Topic: Music
Leading a new kind of musical storytelling
Frost School faculty member and award-winning composer Shawn Crouch has been tapped to direct the innovative Miami music group IlluminArts.
A story of innovation and resilience that changed music education
A history of the achievements and creativity that have marked the Frost School of Music, an integral part of the University of Miami since its beginnings. This is one of a series of stories in "The U at 100," a special centennial edition of the University's Miami magazine.
Salzburg opera program celebrates 40th anniversary
The Frost School of Music's annual summer program for classical vocalists at Austria’s famed Salzburg music festival has been immersing singers in a transformative and inspiring musical experience for 40 years.
An Italian tour ‘opens the world’ for Frost School choral students
The Frost Chorale toured Italy this spring, performing to standing ovations in iconic historic and sacred spaces in what one student called “the trip of a lifetime.”
A groundbreaking new vision of a classic
Frost School associate professor Brian Powell’s decades-long quest to arrange Stravinsky’s famed “Pulcinella” for double bass expanded his artistry and the possibilities for his instrument.
Frost School donor listed in Time 100
Frost School Dean Shelton G. Berg offers insight on the brilliant Japanese musician Yoshiki, a frequent collaborator and Frost School donor who was named to the 2025 Time 100.
Music education graduate joins the Ivy League
A Frost School music education doctoral graduate triumphed in a competitive hiring process to earn a tenure-track position at New York's Columbia University.
Frost School Honored at MusicBiz 2025 with $20K Scholarship Award
The Frost School of Music at the University of Miami received a $20,000 scholarship from the Braylin Campbell Memorial Music Business Scholarship Foundation to support its Music Industry Micro-Grants Initiative at the 2025 MusicBiz Conference.
Scoring classical ballet – and a classic novel
Composing a score for a classical ballet based on the iconic American novel “The Great Gatsby” was a “transcendent” experience in musical storytelling for a Frost School doctoral student.
A new composer finds his own groove for classical music
New Frost School composition graduate Asher Lurie learned to combine wildly disparate forms of music into a unique vision that has earned him awards and a spot at an elite graduate program this fall.
A laboratory muse
A physics postdoctoral researcher and a musical composition graduate student found a way to merge their interests—through a concert inspired by tiny swimming coral larvae.
Summer Experience at the Frost School
Aspiring young music students find fun, inspiration, and new skills at the Frost Summer Experience camp, where they can study with leading Frost School faculty.
