Hugh A. Glauser School of Music
![Flasher Brass Day 2024 Flasher Brass Day 2024](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/428664240_18413445376058600_1264351014251870157_n.jpg?VersionId=E8n_cipeZaACyP3zomyF7We2INMa8I5b&itok=ficU4CLo)
Local high school student musicians came to Kent State to rehearse and perform with the Flasher Brass Pep Band.
![Jacob Schnitzer leading the Kent State University Orchestra Jacob Schnitzer leading the Kent State University Orchestra](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/420798184_364388366386098_5694630672825218580_n.jpg?VersionId=z3P2dxrSQs_9yQtdpz4bxox20VuMSVzf&itok=d6u54T0d)
Kent State University student composers had the opportunity to have their works performed in concert by the university’s orchestra.
![Kent State All-Star Band Weekend 2024 Kent State All-Star Band Weekend 2024](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/20240113_MB_All%20Star%20Band%20Concert-6.jpg?VersionId=AYcmMIxCEw8SebSuavvTOE3DueTSocWT&itok=jXxGRL6w)
Students from area high schools came to campus for the Kent State All-Star Band weekend.
![A scene from the Kent State Opera Theatre's Fall 2023 Concert A scene from the Kent State Opera Theatre's Fall 2023 Concert](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/20231114_Opera-13.jpg?VersionId=fzxlvHIG5VEck5prJ03wHNJV29HJuIgO&itok=M0tTk2GV)
The Kent State Opera Theatre's Fall 2023 concert explored themes of love in all its forms.
![Jacob Schnitzer leading the Kent State University Orchestra Jacob Schnitzer leading the Kent State University Orchestra](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/20231117_Orchestra%20Concert-34.jpg?VersionId=7MGDhvhovUj.j3VusktzH2QQYarKNxst&itok=JE-93JK6)
In an afternoon performance, the sounds of The Kent State University Orchestra resounded within Cartwright Hall.
![Kent State senior Ava Preston performing at Lincoln Center Kent State senior Ava Preston performing at Lincoln Center](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/dizzys.jpg?VersionId=tZVmBTGFBrxCCpgOsnISzOSPOu.VgTt4&itok=F-5MX2sH)
Jazz singer-songwriter Ava Preston is making waves in the music scene. Recently, she performed at the prestigious 2023 Monterey Jazz Festival in California, and was recognized as a 2023 YoungArts Finalist and Silver Award Winner for Jazz-Voice. She's also a Golden Flash.
![Virginia "Ginnie" Dressler, digital projects librarian, shows a photo of her grandfather, mathematics professor Byron Dressler from 1970. Virginia "Ginnie" Dressler, digital projects librarian, shows a photo of her grandfather, mathematics professor Byron Dressler from 1970.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/Ginnie%20Dressler%202.jpg?VersionId=QcRXieWqmYVoQHDncCXNTeMPKiO1XOaM&itok=_7LDcS2t)
Three generations of the Dressler family have worked for Kent State University spanning 75 years.
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High school students come to Kent State each summer for the School of Music's Percussion Camp.
![Joshua R. Beacom, playing at the DI Hub Joshua R. Beacom, playing at the DI Hub](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/332126835_1387730808651598_3825159185477947348_n.jpg?VersionId=7bENPOUjzXPTzvpT3prtdfj3_L9oLRGx&itok=7agTHu1A)
A student from Kent State's School of Music provided the soundtrack for Tuesday's Kent State Farmers' Market.
![The Glaser String Quartet performing at the DI Hub. The Glaser String Quartet performing at the DI Hub.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/328496953_571396971526461_4214635302642358318_n.jpg?VersionId=AIgromh7Quz6f.D1Jz13ox59i54VBIAe&itok=9uD8jJxt)
A group of graduate students from Kent State's School of Music gave an impromptu, lunchtime performance at the DI Hub.