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"Marching to the Beat of MIOSM"
Michael Ibrahim's "Buckeye Beat" blog post celebrates Music in Our Schools Month(R) (MIOSM), a special month for music education. Districts throughout…

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"The Gem of Ruby Elzy"
For Black History Month, Michael Ibrahim's February "Buckeye Beat" blog post pays tribute to Ruby Elzy — a remarkable alumna who overcame prejudice and poverty to…

Join the School of Music at OMEA 2023
Ohio Music Education Association (OMEA)Professional Development Conference
Columbus, OH Feb. 2 – 4, 2023We look forward to seeing our fellow Buckeyes in Columbus!
Music Education alumni…

School of Music and Center for Latin American Studies partner for exchanges with Brazil
The School of Music and Center for Latin American Studies have created an academic artistic partnership that will span the next two academic years in an effort to strengthen ties between…

Musicology and theory areas present at "music mega-conference"
On November 10–13, the American Musicological Society (AMS), Society for Ethnomusicology (SEM) and the Society for Music Theory (SMT) held a joint “music mega-conference” in New Orleans, Louisiana…

Clarinetists visit Italy for Cividale International Music Mastercourses
The annual Cividale International Music Mastercourses in Cividale Del Friuli, Italy, took place this year from August 10–14 and consisted of music students from Europe, the United States and…

Student benefits from music double major option and library resources
“I chose Ohio State because it is affordable and has a lot of great programs.”Heidi Bowles, a fourth-year undergraduate student majoring in music (oboe), and philosophy, politics and economics,…

The Buckeye Beat
A monthly blog from Michael Ibrahim, Director of the School of Music
"Unboxing a School of Music"
If you happen to spend a lot of time with a child between the ages of five and…

School of Music welcomes new director
Food. Water. Air. Music.
For Michael Ibrahim, those are the necessities of life.
“For me not to have music would feel like an unimaginable loss,” Ibrahim said. “There is something…