Finding Her Voice: Emma Brooke Alley ’25
Emma Brooke Alley ‘25 is a current sophomore at Converse University majoring in Contemporary Music with an emphasis in Media Applications. She began voice lessons at Converse’s Lawson Academy of …
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Converse Community Supporting Glow Lyric Summer Theatre
Multiple students, grads and staff of the Converse community are working and performing with Glow Lyric Theatre this summer. Glow Lyric Theatre is South Carolina’s only summer opera and musical …
Converse Music Business Students Produce Concert with Nashville Veterans
Written by John Jeter Isaiah Caston ’25 plays regular gigs around Spartanburg and works at a local music store, so he knows his way around a microphone. But then the …
Music Faculty Present ‘Music for Parkinson’s Patients’ at Conference
Dr. David Berry, Don Scott, and Liz Eggerding presented ‘Music for Parkinson’s Patients: One Melody, Many Rhythms’ at the Great Lakes Region of the American Music Therapy Association in April …
Five Music Students Advance to SCNATS Mid-Atlantic Regionals
Congratulations to our Converse music students for advancing during the SC National Association of Teachers of Singing (SCNATS) Musical Theatre and Contemporary Music auditions in Fall 2021. These exemplary performers …
Professor Graff Releases New Music
Assistant Professor of Piano and Steinway Artist, Professor Steven Graff, released a CD of new piano music by composer John Carbon on Britain’s Convivium Records with Naxos worldwide distribution. The …
Petrie and Lawson Academy Students Have Major Wins at NATS Auditions
Converse singers from the School of Music and the Lawson Academy competed at the spring classical music South Carolina National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) auditions held at Furman …
Professor Reichwald Presents Research in Sao Paulo, Brazil
Professor Siegwart Reichwald presented “Created in Their Own Image: Arrangements and Performances of Piazzolla’s ‘Verano Porteño’” at the International Congress, “North-South Interchanges: Collaborations, Tensions, Hybridizations” at the Universidade Estadual Paulista …
Year Begins with New Leadership, Inspiration, and Community Spirit
President Newkirk officially opened the 2016-2017 academic year by giving her first address to her new Converse family during Opening Convocation on Sept. 23. Student Government Association president Ariel Wingard …