Oklahoma Christian University students in Symphonic Band and Jazz Band will perform their annual Spring Band Concert April 7, followed by the Chamber Orchestra Concert April 14.Both concerts will begin at 2:30 p.m. in Hardeman Auditorium, located in the Garvey Center on the Oklahoma Christian campus. Admission to each performance is free.The Symphonic Band and Jazz Bands are currently traveling across Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas as part of their annual tour. The concert will feature select pieces...
Oklahoma Christian University will host a concert featuring the OC Chorale and Chamber Singers on Thursday at 7:30 pm in the Adams Recital Hall.The Chamber Singers will perform works from composers Veljo Tormis, Luca Marenzio, Stephen Foster and Billy Joel.The Chorale will feature works representing four musical periods, including pieces by Thomas Weelkes, W.A. Mozart, Paul Tschesnokoff and Dominick Argento. Stunning works for women's choir and men's choir will also be performed.Admission is ...
Oklahoma Christian University (OC) officials announced today that undergraduate tuition will not increase for the 2013-14 academic year. The cost of attendance for OC undergraduate students also stayed the same from 2011-12 to 2012-13. “Affordability is a big deal to us because affordability is a big deal to students and their families,” OC president John deSteiguer said. “Holding our total price is the right thing to do again because we want students to get a first-rate ...
A medley from “Les Miserables” will be among the selections at Oklahoma Christian University’s annual Winter Instrumental Concert on Feb. 10. The free concert featuring the university’s instrumental groups starts at 2:30 p.m. in OC’s Hardeman Auditorium. OC’s Symphonic Band will perform the “Les Miserables” medley along with Frank Ticheli’s “Nitro” and the Goldman March “On the Mall.” The university’s Jazz ...
Halie Hilburn is "going to Hollywood" on American Idol after she advanced out of the Oklahoma City auditions.
The Oklahoma Christian University alumna's audition aired on American Idol's January 31 broadcast. It featured both Halie (Swan) and her "dog" Oscar, who unfortunately didn't get a thumbs up from American Idol's resident "dawg," Randy Jackson, or fellow judges Mariah Carey, Keith Urban or Nicki Minaj.
Halie, a 2008 OC graduate, hails from Vernon, Texas. Thanks to "HumanSlinky" for ...
The Oklahoma Christian University Music Department will present the 24th-annual Valentine Cabaret dinner theater Feb. 14-16.
This year’s Cabaret theme is “Hooray for Love: Highlights from the Great American Songbook.” Fourteen pieces written by George Gershwin, Cole Porter, Rodgers and Hart, Duke Ellington, Harold Arlen and Burt Bacharach will be performed. Classics include “The Man I Love,” “I Got It Bad (And That Ain’t Good),” and “If I ...
Oklahoma Christian University’s 36th-annual holiday gift to the community, “Cocoa and Carols,” will feature a masterwork by the Baroque composer, Claudio Monterverdi, as well as much-loved Christmas music.
This year’s event will be on Tuesday, Dec. 4 at 7 p.m. in Hardeman Auditorium, located in the Garvey Center on the OC campus. Admission is free.
A wide variety of holiday selections will be performed by more than 200 students and faculty of OC’s Department of ...
Oklahoma Christian University will celebrate the holiday season with its fifth-annual Winter Wonderland Week, beginning with the Lighting of the Commons on Nov. 27.
The free family event includes pictures with Santa, live music, and horse-drawn carriage rides from 6 to 8 p.m. This will be the first Lighting of the Commons under OC’s new president, John deSteiguer.
The holiday theme will continue Nov. 29 through Dec. 1 as OC’s theater program presents ...
Oklahoma Christian University’s Department of Music will feature world-renowned jazz organist Tony Monaco in a pair of free events next week.
A jazz recital at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 13 in the Adams Recital Hall will feature Monaco, guitarist Mitch Bell, drummer Willie Peterson and saxophonist Dr. Heath Jones.
Jones, a professor of music at Oklahoma Christian, has played saxophone with the Temptations, the Four Tops, Frankie Avalon, Jim Neighbors, Leslie Gore, and the Oklahoma City ...
The Oklahoma Christian University Chorale and Chamber Singers will perform their Fall Concert on Thursday, Nov. 8 at 7:30 p.m. in the Adams Recital Hall.
The concert will feature works by the great Renaissance composers, Thomas Weelkes, and Giovanni Palestrina, followed by selections from the rich, Russian music heritage.
The Chorale will close the event with two inspiring spirituals from the great American choral literature.
Admission is free.
Oklahoma Christian University’s three colleges honored distinguished alumni on Friday.
The special ceremonies were part of OC’s annual Homecoming weekend. The honorees were:
College of Arts and Sciences
Scott Filleman (05) - MusicAmanda Gauthier (11) - NursingJennifer Hill (94) - Psychology and Family StudiesRussell Hill (93) - History and Political ScienceLisa Landrum (89) - Biological SciencesDana McMichael (83) - Language and LiteratureBrian Simmons (87) - CommunicationRoy Stevens...
Following on the heels of last year’s acclaimed production of Beauty and the Beast, Oklahoma Christian University will feature Seussical as its annual Homecoming Musical on Nov. 1-3. Each of the three performances will begin at 8 p.m. in OC’s Hardeman Auditorium. Tickets cost $15, with discounts for groups, senior citizens, and OC students, faculty and staff. Tickets can be purchased on weekdays at the OC Box Office or by calling (405) 425-5540. Co-conceived by Lynn Ahrens, Stephen...
Former Miss America Susan Powell will perform at Oklahoma Christian University with the Oklahoma Community Orchestra on Tuesday, Oct. 16 at 7:30 p.m.
Powell's performance and the world premiere of a fanfare by Oklahoma composer Callen Clarke highlight the opening concert of the orchestra's 2012-13 season, to be held in OC's Hardeman Auditorium.
Since her year as Miss America in 1981, Powell has performed in theatres, opera houses and concert halls all over the ...
Scott Filleman, a 2005 Oklahoma Christian University graduate, is doing a tremendous work in his role as band director at Santa Fe South Schools in Oklahoma City.
He took a band that began with no budget and just a few working instruments in 2007 and built it into a program with more than 300 student musicians from fourth through 12th grade.
That would be a success story anywhere. But almost all of Santa Fe South’s students come from impoverished families that qualify for free or reduced-...
By Radina Gigova & Erica Smith, originally published in Edmond Outlook
Fighting poverty is a noble and often challenging mission. Sizable accomplishments require time, dedication and a good strategy.
David Bowden knows this firsthand. The vice president of local nonprofit Give a Goat recently returned from his second trip to the Philippines, where he and his wife, Meagan, connected with those who need their help the most.
“I have been working with Give a Goat for over two years,”...
