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SEMO Horn concert postponed (4/4/22)Tonight’s Odyssey concert in the Shuck Music Recital Hall at the River Campus is postponed due to an unavoidable illness according to the SEMO Horn Studio on Facebook.
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“Chamber Music with Voice” plays as part of Sundays at Three series (3/30/22)Faculty from the Department of Music showcased music in “Chamber Music with Voice” on Sunday, March 27. The performance was part of the Sundays at Three series at Shuck Music Recital Hall at Southeast’s River Campus.
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Mardi Gras wind symphony concert brings in March with music (3/4/22)The Southeast Wind Symphony performed the Mardi Gras Wind Symphony Concert at 7:30 p.m. March 1 at the River Campus. Symphony conductor Jim Daughters said he was surprised at the audience turnout for the show.
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Third annual Bridges event (3/1/22)This year's Bridges theme was Here/Hear Our Voices! The event celebrated Black History Month and Women's History Month with a variety of performances from faculty, staff, and students. The event was held in Rose Theater on Feb 28.
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Annual Clark Terry/Phi Mu Alpha Jazz Festival canceled due to weather (2/4/22)After a year hiatus due to COVID-19, the 23rd Annual Clark Terry/Phi Mu Alpha Jazz Festival was set to return to River Campus on Feb. 4 and 5. Winter storms on Feb. 2 and 3 led to the event’s cancellation.
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Southeast Opera performs opening night of comedy operetta HMS Pinafore (1/22/22)Audience members went to sea while watching the Southeast Opera perform their adaptation of “HMS Pinafore” on Jan. 21 at 7:30 p.m. at Donald C Bedell Performance Hall.
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Southeast River Campus closes the year with Series II Concert (5/7/21)The Donald C. Bedell Performance Hall was filled with audience members and loud cheers as the Wind Symphony and Percussion Ensemble took their final appearance on stage for the year on Tuesday, May 4.
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Local band director recalls a lifetime of music (3/24/21)Dennis Nail remembers the first moment he fell in love with music.
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Music professors perform multicultural music at Shuck’s Recital Hall (3/17/21)On March 11, three Southeast professors performed together at Shuck Recital Hall to play the music of American, French and Brazilian composers.
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The virus: A new normal for music students and their instructors (3/6/21)Students who study music live to play their instruments. However, their normal way of playing and their professors' teaching styles have had to be adjusted due to COVID-19.
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Local high school Percussion Festival held at River Campus (3/3/21)Local high school percussion ensemble students had the opportunity to participate in a Percussion Festival at Southeast Missouri State University’s River Campus.
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Two Nights as an All-Star: How BB King’s club jump started a music career (2/19/21)In June 2017, Mark McCutchen stood at a street corner in New Orleans with his wife Philippa, posing to recreate his parents’ honeymoon photo from decades prior.
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Come Down Heavy: a Valentine's Day recital (2/18/21)On Feb. 14, Assistant Professor of Upper Strings Sophia Han, Assistant Professor of Saxophone Zach Stern and Director of Choral Activities Barb Lamont performed together in a “recital of star-crossed lovers of the musical world,” which promised to be “a romantic afternoon,” according to a description on semoevents.com.
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Annual Family Holiday Concert decks the hall at Academic (12/4/20)The 13th Annual Percussion Ensemble’s Family Holiday Concert used music to spread holiday cheer once again this year.
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Taking time to Cellax: Shuck Recital Hall introduces new duo (11/20/20)Cello and saxophone are two instruments not commonly played together. However, when the two are professionally played together, they can create beautiful music. At the River Campus, a new duo called Cellax played and proved the cello and saxophone together can be beautiful.
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"Press Rewind" brought about a night of Jazz favorites (10/20/20)Jazz, both smooth and driving, filled the Donald C. Bedell Performance Hall on Oct. 15.
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Symphony Orchestra plays Mozart’s music through special face coverings (10/2/20)Shuck Recital Hall welcomed an audience to hear samples from Southeast’s Symphony Orchestra on Sept. 20. The event featured woodwind, brass, low brass and percussion instruments.
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Let’s talk VMAs (9/4/20)If you have a Twitter account, you’ve probably heard about MTV’s Video Music Awards that happened over the weekend. Despite a worldwide pandemic, the show must go on, right? COVID-19 changed things a bit — including the use of social distancing and masks as an accessory — but celebrities still served looks while accepting hard-earned awards.
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The show goes on for Grand Opening (3/31/20)The Southeast Missouri-based band plays heartland and classic rock tunes for audiences over Facebook Live, a service that may help alleviate quarantine boredom.
