Convos Stories

A special trio of performances are planned for the 2015-16 season to dedicate our new Steinway D Concert Grand piano, including an extraordinary engagement with Philip Glass.

A special trio of performances are planned for the 2015-16 season to dedicate our new Steinway D Concert Grand piano, including an extraordinary engagement with Philip Glass.

Works such as Mark Morris Dance Group’s Dido & Aeneas are created by investment in our collective cultural legacy by generous Convocations supporters.

Works such as Mark Morris Dance Group’s Dido & Aeneas are created by investment in our collective cultural legacy by generous Convocations supporters.

Purdue Convocations’ 2015-16 season, will feature more than 25 events, including an array of Broadway musicals, lectures, opera, theatre, music and concerts.

Purdue Convocations’ 2015-16 season, will feature more than 25 events, including an array of Broadway musicals, lectures, opera, theatre, music and concerts.

With field trip & arts budgets being routinely cut or lessened, your gift can have a critical impact on a student’s increased cultural understanding.

With field trip & arts budgets being routinely cut or lessened, your gift can have a critical impact on a student’s increased cultural understanding.

Learn how Professor Otto Doering incorporates Purdue Convocations events. “I think the key thing is that you have to push…more professors should engage in this activity.”

Learn how Professor Otto Doering incorporates Purdue Convocations events. “I think the key thing is that you have to push…more professors should engage in this activity.”

8 field recordings were captured from community musicians in the spirit of Alan Lomax, as part of Jayme Stone’s Lomax Project Residency in March 2015.

8 field recordings were captured from community musicians in the spirit of Alan Lomax, as part of Jayme Stone’s Lomax Project Residency in March 2015.

Known to Purdue audiences from 2008’s collaborative recital with Joshua Bell and a 2009 solo appearance, Jeremy Denk will return to Purdue University—with the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields—on March 24. Q&A with Jeremy Denk, Part 2 (read...

We’re pleased to announce the musicians chosen to record during our March 28 Community Field Recording Open House, as part of Jayme Stone's Lomax Project. Fergus Daly and Joe Kollman Joe Peters Pearsongs Green Room Rockers Cody Hall and Rachael...

DUBLIN GUITAR QUARTET April 10 / 8 PM / Loeb Playhouse FRIENDS SUPPORT FROM: MIKE & PAM LUENZ BRIAN BOLGER | PAT BRUNNOCK | REDMOND O’TOOLE | TOMAS O’DURCAIN Program Note: Regular Dublin Guitar Quartet member Michael O'Toole has been replaced...

Program Notes Academy of St. Martin in the Fields with Jeremy Denk, piano March 24 / 7:30PM / Elliott Hall of Music Serenade in E-flat major, Op. 6 (1892) by Josef Suk (Křečovice, Bohemia, 1874 – Benešov, 1935) In the late...

UPDATE: Read Part II of our Q&A with Jeremy Denk Known to Purdue audiences from 2008’s collaborative recital with Joshua Bell and a 2009 solo appearance, Jeremy Denk will return to Purdue University—with the Academy of St. Martin in the...

David LaVanne Year: Junior Major: Supply Chain Management Technology, Industrial Systems Technology, Theatre Design & Production Position in SCC: President Hometown: Lake Zurich, IL Favorite SCC Memory: The opportunity to spray the crowd with gallons of paint at Life In...