by Maranatha | College of Arts & Sciences, Department of Music
Kaylee Barr recently performed her major senior piano recital at Maranatha Baptist University. Her recital was prepared and presented under the direction of June Brus in partial fulfillment of the requirements for a Bachelor of Arts degree in Piano Pedagogy and...
by Maranatha | College of Arts & Sciences, Department of Music
What do Majesty Music, Hymnproviser, and Patch the Pirate all have in common? Shelly Hamilton! Ron and Shelly Hamilton are personal friends of many faculty and students at Maranatha. Many more spent their formative years singing Majesty songs at church, following the...
by Maranatha | College of Arts & Sciences, Department of Music
A lot can happen in 80 minutes. For instance, the guest artists of Maranatha’s 2019 Artist Series took the audience around the world in just that length of time. Their “Around the World in 80 Minutes” theme centered on showcasing composers of vocal, violin, and piano...
by Maranatha | College of Arts & Sciences, Department of Music
For some, the thought of performing music in front of people is terrifying, but not for MBU alumnus Jeremiah Willson. “I love to perform, no matter the setting,” he confirms. That love shows when he competes against other musicians, as he did recently in the...
by Maranatha | College of Arts & Sciences, Department of Music
Kate Toole recently performed her senior flute recital at Maranatha Baptist University. Her recital was prepared under the direction of Ms. Tatiana Pearson in partial fulfillment of the requirements for a Bachelor’s degree in Music Education. Toole is engaged to be...
by Maranatha | College of Arts & Sciences, Department of Music
Frigid winds blasted across MBU’s campus two weekends ago, dragging with them some of the coldest temperatures Wisconsin has seen this winter. But that didn’t halt the tide of high-schoolers who pulled in to campus at noon on Friday, January 25, and poured into...
by Maranatha | College of Arts & Sciences, Department of Music
The strains of a 12-year old’s piano practice drifted through an open window. They floated down the street and through the windows of the nearby houses. That is how Sarah Stevens’ piano teaching career began, though she didn’t know it at the time. Neighboring parents...
by Maranatha | Admissions
“I set myself some really good goals for this year.” How many times have you heard this (or something like this) from someone you are close to since the start of the new year? Maybe you even said it yourself. Let’s face it, new year goals and resolutions have become...
by Maranatha | Admissions
At Maranatha Baptist University, students have the opportunity to be involved in a wide variety of extra-curricular activities. Activities include inter-collegiate sports teams for men and women, society sports, society cabinets, music ministries, music lessons,...
by Maranatha | College of Arts & Sciences, Department of Music
Maranatha Baptist University’s Chamber Singers and Madrigal Choir recently collaborated to sing a Christmas concert for the Watertown Concert Series. The choirs performed works from a variety of genres including sacred, secular, and Christmas, under the direction of...
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Off-season weight training, futsal, and spring season are all things you would expect to find a NCAA DIII soccer program having during its off-season months. For the Men’s Soccer Team at Maranatha Baptist University, the off-season looks pretty similar to other soccer...
by Maranatha | College of Arts & Sciences, Department of Music
As the first notes of the Peanuts theme song rang out into the gymnasium, through the doors and up the aisles pranced Charlie Brown, Linus, Lucie, and yes, even Snoopy. The children towards the front giggled and clapped, and even the faculty members in the back craned...
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a sneak peek into finals week at Maranatha It’s that time of year again: exam week. It has been a terrific semester here at Maranatha Baptist University for the faculty and students alike. We’ve seen everything from a tight final women’s Soccer game to over 50...
by Maranatha | College of Arts & Sciences, Department of Music
Research shows that bringing in outside speakers with varied perspectives and experience to business and educational functions produces long-lasting benefits to the audience. The Maranatha music department recently brought in several speakers to give MBU’s music...
by Maranatha | College of Arts & Sciences, Department of Music
Mark 16:15 commands believers, “Go ye into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature.” Many Maranatha music graduates have answered that call, finding their musical training to be helpful in more areas of ministry than simply playing an instrument. ...