Music Program at William Jewell College

05/30/2026

Music matters. The arts matter. What art has inspired you recently?

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New research from University College London found that engaging with arts and culture weekly may slow biological aging at the same rate as regular exercise. 🔎 Get your Rx filled at the Pulitzer! 😉

Read more from The Times and The Sunday Times here: https://www.thetimes.com/uk/science/article/enjoying-the-arts-has-same-effect-on-ageing-as-a-weekly-workout-h2psl0ww8

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Photography by Robert Pettus

05/30/2026

Did you get your tickets for next season yet?!?!?

05/29/2026

We are SO PROUD of Ashlyn Helmich!!! 🎶❤️🖤🎶

You're looking at the new Outsourced Accounting Services Consultant at Forvis Mazars US in Springfield! Ashlyn Helmich of Weston (West Platte School District) was an accounting major and music minor, involved in Alpha Gamma Delta, William Jewell College Choirs and Revive Women's Bible Study.

05/23/2026

To all of the parents, friends, and faculty who came to concerts and recitals this year, thank you! Thank you for showing your support for us, your support for Jewell, and your support for music as a discipline. 🎶❤️🖤🎶

05/21/2026

We aren’t done celebrating our graduates. Amelia Beck walked across the stage last Saturday!!! 🎶❤️🖤🎶 We are excited that she will be staying for a Masters of Arts in Teaching. Woooooo!!!

We are excited to welcome Amelia Beck! She is a viola player from Wichita, KS who transferred to Jewell at the start of the Spring 2023 semester from Emporia State University. Amelia is majoring in psychological science and music performance and is most excited "to see what LSO brings for the fall semester as well as the opportunities that will arise with Chamber Orchestra in the following semesters." 🎶❤️🖤🎶

05/20/2026

They took their final walk as William Jewell students around the quad last Saturday but let’s take it back to August 2022 for their first walk around the quad. Do you see any familiar faces? 🎶❤️🖤🎶

05/19/2026

Our celebration of graduates continues! Ashlyn finished up in December 2025 but walked this past weekend!! Congratulations!! 🎶❤️🖤🎶

We are excited to welcome incoming student Ashlyn Helmich! She is a mezzo soprano coming to us from West Platte High School in Weston, MO. Ashlyn is planning to major in vocal performance and is most excited "to push myself in my vocal studies." 🎶❤️🖤🎶

05/18/2026

Still smiling about this past weekend. 🎶❤️🖤🎶