri, Oct 24, 2008 | Add a comment Valery Kuleshov is a force of nature. Not in an aggressive or pompous way; he is actually soft-spoken and quite reserved. But when he sits down at the piano, he becomes a master of the keyboard,...

Musician finds joy teaching, performing Thu, Oct 16, 2008 | Add a comment Peter Markes can be forgiven if he forgets an occasional name. He is, after all, the conductor of four orchestral ensembles that have a combined membership of about 250 students. Imagine assisting...

Play examines gay murder Tue, Oct 14, 2008 | Add a comment The rural Wyoming community of Laramie was forever changed following the brutal murder of a young gay college student in 1998. Robbed, tortured, tied to a fence and left to die in a desolate area...

Theater’s allure defines her life Thu, Oct 9, 2008 | Add a comment George Bernard Shaw once wrote that "He who can, does. He who cannot, teaches.” That axiom clearly doesn’t apply to Elin Bhaird, a local actor/director who is at home on either...