Fall 2018 Rewind: Longtime Oklahoma musician JD McPherson hosted a masterclass Oct. 26, 2018, to a capacity audience at ACM@UCO Performance Lab in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
Photos: JD McPherson Masterclass with Scott Booker
Spotlight: Hear New Music From ACM-Tied Act Love Seats
Love Seats is musical project created by Ashton Gary and Ethan Wilcox, based out of Oklahoma City. The indie-rock duo specializes in writing melancholic guitar pop songs with lush orchestration and recording them to tape.
Photos: Mac DeMarco and Leotie at ACM@UCO Performance Lab
Fall 2018 Rewind: Indie musician Mac DeMarco performed Nov. 1, 2018, to a sold-out audience at ACM@UCO Performance Lab in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. ACM@UCO-tied singer-songwriter Leotie, aka Caleb Starr, opened the Metro Music Series event.
Photos: Maps & Atlases and Magic Munchbox at ACM@UCO Performance Lab
Fall 2018 Rewind: Maps & Atlases perform with Magic Munchbox at ACM Performance Lab as part of the Academy of Contemporary Music at the University of Central Oklahoma's Metro Music Series.
Now Hear This: JD McPherson Performs Friday at Tower Theatre in OKC
In October, musician and singer-songwriter JD McPherson led an ACM@UCO masterclass at the school's Bricktown campus with Scott Booker, ACM executive director, in conjunction with the Oklahoma Film + Music Office as part of the ACM@UCO Metro Music Series. He takes his critically acclaimed new holiday album, Socks, on tour and performs Dec. 14 at Tower Theatre in Oklahoma City.
Spotlight: ACM Student Caleb Starr’s Promo Video, Music
Academy of Contemporary Music at the University of Central Oklahoma (ACM@UCO) student Caleb Starr, a contemporary music performance major, recently created this promo video as a class project. We wanted to share it!
Misbehaving: What behavioral economics means for education
Written by Linh Pham, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Economics, College of Business –
I recently finished reading “Misbehaving: The making of behavioral economics” by Richard Thaler, a professor of behavioral science and economics at the University of Chicago and the 2017 recipient of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics. The book . . .
Inclusion and Transformation at ITLC
Written by Trevor Cox, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Organizational Leadership, Adult Education and Safety Sciences –
Introduction
For me, the beginnings of a transformative experience is when I have new questions — questions I had never thought about before and questions I do not quite have the answer to yet. So I want to share some of the new questions . . .
Message from the Dean – December 10, 2018
First some good news:
CFAD has several faculty and staff members as well as current and former students nominated for the 2018 Broadway World Oklahoma Awards. Faculty and staff members include Greg White for Best Actor in a Musical, Barbara DeMaio for Best Actress in a Musical, Amy Reynolds-Reed, Hui Cha Poos and Steven . . .
Noname: ‘One of the Best Rappers Alive,’ Says Rolling Stone of Metro Music Series Headliner
Chicago-raised artist Noname, aka Fatimah Warner, blurs the lines of poetry and hip-hop through the music she’ll perform during her headlining tour stop March 3, 2019 at ACM@UCO Performance Lab, 329 E. Sheridan Ave., in Oklahoma City.
Check out her first-ever video, “Blaxploitation,” from her recent release “Room 25” and . . .