Ouachita School of Fine Arts

Guitarmeggedon 2017

Ouachita Sounds concert

Dr. Jack's Coffee House

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Don't miss tonight the OBU Steel Band concert featuring Tiger Steel and Pan Jouvet at 7:30 in the recital hall! Hear some of your Caribbean Favorites!

Ouachita Singers and Women’s Chorus concert set for May 2 - OBU News

Concert Choir by Ouachita Baptist University

Concert Choir concert tonight at 7:30pm in McBeth Recital Hall. Come see student conductors lead the choir in their own musical selections. Caroline Dunlap, Gideon Garcia, Margaret Geoffrion, Courtney Kelley, Morgan Reynolds, Elizabeth Shutter, Emily Weeden will conduct. Watch on Livestream https://livestream.com/obu/concertchoir2017

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Tonight don't miss the very special prism concert with all of The Ouachita bands perform a concert like nothing you've ever seen before! Tonight at 7:30 in jpac

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Don't miss OBU's production of Fiddler on the Roof! Only 2 more chances to see it tonight at 7:30 and tomorrow at 2:30 Photograph by Andy Henderson

Ouachita Professor Emerita Virginia Queen remembered for life of music and service Miss Virginia Queen, Professor Emerita of Music at Ouachita Baptist University, died Wednesday, March 29, at age 96. Miss Queen, who graduated from Ouachita in 1944 with Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Music degrees, also earned a Master of Music degree from the American Conservatory of Music in Chicago. She taught at Prescott High School and the Tennessee College for Women before joining the Ouachita music faculty in 1946. She retired in 1986 after 40 years of service at Ouachita. In recent years, she resided at Parkway Village in Little Rock. The Virginia Queen Piano Competition, which is named in her honor, will hold its 40th annual competition May 5 on the Ouachita campus. Miss Queen established the competition to encourage piano students to excel in their area of study. “Virginia Queen had a long and successful career teaching piano at Ouachita,” said Dr. Gary Gerber, dean of Ouachita’s School of Fine Arts. “Her love and devotion to her students, the faculty and the school made her a hallmark of Ouachita. The naming of the annual Virginia Queen Piano Competition is representative of the admiration Ouachita had for her and her teaching.” Dr. Charles Wright, Professor Emeritus of Music and retired dean of the School of Fine Arts, noted that “it has been my honor and blessing to know Virginia Queen for 62 years. She will be missed by all of us who had the privilege to know her and to serve with her. “I first met Miss Queen when I was a freshman at Ouachita Baptist College in 1955,” Dr. Wright recalled. “From that time forward she has been my friend, my music professor and my colleague for 32 years. She was an outstanding teacher who loved Ouachita and gave many years of her life in exemplary service to her students and to the university.” A memorial service will be held Thursday, April 6, at 10 a.m., at Parkway Village Chapel with Dr. Rex Horne, former president of Ouachita, officiating. Memorial gifts may be given to the Queen Piano Award Endowment Fund at Ouachita Baptist University.

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Don't miss tonight the spring Jazz band concert!! Free tonight at 7:30 in Jpac

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This Wednesday at 8pm you won't want to miss the world renown steel drum artist Liam Teague perform with OBU Steel Band, Wind Ensemble, Jazz Band and Percussion Ensemble! Tickets are free to students and $12 at the door!