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Album Review: Tron Ares

Album Review: Tron Ares

Connor Hay, Executive Editor October 22, 2025

Nine Inch Nails has released a new album for the first time in five years, with the soundtrack for “Tron Ares”.  While Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross are no strangers to composing film soundtracks,...

TikTok to Popstar Pipeline: More Than Just a Trend?

TikTok to Popstar Pipeline: More Than Just a Trend?

Sam Fortney, Sports Editor October 10, 2025

TikTok has changed how we view music. Aspiring artists now have an effective way to get their music heard, labels have a new way to advertise, and fans need to do minimal work to find artists to enjoy....

Pop Music Ensemble Course Debuts at Bower School of Music

Pop Music Ensemble Course Debuts at Bower School of Music

Ethan Kranert, Assistant Assignment Editor October 8, 2025

Pop Music Ensemble, a new class in the Bower School of Music, aims to encourage students to explore, rehearse and perform popular music through group practice. Dr. Thomas Cimarusti has been a faculty...

Billy Joel’s Albums Ranked

Billy Joel’s Albums Ranked

William Pavela, Staff Writer March 25, 2025

Few debates in music are as spirited as deciding the best Billy Joel album. The Piano Man has created countless hits over decades, crafting a legacy of timeless music. From emotional ballads to upbeat...

How Kendrick’s Half-time Performance Redefined the Super Bowl Stage: A Recap

How Kendrick’s Half-time Performance Redefined the Super Bowl Stage: A Recap

Ryann Kearney, Staff Writer March 25, 2025

As always, the Superbowl continues to be a massive event worldwide which fits itself into American pop-culture. This year the game took place on Sunday, Feb. 9 and featured Kendrick Lamar for the half-time...

Student Created App is a Music Lovers Paradise

Student Created App is a Music Lovers Paradise

Larissa Rodriguez, Assignment & Features Editor February 26, 2025

Music is a universal language that has the power to connect people from all over the world together. One student understands this power and decided to do something about it.   Abraham Joseph is the...

Eagle Media’s Newsroom Live: LUVXR

Ethan Kranert, Assistant Sports Editor February 3, 2025

On Jan. 31, Eagle Media held its first-ever Newsroom Live performance, featuring student artist LUVXR. In an interview hosted by ENTV News Director Julie Perez, LUVXR shared the inspiration behind his...

Left to right: Steven Donaldson, Dr. Eric Otto, Professor Michael Kennedy, and Professor Michael Mancini pose for a picture at their Halloween show at Chocolattés.

Faculty Band Proves Professor Can Literally Rock

Carson Zorn, ENTV Sports Director December 12, 2024

FGCU Professor Mike Kennedy is not only a professor. Every syllabus week he tells his students that he has a “dark side.” His dark side? He is the bass player for a band comprised of multiple FGCU...

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Music Moves the Soul

Emma Diehl, Contributing Writer July 26, 2023

My life these past few years has been chaotic, to say the least. Between transitioning into college life, completing an internship in Washington, D.C., family drama, traumatic experiences and prepping...

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Music is the Elixir of Happiness

Konstantinos Vranishti, Contributing Writer April 12, 2023

Music, the 12 notes in every octave that entertain people, heal the pain, unite the world and express emotions in the most efficient way. When words fail, music takes action and our cosmos becomes a better...

The ultimate connection between sustainability and music: FGCU Food Forest collaborates with The Bower School of Music

The ultimate connection between sustainability and music: FGCU Food Forest collaborates with The Bower School of Music

Tori Foltz, Editor-in-Chief May 23, 2022

Sustainability and music are two completely different things, but a few passionate students found a way to make them intertwined, complementing each other in a celebration that everyone can enjoy. And...

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Bower School of Music students are unable to perform in front of loved ones

March 6, 2021

Ricardo Rivera, a Music Education major with a Vocal Concentration at FGCU, prepared 11 songs in five different languages for his junior recital on February 13th. He paid an accompanist $600, and prepared...

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