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Wojciech Kocyan, music faculty member at LMU, co-founded the Paderewski Piano Competition, which showcases the best young pianists from around the world. The semifinal and final rounds of the competition will take place at…
The New York Times featured LMU Radio’s KXLU in its section, “The Learning Network,” including excerpts from its November 2025 article about the station, and posing questions to students, such as, “KXLU has an…
Vanessa Diaz, associate professor of Chicana/o and Latina/o studies at LMU, was quoted in AP News on Bad Bunny becoming the first Spanish-language artist nominated for album, song, and record of the year simultaneously….
Inside Higher Ed highlighted LMU Radio’s KXLU and other student-run enterprises as exemplary models for experiential learning in “The Spirit of College Radio.” Referencing The New York Times’ recent KXLU profile, author Ryan Craig…
The New York Times profiled LMU Radio’s KXLU, calling it “an unlikely powerhouse of college radio” that some consider “the very best in the nation.” The feature highlights the station’s 80 D.J.s and diverse…
With a B.Mus. in vocal performance, a B.A. in Dance, and a B.S. in Chemistry, Johns is a genuine interdisciplinary performer, scholar, artist, and teacher. He could also be described as a new wave traditionalist. “I’m excited about the future, but I’m also respectful of the history at LMU,” he said.
“Music reaches the deepest heartstrings in us. Good vibration aligns and heals on a molecular level, like the effect of thoughts and vibrations on water,” said Lecturer of Music and Director of the Strings Ensemble, Kenichiro Aiso.
This sentiment was brought to the concert series, “Music @ Marymount,” a collaboration between LMU’s Department of Music and the Marymount Institute for Faith, Culture, and the Arts, featuring Aiso as violinist and his partner, Valeria Morgovskaya, as pianist. The final concert, on December 4, is free and open to public.
