USAO Music Department

10/15/2026

So excited to see our friends from the Oklahoma Arts Institute at Quartz Mountain on campus next week! Please join us and the USAO Art Department for this exhibit opening in our Nesbitt Gallery.

10/13/2026

Please check out the updated performance calendar! We can't wait to see you at our events.

Calendar listing of USAO music department events.

10/09/2026

Due to unforeseen circumstances, next week's choral concert is postponed until 7:30pm on Tuesday, November 17 at the USAO Student Center Ballroom. This concert will feature collaborations with dance, American Sign Language, chamber strings, and feature a World Premier and Oklahoma Premier of contemporary composers. So re-mark your calendars and plan to join us for an immersive concert experience!

09/28/2026

Our first DWPAS performance of the season is only two weeks away!

Our first show features the Störling Dance Theater, A professional neoclassical modern dance company celebrating its 30th anniversary, Störling is dedicated to "the beauty of dance and the power of story."

See them October 8th in the Te Ata Memorial Auditorium at 6:30!

Single tickets are $25 per show. Students can register with the name of their school to subscribe to the series for free.

Purchase tickets here! https://alumni.usao.edu/e/davis-waldorf-performing-arts-series-2026-27-season-actions/

09/28/2026

Tomorrow we will welcome students to our 2nd Annual Young Conductors Symposium! The final concert is free and open to the public.

Young Conductors Symposium Concert
🗓 Monday, September 28
🕟 4:30pm
📍 Te Ata Memorial Auditorium

Come watch these aspiring high school music educators perform at the podium and lead our collegiate ensembles in a final concert.

09/14/2026

As a school of music, we don't JUST teach music to fill concert halls...but this sentiment is certainly true of us.

"Not for livelihood, but for life." -- OCW Motto that guides the Liberal Arts nature of our education here at USAO.

08/27/2026

Throwback Thursday to this summer when two USAO music students, Hailey Burgess ('28 Music Performance) and Alyssa Quimby ('28 Instrumental Music Education), performing community music for Glenhaven Retirement Village and Chickasha Nursing Center! Music for all!

08/04/2026

Congrats to fellow musicians and alum!

05/09/2026

Last chance to see this wonderful production!!

We hope you will be able to join us for our production of The Last Five Years tonight!

Dates: Saturday, May 9th

Time: 7:30 PM

Location: Te Ata Memorial Auditorium, USAO Campus
Chickasha, OK

Tickets: Adult: $15 and Student: $10

Can be purchased online here:
https://alumni.usao.edu/e/the-last-five-years/

OR

Tickets can be purchased at the door before the show!

Don’t know what the show is about? Read the synopsis below:

“An emotionally powerful and intimate musical about two New Yorkers in their twenties who fall in and out of love over the course of five years, the show’s unconventional structure consists of Cathy, the woman, telling her story backwards while Jamie, the man, tells his story chronologically; the two characters only meet once, at their wedding in the middle of the show.”

Approx. Run Time: 90 minutes

05/09/2026

Due to severe weather, we will have a delayed start on tonight’s production. We hope this allows everyone to get here safely! We will begin at 7:45 PM.