Category: Music

Sullivan Fortner, jazz-pianist

Get to know jazz pianist Sullivan Fortner

Cole Porter Fellowship in Jazz winner Sullivan Fortner started playing piano at age 7 and has worked with the Marsalis family, Stefon Harris, & Roy Hargrove.

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Mavis Staples

Mavis Staples is Livin’ on a High Note

The Chicago native has had an incredible musical journey from a high school hit, to advancing the Civil Rights Movement with rallying anthems, and collaborating with modern artists.

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A New Orleans jazz pianist in a dark shirt and khaki pants leans forward, playing an upright piano intently in a dimly lit room with brick walls, a framed mirror, and abstract art on the wall.

New Orleans jazz pianist, accompanied by Indy musicians, to perform Oct. 22 at Purdue

This New Orleans native and rising jazz-piano star, winner of the 2015 Cole Porter Fellowship in Jazz, will be joined by three of the hottest Indy players for a performance on October 22nd at Loeb Playhouse.

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Members of Shanghai Jingju Theatre Company dress Purdue students in Peking Opera costumes

An Introduction to Jingju with the Actors and Musicians of The Revenge of Prince Zi Dan

World Music and Chinese Language and Culture Students Participate in a Lecture and Demonstration on the Art of Jingju (Peking Opera)

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Scene from The Revenge of Prince Zi Dan

The Revenge of Prince Zi Dan Coming to Purdue

Shanghai Jingju Theatre Company (Peking Opera) brings reimagined telling of Shakespeare’s ‘Hamlet’ to Purdue September 23 at 8 P.M. in Loeb Playhouse.

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The Revenge of Prince Zi Dan program cover

Program: The Revenge of Prince Zi Dan

The Revenge of Prince Zi Dan – adapted from Zhu Sheng-Hao’s translation of Hamlet – by Shanghai Jingju Theatre Company, September 23, 2016, Loeb Playhouse

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scene from Triplets of Belleville

Fast 4: The Triplets of Belleville

From former Disney animator, Sylvain Chomet, comes this Oscar-nominated film accompanied by live music.

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Sunny Jain from Red Baraat during NPR Field Recording Session

Red Baraat Connects People Through Music

For Global Fest 2016, Red Baraat will lead the Opening Night Dance Party September 16. Watch how they connected people through music with an NPR Field Recording.

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Children play with hula hoops in a gymnasium as an audience watches from the bleachers. Some kids are spinning or picking up hoops, while a man—reminiscent of Kevin Locke’s hoop dance leadership—guides the activity near the basketball hoop.

Kevin Locke visits South Newton Elementary

Students were eager audience members and hoop dancing participants in two school performances by Kevin Locke, a Lakota flute player and Hoop Dancer.

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SFJAZZ Collective

SFJAZZ Collective: Meet the Band

SFJAZZ Collective consists of an all-star, award-winning jazz octet comprising eight of modern jazz’s most dynamic performers-composers. But wait, there’s much more!

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Panic! at the Disco coming to Purdue University April 14

Fast 5: Panic! at the Disco

Here are 5 fast facts to get you ready for Panic! at the Disco’s Elliott Hall of Music performance on Thursday, April 14 at 7:30 p.m.

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Program Notes: Meklit

Singer Meklit has been hailed by the San Francisco Chronicle as “an artistic giant in the early stages” & blends folk & jazz with global roots.

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