Topic: Arts and Humanities
A perfect score for a prize-winning thesis
A music therapy student beat out older and more advanced competitors to became the first Frost School entrant to win the Three Minute Thesis competition.
New life for native park envisioned
Students in a Historic Preservation Studio in the University of Miami School of Architecture presented their projects for Fort Dallas Park during a final review.
Bigger, better, and back to rock you
Rock Symphonic, the ambitious Frost School student concert uniting pop-rock bands with a classical orchestra, returns next week. The massive event, created and produced entirely by students, was a huge success in its debut last year.
Spinning records and knowledge
Giovanni Hanna, a lecturer in the University of Miami Department of Biology, bridges the academic and artistic worlds in his own unique way, finding a balance that fuels his creativity and connection to the community. His shop, Fruit Fly Records, is located in Coral Gables.
“When the Crowd Wants More:” A Conversation with Ross Lynch
From Disney Channel to The Driver Era and everything in-between, a recap of Ross Lynch’s visit at the University of Miami.
High notes – and high numbers
A video of a Frost School masterclass where classical vocal student Haojin Mo soars to dazzling heights has racked up an equally astonishing number of views on social media. Teacher Jennifer Rowley has a theory on why.
Q&A with viral sensation and star of “The Office! A Musical Parody”
Kayla Moore, B.S.C. ’19, opens up about going viral on TikTok, getting recognized on the street, and harnessing the power of social media.
Dolphins star Jaelan Phillips pays it forward musically
Former University of Miami Hurricane and Frost School of Music student Jaelan Phillips came to campus this weekend to surprise the teenage musicians studying audio engineering through his sponsorship of the Frost School’s MusicReach program.
Changing the world, one word at a time
April is National Poetry Month, and while poets and poetry lovers the world over are celebrating the buzz for the craft they revere, for many the genre is a Rubik’s cube, a baffling, arcane puzzle.
Shaping the University of Miami’s artistic landscape
The official unveiling of the sculpture Lady, a gift from the Palley family, prominently enshrines their legacy of elevating the arts on the Coral Gables Campus.
Connecting with top educators teaching the next generation
The annual Super Teacher Weekend brings leading high school music educators to the Frost School campus to showcase the program’s benefits to potential applicants.
Health and well-being tips from the Middle Ages
A millennium before Tik-Tok and podcasts added an express lane to the self-help industry superhighway, “regimen sanitatis”—the genre of handwritten texts prescribing health and wellness tips—circulated during the late Middle Ages.
