School of Music

For decades, Kent State University’s College of the Arts has worked collaboratively with local businesses, groups and programs to bring the arts to the community. This year, Kent State’s Glauser School of Music had the unique opportunity to partner with Chagrin Arts in bringing to life a new opera, “Blind Injustice.” 

Kent State Youth Winds (KSYW) had the unique opportunity to travel to Washington, D.C. this spring, giving meaningful performances alongside famous monuments and making lasting connections with renowned musicians. 

The Kent Blossom Music Festival, with an over five-decades long legacy, returns to Kent State for its 57th season, running from June 22 through July 27. Being the only partnership of its kind between a major American orchestra and a public university, it partners with The Cleveland Orchestra to provide talented young artists with the unique opportunity to grow their skillsets.

Dr. Jay White, professor of voice and coordinator of the voice area at Kent State University's Glauser School of Music, has received one of the highest honors in the recording arts. The 2002 album “Our American Journey,” which he recorded as a member of the Grammy Award-winning vocal ensemble Chanticleer, has been inducted into the National Recording Registry of the Library of Congress.