Author: Mollie Siu-Chong

New lineup announced for Chris Potter Underground

The Purdue Jazz Festival’s 25th anniversary will kick off with Chris Potter Underground, which will perform on Friday, January 16 at 8:00 p.m. at Purdue University’s Loeb Playhouse.  This performance is presented by Purdue Convocations. Digging into the funk and jazz...

State’s highest court traveling to Purdue University for oral argument

The Indiana Supreme Court will travel to Tippecanoe County to hear oral argument in an adoption-related case. The oral argument in the case of Kramer v. Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Fort-Wayne-South Bend, Inc. (71A03-1308-CT-301) will be held at...

New concert announcement: Neon Trees

  NEWS RELEASE August 18, 2014 Neon Trees 'First Things First Tour' will make stop at Purdue in November WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Neon Trees and Fictionist will perform at Elliott Hall of Music at 8 p.m. on Nov. 7....

“Melissa Aldana & Crash Trio” out now!

Melissa Aldana's third album and her first for Concord Records - entitled "Melissa Aldana & Crash Trio" - has been released today Tuesday June 24 in the US. The album also features master bassist Pablo Menares (also from Chile) as...

LIFE IN COLOR TICKET REMINDER

PRINT YOUR TICKETS EARLY! Due to technical maintenance required by the location of the event, you will NOT be able to print your tickets after 2:00pm the day of the show. After 2:00pm, un-printed tickets will be available at the Stewart Center...

The Making of a Classic

It was September 26, 1957, and something great was coming that evening: a Broadway musical unlike any that had come before. “I thought West Side Story was going to be a flop,” says Arthur Laurents, who wrote the book of...

LIFE IN COLOR: IMPORTANT INFORMATION

The Life In Color outdoor concertThe LIFE IN COLOR tour UNLEASH featuring Adventure Club, David Solano, Machine Gun Kelly, Cash Cash, Spyder Logic and White Vinyl Sky The concert, sponsored by the Purdue Student Concert Committee to celebrate Grand Prix week, will take place Friday, April...

SXSW Review: BORN TO FLY features STREB

By John Gholson Late in the documentary Born to Fly, "pop action" choreographer Elizabeth Streb mentions wanting to expand the brand name recognition of her dance company. This film should certainly help. I'd never heard of Streb before this (not that...

Shakespeare’s Tragedies: Everybody Dies.

Want more Shakespeare? See HAMLET on March 29 at Loeb Playhouse!

PROGRAM NOTES: Simone Dinnerstein, piano

This is a program that explores time and counterpoint. Bach’s 15 Two Part Inventions are pieces that he wrote in 1723 as a guide for keyboard players.  It shows how to play counterpoint, beginning with two voices, one in each...

PROGRAM NOTES: St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra

PROGRAM NOTES As young men, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov and Piotr Tchaikovsky (born four years apart) represented opposite tendencies in Russian music.  The former started his professional life as a naval officer, largely self-taught in music who, together with his colleagues in...

The legacy of world-renowned orchestras at Purdue

Several weeks ago, the Journal and Courier wrote a feature article about Purdue Convocations and its history. Going through the performance archives was definitely a trip down memory lane! Since 1902, Purdue Convocations has presented some of the world’s top...