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Welcome to the School of Music!

If you are passionate about the art and craft of music, we share that passion. Established in 1908, the OU School of Music has been helping students pursue their musical and academic dreams for more than a century. Combining a world-class faculty and staff, state of the art facilities, and a comprehensive array of inspiring performance and academic opportunities, we invite you to join us as we aspire to create the musical future.

¡Bienvenidos a la Escuela de Música!

Si te apasiona el arte y oficio de la música, compartimos esa pasión. Establecida en 1908, la Escuela de Música de la OU ha estado ayudando a los estudiantes a perseguir sus sueños académicos y musicales durante más de un siglo. Combinando un profesorado y personal de clase mundial, instalaciones vanguardistas y una amplia gama de oportunidades académicas y para realizar presentaciones inspiradoras, te invitamos a unirte a nosotros mientras aspiramos a crear el futuro musical.

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Information for Prospective Students

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Events & Announcements

See our Event Calendar page for more information about upcoming events.

Feb 11 - Starr Parodi

2022 and 2023 GRAMMY® Winning pianist, composer, and producer. Has written the scores to the movies or trailers of hundreds of Hollywood's most iconic films including James Bond, Harry Potter, Star Wars: Rogue One, Star Trek - Nemesis, Mission: Impossible, Braveheart, X-Men, is a Gold Record recording artist, has had her work featured on NPR and BBC.

Schedule of Public and Free events
  • Feb 10 - 10:00am in Catlett 109 - Jazz History Lecture
  • Feb 10 - 11:00am in Catlett 109 - Aural Skills/Music Theory Lecture
  • Feb 11 - 12:00pm in Catlett 116 - Resonance Q&A
Examples of work

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Feb 27-28 - Tre Nagella

4x GRAMMY®-winning and 2025 GRAMMY®-Nominated Producer, Mixer, and Engineer for Taylor Swift, Lady Gaga, Ed Sheeran, Travis Scott, Christina Aguilera, Snoop Dogg, Kirk Franklin, Blake Shelton, Neil Patrick Harris, Lin Manuel Miranda, Sting, and many more. Additionally, he has written hundreds of pieces of commercial music for some of the largest companies in the world, including Apple, Samsung, and Ford. Tre serves on the Board of Directors for the Record Academy (Grammys) as a Governor.

Schedule of Public and Free events
  • Feb 27 - 9:00am in Catlett 109 - Music in Culture Lecture
  • Feb 27 - 10:30am in Catlett 006A - Advanced Orchestration Lecture
  • Feb 27 - 1:30pm in Catlett 101 (Pitman Hall) - Resonance Q&A
  • Feb 28 - 10:00am in Catlett 109 - Jazz History Lecture
  • Feb 28 - 11:00am in Catlett 242 - American Pop Music Lecture
  • Feb 28 - 2:30pm in Catlett 101 (Pitman Hall) - Voice Recording Masterclass
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Summer Jazz Collective
June 17-21, 2025

The University of Oklahoma Jazz Program in collaboration with Jazz in June presents the most rewarding jazz education experience in Oklahoma, the "Summer Jazz Collective" Project, or SJC!

This experience includes a five-day camp at the University of Oklahoma where participants work with OU faculty and the Jazz in June headliners! The camp involves rehearsals, sectionals, masterclasses, a jam session, and VIP seating at the Jazz in June festival. Then on the final night of the three-day festival, the SJC band will open for the festival headliner. In fact, all campers who perform at the concert receive a $100 honorarium from Jazz in June!

For more details, visit the page linked below. Audition videos must be submitted by March 1.

More Information and Audition

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Apr 21-22 - Quantum Blues Quartet ft. Paul Shaffer, Will Calhoun, Jamaaladeen Tacuma, and Tisziji Muñoz

Paul Shaffer - Partner and Musical Director for David Letterman's entire 33-year career spanning over 6000 shows, Saturday Night Live's first Musical Director and Pianist (Seasons 1-5), Band Leader of Blues Brothers with Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi, member of the Honeydrippers with Robert Plant, Jeff Beck, and Jimmy Page, Musical Director for Paul McCartney, Musical Director for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame since its inception in 1986, has recorded or performed with hundreds of legendary musicians including James Brown, Bob Dylan, B. B. King, Miles Davis, Willie Nelson, Chuck Berry, Ray Charles, Cher, Yoko Ono, Diana Ross, and Earl Scruggs.

Will Calhoun - Drummer for Living Colour, B. B. King, Rolling Stones, Mick Jagger, Paul Simon, Harry Belafonte, The Allman Brothers, Jaco Pastorius, Steve Vai, Mike Stern, Public Enemy, Voted "Best New Drummer" by Modern Drummer, "Best Drummer of 1990" by Rolling Stone, and "Best progressive Drummer" three times.

Jamaaladeen Tacuma - Bassist for Sting, The Roots, Carlos Santana, Jeff Beck, Dave Matthews Band, Ornette Coleman, Sheryl Crow, Brad Paisley, Derek Bailey, Peter Murphy

Tisziji Muñoz - Guitarist for Pharoah Sanders, Ravi Coltrane, John Medeski, Rashied Ali, McCoy Tyner, Dave Liebman

Schedule of public events
  • April 21 - 7:30pm in Catlett 104 (Sharp Hall) - OU Jazz Bands ft. Paul Shaffer (TICKETED EVENT)
  • April 22 - 8:00pm in Reynold's Performing Arts Center Holmberg Hall - Quantum Blues Quartet Concert (TICKETED EVENT)
  • Masterclasses, lectures, and Resonance Q&A schedule TBA

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Conducting and Teaching Workshop - June 4-6, 2025

Participants must apply by February 16. Observers may register through May 17.

More details and registration

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