Wanda L. Bass School of Music - Oklahoma City University

09/04/2026

Congratulations to alumnus Joe Caskey, recently featured as young Neil Diamond in the North American tour of A Beautiful Noise Musical, on booking the role of Raoul in MASQUERADE! Also in the cast of the off-Broadway re-imagining of Phantom of the Opera: fellow Stars Deven Kolluri, Audrey Logan, Nikkie Ferguson and Gabriella Enriquez!

09/03/2026

Congratulations to the newly announced cast of OCTET, to be presented April 2-5 as part of our Oklahoma Opera & Music Theater Company's 75th anniversary season!

09/03/2026

Bravi tutti to the newly announced principal cast of our Nov. 20-22 Fall Mainstage Opera Gala, celebrating our Oklahoma Opera & Music Theater Company's 75th consecutive season! Reserve tickets via www.okcu.edu/tickets or 405.208.5227.

09/03/2026

Remembering Gloria Steinem's October 2011 visit to the Oklahoma City University campus, where she helped plant memorial trees in honor of longtime friend Wilma Mankiller, 1985-95 Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation. She concluded her remarks at the dedication: "And in Wilma’s spirit, and in the spirit of planting a tree for the future -- which is the greatest act of faith that all of us here could possibly do as it is the most natural and the deepest act of faith in the future to plant a tree –- we are saying, in Wilma’s spirit, that we will have faith. Not only that today is a good day, but that the future will be full of good days."

By Darla Shelden Contributing Writer Well known writer, lecturer, and feminist activist, Gloria Steinem was recently Oklahoma City University’s guest of honor during…

09/03/2026

Congratulations to alumna Valerie Goforth on her appointment as Utility Flute for Tulsa’s Signature Symphony! Retired Prof. Parthena Owens notes of the audition process: "She went through 3 rounds (all blind), performing Flute 1, Flute 2, and Piccolo excerpts." Goforth will join the symphony's Sept. 19 season opener, "New World, New Voices" featuring Valerie Coleman’s Umoja Unbound, Duke Ellington’s Three Black Kings, and Antonín Dvořák’s New World Symphony.

09/03/2026

Scenes from our OCU Music Education majors' first days of the new semester!

09/02/2026

to Gilbert & Sullivan's The Pirates of Penzance through the years! Join us Oct. 2-4 for our newest take, fresh from the jazz-inspired Broadway revival: PIRATES! THE PENZANCE MUSICAL set in New Orleans. Reserve tickets: www.okcu.edu/ickets .

09/02/2026

Congratulations to alumnus violinist Austin Rice on joining the roster of the Oklahoma City Philharmonic! He notes: "After performing as an auxiliary player for the last few years, I am elated to announce that I have been awarded a top-tier Section Violin Contract after a rigorous audition process with the ! There are truly too many people to thank for my journey to this moment, but you all know who you are, and I am eternally grateful!"

09/01/2026

Bravi tutti to all involved on stage and behind the scenes at today's Faculty Music Assembly!

09/01/2026

Welcome, September! Join us for the first concerts of the year from our OCU Orchestras, Wind Ensemble and Wind Philharmonic, our 2026 All-State Choral Workshop, Oklahoma City University Saxophone Day, Dr. William Nield Christensen's faculty recital, Project 21: Music for the Twenty First Century's OCU-created world premieres, and PIRATES! The Penzance Musical, season opener of our Oklahoma Opera and Music Theater Company's 75th anniversary year!