From the spontaneous and toe-tapping melodies of the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra and Wynton Marsalis to the graceful classical performances of the Wroclaw Philharmonic, the 2004 -2005 Goshen College Performing Arts Series will once again bring performers from all over the world and a wide variety of music genres to Michiana audiences.
During the 106th Goshen College commencement weekend April 24-25, students not only received degrees to honor their hard work, but were also able to celebrate and reflect. Acknowledging shared community, national and international events with significant impact on their lives during their undergraduate years, the chosen theme for their commencement "Creation groaning, yearning for peace, embodying hope."
It's hard to put into words a career that spans 58 years, three continents and a wide range of musical styles. So, Mary Oyer, professor emerita of music at Goshen College, will also share music during her Goshen College Afternoon Sabbatical program, "Music in My Life: A Retrospect" on March 16 at 1 p.m. in the Music Center's Sauder Concert Hall.
It is time for the Goshen College Scientists/Scholars Advocating Precision (SAPs) to debunk the folklore that groundhogs and their shadows have anything to say about spring.
If you'd like to expand your knowledge of Scottish music beyond the soundtrack to "Brave Heart," Bonnie Rideout's concert at Goshen College may be just what you're looking for.
There aren't too many opportunities to spend "A Night at the Opera" in small-town America. But on Feb. 6 and 8, Goshen College students will be performing scenes from six different operas, giving the audience a taste of opera's magic and an overview of how it has changed through the centuries.
As a 17-year-old, Vern Swaback became an apprentice of renowned architect Frank Lloyd Wright, spending 22 years living and working at Wright's Taliesin home and office -- "a model of community where life and work were one." The greatest lesson he learned there from Wright was that "everything is artfully related and integrated."
There aren't too many opportunities to spend "A Night at the Opera" in small-town America. But on Feb. 6 and 8, Goshen College students will be performing scenes from six different operas, giving the audience a taste of opera's magic and an overview of how it has changed through the centuries.
A former associate of Martin Luther King Jr., Rev. Dr. C.T. Vivian, joined the Goshen College campus to celebrate the day set aside on campus and across the country to honor the late civil rights leader on Jan. 19.
For families of college-bound high schoolers -- or students returning to college -- the financial aid process can be confusing and difficult, but it should not be a barrier to the advantages that come with a college degree. College Goal Sunday can help make the financial aid process easy to understand and easy to complete, as well as make families aware of financial awards available to them that they might not have been aware.
