The Gift of Christmas is a heartwarming holiday piano concert celebrating love, peace, family, and friendship. Enjoy timeless Christmas classics, Brickman's biggest hits like "The Gift" and "Valentine," plus joyful surprises.
Join us for this feel-good concert offering timeless music, a few laughs, and a cozy atmosphere perfect for celebrating the season with friends and family.
To celebrate the 10-year legacy of our Steinway D concert grand, gifted by John & Janet Nine, Convocations welcomes back Eric Zuber—the artist who helped select and dedicate the piano.
A Romantic repertoire specialist and award-winning pianist, Zuber will perform landmark works by Beethoven, Chopin, and Tchaikovsky—because great artistry deserves to be celebrated with the instrument that helps make it possible.
Called "a master of dynamics" by Acoustic Guitar and praised by The New York Times, Martin Sexton is known for his emotionally rich voice and powerful live shows.
In his Abbey Road Show, Sexton performs the iconic Beatles album front-to-back, blending hits like "Here Comes the Sun" and "I Want You (She's So Heavy)" with stories and personal reflections that bring the music to life.
Purdue audiences will remember Melissa White from her amazing spring 2024 appearance. White returns with the Grammy-winning Harlem Quartet—Ilmar Gavilán, Jaime Amador, and Felix Umansky—known for dynamic performances and a fresh take on classical music.
Praised by The New York Times for their “panache,” they’ve also earned acclaim from Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Ted Nash, who called them “one of the greatest string quartets I have ever heard.”
Celebrate 300 years of Vivaldi’s "Four Seasons" with Baroque superstars Les Arts Florissants and violinist Théotime Langlois de Swarte.
Experience Shakespeare’s Hamlet with Actors From The London Stage. 5 actors each share responsibility for the direction of the play and perform two or three major roles (as well as several minor ones). Through imagination and collaboration, the cast conjures Shakespeare’s immortal words and worlds into being.
TEDxPurdueU: Parallax explores dynamic interplay of perspectives, from science & technology to human psychology & societal discourse.
Experience the 14-piece Mingus Big Band live at the 2025 Purdue Jazz Festival, celebrating jazz legend Charles Mingus. Coming to Purdue on January 24, 2025.
Excerpts from Terence Blanchard's groundbreaking opera, Fire Shut Up In My Bones, live with The E-Collective, Turtle Island Quartet, and guest vocalists.
Discover the rising star of jazz, Isaiah J. Thompson, winner of the 2023 American Pianists Awards. Coming to Purdue on October 12, 2024.
Kronos Quartet returns to celebrate 50 years of modern chamber music excellence. The group will pull from decades of material for an unforgettable experience.
Embark on an interstellar adventure with Ms. Frizzle and her curious students in 'The Magic School Bus: Lost in the Solar System.
From Carnegie Hall to Geneva, Madrid to Chicago, classical violinist Melissa White and pianist Pallavi Mahidhara have played all around the world.
Featuring national, regional and local thought leaders, the 2024 TEDxPurdueU will explore how recurrence influences our lives at a deeper level.
Piano/dance duo Counterpoint will honor master composers Bach, Mozart and Brahms as well as the 100th anniversary of Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue.”
Young jazz saxophone sensation Lakecia Benjamin will headline the annual Purdue Jazz Festival with a captivating and awe-inspiring live performance.
A dramatic retelling of Jack London’s classic tale Call of the Wild will make you feel the bitter Yukon winds at your back just like brave sled dog Buck.
Dynamic and charismatic, Emmet Cohen, an internationally acclaimed jazz pianist and music educator, returns for an energetic live performance.
This multimedia show celebrates the life and music of The Man in Black through live music, Johnny Cash’s voice, and never-before-seen footage.
Grandmaster Flash’s hit, “The Message,” forever changed hip-hop 40-plus years ago when it debuted as the first socially conscious rap track.
Witness the pageantry, emotion, and music of Día de Muertos or Day of the Dead when LA’s Las Cafeteras brings its “Hasta La Muerte” show to Purdue.
Circa’s new show, Humans 2.0, consists of tightly woven choreography of bodies where physical limits are pushed to the extreme.
Led by Truett Heintzelman and Philip Lupton, the band pushes feel-good vibes throughout its eclectic sound.
French-Canadian 15-piece chamber orchestra Les Violons du Roy brings 38 years of classical and baroque repertoire to Purdue on April 26, 2023.
Sudan’s many identities truly coalesce in her debut album, Athena: a psychedelic, magnetic take on modern R&B. Live at Purdue on April 5!
Sudan’s many identities truly coalesce in her debut album, Athena: a psychedelic, magnetic take on modern R&B. Live at Purdue on April 5!
Tennessee choreographer Lil Buck is an agile ambassador of Memphis Jookin’ — his city’s ankle-bending, gravity-defying signature style of street dance.
The Mathematical Mysteries tour will engage audiences young and old with magic, mathematics, and the magic of math in a high-energy, family-friendly form
The 2023 TEDxPurdueU will contain a “Terrarium” of ideas and research that explore technology, entertainment, culture, sustainability, and environmentalism.
Experience a new spin on jazz legend Dizzy Gillespie with New York trumpeter Sean Jones and his band Dizzy Spellz headlining the 2023 Purdue Jazz Festival.
Hear Christmas music in a way you’ve never heard before when the all-female, brass ensemble tenThing returns to Purdue for A Feeling of Norwegian Christmas.