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All Rhodes lead to somewhere (1/3/20)When it comes to local music, Cape Girardeau is not short on talent. A new duo has added their name to the scene. Seniors Dylan Rainbolt and Christian Prost, otherwise known as House of Rhodes, are a local band.
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Tunes at Twilight kicks off fall series (8/20/19)Taking the stage in dark denim overalls and bare feet, the personification of bluegrass and rock ‘n’ roll brings music and memories to the crowds gathered at the first Tunes at Twilight concert of the fall season.
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Shipyard Music and Cultural Festival prepares for return (4/16/19)Downtown Cape is welcoming back Shipyard Music and Cultural Festival as a two-day event Sept. 27 and 28 in and around Ivers Square. The festival on Friday night and Saturday include national touring acts, visual arts and a wide variety of food and beverage. Local food vendors will offer a limited-item menu to serve guests quickly and efficiently...
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Kane Brown Takes Over Cape Girardeau on Live Forever Tour (3/4/19)Country artists Kane Brown, Granger Smith and Jimmie Allen performed Friday, March 1 at the Show Me Center for Brown’s Live Forever Tour. Black curtains went up around the stage at the start of Kane Brown’s set. The crowd hushed as a guitar riff swelled and the background screen began to flash in red and white. The curtains dropped to reveal Brown elevated on a flashing platform in a green jacket and sparkling black jeans...
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Jazz composer Mike Tomaro teaches Jazz clinics during Jazz festival (2/5/19)Southeast students in the music department were in for a weekend filled with jazz, Feb. 1 and 2, as they got the chance to learn jazz concepts directly from renowned composer and arranger Mike Tomaro at the River Campus. Four sessions were held in total, two on Friday and two on Saturday. The attendees comprised mostly of high school students from 27 high schools in the surrounding region and St. Louis...
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Noir Daze brings a new sound to town (12/3/18)Local and original music in Cape Girardeau typically lends itself to some form of punk, southern or alternative rock, but in the last year a new sound has emerged on the landscape that is different from what audiences are used to. Psychedelic, electronic and “indie” are a few of the classifications assigned to Noir Daze, the project of 23-year-old Southeast freshman Nik Scarpaci. ...
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The Southeast Glee Club shows out Again (11/5/18)For those who just enjoy singing, The Southeast Glee Club provided an opportunity to perform Saturday, Nov. 3, at the University Center. “The Glee Club is made up of people who don’t have a choir type voice, but we have a passion for music and singing,” Small said...
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Percussion Ensemble rises to the occasion at fall concert (10/29/18)The Percussion Ensemble performed in their fall concert Tuesday, Oct. 23, featuring both ensemble and chamber music. Southeast junior Alisah Coots, majoring in music education, played in seven out of eight of the songs, mostly on the marimba. Coots was one of three women in the ensemble, but the only woman who played in the majority of the songs...
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A Sonic Journey: River Campus recital reunites a mentor and mentee (10/9/18)Love for the French horn brought together two professors from across the country for a performance, Oct 4, at River Campus. Dr. Nicholas Kenney, assistant professor of horn and assistant director to the athletic bands at Southeast, put together a program of modern pieces with the help of his friend and mentor Dr. Alan F. Mattingly, professor of horn at the university of Nebraska...
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Isabella: local band plays Shakers Sept. 29, new member, new music (9/24/18)In their third show in more than a year, Isabella will return to a familiar venue this month to premiere new songs and kick off another phase in the band's journey.
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Shipyard Music Festival makes wave in downtown Cape (9/24/18)Shipyard Festival, a daylong event on Saturday Sept. 22 featuring seven nationally touring bands looked to create a unique experience and grow the footprint of Cape Girardeau according to event planner, and creative director of rustmedia Jeff Rawson...
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Tunes at Twilight 0817 (8/21/18)Ivers Square filled up with community members for the second Tunes at Twilight concert of the Fall series as national slide guitar champion Kraig Kenning performed.
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Chance the Champion (8/20/18)“I was not made for this, this was made for me, and it’s gonna work out,” boasts Chance the Rapper, on one of his newest singles, “Work Out.” The song comes from a package of four separate singles dropped by the Chicago artist July 19. “Work Out,” “Wala Cam,” "65th & Ingleside,” and “I Might Need Security” came just in time for the late summer release train and all capture a different view of Chano’s talents, life, and tastes while staying unflinchingly authentic to the style he always has flaunted.. ...
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Review: Kendrick Lamar's 'Black Panther' soundtrack (3/22/18)Kendrick Lamar's "Black Panther" soundtrack has received almost as much acclaim as the film itself. What makes it so powerful? Black excellence.
