Convos Stories

March 7, 2020

REVIEW: Acclaim for pianists Soyeon Kate Lee and Ran Dank at Close Encounters With Music

It’s not enough that pianists Soyeon Kate Lee and Ran Dank play at a virtuoso level. It’s not enough that, as soloists, they’re undaunted by the most challenging pieces in the standard repertoire (and beyond). No, what Lee and Dank...

March 7, 2020

7 Reasons Why Dank and Lee are Incredibly Impressive

By Kristen Day - Marketing Intern Ran Dank and Soyeon Kate Lee are two virtuosic pianists who've made their mark on the classical piano scene. Whether it's the challenges of marriage, parenthood, or mastering a new concerto, the duo exhibits...

March 1, 2020

13 Third Coast Percussion Songs to Fuel Your Creativity [Playlist]

By Kristen Day - Marketing Intern Third Coast Percussion is a Grammy award-winning ensemble that has traveled the globe, released a wide variety of records, and has been performing together since 2005. The supergroup group is currently made up of...

February 26, 2020

10 Questions with The Brother Brothers

By Kristen Day - Marketing Intern Making up the two halves of The Brother Brothers are fiddle player Adam Moss and cellist David Moss. Their harmonious folk sound has traveled across the world on street corners, music festival stages, and...

February 24, 2020

5 Fascinating Facts About Rosa Parks

By Jordan Howard - Marketing Intern You could feel tremors rumbling across America as rock ‘n’ roll excited kids and outraged parents. But an even more important transformation awaited in Montgomery, Alabama as Rosa Parks, an African-American woman, refused to...

February 21, 2020

5 Reasons Why A Bronx Tale is the Musical You Need Right Now

By Kristen Day - Marketing Intern There are a million reasons to see a Broadway show. From the choreography to spectacular songs, and heartwarming stories, Purdue Convos' upcoming musical A Bronx Tale has it all. The show is based on...

February 18, 2020

Announcing a new $10,000 matching gift for the Piano Giving Circle Fund

The Convos Piano Giving Circle brings together the Friends of Convocations who believe in the importance of making live piano music performances regularly available in our community. A generous donor has offered a 1:1 match for any NEW donation given...

February 17, 2020

7 Speakers for TedxPurdueU

TEDxPurdueU, an independently organized TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) event, uses storytelling to nurture a culture of innovation by sharing ideas developed by Purdue students, faculty, alumni and community members with the global TED community. At TEDxPurdueU, several live speakers from...

February 13, 2020

American Idol Winner Nick Fradiani Will Star in A Bronx Tale North American Tour

Via Playbill.com Nick Fradiani, the 2015 American Idol winner, will play Lorenzo in the the 2019–2020 North American tour of the Broadway musical A Bronx Tale. The forthcoming tour will hold technical rehearsals in Elmira, New York, at the Clemens Center, before officially...

February 12, 2020

Little Known Facts About the Composers of Secrets of the Baroque

By Jordan E. Howard - Marketing Intern Baroque music is a deep, vast treasure chest of astonishing virtuosity. On its sixth tour of the United States, the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin—or Akamus—is letting stateside audiences in on Secrets of the...

February 4, 2020

Interview with a Dancer – Guangdong Modern Dance Company’s Li Siyu

By Jordan Howard - Marketing Intern Guangdong Province is a bridge to inland China, a gateway through which the world saw China “open up” during economic reforms and one of the nation’s fastest-growing regions. It’s also a thriving hub of...

February 4, 2020

Interview with a Choreographer – Liu Qi from Guangdong Modern Dance Company

By Jordan Howard - Marketing Intern Guangdong Province is a bridge to inland China, a gateway through which the world saw China “open up” during economic reforms and one of the nation’s fastest-growing regions. It’s also a thriving hub of...