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Accolades

Kahn Award in Hand, CFA School of Music Grad Returns to Her Hometown

April 25, 2025

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Arts & Culture

Inner Strength Gospel Choir Finds Its Way Under New Director

April 17, 2025

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BU Soundcheck

BU Soundcheck: Sarah Lexa

April 15, 2025

Photo: Sarah Ioannides, BU's new director of orchestral activities, conducting an orchestra on stage

Watch Now

Baton in Hand, BU’s Sarah Ioannides Inspires a New Generation of Musicians

March 26, 2025

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Arts & Culture

Campus Artists—Tell Us About Your Work

March 5, 2025

Photo: Igor Iwanek, a CFA lecturer in music and music theory, leads a Breath, Rhythm & Music for Your Wellbeing workshop. Photo by Cydney Scott

Watch Now

Breath, Rhythm, and Music: New Workshop Combines Them to Improve Well-Being

January 31, 2025

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Music

What’s Hot in Music This Month: New Albums, Local Concerts December

December 4, 2024

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Arts & Culture

Men’s Hockey Terriers and BU Pep Band Head to Belfast for Friendship Four

November 25, 2024

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Music

Listen to BU Treblemakers A Cappella Arrangements of Songs by Coldplay, Sabrina Carpenter, and More

November 14, 2024

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Child Stars

Liam Payne’s Death Raises Questions about Teenage Stardom

November 7, 2024

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Music

What’s Hot in Music November: New Albums, Local Concerts

October 31, 2024

Photo: A collage image of three artists in white boarder frames. On the left, a picture of Shawn Mendes performing on stage. In the middle, a picture of the lead singer of Coldplay sitting cross legged in the middle of the stage, and on the right, a closeup of Maggie Rogers performing on stage, holding the mic delicately.

Music

What’s Hot in Music October: New Albums, Local Concerts

October 1, 2024

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Campus Life

BU Student Performers Are Thrilled to Be Part of Historic Inauguration Week

September 20, 2024

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Music

What’s Hot in Music September: New Albums, Local Concerts

September 12, 2024

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Music

What’s Hot in Music August: New Albums, Local Concerts

August 2, 2024

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Things-to-do

To Do Today: ParkARTS Citywide Neighborhood Concerts

July 8, 2024

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Music

What’s Hot in Music July: New Albums, Local Concerts

July 1, 2024

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Things-to-do

To Do Today: Boston Art & Music Soul Festival

June 26, 2024

Photo: A black and white picture of Gareth Dylan Smith, a CFA professor, playing the drums on stage

Music

Beating a Different Drum

June 25, 2024

Photo: A picture of a woman playing the cello outside in a courtyard surrounded by greenery with a fountain in the background

Things-to-do

To Do Today: Concerts in the Courtyard at the Boston Public Library

June 4, 2024

To Do Today: Concerts in the Courtyard at the Boston Public Library