The 2021 season of the Drake University Keys to Excellence Piano Series opens with Nicholas Roth, professor of piano at Drake University, presenting a memorial concert honoring Sally Bay Bartlett, who passed away in March. Bartlett’s support for the Drake piano program was far reaching. Chief among her many notable contributions included gifting the magnificent...
Drake University Theatre presents “Medea” to an in-person audience Sept. 30–Oct. 3
Drake University Theatre presents its production of the Greek tragedy Medea by Euripides Sept. 30–Oct 2. at 7:30 p.m. and Oct. 3 at 2 p.m. in the William S.E. Coleman Studio Theatre of the Harmon Fine Arts Center at Drake University. Medea will be the first production open to the public at the Harmon Fine...
Drake University Theatre presents spring musical ‘Into the Woods’
Drake University Theatre will present its upcoming musical Into the Woods April 1–3 at 7:30 p.m. and April 4 at 2 p.m. Performances will be streamed live, in real-time, to an in-person audience in the William S.E. Coleman Studio Theatre. Performances are limited to only Drake fine arts students. Fine arts students can reserve a...
Drake University Theatre to perform ‘Songs for a New World’ virtually
Drake University will stream its long-awaited online musical Songs for a New World by Jason Robert Brown Feb. 25–March 11. The performance can be viewed for $2 plus a streaming fee. Watch video. Songs for a New World was originally scheduled to debut in Spring 2020, but due to COVID-19, rehearsals were delayed until this year. Due to the pandemic, Drake Theatre reimagined how students rehearse and perform Songs for a New World while maintaining students’ well-being. Although the cast will not be performing live to a large in-person audience, the production was recorded through a single camera for...
New way to enjoy Drake University events at home
Tune in to Front Row at Drake every Thursday night to connect and witness the talents of Drake students, faculty, and staff Starved for collegiate sports, music, or art? Drake University is bringing them to you every Thursday night with the new Front Row at Drake series. Tomorrow night, Dec. 3, 2020, the University will...
Drake University Theatre to present Othello virtually
This fall, the Drake University Theatre Department will present its first virtual mainstage production of The Tragedy of Othello: The Moor of Venice by William Shakespeare. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, actors will perform Othello in an empty Performing Arts Hall, and post video of the performance to the DrakeUTheatre YouTube channel. The performance recording...
Drake ranked among top universities in the nation in 2021 U.S. News & World Report ranking
Drake University is one of the nation’s leading universities, according to U.S. News & World Report’s 2021 Best Colleges rankings. The 2021 edition of Best Colleges places Drake 124th among 389 of the nation’s most elite private and public doctoral institutions, advancing six spots from last year’s rankings. This is the second year U.S. News...
Professor asks “How ya doin’?”
Students know Drake Theater Arts Professor John Pomeroy as a teacher who enjoys heavy metal music and from time to time asks them the simple question, “How ya doin’?” “When I get generic answers, I press them to learn if that is honestly how they are feeling,” said Pomeroy. “Nearly all of the time the...
Keys to Excellence Presents Mattia Ometto
Italian pianist Mattia Ometto will present the upcoming concert of the 2019–2020 season for the Drake University Keys to Excellence Piano Series on Monday, Feb. 10, at 7:30 p.m. in Sheslow Auditorium. Admission is free. The performance will feature the following works by Franz Liszt, Claude Debussy, Mario Pagotto, and Nikolai Medtner. Ometto will also...