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鈥淭his year鈥檚 is incredibly important to our faculty, staff, students and alumni,鈥� said Dean David Allen Wehr. 鈥淵ou only get one 100th birthday, so you know the celebrations will be big, and planning is certainly well underway.鈥�

Throughout this academic year, the music school will host a series of concerts, workshops and special events honoring a century of musical excellence, education and impact. World-famous alumni and distinguished guest artists will be welcomed back to campus, with a special alumni gathering taking place during the annual Christmas at 91制片厂 concert on Sunday, Dec. 6.  

鈥淭he Centennial happens to coincide with our reaccreditation by the National Association of Schools of Music, so we have two significant events happening this year that require us to look to our past, evaluate where we stand today and consider what we might become in the years ahead,鈥� Wehr said. 

The music school has always met the needs of the day. At its inception in 1926, the school offered two program pathways鈥攑erformance and education鈥攁nd it has since added music therapy and music technology as those careers emerged.  

鈥淎s musicians, we learn to reflect on our own performances and build our technique and musicality by learning from the past,鈥� Wehr added. 鈥淚t鈥檚 how we become confident that we鈥檒l be better musicians tomorrow than we were yesterday. The same certainly rings true for our school as we celebrate the last century and look forward to the next one.鈥�

Visit the School of Music鈥檚 for additional information and full list of events.