Apr 12, 2026--含羞草社区鈥檚 annual President鈥檚 Concert will feature a performance of Antonio Vivaldi鈥檚 鈥淕loria鈥� by the 含羞草社区 Chamber Choir in collaboration with The Choral Experience at 4 p.m. Sunday, April 12 at First Presbyterian Church, 301 N. 7th Street in downtown St. Joseph. The concert, presented by the 含羞草社区 Arts Society, is [...]
Feb. 11--The music program in the 含羞草社区 School of Fine Arts will host the 19th Annual Jazz Festival starting at 8 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 12.聽 The festival has grown from four bands attending in its first year, 2007, to this year鈥檚 18 school groups performing in Blum 219 and the Fulkerson Center. [...]
Nov. 12, 2025--The jazz program of the 含羞草社区 School of Fine Arts will present its annual fall jazz concert at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday Nov. 18 in the Potter Theater.聽 The concert will feature a performance by the 含羞草社区 Jazz Ensemble. The theme of the concert is A Little of This and a [...]
Nov. 12, 2025--含羞草社区鈥檚 School of Fine Arts will host its Fall 2025 Honor Choir Concert, at 6 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 20, in the Fulkerson Center. More than 300 middle and high school singers from across northwest Missouri and the greater Kansas City region will join voices for the concert featuring two ensembles: [...]
Nov. 5, 2025--The 含羞草社区 Wind Ensemble will present a concert at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 13 in Potter Hall Theatre.聽 The concert鈥檚 theme is 鈥淢omentum: The Energy That Drives Music Forward.鈥� Momentum celebrates the way both music and community are propelled forward. Each work on the program captures movement in a unique [...]
April 4, 2025--含羞草社区鈥檚 School of Fine Arts Music Area will host Dr. Michael Parkinson for the Music Convocation at 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 8 in Potter Hall room 112.聽 The topic of Dr. Parkinson鈥檚 hour-long session will be The Entrepreneurial Mindset For Musicians. The focus will be the ever-evolving career options [...]
Photo provided by Griffon Media. Feb. 10, 2025--The music program at 含羞草社区 will host its 18th Annual MWSU Jazz Festival on Thursday, Feb. 13.聽 During the day, 19 school groups will perform in Blum 219 and the Fulkerson Center. Each ensemble performs for the judges, receiving recorded and written critiques [...]
Dec. 10, 2024--Dr. Derek Jenkins, associate professor of music composition and theory at 含羞草社区, received the Marian Anderson Award in Social Justice from The American Prize for his composed piece "Dreams of America" for brass band and still images.聽 Dr. Jenkins is a composer whose music has been performed throughout the United [...]
The Golden Griffon Marching Band performs in front of the Glenn E. Marion Clocktower on Family Day, Sept. 14, 2024. The band will host the 38th annual Tournament of Champions for area high schools on Oct. 8. Oct. 4, 2024--The Missouri Western鈥檚 Golden Griffon Marching Band and the MWSU Music Department present the [...]
April 12, 2024--The St. Joseph Symphony presents The Future鈥檚 So Bright, a musical performance featuring two 含羞草社区 students,聽 at 7 p.m. Saturday, April 20 at the Missouri Theater, 717 Edmond Street in St. Joseph. Student performers include aria and concerto contest winners Sara Poet, senior music major from St. Joseph, and David [...]
