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Memories of Music at Mizzou

MU School of Music

In the last 50 years, Dr. Bill Bondeson has held many roles at MU. The co-founder of MU's Friends of Music and former University Concert Series director reflected on what music at Mizzou has meant to him.

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Thomas McKenney reflects on 50 years at MU. The professor emeritus of music reflected recently on what brought him to MU in 1967, the changes in compositional technology and colleagues who influenced him during his half-century of service to the School of Music.
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Earl Coleman is a double alumnus of the MU School of Music. Now a faculty member at Georgia's Columbus State University, the Springfield, Missouri native recently recalled his time at MU for an episode of Mizzou Music.

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University of Southern Mississippi music faculty Greg Fuller recalls growing up and making music Jefferson City and his memories of earning two music degrees at MU.

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Dr. Margaret Merrion talked with Classical 90.5's Trevor Harris about the connections and encouragement that she got during her time teaching in the MU School of Music.
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University of Saskatchewan faculty member Dr. Glen Gillis earned his PhD at MU. Gillis discussed his memories of Mizzou during a recent MU School of Music centennial interview.
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Ray Herbert recalls his experience teaching and performing piano across the Missouri during the years he spent in Columbia as a Professor of Piano. Herbert was a guest on Mizzou Music during this, the centennial year of the MU School of Music.

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Warrensburg native and Canadian Brass co-founder Eugene Watts reflects on his musical career including his time spent in Columbia in pursuit of his music degree.

Listen for additional MU School of Music centennial interviews on our original show, Mizzou Music. The program airs each Wednesday at 6:00 p.m. on Classical 90.5. 

Trevor serves as KBIA’s weekday morning host for classical music. He has been involved with local radio since 1990, when he began volunteering as a music and news programmer at KOPN, Columbia's community radio station. Before joining KBIA, Trevor studied social work at Mizzou and earned a masters degree in geography at the University of Alabama. He has worked in community development and in urban and bicycle/pedestrian planning, and recently served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Zambia with his wife, Lisa Groshong. An avid bicycle commuter and jazz fan, Trevor has cycled as far as Colorado and pawed through record bins in three continents.