Convos Stories

November 12, 2014

Q&A with Béla Fleck

Béla Fleck has been nominated in more different Grammy® categories than anyone in the awards’ history—country, pop, jazz, bluegrass, classical, folk, spoken word, composition, and arranging. See Béla Fleck live at Purdue University on November 14 with Brooklyn Rider. Q:...

November 3, 2014

State’s highest court traveling to Purdue University for oral argument

The Indiana Supreme Court will travel to Tippecanoe County to hear oral argument in an adoption-related case. The oral argument in the case of Kramer v. Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Fort-Wayne-South Bend, Inc. (71A03-1308-CT-301) will be held at...

October 17, 2014

Yo-Yo Ma and Kathryn Stott’s Encore

Thank you for attending Wednesday's performance by Yo-Yo Ma & Kathryn Stott! Here is a list of the pieces performed during the multiple encores: Salut d’Amour, by Edward Elgar (listen) Prelude No. 1 from Three Preludes for Piano, by George Gershwin (listen) The Swan from The Carnival of the Animals, by Camille...

October 14, 2014

From Generation to Generation: David Dorfman Dance

  Come, and Back Again Got junk? Maybe you’re a person who has a garage full of bric-a-brac you’ve kept around just in case you ever have a need for it. Maybe you have a family member who can’t drive...

October 14, 2014

Mamma Mia! brings the music of ABBA to Purdue

Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus’ MAMMA MIA!, the smash hit musical based on the songs of ABBA, returns to Elliott Hall of Music October 21, 2014 at 7:30 pm. ABBA: the band behind the music that captured the world On Saturday April...

October 6, 2014

‘Peter and the Starcatcher’ performance moved to April 9

Purdue Convocations will present the award-winning Broadway show "Peter and the Starcatcher" at 7 p.m. April 9 at Elliott Hall of Music. This performance was originally scheduled for April 23. All tickets issued for the original date will be honored at the door. Purdue...

September 12, 2014

Neon Trees Concert Postponed

UPCOMING NEON TREES CONCERT AT PURDUE POSTPONED DUE TO ILLNESS Neon Trees regretfully must postpone some dates of their upcoming fall tour– including a scheduled Nov. 7 show at Purdue University– due to health issues of bassist Branden Campbell, who recently underwent open-heart...

August 18, 2014

New concert announcement: Neon Trees

  NEWS RELEASE August 18, 2014 Neon Trees 'First Things First Tour' will make stop at Purdue in November WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Neon Trees and Fictionist will perform at Elliott Hall of Music at 8 p.m. on Nov. 7....

June 24, 2014

“Melissa Aldana & Crash Trio” out now!

Melissa Aldana's third album and her first for Concord Records - entitled "Melissa Aldana & Crash Trio" - has been released today Tuesday June 24 in the US. The album also features master bassist Pablo Menares (also from Chile) as...

May 22, 2014

Fieldwork: An Alan Lomax Centennial Residency

Featuring Jayme Stone/The Lomax Project Friday/Saturday, March 27-28, 2015 Beginning in 1934, with cumbersome—and now quaintly-primitive—recording equipment loaded in the back of his car, the young Alan Lomax (1915-2002) travelled down the dusty byways and backwaters of the United States...

April 24, 2014

LIFE IN COLOR TICKET REMINDER

PRINT YOUR TICKETS EARLY! Due to technical maintenance required by the location of the event, you will NOT be able to print your tickets after 2:00pm the day of the show. After 2:00pm, un-printed tickets will be available at the Stewart Center...

April 23, 2014

The Making of a Classic

It was September 26, 1957, and something great was coming that evening: a Broadway musical unlike any that had come before. “I thought West Side Story was going to be a flop,” says Arthur Laurents, who wrote the book of...