Kenyon Wilson Archives

Pomp and circumstance: Celebrating the sights and sounds of UTC commencement

May 5, 2024Peyton Schultz and Chuck Wasserstrom

Processionals, gonfalons and the “Imperial March.” The revelry of past University of Tennessee at Chattanooga commencements was back. For the first time since 2019, commencement at UTC was held without the restrictions of COVID-19 and McKenzie Arena renovations. Three ceremonies were held over two days starting Friday, May 3, with more than 1,300 undergraduates and nearly 300 graduate students presented for degrees.

Unlock your musical potential: Inside the success of UTC Music’s summer intensive conducting workshops

April 16, 2024Peyton Schultz

Taking place on the UTC campus during the weeks of June 10-14 and June 17-21, the UTC Summer Pedagogy and Conducting Institutes are for music educators and ensemble directors hoping to improve and refine their conducting and rehearsal techniques while learning from nationally and internationally recognized clinicians.

Two solo acts: Music, Theatre to operate own departments

January 5, 2024Chuck Wasserstrom

Thanks to programmatic innovations in both divisions, the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Department of Performing Arts is being dissolved and replaced with a pair of autonomous units. When students return to campus for the spring 2024 semester, they will come back to the Department of Theatre and the Department of Music.

Members of U.S. Marine Corps band to play and teach at UTC

September 7, 2023Shawn Ryan

From Thursday to Saturday, Sept. 14-16, the U.S. Marine Corps Forces Reserve Band will be at UTC to work with music students and present free concerts open to the public.

UTC to host summer institutes for music educators and ensemble directors

March 2, 2023UTC Communications and Marketing

Taking place on the UTC campus during the weeks of June 12-16 and June 19-23, the UTC Summer Pedagogy and Conducting Institutes are for music educators and ensemble directors who want to enhance and perfect their conducting and rehearsing techniques while studying from renowned clinicians.