The power and beauty of art and music transcends the borders of countries, as evidenced by the work of two Missouri State University professors.
Carillonist performs at international festival
Dr. Jeremy Chesman, associate professor of music, performed at the International Carillon Festival at the Bok Tower Gardens in March. This festival, which is the most prestigious in North America, featured young performers from around the world.
Chesman performed several seldom-heard, avant-garde works, including music by George Crumb, Richard Felciano, John Cage, and an installation for carillon and electronics by Stephen Rush.
Photographer featured in international exhibit
A photograph by Bruce West, professor of art and design, is included in the “The Days of War” exhibition at the Musee de Photographie in Belgium. The photograph selected for this exhibit is from West’s series of work in Northern Ireland entitled “Portraits of the Troubles.”
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College of Arts and Letters The College of Arts and Letters supports more than 45 undergraduate and 10 graduate programs. The college incorporates seven academic departments, including art and design; communication; English; media, journalism and film; modern and classical languages; music; and theatre and dance, and five interdisciplinary programs: antiquities; electronic arts; global studies; linguistics; and musical theatre. The College of Arts and Letters promotes learning, scholarship and service to the broader community in all aspects of human communication — spoken, written, visual, musical, dramatic and electronic.  About Missouri State UniversityMissouri State University is a public, comprehensive university system with a mission in public affairs, whose purpose is to develop educated persons while guided by three overarching and enduring commitments to student learning, inclusive excellence and institutional impact. The university’s identity is distinguished by its statewide mission in public affairs, which entails a campus-wide commitment to foster competence and responsibility in ethical leadership, cultural competence and community engagement.  New media resources
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