Purdue Arts & Entertainment News
Purdue Arts & Entertainment News
The Purdue Symphonic and Fall Concert Bands present a joint concert at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 19. The Fall Concert Band is made up of more than 100 student musicians from a wide variety of musical backgrounds. The Symphonic Band is one of the most selective ensembles on Purdue's campus. Its membership is determined through highly competitive auditions at the beginning of each academic year.
The weekend of Oct. 24-26, Purdue Bands will present three shows:
A night of jazz awaits when the American Music Review and the Purdue Jazz Band present a joint concert at 8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 24. The American Music Review consists of a jazz ensemble and solo singers. Favorites from Duke Ellington, George Gershwin and Cole Porter will be part of the performance. The Purdue Jazz Band also will present jazz favorites.
A second evening of jazz entertainment follows, when the Concert and Lab Jazz Bands present their first concerts of the year at 8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 25.
The first performance of the Purdue Symphony Orchestra will be at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 26. The orchestra will perform movements from Handel, Jean Sibelius, Bedrich Smetena and Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. A full complement of strings, winds and percussion make up the orchestra's instrumentation.
CONTACT: Jennifer Tucker, Purdue Bands publicist, (765) 496-2697; e-mail, pubands@omni.cc.purdue.edu
The performance, presented by Purdue Convocations with support from Cinergy and PEFCU, will include the world-premiere performances of three pieces written by Greater Lafayette elementary school students.
Child's Play Touring Theatre, the only theater in the United States dedicated exclusively to performing literature written by children, met with students in Lafayette-area schools on Sept. 9, 10 and 11. In these workshops, children were taught and encouraged to write poems, stories or plays and to submit them as part of a contest. Children's creations were sent to Child's Play for evaluation, and the theater group will stage the three winners for local presentation. All the other plays presented as part of "One Monster After Another" also were written by children.
The local winners are "Football Days" by Ariel Steinweg-Woods and Erika Thomas, fifth-graders from Klondike Elementary School; "The Sea" by Alex Hagen, Janelle Washburn and Nastassja Richardson, third-graders from Edgelea Elementary School; and "The Ferocious Monster" by Ms. Butler's first-grade class at Happy Hollow School.
Child's Play Touring Theatre was founded in 1978. Since then, it has performed for more than 2.5 million children and adults. The troupe has read more than 350,000 stories and poems written by children from kindergarten through eighth grade. More than 6,500 young writers have been able to see their words transformed into live theater.
Tickets are $11 for the public, $6 for students, at campus box offices. Charge by phone at (765) 494-3933 or 1-800-914-SHOW.
CONTACT: Jeff Langford, Convocations publicist, (765) 494-9712; e-mail, jilangford@convos.purdue.edu
The 64th annual Christmas Show hits the stage six times in three days in Elliott Hall of Music:
Tickets prices are $16 for adults; $14 for Purdue students and $12 for high school students or younger. They are available at Purdue box offices, (765) 494-3933, or from Purdue Musical Organizations at (765) 494-3941 or 1-800-893-3041.
A December tradition since the 1930s, the Christmas Show presents a spectrum of holiday songs and scenery that celebrate both the popular and religious aspects of the Christmas season. The show features the student members of PMO ensembles: the Varsity Glee Club, Purduettes, University Choir, PMO Express and Purdue Bell Choir. Thousands of people from throughout the Midwest visit campus annually for the show, which plays to sell-out audiences every year.
Compiled by J. Michael Willis, (765) 494-0371; e-mail, mike_willis@purdue.edu
Purdue News Service: (765) 494-2096; e-mail, purduenews@purdue.edu
