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Indigenous Peoples Day Performances and Presentations this Monday!

The Indigenous Faculty and Staff Alliance’s 10th annual Indigenous Peoples Day this Monday, October 13th from 10:00am-3:30pm online and 4:00-5:30pm in person with a theatrical performance in the Purple Masque Theatre.

MTD NewsOctober 11, 2025

Multicolored prototypes of "The Bassoon Buddy". White, pink, rainbow, purple, brown, red, and blue options

Faculty Music News Featured

Music Professor Launches New Product

KSU Bassoon Teaching Associate Professor Dr. Susan Gustavson Maxwell is launching a new product, called the "Bassoon Buddy" and is Patent Pending. It is a Bassoon Training Tool that can be used by professionals, educators and students alike.

Dylan DeanOctober 6, 2025

Alumni Theatre News

K-State Alum in Award Winning Short Film

K-State Theatre alum and current Creighton University/Metro College Faculty member Darrick Silkman was recently featured in the award-winning short film "Bobby Haden Church: Brother Number 2." The short took home the prize for "Best Mockumentary" at the Lady Filmmakers Festival in Beverly Hills, CA. Darrick was also nominated for Best…

Dylan DeanOctober 6, 2025

Theatre News

KCACTF Kudos

Congratulations to the entire team of Tigers Be Still for a terrific production! We were excited to host a respondent from the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival (KCACTF), a national program celebrating and developing college theater, for our K-State Theatre production of Tigers Be Still. While the respondent agreed…

Joelle Arp-DunhamSeptember 30, 2025

Faculty Current Students Theatre

KSTO Day is Almost Here!

Info about Workshops, T-shirts & what KSTO Day is can be found below. KSTO shirts with the new logo are ready to order! Here is the link to the order form! Please order by October 6th and pay ASAP, either by Venmo or Cash to a KSTO member. We kindly…

Joelle Arp-DunhamSeptember 25, 2025

Music Alumni Theatre News Featured

Music Alumna Celebrates Album Release of Award-Winning, One-Woman Musical “My 80-Year Old Boyfriend”

Joy Machine Records will release the original cast recording of the award-winning one-woman musical My 80-Year-Old Boyfriend on October 17 and celebrate with an album launch party in New York City on October 21. Written by Christian Duhamel (Kleban Award winner for Most Promising Musical Theatre Librettist for his work…

MTD NewsSeptember 22, 2025

Faculty Music News Featured

String Faculty Members Found “Chamber Music Kansas” Series

Over 150 guests enjoyed the series kickoff concert of Chamber Music Kansas on Sunday, Sept. 21. Hosted by historic Union Hall downtown, the program featured string chamber works by W.A. Mozart, Kenji Bunch and P.I. Tchaikovsky. Students from the Manhattan High School Chamber Orchestra gave a prelude performance under the…

MTD NewsSeptember 22, 2025

Theatre News Opportunities

Ushers Needed for Tigers Be Still

The box office team is looking for ushers for Tigers Be Still. Shows are the 25th, 26th, and 27th at 7:30 pm and the 28th at 2:30 in Chapman Theater. Ushers should wear concert black and arrive 1 hour before the show begins. Working as an usher will also earn…

Dylan DeanSeptember 22, 2025

Music News Featured Guests Performances

Renowned Jazz Musician Bria Skonberg to Visit K-State

Canadian singer, trumpeter, songwriter, arranger, and bandleader Bria Skonberg will give masterclasses for K-State students and faculty on Monday, September 22 at 10:30-12:20 in McCain Room 201. Winner of the 2017 Juno Award for Vocal Jazz Album of the Year, the Wall Street Journal described her as "one of the…

MTD NewsSeptember 19, 2025

Faculty Music News

Weinert published in Update: Applications of Research in Music Education

Dr. Peter Weinert recently published an article in Update: Applications of Research in Music Education titled “A Survey of Individual Practice Requirements in K–12 Band and Orchestra Instruction.”

Dylan DeanSeptember 2, 2025