HISTORY

Purdue University has a rich history of bringing concerts, lectures and performances to campus. In 1902 the "Lecture and Concert Course" was first offered, creating the earliest evidence of what is now Purdue Convocations. Over the years and decades the names and formats have changed, but one thing has remained constant: the desire to expand the Purdue experience beyond the classroom.

2007–2008 SEASON
Academy of Ancient Music
Annie
The Anoushka Shankar Project
Backyardigans Live!
Beakman Live!
BJM Danse (Les Ballets Jazz de Montreal)
The Calder Quartet
Cherryholmes
Dan Zanes and Friends
Déjà vu Blues with Eric Bibb & Ronnie Baker Brooks
Dierks Bentley with special guests Bucky Covington and Luke Bryan
Esperanza Spalding Trio & Gretchen Parlato Duo
Evita
Hairspray
Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra
His Holiness the Dalai Lama
Jeffrey Siegel, piano
Jennifer Stumm, viola
John Jorgenson Quintet
Jon Faddis & Chicago Jazz Ensemble
Macbeth—Actors From The London Stage
Noche Flamenca
Russian American Kids Circus
Stefon Harris presents African Tarantella…Dances with Duke
The Velveteen Rabbit
Vienna Boys Choir
Yamato: The Drummers of Japan

Ben Folds (Student Concert Committee)
Jim Gaffigan (Student Concert Committee)
Stephen Lynch & Charlie Murphy (Student Concert Committee)

2006–2007 SEASON
1984—The Actors' Gang
AIDA
Baseball Music Project
Cathy & Marcy—Scat Like That!
Dance Kaleidoscope—Carmina Burana
David Finckel & Wu Han
David Grisman Quintet
Davide Cabassi, piano
Diavolo
Ethos Percussion Group
Fès Festival of World Sacred Music
Guy Davis
Jessica Lee, violin
Joseph & the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Junie B. Jones
Kurt Elling Quartet
Michael Cooper—Masked Marvels and WonderTales
Nickel Creek
Peter Yarrow and Bethany & Rufus
Poncho Sanchez Latin Jazz Band
Preservation Hall Jazz Band
Ron White
Salzburg Chamber Soloists
Super Scientific Circus
The Pink Floyd Experience
The Producers
The Tweaksters!
Thwak—The Umbilical Brothers
Trio Con Brio Copenhagen

B.B. King (Convocations and Student Concert Committee)
Bob Saget (Student Concert Committee)
The Fray (Student Concert Committee)
Wilco (Student Concert Committee)

2005–2006 SEASON
Alexander String Quartet
Alexander Who's Not...Not Going to Move
Anytown: Stories of America—Shapiro & Smith Dance
Backbeat...A tribute to the Beatles
Berenstain Bears on Stage!
BLAST!
Boston Brass
Camerata Nordica
Chick Corea Quartet
The Great Tennessee Monkey Trial—LA Theatre Works
HMS Pinafore—Carl Rosa Opera
In the Mood
Jack Hanna's Wild for Wildlife
Jack Liebeck, violin
John Mellencamp
Kelly Clarkson
Macbeth—Opera Verdi Europa
Mark Nizer
Merce Cunningham Dance Company
Oklahoma!
Pat Metheny Trio
Plena Libre
Polygraph Lounge
A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor
Quartet New Generation
Rockin' Blues Revue: John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers with Eric Bibb and Robben Ford
Samite
Simon Shaheen & Qantara
St. Lawrence String Quartet
Taylor 2
A Tennessee Christmas with Lee Greenwood
Terence Blanchard Sextet
Thoroughly Modern Millie

311 (Student Concert Committee)
Mo Rocca (Student Concert Committee)

2004–2005 SEASON
42nd Street
Aida—Opera Verdi Europa
Alpin Hong, piano
Another Kind of Blue…The Latin Side of Miles
Blue's Clues Live! Blue's Birthday Party
Brad Paisley with Sara Evans and Andy Griggs
Bunnicula
Cats
Claremont Trio
Daedalus String Quartet
Fiddler on the Roof
Freedom Train
The Full Monty
Holiday Hop: Coasters, Drifters, Marvellettes
Hubbard Street Dance Chicago
International Guitar Night
John McCutcheon
John Scofield Trio
Larry the Cable Guy
Le Trio Gershwin
Leo Kottke
Luma
Maya Beiser, cello
Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel
Miss Saigon
Momix in Opus Cactus
Natalie MacMaster
Oak Ridge Boys
Phil Woods Quintet
Ravi Shankar
Robert Dubac's Male Intellect….An Oxymoron?
Score by SITI Company
Sharon Isbin, guitar
STOMP
Victoria

Bob Dylan (Student Concert Committee)
George Carlin (Student Concert Committee)
Guster (Student Concert Committee)
O.A.R. (Student Concert Committee)