Music

Wyoming Public Media 2023 Holiday Specials

Traveling 20 hours from Goiás, Brazil to Laramie for a one night only performance is out of the ordinary for a normal musician. For Dr. Carlos Costa, director of piano and conducting at Universidade Federal de Goiás, this is all part of a unique music exchange program between the University of Wyoming and his university.

Tris Munsick on Wyoming Sounds

Bluegrass

Singer/Songwriter Quinlan Valdez on Wyoming Sounds.

Singer/Songwriter John Lowell and Cowboy Poet Randy Rieman on Wyoming Sounds.

Friends and family cheered for hundreds of Wyoming high school marching band students last Saturday, October 14th. Every year, the Wyoming High School marching band festival occurs in Casper at the Ford Wyoming Center. Students from all over the state travel to perform their halftime show for friends, family, and each other.

The Shepard Symposium on Social Justice is an annual event held at the University of Wyoming. It hopes to bring attention to inequities still experienced today and find solutions. Dr. Anne Guzzo was asked by the conductor of this year’s music show to compose a piece of music in honor of Matthew Shepard.

The University of Wyoming will host a live student-led jazz band

The Ucross Foundation is preparing for its 40th Anniversary Gala. Wyoming Public Radio’s Grady Kirkpatrick spoke with a recent artist-in-residence about her experience and the event.