Convos Stories

Piano Giving CIrcle

February 28, 2018

Convos Piano Giving Circle

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.


Orlando Consort, Feb. 23, St. Thomas Aquinas

February 14, 2018

The Passion of Joan of Arc (La Passion de Jeanne d’Arc) (1928)

Program for Orlando Consort: Voices Appeared Silent Cinema and Medieval Music The Passion of Joan of Arc February 23, 2018 / St. Thomas Aquinas VOICES APPEARED: SOUND AND VISIONS BY DONALD GREIG Voices Appeared is Jeanne d’Arc’s gnomic explanation of...
A stylized grand piano on an orange background with scattered piano keys. The lid features the text: A Gentleman's Guide To Love and Murder, inspired by Darko Tresnjak’s vision, in decorative fonts.

January 24, 2018

“A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder”

When the Tony Awards were handed out in June of 2014, the stylishly comic musical, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder, took home four trophies, including the biggest: Best Musical. “It was the most incredible thing,” says author Robert...
Two actors in period costumes from A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder raise mugs joyfully on a decorated stage, while a third actor stands as bartender behind a bar set with shelves of bottles in the background.

January 24, 2018

Q&A with “A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder” writers Steven Lutvak and Robert Freedman

https://live-convocations.pantheonsite.io/event/gentlemans-guide-love-murder/ I just wanted to talk to you about the whole process of putting Gentleman’s Guide up on Broadway and winning the Tony Award.  As they say in Sound of Music, let’s start at the very beginning.  How did you...
A group of actors in elaborate period costumes pose dramatically around a dinner table on stage, all with surprised expressions and raised hands, in a scene from A Gentleman's Guide To Love and Murder, directed by Darko Tresnjak.

January 24, 2018

Q&A with “A Gentleman’s Guide To Love and Murder” director, Darko Tresnjak

Well, I thoroughly enjoyed the show and I think it’s quite safe to say that a great deal of the success of the show is in the staging and just the absolute fun of it. Why don’t we start with...
Five people perform onstage in vintage-style clothing, suggesting a civil rights movement–themed performance. Black-and-white mugshots of young men appear behind them, evoking the Freedom Riders as guitar, upright bass, and vocals fill this family matinee.

January 19, 2018

“Freedom Riders” family matinee explores one of the most critical chapters of the civil rights movement

Freedom Riders is the newest play from Mad River Theater Works. It explores valiant and courageous personalities behind one of the most critical chapters in the history of the civil rights movement, the freedom riders.


Jiji, guitar

January 8, 2018

Program Notes: Jiji, guitar

Jiji is an award-winning guitarist from South Korea. Her repertoire includes classical sonatas and electronically tinged soundscapes from her own works as a performer and DJ.


wild Up: Future Folk

January 8, 2018

Pre-Concert Reflection: wild Up’s FUTURE FOLK

What is folk music? Purdue instructional developer Daniel Guberman discusses the evolution of folk from Lomax’s field recordings to the instant gratification of the 21st century.


wild Up band

January 5, 2018

What’s your FUTURE FOLK name?

wild Up creates a communal concert of sound/noise/experience by merging the old-world with the modern era. What does FUTURE FOLK mean to you?


Sally Bowles and cast from Cabaret

December 19, 2017

Behind the scenes of Cabaret

Learn how the talented actors & musicians in Cabaret are one in the same. Go behind the scenes first, then reserve your seat at the Kit Kat Club January 11.


The Steel Wheels

November 20, 2017

The Steel Wheels to Perform at Carnahan Hall on Dec. 7

Sometimes referred to as a “museum of the managed American countryside,” Virginia’s Blue Ridge Mountains represent a balance of unspoiled nature and necessary industry. And though known for hazes tinted with their titular hue, this majestic range has inspired creative...
Happy Thanksgiving spelled out in colorful, wooden block letters on a shelf, with autumn leaves behind, against a rustic wooden background.

November 18, 2017

Happy Thanksgiving

We are so thankful for all those who support us – from Friends of Convocations to our student organizations and educators. Have a Happy Thanksgiving!