NORMAN — Karl Sievers, nationally recognized musician and professor of music, has been named the 2017 Irene and Julian J. Rothbaum Presidential Professor of Excellence in the Arts at the University of Oklahoma Weitzenhoffer Family College of Fine Arts. At OU, in addition to teaching, Sievers has served as the area chair for the School of Music, as chair of the OU Compensation Committee, and as a faculty senator to all brass and percussion performance majors.Read more on NewsOK.com