Tickets are now on sale for the full-length classical ballet, “Cinderella,” which will be performed by Ballet Jorgen of Toronto, Canada on Sunday, April 30. The performance, sponsored by Festival Dance & Performing Arts, will take place at 3 p.m. at Beasley Coliseum. It will be the final offering of the 2005-2006 Great Performance Series. […]
The Solstice Wind Quintet will present a spring concert at 3 p.m. Sunday, March 26 in Bryan Hall Theater on the WSU-Pullman campus. The distinguished faculty ensemble, which has been in residence at WSU since 1978, is known for intimate, friendly performances in the chamber music tradition. Members of the quartet include Ann Marie Yasinitsky, […]
The Solstice Wind Quintet will present a spring concert on Sunday, March 26 at 3 p.m. in the WSU Bryan Hall Theatre. This distinguished faculty ensemble, which has been in residence at WSU since 1978, is known for intimate, friendly performances in the best chamber music tradition.Sunday’s concert will feature music by Cuban jazz composer […]
What do you get when you combine a harmonica, percussion, and a string quartet? Corky Siegel’s Chamber Blues of course! This hybrid musical adventure is the result of a marriage between Muddie Waters and Mozart. Classical music and the American born Blues unite for a joyful and quirky celebration of sound and a unique amalgamation […]
Women from Pullman to Louisiana to East Asia stand to benefit from the 2006 production of “The Vagina Monologues,” which is performed yearly at WSU as part of V-Day, a worldwide effort to stop violence against women through education, awareness and fund raising. Last year’s benefit raised about $8,000. The cast and crew each year […]
WSU’s award-winning Jazz Big Band and VOJAZZ vocal jazz ensemble will hold a concert Tuesday, Feb. 14 at 8 p.m. in Kimbrough Concert Hall to celebrate Black History Month.The concert is free and open to the public.Jazz Big Band, under the direction of Meyer Distinguished Professor of Music Greg Yasinitsky, will perform pieces by African-American […]
A concert featuring the award-winning Washington State University Jazz Big Band and VOJAZZ vocal jazz ensemble will celebrate Black History Month at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 14 in Kimbrough Concert Hall.The concert will open with VOJAZZ performing under the direction of Noel Barbuto. Barbuto has sung as a featured artist with Opera Plus, the Coeur […]
Canada’s Borealis String Quartet will perform at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 15 in Bryan Hall Theater. The Borealis String Quartet has established itself as an ensemble praised for its dynamic performances, passionate style, and refined musical interpretation. Featured in numerous CBC broadcasts, the Borealis String Quartet has performed to critical acclaim and sold out […]
WSU’s festival consists of numerous elements beginning with a presentation of student compositions at 11:10 a.m. Feb. 9, in Kimbrough Concert Hall. “The choral ‘Kyrie,’ set in a minimalist style by undergraduate composer Austin Schlichting, will be a delightfully fresh and rhythmic treatment of the text,” Argersinger said. Students presenting new compositions include Aleks Sternfeld-Dunn, […]
From Hawaiian and West African world dance to cutting-edge athletic modern dance, Rainbow Dance Theatre does it all.Because of the theatre’s multicultural roots, versatility and diversity, Festival Dance & Performing Arts asked Rainbow Dance to perform at Beasley Coliseum in celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. The program, titled “One Village, Many Tribes,” will […]