November 2021

  • School of Music alumnus named recipient of Willard J. Hines Music Scholarship

    KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Brandon Bell (MM, ‘17), an alumnus of the University of Tennessee School of Music graduate program in voice, has been named one of two 2021 recipients of the premier scholarship in vocal performance.  The scholarship was named in honor Willard J. Hines, a Detroit Choir director-educator.  The scholarship committee, composed of his former…

  • School of Music Alumnus Wins Latin Grammy for Best Engineered Album

    For Delbert Bowers, it was an honor just to be nominated.  But the win is nice, too.  His path to the Latin Grammy win (Best Engineered Album, for his work on El Madrileño by C. Tangana) is a rather unusual one.  He graduated from the University of Tennessee with an undergraduate degree in trumpet performance, then…

  • UT Professor of Musicology co-edits book on medieval French gender and voice

    KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – A new book co-edited by School of Music Professor of Musicology Rachel May Golden analyzes gender and voice in medieval French literature and song.  It’s a project that merges a variety of different perspectives from a wide range of disciplines – one that Golden believes will aid in granting a fuller understanding of…