Drake University students have collaborated for three weeks on a full-scale production of Threepenny Opera, and a seat in the audience won’t even cost three pennies.
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Keys to Excellence: Nicholas Roth and Drake piano students in concert
Five Drake piano students will showcase their talents on a world-renowned concert grand piano during a free concert at Drake University next month. The performance will begin at 7:30 p.m. Monday, December 1, in Sheslow Auditorium, 2507 University Ave.
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Keys to Excellence concert features Beethoven Project founder
A renowned pianist known for bringing Beethoven to international audiences in exciting and novel ways will perform at Drake University.
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Drake choirs launch performance season on Oct. 5
Drake’s three select choral ensembles will launch their 2014–2015 performance season Sunday, Oct. 5, with a free concert that celebrates life’s joys and struggles. The concert, “For most this amazing day,” will feature the Drake Choir, the Chamber Choir, and Drake Chorale, and will begin at 3 p.m. in Sheslow Auditorium, 2875 University Ave. The...
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Drake Theatre presents “Square One” by Steve Tesich
Drake University’s department of theatre arts will present “Square One” by Steve Tesich beginning Thursday, Oct. 2 in the Studio Theatre of the Harmon Fine Arts Center.
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2014-09-222014-09-23by Jeremy SieversIn ArtSci NewsCAS NewsFaculty and Staff AccomplishmentsFine Arts at Drake
Renee Cramer elected president of the Consortium of Undergraduate Law and Justice Programs
Renee Cramer has been elected president of the Consortium of Undergraduate Law and Justice Programs. The Consortium promotes undergraduate legal studies education in a wide variety of institutions in the United States and Canada.
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International writers visit Drake as part of the Susan Glaspell Writers & Critics Reading Series
Three writers from the University of Iowa International Writing Program will be visiting Drake University on Sept. 23 for a presentation titled “Being a Writer in the World: Writing as World Citizenship.”
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Zen Buddhist scholar to discuss the ineffable as part of The Comparison Project
Gereon Kopf, associate professor of religion at Luther College, will deliver a lecture titled “When Expression is Expressed, Non-Expression is Not-Expressed: A Zen Buddhist Approach to Talking About the Ineffable” as part of The Comparison Project’s fall 2014 programming.
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2014-09-092014-09-18by Jeremy SieversIn ArtSci NewsCAS NewsFine Arts at DrakeOfficial News ReleasesZimpleman College of Business
Drake presents lecture on the Scottish referendum
Derek Wilson, former Scottish solicitor and law professor from the University of Nantes in France, will deliver a lecture titled “The Scottish Referendum on Independence: Bravehearts or Faint Hearts?” on Tuesday, Sept. 16 at 7 p.m.
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Rika Uchida, piano, hosts faculty recital in collaboration with Misook Yun, soprano
Rika Uchida, associate professor of piano and theory at Drake University, will give a faculty recital with guest artist Misook Yun, soprano and professor of voice at Youngstown State University, on Friday, Sept. 5 at 7:30 p.m. at Drake University.