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A marathon of a read, don’t be a square, and in the words of Sammy Hagar: Tell ‘em It’s gonna be another Rock ‘n’ Roll weekend (3/1/18)In need of rad plans this weekend that don’t involve being the oldest person in the bar? Look no further, here’s the low-down on live music in downtown Cape Girardeau March 3 and 4. Saturday night is the hottest option with three shows at a few of my favorite establishments...
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A reunion of punk rock (2/20/18)The CGMO Rock Show at the Hangout Feb. 17 brought four local bands together for a night of original punk music.
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Cara Louise Band set for 'weekend run' to play The Rude Dog Pub with The Big Idea (2/8/18)The Cara Louise Band, who's front woman is a former Southeast student, will play The Rude Dog Pub on Feb. 9 with their old friends The Big Idea.
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Sit Down and Shut Up (A Night of Songs) songwriter's round at Port Cape (2/6/18)Four songwriters share their music with a packed audience Feb. 3 at Port Cape Yacht Club.
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Cultural Arts Center erupts with the sounds of Clark Terry/ Phi Mu Alpha Jazz Festival (2/6/18)The River Campus’ Cultural Arts Center erupted with the sound of the 20th annual Clark Terry/Phi Mu Alpha Jazz Festival on Feb. 2-3. High-school jazz bands from across the state competed during throughout the weekend in Bedell Performance Hall, while professional trombonist Andre Hayward taught improvisation clinics for college students...
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Music students, educators and professionals to unite for 20th Annual Clark Terry/Phi Mu Alpha Jazz Festival (2/1/18)The River Campus will host all levels of jazz musicianship, for a weekend of learning and appreciation of the genre.
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Bootheel Bluegrass Festival brings music to Bavarian Halle (1/30/18)The Bootheel Bluegrass festival returned to the Bavarian Halle for a weekend of music from the soul.
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Open-mic and jam night debuted Wednesday night at Ragsdales (1/26/18)More than a dozen local performers took the stage Wednesday night at Ragsdales, at the corner of Broadway and Water Street, for the debut of the area’s newest open-mic and jam night. The event began at 8 p.m. and ran well past midnight with a huge variety of genres from hip-hop and poetry, to comedians and singer/songwriters...
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Dirt Band founder talks 50 years of gigging (1/22/18)*Editor's Note: This story first appeared in the Southeast Missourian newspaper. Solo artist, producer and founding member of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, John McEuen has thrived in the music industry for more than half a century. But to hear him tell it, he has only just entered his prime...
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The Spill Canvas and other bands to perform live at Mixing 10 (12/1/17)Two local bands will open for The Spill Canvas’ national tour with WILD and Super Whatevr at Mixing 10 on Friday. This will be the 21st performance of the tour, which started on Oct. 12th. The tour celebrates the 10 year anniversary of The Spill Canvas’ third studio album, “No Really, I’m Fine.” The album features songs such as “All Over You” and “The Truth”...
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Senior composition major hopes his music gives meaning to listeners (12/1/17)A recital is a requirement for the Bachelor of Music Degree. Southeast composition major Jesse Steele held his Senior Composition Recital on Thursday Nov. 30. Four pieces composed by him were performed by some of his classmates. His final piece was a musical tale for all...
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Local Band Tungsten Groove hosts album release party (11/28/17)Local band The Tungsten Groove launched a new album with a release party Friday night at the Rude Dog Pub in downtown Cape Girardeau. The band performed songs from their self-titled album for a packed venue. The six-piece band has a self-proclaimed Midwest rock-and-roll sound, complete with organs and harmonicas. Songs such as “Big Bear” and “Bad Timing” deliver to the listener their Midwest sound...
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Five area bands move to final round of battle to open for Spill-canvas (11/14/17)This weekend, Nov. 10 and 11, eight rising bands fought to advance to the final round of Mixing 10’s Battle of the Bands. The five bands that received the most crowd support in round one will take the stage again at Mixing 10 Nov. 25 for the final round...
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Cape bands to host free original music show (11/13/17)Five local acts — Tim Godlove, The Big Idea, Guy Morgan and the FT Crew, BEEF, and the Scatterguns — will be performing from 8 p.m. to 1 a.m. at Mixing Ten Nov. 18. The “No Cover Show” will feature all original music, local talent and no cover charge...
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Fall for Dance returns to River Campus (11/13/17)Autumn is in full swing on Southeast’s campus, and Fall for Dance is here again. The annual event from the River Campus Conservatory of Theatre and Dance will begin at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 15 through 18 and at 2 p.m. Nov. 19 in the Donald C. Bedell Performance Hall...