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Find out about the latest research news on campus with the monthly online publication Research at Indiana University, sponsored by the Office of the Vice Provost for Research.
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Leonard Slatkin conducts IU Philharmonic and renowned composer and pianist Michel Camilo
March 23, 8 p.m., IU Auditorium, Bloomington -- Marking a historic evening at the IU Auditorium on March 23, world-renowned composer and pianist Michel Camilo will play his Concerto for Piano and Orchestra, originally commissioned by the National Symphony Orchestra with Indiana University faculty member Leonard Slatkin as music director, for the first time in Bloomington. The Indiana University Philharmonic Orchestra will accompany Camilo with Slatkin conducting. Tickets are free and must be obtained at the IU Auditorium box office.
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"American Ma(u)l" combines commentary on race relations with satire
The time is "next." The place is "near." Faced with a failing economy, the president of the United States decides to reinstitute slavery, and all black Americans are to report to cotton-picking duty at once. What follows in this raucous, slap-happy satire will have audiences rolling in their seats -- and thinking deeply about the country's past, present and future. Presented by the Indiana University Department of Theatre and Drama, American Ma(u)l opens Friday, March 21, at IU Bloomington.
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Fantastical tales of love lost and inspiration found will delight Indiana University Opera Theater audiences April 4, 5, 11 and 12 at the Musical Arts Center. Jacques Offenbach's Les Contes d'Hoffmann depicts a writer's romantic adventures as he searches for his true love and ultimately finds fulfillment in his artistic calling.
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Transplant surgeon and former Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist will speak at the Indiana University Auditorium on March 25, giving a lecture, "Medicine as a Currency for Peace."
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The IU Ballet Department's origins as a means of supplying operas with dancers inspired Michael Vernon, chair of the IU Jacobs School's Ballet Department, to offer ballet audiences "A Night at the Opera (at the Ballet)." On March 21 and 22, dancers will perform to ballet music from beloved operas by Gounod, Rossini, Handel and Meyerbeer.
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On March 7, 30 Indiana University School of Journalism students left for a 10-day trip abroad to retrace the footsteps of famed war correspondent Ernie Pyle. The journey included visits to a variety of historical World War II sites and other points of interest. For students like Rosemary Pennington, the trip was an emotional experience that brought Pyle's descriptive dispatches to life in a way that no classroom setting could.
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Marking a historic evening at the IU Auditorium on March 23, world-renowned composer and pianist Michel Camilo will play his Concerto for Piano and Orchestra, originally commissioned by the National Symphony Orchestra with Indiana University faculty member Leonard Slatkin as music director, for the first time in Bloomington.
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Of the six million Jews who perished in the Holocaust, more than 2.5 million died in territories controlled by the Soviet Union during World War II. The Unknown Black Book, published in January by Indiana University Press, includes long-hidden accounts by survivors of those slayings.
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The March 6, 2008, issue of Live at IU featured a preview of the 2008-09 Indiana University Opera and Ballet Theater season. Also in this issue were stories highlighting a reception and book signing for football star George Taliaferro, details on the appointment of Arthur Fagan to the IU Jacobs School of Music, details on the trip that 30 School of Journalism students will be taking to retrace the footsteps of Ernie Pyle, tips to inspire a writer, a look at a Fine Arts student's hand-made jewelry, and a look at the Kids Compose! Program.
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Don't miss this year's Mini University on the IU Bloomington campus, June 15-20, celebrating 37 years of lifelong learning. Choose from nearly 100 noncredit classes taught by IU's finest faculty at this award-winning weeklong learning vacation for adults.
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