Higher Education News

The Ohio State University Higher Education Update Spring 2026

IMMERSE concert

Dr. Eugenia Costa-Giomi received a Research/Creative Activities Grant from The Engagement Scholarship Consortium for the project Desde el Principio: Engaging Parents in Their Children's Learning.

The American String Teachers Association (ASTA) Outstanding Student Chapter Award honors a collegiate student chapter that is actively involved in promoting strings at their school and in their surrounding community. The chapter must represent themselves through activities and performances both on and off campus, and demonstrate their impact on string education and the string profession. ASTA at Ohio State, led by Dr. Heather Lofdahl, received the 2026 Outstanding Student Chapter Award at the ASTA National Conference in San Francisco, CA in February.

ASTA students

In March, Dr. Michael Rene Torres and the Ohio State Saxophone Studio hosted the 2026 North American Saxophone Alliance Biennial Conference. The event, “For You, For Me, For the Saxophone,” welcomed over 1,400 saxophonists from across the country for four days of performances, competitions, sessions and more.

The Music Education area continues to partner with WOSU Public Media to present IMMERSE — interactive, sensory-friendly concerts for children ages 6-12 who are autistic, and their families. Overseen by Dr. David Hedgecoth, School of Music students share hour-long performance sessions where attendees can interact with the music and the musicians through art, music and movement activities.

IMMERSE concert

The school continues its engagement with over 7,000 middle and high school musicians and music educators through over twenty outreach programs, including the annual High School Honor Band, High School Honor String Orchestra and High School Honor Jazz Band events; numerous specialty programs such as Double Reed Workshop and String Day; the Music Celebration and Marching Band Youth Concerts; and ten summer camps.

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