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USD to host spring festival
The University of South Dakota Symphony Orchestra will host a Spring Orchestra Festival for area high school students March 2. The students will spend the day rehearsing and will then give a concert that evening, music professor Richard Rognstad said. “We sent invitations to about 30 area high schools, and we have students from five […]
European works featured
The University of South Dakota art galleries will incorporate the Eastern European culture with their Kleinprints exhibit. The exhibit will feature 45 to 60 prints from Belgium, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Russia and Ukraine. The exhibit will be held in the John A. Day Art Gallery March 5 — 26. A reception for the exhibit […]
Students give music new ‘spin’
Two students at the University of South Dakota are finding ways to express their creativity through the musical style of disc jockeying. Brian Drapeaux, fourth-year student, and Junior Bobby Horton each performed their first gig a couple of weekends ago for a benefit at Maya Jane’s. The two USD students are both being promoted […]
“Top Girls” a win for the Theater Department
“Creepy” isn’t a word that gets paired with feminism very often. Caryl Churchill’s play “Top Girls,” directed by Assistant Professor of Theater Raimondo Genna, doesn’t just throw the two concepts together, it makes the combination feel natural. The play is set in 1980s Britain during the time of Margaret Thatcher, the first female prime minister. […]
Professor of piano to teach and perform at the university
Ksenia Nosikova, professor of piano at the University of Iowa, will come to the University of South Dakota where she will hold a piano masterclass and a recital. The masterclass will take place Feb. 23 while the students and community members from Vermillion will have the opportunity to hear Nosikova’s music at 7:30 p.m. on […]
National Music Museum to feature a quintet of horns
The Brown Bag Lunch Program at the National Music Museum will feature a band who has been around for more than 25 years. Deborah Reeves, Curator of Education at the National Music Museum, said A Sound of Brass has kept going over the years. “The band was founded in 1984,” Reeves said. “Although it has […]
Three choirs featured in showcase
Three choir groups at the University of South Dakota have been preparing since the beginning of the semester for a showcase being presented Feb. 25 at 3 p.m. The chamber singers, men’s and women’s chorus, as well as the concert choir will perform Saturday. David Holdhusen, director of choral activities, said this is the first […]
Musicians jazz it up for spring concert
The University of South Dakota’s music department will feature two jazz ensembles in concert for the first time this semester. The ensembles will peform Wednesday Feb. 21 in Colton Recital Hall at 7:30 p.m. The two ensembles feature approximately 40 USD students ranging from freshmen to graduate students. Assistant professor Christopher Kocher said the ensembles […]
Three choirs featured in showcase
Three choir groups at the University of South Dakota have been preparing since the beginning of the semester for a showcase being presented Feb. 25 at 3 p.m. The chamber singers, men’s and women’s chorus, as well as the concert choir will perform Saturday. David Holdhusen, director of choral activities, said this is the first […]
‘Top Girls’ to premiere
The University of South Dakota theatre department will address the issue of inequality among men and women and the working class with a presentation of the play “Top Girls.” “Top Girls” will be performed in the Wayne S. Knutson Theatre Feb. 22 through the 25 at 7:30 p.m. and Feb. 26 at 2:00 p.m. Tickets […]