Sally B. Bartlett Memorial Concert is scheduled for December 2, 2024 Nicholas Roth, Professor of Piano at Drake University, will present the Sally B. Bartlett Memorial Concert as the next installment of the Drake University Keys to Excellence Piano Series on Monday, December 2, at 7:30 p.m. in Sheslow Auditorium. There is charge for admission....
Category: Fine Arts at Drake
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Keys to Excellence opens season with pianist Ilia Radoslavov
Ilia Radoslavov, head of the keyboard area at the Illinois Wesleyan University School of Music, will present the opening concert of the 2024–2025 season of the Keys to Excellence Piano Series on Monday, Sept. 30, at 7:30 p.m. in Sheslow Auditorium at Drake University. Admission is free. Radoslavov will also present a public masterclass on...
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Keys to Excellence Presents Bruce Brubaker
Bruce Brubaker, chair of the piano department at the New England Conservatory, will present the next concert of the 2023–2024 season of the Drake University Keys to Excellence Piano Series on Monday, Nov. 13, at 7:30 p.m. in Sheslow Auditorium. Admission is free. Brubaker will also give a public masterclass on Sunday, Nov. 12, at...
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Keys to Excellence features Garik Pedersen in The Victory Vertical Piano Project Oct. 2
The annual concert series features internationally acclaimed pianists. All concerts are held at Sheslow Auditorium at Drake University; admission is free. Garik Pedersen, emeritus professor of Eastern Michigan University, will present the opening concert of the 2023–2024 season of the Drake University Keys to Excellence Piano Series on Monday, Oct. 2, at 7:30 p.m. in...
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Keys to Excellence features Israeli-American pianist Nadia Weintraub
Highly acclaimed pianist Nadia Weintraub will present the final concert of the 2022–2023 season for the Drake University Keys to Excellence Piano Series on Monday, April 24, at 7:30 p.m. in Sheslow Auditorium. Admission is free. The program for the performance is: The Piano in Poetry, Romance, and Dance Clara Schumann Romance in A minor, Op.21,...
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Drake Theatre Arts presents Silent Sky Nov. 17–20
Drake Theatre Arts presents their final production of the fall semester, Silent Sky, by American playwright Laura Gunderson; directed by Drake senior Morgan Erwin. It will run from Nov. 17–19 at 7:30 p.m. and Nov. 20 at 2 p.m. in Performing Arts Hall at the Harmon Fine Arts Center on Drake University’s campus. Silent Sky...
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Jordan Concert Series features Metropolitan Opera tenor Eric Ferring
Drake University is proud to present the next artist of the Jordan Concert Series—Drake alumnus and Metropolitan Opera tenor, Eric Ferring. A masterclass with Drake voice students will be held Oct. 12 from 3–5 p.m. in Sheslow Auditorium on Drake University’s campus. A concert with Ferring is scheduled for Friday, Oct. 14, at 7:30 p.m....
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Keys to Excellence Piano Series resumes Oct. 3 featuring Kansas State Professor of Piano Sławomir Dobrzański
Now in its 10th season—and after a two-year hiatus—Drake University’s Keys to Excellence Piano Series resumes featuring internationally acclaimed pianists from around the world. Sławomir Dobrzański, professor at Kansas State University, will present the first concert of the 2022–2023 season on Monday, Oct. 3, at 7:30 p.m. in Sheslow Auditorium. Admission is free. The performance will feature works by Bach, Mozart,...
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Drake Theatre presents ‘The Bald Soprano’ Sept.29–Oct. 2
Drake Theatre Arts presents its production of the absurdist anti-play The Bald Soprano by Eugene Ionesco. The performance will run Sept. 29–Oct. 1 at 7:30 p.m. and Oct. 2 at 2 p.m. in the Performing Arts Hall at Drake University’s Harmon Fine Arts Center. The Bald Soprano is the first Drake Theatre production of the...
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Drake University Theatre Arts presents ‘It Shoulda Been You’
Drake University Theatre Arts presents It Shoulda Been You written by Barbara Anslemi and Brian Hargrove. Showtimes are March 31–April 2 at 7:30 p.m. and April 3 at 2 p.m. in the Performing Arts Hall at the Harmon Fine Arts Center on Drake University’s campus. Face coverings are not required but encouraged. Tickets are available...