Feb 12, 2013
Mellon Grant Supports Yearlong Arts Series with Composer Gabriela Lena Frank
Continuing the College’s vision of infusing the arts throughout the curriculum, Jennifer Kelly, assistant professor of music and director of choral activities…
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Feb 8, 2013
Prof. Kirk O’Riordan Joins Students on Two-Way Street of Music Study
The stakes are high for the arts. In an era where anything can be enhanced or corrected in a studio, live musicianship is valued less and less. And Kirk…
Feb 8, 2013
Students Encounter the Arts and Spirituality in Bali
For the first three weeks of January, a group of Lafayette students and faculty visited the small Indonesian island of Bali, where they learned how Balinese…
Jan 7, 2013
CaPA Students Contribute to Vibrancy of Campus Arts Community
If anyone wonders whether the arts are alive and well in higher education, they need look no further than the College’s Creative and Performing Arts…
Dec 14, 2012
Photo Galleries: Student Ensembles Celebrate the Holidays with Winter Performances
The Music Department celebrated the holidays with winter concerts by its student ensembles. Students from any major can perform in a variety of ensembles…
Nov 30, 2012
All That Jazz: Viktorija Gecyte ’08 Performs in U.S. and France
By Geoff Gehman ’80 Viktorija Gecyte ’08 is filling the already filled-to-the-gills Lafayette Bar with a dusky, roomy, easy voice that seems to come…
Nov 12, 2012
Chris Jose ’11 Composes Music for Video Presented at Royal Danish Ballet
Chris Jose ’11 was commissioned to compose a piece for an experimental ballet video that was shown in March on a large screen in the opera house in Copenhagen…
Sep 10, 2012
An Arts Infusion: Lafayette Kicks Off START Initiative
Lafayette kicked off its multi-year START Project this weekend with faculty workshops and a festival of arts-based displays, performances, and presentations…
Aug 13, 2012
College Adds Interdisciplinary Minor in Italian Studies
With the launch of the new interdisciplinary minor in Italian studies this fall, students on College Hill can make la dolce vita a part of their formal…
Aug 10, 2012
Musicologist and Guitarist Prof. Jorge Torres Brings Early Music to Life
Audiences attending a concert by the Marquis Consort shouldn’t be surprised to hear music that may not have been performed for hundreds of years. The…