Category: 2012-2013 Season

Brentano String Quartet

On Thursday, April 11 the Brentano String Quartet will present the program Fragments: Connecting Past and Present-Six classic unfinished quartets and the six new works they inspired. Convocations director, Todd Wetzel, discusses why this program is so significant: "I've known about...

Vijay Iyer: An American Treasure

Accelerando, the latest album by the Vijay Iyer Trio, has gotten such rave reviews that it hardly bears writing a new one, so I’ll simply point the way for you. Whether you read about music in DownBeat, or The New...

Witches, Bitches & Women in Britches – Program Notes

“How do you write women so well?"  In the movie As Good As It Gets, a gushing fan asks this of Melvin Udall, the prickly, obsessive-compulsive author played by Jack Nicholson.  Without hesitation, Udall replies, “I think of a man….and...

The Joffrey Ballet–America’s Dance Company of Firsts

Did you know that the Joffrey Ballet has achieved many firsts throughout the years? 1. First dance company to perform at the White House at Jacqueline Kennedy’s invitation 2. First to appear on American television 3. First classical dance company...

Pipa: A Closer Look at the Chinese Lute

A tour featuring The Knights, a collective and shifting ensemble of friends from the chamber music scene in Brooklyn, and Wu Man, the world’s most well-known virtuoso on the pipa (sometimes called the Chinese lute) might seem unusual at first....

Price is Right Registration

How will the registration process work? Registration takes place day of show, prior to the performance.
Beginning  at 11 am on Sunday, February 17, each eligible person who would like the opportunity to be selected to play will provide their first...

What is the pipa?

The pipa is a lute-like instrument with a history of more than two thousand years.  During the Qin and Han Dynasties (221 B.C. - 220 A.D.), instruments with long, straight-necks and round resonators with snake skin or wooden sound boards...

SCC Songs of the Week 1/16 – 1/22

  Each week, SCC (Purdue Student Concert Committee) members pick their “Song of the Week.” The song can be new, old, or even undiscovered. Check back weekly for SCC songs of the week! More information about SCC can be found...

MTV Revolution

On August 1st, 1981 music became a visual phenomena with the launch of MTV. At precisely 12.01 am MTV came to life, premiering their first ever music video, "Video Killed the Radio Star". In a single moment the world of music shifted, changing the possibilities of...

Member of the Week: Jeremy Ehrlich

Name: Jeremy Ehrlich Major: Civil Engineering Greek/Club Affiliation: Chi Epsilon Civil Engineering Honors  Fraternity and Civil Engineering Student Ambassador Position in the Student Concert Committee: President What has the SCC done for you?: [It has] allowed me to meet other students who share...

SCC Songs of the Week: 1/09-1/15

Each week, SCC (Purdue Student Concert Committee) members pick their “Song of the Week.” The song can be new, old, or even undiscovered. Check back weekly for SCC songs of the week! More information about SCC can be found atwww.convocations.org/portfolio/scc/...

Purdue Student of the Week

Starting Sunday January 20th the Student Concert Committee will feature a Purdue student on our blog. Each student selected will be named Student of the Week and will be given the opportunity to share their musical interests. The featured student will be...