Of course with the name Carol, Carol Jickling Lens would grow up to play the carillon, the musical instrument atop the Ritchie Center. Call it fate, karma, whatever. The name Carol was destiny. “I was a December baby and my grandmother sent a telegram (Jickling Lens still has it) suggesting […]
Royce Lassley calls it a gift from God. Lassley, a freshman violin performance major, had been playing an instrument given to him by a previous teacher. Then his teacher at Lamont, Yumi Hwang-Williams, told him the instrument was holding him back. A quality violin, Hwang-Williams explains, “has the right overtone, […]
In 1981, several staff members on Capitol Hill decided to break from the House and Senate and form their own group called Capitol Steps. But instead of debating immigration or health care, Capitol Steps’ only policy was to make people laugh at Congress. The political staff-turned-comedy team has now released […]
For the final show of the season and the first time in the seven-year history of Newman Center Presents, a bluegrass show takes the stage at the Newman Center for the Performing Arts on May 8. The American Bluegrass Masters Tour unites Grand Ole Opry legend Bobby Osborne with other […]
As a vocal performance major in DU’s Lamont School of Music, junior Paul Lannon is surrounded by music all day, every day. But his favorite people to sing with are his fellow members in the Idiosingcrasies, a campus a cappella group that includes music majors and non-music majors. “We do […]
KVDU has its finger on the pulse of the Denver music scene, and to prove it, DU’s web-only radio station has put together a 13-track CD of live in-studio performances from a who’s who of local bands, including Everything Absent or Distorted, Paper Bird, Widowers, Kissing Party and Dualistics. All […]
April is sexual assault awareness month, but discussion on the issue will continue into May as the DU student group RAGE — Rape Awareness and Gender Education — hosts the artRAGEous art show May 3–5 in the Driscoll Gallery. The exhibit includes work that addresses sexual assault, gender issues, body […]
Author Greg Campbell reminded his audience of the human tragedy and suffering that can underlie some of our most valued possessions. Campbell, the author of Blood Diamonds (Westview Press, 2002), presented the Penrose Library/Provost’s Annual Author’s Lecture on April 20 in DU’s Driscoll Ballroom. Campbell described his experiences researching and […]
Greg Campbell, author of Blood Diamonds (Westview Press, 2002), will speak at noon April 20 at DU’s Driscoll Ballroom as the Fourth Annual Library Author’s Lecture. “The Penrose Library/Provost’s Annual Author’s Lecture gives us the opportunity to not only showcase the importance of books as a gateway to knowledge about […]
Every professor has that outside-the-classroom activity that helps define him or her as an academic. For some it’s scientific research; for others it’s novels or poetry. For DU Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences Professor Jim LaVita, it’s modern dance. LaVita is the co-founder (with his wife, choreographer Katie Elliott) and […]
The 27th annual Festival of Nations will be held April 17 to celebrate culture and diversity. Sarah Hillis-Kauffman, a senior international business major and one of the organizers of the event, says the Festival of Nations is the final event of International Education Week, which is sponsored by International Student […]
Innovators in bluegrass, modern dance, flamenco and jazz will be on stage at the University of Denver’s Newman Center for the Performing Arts during the 2010–11 Newman Center Presents series, organized this year around the theme of “legacies.” The concert series opens Sept. 30 with mandolin phenom Chris Thile and […]
DU’s Italian program is hosting its first Italian Film Festival, which will premiere five recent Italian films. The festival — sponsored by the Italian Cultural Institute of Chicago and the Consulate General of Italy in Chicago — is free and open to the public. Each film will be shown at […]
If you’d seen Elizabeth Montgomery (MA music performance ’92) as a young child, the last career you would have picked for her was singer. Most days, she couldn’t even blow up a balloon. Montgomery was born with a serious lung illness that plagued her early years. In fact, her doctors […]
The Lamont School of Music Opera Program and Lamont Symphony Orchestra will present The Magic Flute April 15–18 at the Newman Center for the Performing Arts. “It’s a beautiful and satisfying story,” says Steve Seifert, executive director of the Newman Center. “It’s an incredibly deep, meaningful, confident work of art.” […]