Though they were both trained in Venezuela and are considered masters of Venezuelan music, it took Denver’s Biennial of the Americas to finally bring Eddy Marcano and Ricardo Iznaola together. Although they didn’t perform together publicly at the 2010 celebration of the arts in Denver, Marcano and Iznaola — director […]
If you’re going to shoot an improvisational film using nonactors improvising most of their dialogue, you might want to consider shooting it in Italy. “The beauty of it is that every Italian is an actor, so it kind of works out,” says director Joel Stangle (BA communication ’06). “I ask […]
Paying tribute to her musical idols is nothing new for Spanish singer Concha Buika, better known simply as Buika. From 2000–01, she performed in Las Vegas as a Tina Turner impersonator, but last year she got even more serious about homage as she teamed with Cuban pianist Chucho Valdes to […]
The Lamont School of Music is hosting its first Bassfest Oct. 23 and 24. Players of all ages are invited to participate in master classes, clinics, ensemble coaching and mock auditions. Special guest artist and clinician Bruce Bransby, former principal bass of the Los Angeles Philharmonic and professor of double […]
An icon of modern dance since the 1950s, Paul Taylor has seen a lot of trends come and go. The latest fashion, wherein choreographers use technology and video projections to enhance their work, elicits a strong reaction from the 80-year-old Taylor. “I think it stinks,” he says with a laugh. […]
Chip Michael doesn’t bother listening to the radio. Those songs only compete with the music that constantly plays inside his head. “There’s always a melody going on, there’s always something,” says the graduate student in composition at the Lamont School of Music. [My wife and I] will go for these […]
When Tony Gault met Carbondale, Colo., resident Kevin Harris, he thought Harris would make a great subject for a film. Gault, a DU associate professor of film, was intrigued by Harris’ story of rescuing a baby crow from a storm. The film centers on Harris, who helps his teenage daughter […]
DU’s Newman Center for the Performing Arts has added two concerts to its Newman Center Presents series since the original lineup was officially announced last spring. Venezuelan violinist Eddy Marcano and his Trio Acustico perform Nov. 13 in the Hamilton Recital Hall. The concert will mix traditional Venezuelan folk music […]
Whether or not art becomes their full-time vocation after graduation, current DU art students are likely to find plenty of motivation at the 2010 Juried Alumni Exhibition, opening Sept. 30 in the Victoria H. Myhren Gallery in the Shwayder Art Building. “Some of the artists [in the show] are professional artists, […]
When Steve Seifert, executive director of the Newman Center, came up with the theme of “legacies” for this year’s Newman Center Presents concert series, ensembles like Punch Brothers were exactly what he had in mind. “It’s a string band, bluegrass instrumentation, basically, but not strictly bluegrass in what they play,” […]
As a student at DU, Mardana Mayginnes traveled the so-called “loneliest road in America” — the Nevada stretch of U.S. 50 between California and Utah — several times each year as he drove back and forth between campus and his home in northern California. After graduation, when Mayginnes (BA ’06) […]
Like many poets, inspiration for Dan Beachy-Quick (BA English ’95) can hit at any time: while researching the 19th century in America, reading Moby Dick for the 10th time, taking a walk or watching his newborn daughter. “What I’ve been reading often drives me to write, or just being in […]
An art walk taking place Aug. 19 at DU not only gives visitors a chance to learn more about the public art on campus, it gives them the opportunity to hear about some of the works from the artists who created them. “You can give a tour from an art […]
Michael White’s latest novel idea came to him while he was watching a show on the History Channel. While watching a special, White (PhD creative writing ’88) became captivated by Lyudmila Pavlichenko, a Soviet sniper who killed 309 Germans during World War II and is regarded as the most successful […]
City Lax: An Urban Lacrosse Story, a feature-length documentary that tells the story of an inner city lacrosse team from Denver, will make its Mile-High debut on Aug. 7. DU alumnus Erik Myhren (MA education ’03) founded the team, which is made up of 12-year-olds who learn the sport to […]