Jill Van Buren and Eduardo Guzman have joined the University of the Ozarks Music Department as adjunct faculty members for the 2025-26 academic year. Van Buren, who has previously served as an adjunct voice instructor at Ozarks, will serve as the director of the University Chorus. She has been an active music educator in the […]
Dr. Jisook Park has been hired to join the University of the Ozarks faculty as assistant professor of music – piano/staff collaborative pianist, beginning the 2024 Fall Semester. Park most recently served as visiting assistant professor of piano and collaborative piano at Eastern New Mexico University, where she managed the piano program and accompanied students, […]
University of the Ozarks senior Eber Martínez Renteral will present his senior recital at 7 p.m. on Thursday, April 25, in the Rowntree Recital Hall in the Walton Fine Arts Center. The event is free and open to the public. The tenor from Veracruz, Mexico, said he will be performing primarily classical songs from different […]
The University Choir will present its annual Spring Concert at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, April 24, in Munger-Wilson Memorial Chapel. The University Choir is under the direction of Professor Katrina Twitty. The collaborative pianist will be Chandler Owen. The concert will include performances by students Eber Martinez Renteral, Lucy Davis, Fabian Duenas, Carlos Molero Llopis, […]
University of the Ozarks senior Seria Cash called it the highlight of her singing career after advancing last week to the semifinals of the Arkansas Chapter of the Southern National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) annual conference and student audition in Arkadelphia, Ark. Cash, a psychology major and music minor from Nassau, The Bahamas, […]
University of the Ozarks will present its annual time-honored Christmas tradition, A Service of Lessons and Carols, at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 6, in Munger-Wilson Memorial Chapel. There is no cost to attend the service and the public is invited to attend. The service will feature the University Choir, under the direction of Katrina […]
University of the Ozarks senior music and mathematics major Eber Martinez Renteral is feeling both nervous and excited as he prepares to perform in his first vocal competition this week. The tenor from Veracruz, Mexico, is a student in instructor Jill Van Buren’s Applied Voice Studio. He will compete against other college students in the […]
After a three-year hiatus, a long-standing, late-October tradition at University of the Ozarks is returning this year, perhaps for the final time. The 20th-annual All Hallows’ Eve Concert will be held in Munger-Wilson Chapel at 7 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 30. The concert, which is free and open to the public, will feature the University […]
Katrina M. Twitty, who has taught in the music education industry for more than 20 years, will join University of the Ozarks as an assistant professor of music, beginning the Fall 2023 Semester. A native of Northwest Arkansas, Twitty most recently served as an adjunct faculty member at Crowder College in Neosho, Mo., and at […]
University of the Ozarks senior music major Rosie Wade of Clarksville has been around music as long as she can remember. “It seems like I have been around music my entire life,” she said. “I was a member of my church youth choir and the hand bell choir as soon as I could and even […]