01/01/2026
2026 is upon us, and it's time to reveal all of the artists coming to Norman this Spring to do over a combined 40 FREE events! Thanks as always to our incredible donors, partners, and sponsors for making these opportunities available to our community!
▫️Steve Smith - Journey's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Drummer, voted #1 All-Around Drummer five times and Top 25 Drummer of All Time (Modern Drummer Magazine), 109 million albums sold, 25x Platinum/Gold, the drummer on all your favorite Journey songs including "Don't Stop Believin'" and "Any Way You Want it"
▫️Austin Wintory - Legendary 4x GRAMMY®-Nominated (including 2026) video composer for games including Hades 2, Assassin's Creed, League of Legends, Fortnite, Counter Strike, and over 60 films
▫️Philip Lassiter - 11x GRAMMY®-Winning Trumpet Player and Band Leader for Prince, Ariana Grande, Mariah Carey, Anderson .Paak, Snarky Puppy, and the National Tour of Hamilton
▫️Terrell Stafford - "One of the Great Players of our Time" (McCoy Tyner), appears on over 130 albums, has performed from the stages of Jay Leno to Carnegie Hall, and performed with the Christian McBride, the Jazz Lincoln Center Jazz Band, and more
▫️Haleh Liza Gafori - In collaboration with World Literature Today, acclaimed poet and vocalist who has performed from Bonnaroo and SXSW to Carnegie Hall. Works published in the Harvard Review, Columbia University Review, Paris Review, and more
Dates:
February 23-24, 2026 - Austin Wintory
March 10-11, 2026 - Philip Lassiter
April 3, 2026 - Haleh Liza Gafori
April 6-7, 2026 - Steve Smith
April 19-21, 2026 - Terrell Stafford
Please share if you think you know someone who is interested in coming! Events all around Norman and OKC, including Catlett Music Center, the Fred Jones Museum of Art, Pioneer Library System, Norman Public Schools, ACM@UCO, and many more!
Full schedules will be available at music.ou.edu/resonance in the coming weeks.
Thanks to a new endowment, all artists will be giving FREE LESSONS to public school and university students. Please consider supporting these funds to expand the number of students affected and keep the quality of artists world-class!
The Resonance Series Support Fund goes to paying artists coming in the upcoming semester, and the Resonance Endowment Fund perpetually helps pay for private lessons and educational opportunities by these artists.
https://give.oufoundation.org/SoMResonance
