Previous Projects

• Book: 100 Years of Music-Making at Mizzou: Facts and Memories of the Department/ School of Music at the University of Missouri from 1917-2017
  
  This unique publication offers a comprehensive overview of the University of Missouri School of Music's rich, 100-year history in academic excellence. Its information spans from articles about the department's various ensembles, programs, and concert series, as well as entries regarding alumni, teachers, and staff. In addition to biographical information the reader will find rosters of publications, discographies, and achievements contained within the book's 500 pages. Of a more personal note are the quoted memories from faculty and students caringly compiled by its editor, Michael Budds.
  

Current Projects

• Book: 200 Memorable Missouri Musical Moments: Commentary, Historical Photographs, & Video Clips [in honor of the Missouri State Bicentennial in 2021]
• Book: A Thematic Catalogue & Performance Chronicle of the Music of John Cheetham
• Recording: Eight Arrangements of Shape Note Tunes by Virgil Thomson with Their Original Points of Departure, performed by the Michigan State University Chorale and conducted by David Rayl
• Recording: Christmas Carol Arrangements by John Cheetham, performed by the University of Southern Mississippi Southern Chorale and conducted by Gregory A. Fuller
• Online Database: Performances in the University of Missouri School of Music [in cooperation with Ellis Library]

Administration

Senior Consultant
Dr. Michael J. Budds
Curators’ Distinguished Teaching Professor Emeritus
William H. Byler Distinguished Professor
Former Coordinator, Musicology & Ethnomusicology, University of Missouri

Board of Directors

Chair
Dr. Judith Mabary
Associate Professor, Musicology, University of Missouri

Members
Dr. S. Kay Hoke
Dean, School of Music, DePauw University
Former Director, Sunderman Conservatory of Music
Professor Emerita, Gettysburg College

Dr. Marcia Spence
Professor Emerita, Horn, University of Missouri

Dr. David Rayl
Associate Dean & Director of Choral Programs, College of Music
Professor, Choral Music, Michigan State University

Dr. J. Quentin Kuyper
Former Executive Director, Harry Jacobs Chamber Music Society
Georgia Regents University

Original Honorary Advisors

Dr. William B. Bondeson
Curators’ Distinguished Teaching Professor Emeritus
Professor Emeritus, Philosophy & Medical Ethics, University of Missouri

Dr. John Cheetham
Professor Emeritus, Composition, The School of Music, University of Missouri

Linda Butterfield Cupp
Former Director, MU Direct: Continuing & Distance Education, University of Missouri

Alexander LaBrunerie
Principal, LaBrunerie Financial, Columbia, MO

Laura Perez Mesa
Arts Advocate, Columbia, MO
(deceased)

Keith Schawo, CTFA
Executive Vice President & Columbia Market Executive, Central Bank of Boone County, Columbia, MO

Betty K. Wilson, Esq.
Former Partner, Oliver Walker Wilson, Columbia, MO

Staff

Research Assistant
Elisabeth Roberts

Graduate Assistant
Mackenzie Chosy