Prepare to be transported into a sensory journey that combines the beauty of sound with the depth of emotion. In the first half of the performance, the spotlight will shine on ASU's exceptionally talented students who have emerged triumphant in composition and concerto competitions. Carlos Zarate's compositions will paint sonic landscapes that captivate the imagination, while Michelle Perez's voice will weave stories that touch the heart.
From Dionysus to Bach to Beijing (Peking) Opera, tonight we take a deeper look at legends and myths. Additionally, guest conductor Dr. Tyler Austin from Old Dominion University joins the Wind Symphony to perform Joel Puckett’s Avelynn’s Lullaby.
Wind Symphony:
Day: Lightning Round (Jason Caslor, conductor)
Puckett: Avelynn’s Lullaby (Tyler Austin, conductor)
Milburn: American Hymnsong Suite
Wind Ensemble:
"The Mad Ones," formerly known as The Unauthorized Autobiography of Samantha Brown, opened off-Broadway (Prospect Theater Company at 59E59) on Nov. 17, 2017. 18-year-old Samantha Brown sits in a hand-me-down car with the keys clutched in her hand. Caught between a yearning for the unknown and feeling bound by expectation, she telescopes back to a time before her world had fallen apart.
The ASU Big Bands come together for an evening of vintage selections spanning the history of big band music.
"The Pirates of Penzance" premiered on Dec. 31, 1879 at the Fifth Avenue Theater in New York with Arthur Sullivan conducting. It was an immediate hit and takes its place today as one of the most popular and enduring works of musical theatre. In "The Pirates of Penzance," Frederic was apprenticed as a child to a band of tenderhearted, orphaned pirates by his nurse who, being hard of hearing, had mistaken her employer’s instructions to apprentice the boy to a pilot.
Arizona State University welcomes British-Bangladeshi birder, environmentalist and activist Mya-Rose Craig as a guest in its TomorrowTalks series. Craig will discuss her memoir "Birdgirl" (2023) in an online event on Tuesday, Sep. 26, 2023 at 5 p.m. Arizona / MST (5 p.m. PDT / 6 p.m. MDT / 7 p.m. CDT / 8 p.m. EDT).
The event is free of charge and open to the public; please register to attend.
Hours after the 2017 travel ban takes effect, a mosque in South Texas erupts in flames. Now, this quiet community must reckon with the deep rifts that drove a man to hate. Join us as we discuss Islamaphobia, xenophobia, and it's effects on the receiving communities.
Join us for an interactive program where we explore naming rituals, the importance of names and how we share our stories through the sharing of our names.
Join ASU's Center for Science and the Imagination in partnership with Majestic Neighborhood Cinema in Tempe to view Rollerball on the silver screen. This screening is part of a greater film series: The History of the Future, exploring gripping, cinematic visions of the future across the past four decades.
Prepare to laugh as we transform indoor space at Sun Devil Stadium into a comedy club for a hilarious lineup of live comedy shows, dubbed the "Cafeteria Comedy Club."