Introducing Vice President Parsons (63:09)

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Dr. Mark Parsons recently joined The Pride as Southern's first Vice President for Development and Executive Director of the Southern Foundation. Mark joined President Bruce Speck in a wide-ranging discussion with Jeff Skibbe on this mp3 audio file.



Aji Sophie Jeng of West Africa Joined The Pride!

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Gambian Aji Sophie Jeng is a biology major at MSSU.





Fiddler Mark O'Connor MP3 Audio (19:53)

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We chatted with composer/fiddler Mark O'Connor on his birthday.





Darci Price Joined The Pride!

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Darci Price is a Mass Communication major at MSSU.





Cellist Zuill Bailey MP3 Audio (20:00)

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Cellist Zuill Bailey and pianist Navah Perlman performed at the First Baptist Church Thursday, March 26, at 7PM as part of the Pro Musica Joplin concert series.




Trumpeter Alison Balsom MP3 Audio (11:51)

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British trumpeter Alison Balsom can take works composed for other instruments and she makes them her own with astonishing agility.






Southern Serenade MP3 Audio  (29:27)

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Opus Two on the Road: violinist William Terwilliger & pianist Andrew Cooperstock talk to us on their way to Joplin's "Curtains Up!" series.





Missouri Southern Live! MP3 Audio  (20:56)

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Violinist Anne Akiko Meyers has a new Web site and is going places in 2009.





Missouri Southern Live! MP3 Audio  (29:15)

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Avan Yu, 2008 Missouri International Piano COmpetition winner returns to Joplin March 5





Southern Serenade MP3 Audio  (1:58)

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MSSU president Bruce Speck reading Lincoln's Gettysburg Address.





Missouri Southern Live! MP3 Audio  (40:45)

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Author David Sheward talks with Jeff Skibbe about his new biography on the life of actor George C. Scott, at one time a journalism major at the University of Missouri.





Missouri Southern Live! MP3 Audio  (47:11)

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MSSU professor Brad Kleindl (Robert W. Plaster School of Business Administration) talks with Jeff Skibbe about the nature of commercial product brands and how that correlates with branding university services.




Missouri Southern Live! MP3 Audio  (22:18)

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President Speck reflects on his recent musical debut at MSSU, student enrollment, and other University initiatives.





Missouri Southern Live! MP3 Audio  (43:52)

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Rachel Barton Pine has perhaps the most marketing-savvy Web portal of any violinist -- classical or rock. She talks with Jeff Skibbe at length about her Web sites, her educational outreach projects, and her premiere recording of the Clement Violin Concerto.




Missouri Southern Live! MP3 Audio  (37:36)

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On the eve of his presidential inauguration, Dr. Bruce Speck chatted with Jeff Skibbe on a variety of topics, including the recent economic summit and the Amethyst Initiative.




Missouri Southern Live! MP3 Audio  (1 hour)

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Guest Randy Christian shares his insights into the history of America's elections with MSL! host Jeff Skibbe




Missouri Southern Live! MP3 Audio  (1 hour)

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First Interview with MSSU's new president Bruce Speck  






Missouri Southern Live! MP3 audio clip  (23:26)

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MSSU Chief of Police Ken Kennedy's complete 4/20/07 interview about campus security




The 5 Browns MP3 audio clip  (15:08)

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Jeff Skibbe Interviews pianists Deondra, Desirae, Gregory, Melody and Ryan




Pianist Andre Watts MP3 audio clip  (17:27)

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Andre Watts talks about his career just before his 60th birthday in this 2006 interview