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Composing for Percussion: 5 Questions with Yoshio Yamashita

Composing for Percussion: 5 Questions with Yoshio Yamashita

by cdeskilson | Dec 5, 2022 | 5 Questions, Honors thesis, J.William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences, Music

I started writing my pieces with the intention of having students experience the Etudes by playing together and being musically sensitive as part of an ensemble.

Tips: First Fail! A Survival Guide

Tips: First Fail! A Survival Guide

by cew003 | Jul 27, 2018 | Advice/Tips, German, Honors Staff, J.William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences, Music, Wellness

by Chelsea Hodge I’m originally from Berryville, Arkansas, a small town of about 5,000 people northeast of here. I grew up on a poultry farm – my dad raises chickens for Tyson. When I was 8 years old, I was the Carroll County Cow Chip Chucking Champion, which tells...
Singing in the City of the Dead

Singing in the City of the Dead

by Kendall Curlee | May 23, 2018 | Honors Passport/Pilgrimage, Music, Study Abroad

https://honorsblog.uark.edu/files/2018/05/Alyscamps_1-10fzlci.mp4 Susan Tucker, an Honors College Fellow on the pre-med track, has seized the chance to perform as part of Professor Nikola Radan’s pilgrim band on our Honors Passport: Pilgrimage trip through France and...

Can’t Get That Song Out of Your Head? You’re Not Alone

by | Nov 4, 2014 | Honors thesis, J.William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences, Music, Psychology, Research

Everybody’s experienced an earworm, and some of us are tormented by them regularly, but the topic has been under researched until recently. Guided by mentor Elizabeth Margulis, professor and director of the Music Cognition Lab, who recently published a book on...

Portrait of an Artist, Mid-Career: 5 Questions for Jura Margulis

by Nathan Smith | Mar 14, 2014 | 5 Questions, Careers, Events, J.William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences, Music, On Campus

Pianist Jura Margulis has won international acclaim for his compellingly communicative performances, as well as for the range of his tonal palette and his consummate virtuosity. He has performed around the world for 35 years and has recorded twelve CDs covering a wide...

5 Questions: Elizabeth France, B.A. in Drama & European Studies, summa cum laude, ’06

by Nathan Smith | Jan 8, 2013 | 5 Questions, Alumni Updates, Drama, J.William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences, Music

Born in Little Rock and raised in Russellville, Honors College alumna Elizabeth France recently returned home to Arkansas with husband Brian McCue after earning an M.F.A. in acting at the Catholic University in Washington, D.C. She’s currently working as the...
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