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Imagination, precision, professionalism. These are qualities of fine music, such as that from the Academy of St Martin in the Fields and piano soloist Jeremy Denk. These qualities show up in many campus life events at Purdue, and people here can appreciate them because their own work displays the same qualities, all leading to excellence. Don't Miss It!

MARCH 24

The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, with Jeremy Denk on piano for Bach concerti, means two more widely acclaimed names on Purdue's stage and beautiful sounds throughout the room. 7:30 p.m. Elliott Hall of Music. $. Details

MARCH 27

PMO rocks on with Phenomena, its student-produced, student-performed rock concert. 7:30 p.m. Elliott Hall of Music. Free; donations for local agency accepted. Details

"Fieldwork: Jayme Stone with the Lomax Project residency"

A Purdue Jazz Jam will feature all jazz bands in Bands & Orchestras going laid-back with West Coast jazz. Think Miles Davis, Duke Ellington and more. 8 p.m. STEW, Loeb Playhouse. Details

Traditional Music Week kicks off with paired events -- a public talk with Jayme Stone at 7 p.m. and a Community Musician Workshop at 8:15 p.m. Both free, both at Tippecanoe Arts Federation in Lafayette. URL for week's schedule: Details

MARCH 28

Traditional Music Week continues. In "Fieldwork: Jayme Stone with the Lomax Project residency," banjoist Stone and group perform selections from the vast Lomax songbook collected around the country over decades. 8 p.m. Lafayette Theater, 600 Main St., Lafayette. $. Details

MARCH 24-29

Sports scene. This is not spring training, but we sure hope it's spring weather as good as the action on the field.
* Baseball: March 24 (5:30 p.m. vs. Kent State), March 27 (5:30 p.m. vs. Butler), March 28 (2 p.m. vs. Butler). $. Baseball
* Softball in Big Ten series with Rutgers: March 27 (5:30 p.m.), March 28 (1 p.m.), March 29 (noon). Also April 1 (5 p.m. vs. Ball State). $. Softball

MARCH 31

Laurie Garrett

The HHS Life Inspired celebration has its keynote address with "Epidemics R' Us: Three Decades Inside Outbreaks" by Laurie Garrett, an award-winning science journalist. 7 p.m. STEW, Loeb Playhouse. Reception following. Details

APRIL 4

Traditional Music Week turns to contra dance for a workshop with the band Steam. Noon. Tippecanoe Arts Federation, Grand Hall, 638 North St., Lafayette. Free. Details (see next listings for events this evening)

Traditional Music Week celebrates contra dance with a concert plus dance with the band Steam; dance called by Tamara Lowenthal. Concert at 6 p.m., dance at 7 p.m. Duncan Hall, 619 Ferry St., Lafayette. $. Details

MARCH 31-APRIL 4

Sports scene. We can tell you without batting an eye that the Boilermakers are very competitive.
* Baseball: March 31 (5:30 p.m. vs. Western Michigan); April 1 (5:30 vs. IPFW); then a weekend series vs. Iowa on April 3 (5:30 p.m.), April 4 (2 p.m.) and April 5 (1 p.m.) Baseball
* Softball: April 1 (5 p.m. vs. Ball State). $. Softball
* Men's tennis: April 3 (3 p.m. vs Iowa), April 5 (1 p.m. vs. Nebraska) Men's tennis
* Women's tennis: April 4 (noon vs. Michigan), April 5 (10 a.m. vs. Michigan State) Women's tennis

A PEEK AHEAD

APRIL 9

"Peter and the Starcatcher," which tells an imagined Peter Pan backstory as a dozen actors play 100+ characters, will alight on Purdue's stage. 7 p.m. Elliott Hall of Music. $. Details

APRIL 10

Dublin Guitar Quartet

The Dublin Guitar Quartet plucks on the edge with new works, adaptations, guitars with unusual numbers of strings, and special amplification. 8 p.m. STEW, Loeb Playhouse. $. Details

APRIL 10-26

"Good Kids" by Naomi Iizuka will premiere in Purdue Theatre, directed by Joel Ebarb. The play explores college-age attitudes toward sexuality and relationships, so it's rated R. $. Details

APRIL 11

TEDxPurdueU once again will be the local place for innovative thinking shared. 8 a.m.-5 p.m. STEW, Loeb Playhouse. $. Details

APRIL 16

Best-selling novelist Harlan Coben, speaking in the Presidential Lecture Series, will expound on "The Rules of Writing and When to Break Them." 6:30 p.m. STEW, Fowler Hall. Details

These and other events, plus other timely information, are listed in the Purdue Today calendars under "Events" at www.purdue.edu/newsroom/purduetoday.