School Of Education - Southern Oregon University (@soueducation.bsky.social)

MUSIX Presents: "From Blue to Blackout" Experience an evening of raw creativity and sonic exploration as MUSIX takes the stage at the SOU Music Recital Hall. Directed by Larry Smith, this performance is the culmination of a term’s worth of "blissful chaos" within the Music Industry & Production Studies program at Southern Oregon University. From the soul-searching opening of "Blue" to the high-energy finale of "Blackout," every note performed is 100% original. Our students—a collective of performers, producers, and engineers—have collaborated in the MIP Lab to push the boundaries of genre and tradition. Whether written through meticulous notation or intuitive "by rote" improvisation, this concert showcases the future of the music industry. Where: SOU Recital Hall When: Tuesday, March 10, 2026 | 7:30 PM Livestream: [Insert Ticket Info/Price] https://youtube.com/live/RCptA9oaPco?feature=share ABOUT MUSIX & the MIPS Program at SOU Students in MUSIX are performers, producers, composers, lyricists, and audio engineers. All of the music you will hear tonight is original. Over the course of every term, MUSIX members pair up, or consolidate into sub-groups to create music in a variety of ways. Some who read music will partner with those who intuit music, and vice-versa. The music is sometimes created through an improvisational, or “by rote” fashion. Other times it is completely conceived, written out and prepared by a single individual for further development and rehearsal by a band. The MIP Lab is equipped with session mixers that allow up to 5 players to plug in and monitor themselves while rehearsing. Dr. Terry Longshore, head of percussion at SOU, has mentioned gleefully that it is bit like "blissful chaos" when observing the lab full of songwriters, and two bands rehearsing at the same time in two different keys, tempos, and singers - the session mixers allow for near totally isolation through the players' headphones! All of MUSIX's compositional approaches, this music is aimed towards preparing an evening-length concert or to produce audio recordings worthy of release to the masses. Tonight's concert will feature music from our catalog and several new songs owing to our growing collective of students. https://events.sou.edu/event/musix-presents-from-blue-to-blackout?utm_campaign=widget&utm_medium=widget&utm_source=Southern+Oregon+University