McKendree University

Seven McKendree music education majors took to the stage to conduct one piece of music each during McKendree's 2024 Student Conductor and Beginning Band Day concert on both Monday, Feb. 19 and Tuesday, Feb. 20 at the Hett on campus.

Five music majors performed during McKendree University's Music Majors Honors Recitals on Tuesday, Feb. 13 at Bothwell Chapel.

McKendree University band and choir students took to the stage to present "A McKendree Christmas!" on Friday, Dec. 1 at the Hettenhausen Center for the Arts. The concert, which was livestreamed, featured performances from the concert choir, chamber choir, wind ensemble and concert band.

McKendree University senior Brad Eston gave his senior recital on Wednesday, Nov. 29 at Bothwell Chapel.

Students in McKendree University's concert band, wind ensemble, percussion ensemble, jazz ensemble, and jazz combo participated in McKendree's Fall Instrumental Showcase Concert on Wednesday, Nov. 15 at the Hettenhausen Center for the Arts.

McKendree University senior Vladimir Puskovitch gave his senior percussion recital on Tuesday, Nov. 7 at the Hettenhausen Center for the Arts.

Students in McKendree University's Concert Choir, Chamber Choir, Concert Band and Wind Ensemble participated in McKendree's Music Department Showcase Concert on Monday, Oct. 9 at the Hettenhausen Center for the Arts.

Students in the McKendree University jazz ensemble participated in a jazz festival performance on Wednesday, May 3 at the Hettenhausen Center for the Arts. Sixty students from 24 local junior high and high schools also participated.

McKendree University's students performed Cinderella Waltz, a play by American playwright Don Nigro, from Nov. 3-5 at the Hettenhausen Center for the Arts on campus.

McKendree University band students participated in the wind ensemble, percussion ensemble, and concert band spring performance on Thursday, April 27 at the Hettenhausen Center for the Arts.

McKendree University senior Julian Castillo gave his senior percussion recital on Thursday, April 6 at 7:30 p.m. at the Hettenhausen Center for the Arts.

McKendree University senior Jade Heuer gave her student percussion recital on Tuesday, April 4 at noon at the Hettenhausen Center for the Arts.

McKendree Theatre performed "Silent Sky," the true story of 19th-century astronomer Henrietta Leavitt, March 30-April 2 at the Hettenhausen Center for the Arts on campus.

Students in McKendree University's Chamber Choir took to the stage on Friday, March 24 to perform a concert featuring female composers, arrangers and poets.

McKendree University band and choir students took to the stage to present "A McKendree Christmas!" on Friday, Dec. 2 at the Hettenhausen Center for the Arts. The concert, which was livestreamed, featured performances from the concert choir, Chamber Choir, wind ensemble and concert band.

McKendree Theatre presents "Months on End" by Craig Pospisil at the Hettenhausen Center for the Arts, November 11-13.

Students in McKendree University's Concert Choir and Chamber Choir participated in McKendree's fifth-annual Fall Choral Invitational on Thursday, Oct. 20 at the Hettenhausen Center for the Arts. This year, the event featured students from Edwardsville High School, Marquette Catholic High School and Mascoutah High School, along with guest composer and conductor Ryan Main. The McKendree University Chamber Choir performed "Lirum, Lirum" by Thomas Morley, "Wide Open Spaces" by Sarah Quartel and "Singing, Bring Me" by Ryan Main. The McKendree University Concert Choir performed "Inveniam Viam" by Ryan Main, "All Things New" by Elaine Hagenberg and "Verduron." Both choirs were under the direction of Dr. John McDonald, director of choirs, and accompanied by Melissa Ray on piano.

McKendree University band students in the wind ensemble, concert band, jazz combo, and jazz ensemble performed on the evening of Wednesday, Oct. 19 at the Hettenhausen Center for the Arts. The concert was free and open to the public.

McKendree University junior Samantha Elling gave her junior vocal recital on Tuesday, October 18 at noon in Bothwell Chapel. Melissa Ray, instrumental and vocal accompanist, accompanied Samantha on piano.

McKendree University band and choir students participated in the Fall 2022 Music Department Showcase Concert on Monday, Oct. 3 at the Hettenhausen Center for the Arts. The concert featured performances from the Wind Ensemble, Concert Band, Chamber Choir and Concert Choir.

The McKendree University Concert Choir took to the stage on April 29 to perform selections from the screen and stage during their concert "From Hollywood to Broadway."

Allison Carnell is currently presenting her works of art for her senior art exhibition at the McKendree Art Gallery from March 21 to April 8.

McKendree Theatre will present "The One-Act Play That Goes Wrong," a hilarious "whodunit?", March. 25-27 at the Hettenhausen Center for the Arts on campus.

Six music education majors wowed the crowd during an honors recital on the evening of Friday, Feb. 18 at the Hettenhausen Center for the Arts at McKendree University. These students were chosen by faculty to perform in this concert due to the progress they made and how well they performed last semester.

McKendree University junior Elizabeth Coady will be giving her junior vocal recital on Thursday, Oct. 28 at noon in Bothwell Chapel.

McKendree Theatre presents "Love/Sick," a collection of nine vignettes that explores what it means to be in love, Nov. 5-7 at the Hettenhausen Center for the Arts on campus. Performances are on Nov. 5 and 6 at 7:30 p.m. and Nov. 7 at 2:30 p.m. Admission is free for all McKendree students, faculty and staff.

Artwork by two McKendree University students is on display in the National Undergraduate Juried Exhibition, highlighting emerging contemporary artists at the Albrecht-Kemper Museum of Art in St. Joseph, Mo.

Art major Dea'Veon Harden-Smith invites you to view ordinary objects from a different perspective in "Big Man, Little World," his senior exhibition at the McKendree Gallery of Art.

For her senior art exhibition, Black Magic," McKendree University student Summer Brooks has created figures that represent the beauty of Black women.

Creative works by two McKendree University seniors will be part of the 25th annual Art Saint Louis invitational Varsity Art exhibit, March 5-April 1, featuring original works by students from 22 Missouri and Illinois colleges and universities.