The KU Department of Music & Dance presents the University of Kansas Clarinet Festival on Sunday, March 9, 2008, from 11:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. This event will take place in Swarthout Recital Hall, Murphy Hall.

At 3 PM Sunday, April 20, Betty Austin Hensley will perform "Flutesong on the Kansas Prairie" in the Spencer Museum of Art's Central Court. She will play the work on concert flute and on several instruments from her collection, Flutes of the World. Betty Austin Hensley's Flutes of the World comprises a wide variety of wind instruments from several different countries. A reception will follow the performance.

Drawn from the Spencer's permanent collection, Make a Mark: Art of the 1960s shows the many approaches to color, form, gesture, and layering that occupied artists in this pivotal decade. The exhibition will be on view through June 1, 2008.

Many artists in the wake of the postwar years turned to a profound examination of Japanese history, tradition and society as both a means for self-critique and cultural regeneration. This process of "re-imagining" Japan during the postwar period took on many forms.

The University of Kansas Department of Music & Dance is pleased to present a recital featuring the low brass works of Rodger Vaughan, a KU alum and renowned composer, originally from Pretty Prairie, Kansas. This recital will be presented by members of the KU faculty, KU music students and members of the Fountain City Brass Band of Kansas City, and is a part of the Murphy Hall 50th anniversary celebration.

Resounding Spirit traces the pioneering use of abstract art by Japanese artists from the late 1950s to the early 1970s, a period characterized by innovation and a growing awareness of international currents in the art world. Abstract painting—one of the most significant artistic movements of the 20th century—was a worldwide phenomenon.

Atleast nine people have succumbed to the snowstorm that blustered through the Midwest region of the Unites States and left thousands of homes and businesses without electricity.

Resounding Spirit traces the pioneering use of abstract art by Japanese artists from the late 1950s to the early 1970s, a period characterized by innovation and a growing awareness of international currents in the art world. Abstract painting—one of the most significant artistic movements of the 20th century—was a worldwide phenomenon.

A group of students from Kansas University's Department of Design will travel to central Mexico in January to study and explore design and architecture.

In a collaboration between the School of Fine Arts and the Office of the Vice Provost for Research, the works of three Department of Art faculty members are on display at the Multidisciplinary Research Building (MRB) on KU's Lawrence West Campus.

Joyce Castle, professor of voice at the University of Kansas, is featured on the new release “Flesh & Stone: Songs of Jake Heggie,” a recording of Heggie’s works that includes “Statuesque,” the song cycle commissioned by KU for Castle.

Twyla Tharp’s Torelli headlines the University Dance Company’s 2007 fall concerts. Tharp came to national prominence with her choreography for the films Hair and Amadeus and the Broadway shows Singing in the Rain and Movin’ Out.