Arts & Culture
Setnor School of Music faculty instrumental in first recording of Vonnegut/Stravinsky’s ‘An American Soldier’s Tale’
The liner notes of Summit Records’ newly released “An American Soldier’s Tale, Histoire du Soldat” list a number of names and places familiar to music lovers in the Syracuse community.
Syracuse Stage patrons give record-breaking contribution to organizations assisting those struggling with HIV/AIDS
This past holiday season, during the productions “Little Women” and “This Wonderful Life,” Syracuse Stage patrons donated a record-breaking contribution to organizations assisting those struggling with HIV/AIDS.
Drama Department to present ‘Two Gentlemen of Verona’
Syracuse University’s Department of Drama in the College of Visual and Performing Arts will present Shakespeare’s “The Two Gentlemen of Verona” from Feb. 19-28 at the Arthur Storch Theatre.
The NewsHouse: Never a drag
Local drag queen Nikki Fenmore and drag kings, Windz and Miles Long, visit SU to discuss “The Art of Drag.”
Spring 2010 Nonfiction Reading Series welcomes ‘Beyond Duty’ authors
The Writing Program has announced that its spring featured speakers in the Nonfiction Reading Series will be Shannon Meehan and Roger Thompson, authors of “Beyond Duty: Life on the Front Line in Iraq.”
SU Humanities Center’s Mini Seminar series continues with renowned critical theorist, German historian on Feb. 12, March 26
The Syracuse University Humanities Center’s Mini Seminar series continues with two events featuring University of California professors: literary critic and critical theorist Gabriele Schwab and German historian Gerhard Richter. Schwab will discuss her forthcoming book, “Haunting Legacies: Violent Histories and…
Setnor School to present recital, master class by organist Andrew Scanlon Feb. 15-16
Andrew Scanlon, an instructor of organ and sacred music at East Carolina University, will present an organ recital Tuesday, Feb. 16, at 8 p.m. in the Rose and Jules R. Setnor Auditorium, Crouse College.
SU commission ‘Borat in Syracuse’ up for Grammy Award
Paquito D’Rivera’s piece, “Borat in Syracuse,” created for Pulse and the Syracuse Symposium, has been nominated for a Grammy Award as Best Instrumental Composition.
Tunes and ‘Toons: Banjoist Tony Trischka, New Yorker cartoonist Matthew Diffee explore intersections of art and music
Last fall, College of Arts and Sciences professors Cathryn Newton and Samuel Gorovitz invited musician Tony Trischka and cartoonist Matthew Diffee to participate in HNR 250, “Linked Lenses: Science, Philosophy and the Pursuit of Knowledge.”
Arts journalism students from Newhouse School to provide multimedia coverage of Spoleto Festival USA May 28-June 13
The Post and Courier newspaper in Charleston, S.C., has invited the 19 graduate students enrolled in the Goldring Arts Journalism Program in the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications to contribute cultural coverage of the Spoleto Festival USA in Charleston this spring.