Art Department

Music Department Hosts Honor Groups for High Schoolers

Each winter the Utah Tech Music Department holds honor group experiences for high school musicians. Utah Tech faculty lead an Honor Band, Honor Orchestra, Honor Choir, and Honor Jazz band. The first honor band experience started in 1989 under the…

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"Waves" poster with laurels.

Making “Waves” at the Vienna Independent Film Festival

Utah Tech Digital Film faculty and students added an impressive line to their resumes recently. Utah Tech’s documentary film professor Hans Glasmann took to Vienna, Austria to showcase a production at the Vienna Independent Film Festival with his short, Waves.…

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Utah Tech University to Host 7th Annual Conductors Symposium

The Utah Tech University Music Department is proud to host the 7th Annual Conducting Symposium this November. This event brings outstanding clinicians from around the world to work with music educators and conductors from across the nation. This year’s featured…

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DOCUTAH enters it’s 16th season stronger than ever

The DOCUTAH International Film Festival enters its 16th season with many events to further its mission to promote education and create an atmosphere of community and camaraderie. Whether it is on the Utah Tech University campus or out in other…

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Utah Tech Premieres Faculty-Created Musical “Gingerbread”

This November, Utah Tech will produce the world premiere of a new musical entitled Gingerbread. The musical was created by Dr. Melissa Walker Glenn, Associate Professor of Music (music and lyrics), in collaboration with book writer Dr. John Bell, a…

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“Storytelling and Movement”: UT Dance and Film travel to Brazil

Utah Tech students had a great opportunity to conduct hands-on movement and film-based research in Brazil this summer through UT’s Dance and Digital Film study abroad!  This “Storytelling and Movement” course provided a unique opportunity for students to engage in…

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Master of Fine Arts degree running at full capacity

The Art Department has developed a program that blends rigorous creative practice with professional development for artists seeking to advance their careers. And in only the second year of offering a Master of Fine Arts degree Utah Tech has reached…

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Building Tradition from the Ground Up: Utah Tech’s New Band Director on Excellence and Growth

An interview with Associate Dean, Dr. Glenn Webb. Dr. Byron Ward is in his first semester of leading the marching band and Utah Tech University. Where are from and where were you before joining the faculty at Utah Tech? I…

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Utah Tech Students Join World-Class Musicians for Historic Desert Performance

Two years in planning, the College of the Arts, UT Music Department, Kayenta Center for the Arts, and Liquid Music present a new epic piece by a contemporary titan, John Luther Adams. Crossing Open Ground challenges traditions of concerts. Performances…

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From St. George to Broadway: Kat Morrill on Lighting Design and a Tony Award-Winning Debut

When Maybe Happy Ending opened on Broadway in 2025, audiences were dazzled by its inventive design and striking visuals. The show went on to win the Tony Award for Best Musical and the New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award, with…

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