There are 7 article(s) tagged The Rudi E. Scheidt School of Music:

• March 2023

  • The To-Do List: Legos, chalk, beer Olympics and a Red Bull dance off

    This week, Master Gardeners get the garden party started, U of M dance students present new works and “Ink” tells the story of Robert Murdoch’s rise.

    By Elle Perry, Bianca Phillips March 23, 2023

• February 2023

  • Honey Music Festival unveils U of M performing arts center, arts investment

    The University of Memphis Rudi E. Scheidt School of Music hosted its first Honey Music Festival on Sunday, Feb. 5. 

    By Jasmine McCraven February 06, 2023

• July 2022

  • Soon-to-open center key to U of M’s ‘Central Avenue Arts Corridor’

    The Scheidt Family Performing Arts Center includes state-of-the-art classrooms, rehearsal spaces and a performance hall that can accommodate nearly 1,000 people.

    By Christin Yates July 18, 2022

• November 2020

  • Memphis Symphony fellows share ‘amazing talents’ in debut performance

    This fall, three classical musicians moved to Memphis to take part in a new fellowship between the Memphis Symphony Orchestra and the University of Memphis’ Rudi E. Scheidt School of Music.

    By Elle Perry November 04, 2020

• April 2020

  • Scheidt was a businessman by trade, a philanthropist by profession

    Rudi didn’t take the idea of death lightly. He didn’t go to funerals. But when someone he cared for died, he gave generously to a charity in their memory.

    By Susan Adler Thorp April 15, 2020

  • Rudi Scheidt, philanthropist and businessman, dies at 95

    Scheidt, a retired cotton industry executive who was the former chairman of Hohenberg Brothers, gave millions of dollars along with his wife, Honey Hohenberg Scheidt, to Memphis nonprofits and arts causes.

    By Abigail Warren April 13, 2020

• October 2018

  • University of Memphis graduate Brennan Villines is a rising star in the music industry

    Brennan Villines has been a staple in the Memphis music scene for years, playing at nearly every venue in town. However, it wasn’t until this summer when he appeared on FOX’s “The Four” that the 30-year-old artist captured the hearts of thousands around the country singing a soulful rendition of “I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles).”

    By Christin Yates October 13, 2018