PSFA STORIES
PSFA Stories is a round-up of curated links, as well as articles about the SDSU College of Professional Studies and Fine Arts written by the PSFA Communications Team and student interns building their portfolios.
Outstanding Student: Kayla Aponte, School of Music and Dance
May 1Kayla Aponte has been recognized as the outstanding music student in the School of Music and Dance.
SDUT: San Diego State dance professor makes contact with ‘Skin Hunger’
Apr 11From the time we are newborns and into our senior years, touch plays a primary role in our physical and mental well-being. Its absence can result in what psychologists call “skin hunger,” a term that inspired the title of a production choreographed by San Diego State University dance professor Joseph Alter.
2023 NWEAMO Festival Goes Acoustic at S.D.S.U.
Apr 6Now celebrating its 25th year, San Diego State University’s annual NWEAMO new music festival took a surprising turn. Thursday’s concert in the Music Department’s Rhapsody Hall featured a quartet of guest musicians from Poland performing exclusively acoustic music.
SDSU offers first K-pop dance theory/practice class in the U.S.
Apr 5School of Music and Dance Associate Professor Chuyun Oh plans to expand knowledge of the unique art form.
San Diego Story: Fanfares for San Diego Composer Texu Kim
Feb 20When San Diego Symphony guest conductor Eun Sun Kim programmed composer Texu Kim’s Spin-Flip in a February 2020 concert, for many San Diego music aficionados, it was a first encounter with the music of Texu Kim.
Opera Theatre at SDSU presents L’amant Anynome
Jan 26Opening Friday, January 27th SDSU Opera Theatre presents L’amant Anynome, by François-Georges Fouques Deshaye and Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges. The director is Alan Hicks.
SDUT: Hausmann Quartet cellist Alex Greenbaum is one of the busiest musicians in San Diego
Jan 23Alex Greenbaum is a cellist, educator and member of San Diego’s well-respected Hausmann Quartet. But that doesn’t come close to describing the wide range of work he does.
World Music Series Brings Global Sounds to Campus
Oct 4Weekly concerts by professional ensembles highlight music from around the world
Associate Professor Chuyun Oh explores the impact of K-pop dance on social media and transnational pop culture in new book
Sep 22Ethnographic study of K-pop dance and its fandom traces the evolution from the 1980s to the 2020s' social media dance.
Outstanding Graduate: Julz Fernandez from the School of Dance
May 11Fernandez shares her advice for incoming students, “what you get out of your education is what you put in. Apply yourself to your fields of study, and take care of your body while doing so. We are all humans, our body is an entire system, shares Fernandez.
Outstanding Graduate: Dayne Sakazaki from the School of Music and Dance
May 11Music Education major named outstanding student by the School of Music and Dance
NEWS CENTER: The School of Music and Dance Hosts Electronic Music Marathon
Apr 12Dancers take part in an electronic music marathon. The public is invited to attend a four hour concert Saturday, April 30 from 6 p.m. to 11 p.m.
Music and Dance Student Profile: Michelle Felix Garcia
Apr 9Meet Michelle Felix Garcia, senior music recording technology and audio design major
