Cellist, pianist to perform at Purdue University on Oct. 24

Camille Thomas, a cellist, and Julien Brocal, a pianist, will perform at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 24 in Stewart Center’s Loeb Playhouse on the campus of Purdue University. Download image

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Camille Thomas, a cellist, and Julien Brocal, a pianist, will perform at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 24 in Stewart Center’s Loeb Playhouse on the campus of Purdue University. 

This performance is presented by Purdue Convocations with support from Friends of Convos Endowment and the Mike and Pam Luenz Classical Music Endowment. 

At 6:30 p.m. join Margot Marlatt, a cellist and executive director of the Tippecanoe Chamber Music Society, will lead a discussion about the evening’s performance in Stewart Center, Room 310 . 

Camille Thomas is a rising-star cellist delivering dynamic virtuosity on her 18th-century Gagliano cello. Thomas earned a first-prize finish at 2014’s European Broadcasting Union Competition and a spot on Forbes’ 30 Under 30 list.   

Tickets are $20 for adults and $15 for children 18 years and younger, Purdue students and Ivy Tech Lafayette students. Tickets are available at the Stewart Center box office at 765-494-3933 or 800-914-SHOW. Group tickets are also available to groups of 10 more. Call 765-494-3933 for more details or visit https://purdue.edu/convocations/group-sales/.

Initiated in 1902, Purdue Convocations was one of the first professional performing arts presenters in the United States. Each year, Convocations offers the region 30-40 performances of widely varying genres: Broadway-style shows, theater, dance, children's theater, world music, jazz, and chamber music, along with rock, pop, country and comedy attractions. With a vision for connecting artists and audiences in artistic dialogue and for drawing in academic discourse, Purdue Convocations aims to promote frequent exposure to and familiarity with human cultural expression in a multitude of forms and media. 

Source: Abby Eddy, Purdue Convocations director of marketing, 765-494-9712, aeeddy@purdue.edu