http://www.syndicatemizzou.org/articles Wed, 17 May 2006 21:19:35 GMT Connecting you with the University of Missouri’s innovative research and creative activity http://www.syndicatemizzou.org/articles/show/31 Between teaching viola individually and in groups, directing the Missouri String Project, and playing professionally with several internationally renowned chamber music groups, music professor Leslie Perna keeps very busy. Yet you have the distinct impression in listening to her talk that all of her work is thoroughly enjoyable. Wed, 17 May 2006 21:19:35 GMT http://www.syndicatemizzou.org/articles/show/31 (LuAnne Roth) http://www.syndicatemizzou.org/articles/show/43 “There’s nothing quite like the high of hearing one of your own pieces played,” MU Professor of Music W. Thomas McKenney admits, “but to me the most important thing is the active, creative process itself.” Having internalized his teacher’s advice that music must be a balance of emotion and intellect, and that if you have too much of either one “things get out of whack,” McKenney focuses on both levels. His goal is to assure that “structurally and formally, a piece is going to work.” Fri, 02 Feb 2007 19:12:35 GMT http://www.syndicatemizzou.org/articles/show/43 (LuAnne Roth) http://www.syndicatemizzou.org/articles/show/115 From blues and punk to rock and roll, Arthur White has at one point in his life played in nearly every kind of band, but now he believes he has finally found “the perfect gig.” As the director of MU’s Jazz Performance Studies program and Assistant Professor in the School of Music, White now handles all things jazz at MU. Tue, 09 Feb 2010 06:00:00 GMT http://www.syndicatemizzou.org/articles/show/115 (LuAnne Roth)