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 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.
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."
Coming Soon: Showtime at the Stadium screening of WALL-E! Join us Wednesday, April 19, 2023 to celebrate Earth Day with everyone's favorite waste-compacting robot.
April. 19, 2023, at 7 p.m. (doors open at 6:30 p.m.)
San Tan Ford Club in Sun Devil Stadium!
Bring your friends and family to enjoy this Disney Pixar classic inside Sun Devil Stadium! Registration is open to both ASU and the local community. To register and to learn more, visit asu365communityunion.com/WALL-E.
The ASUSO and ASU Choirs celebrate the end of the 2022-23 season with Beethoven’s monumental utopian vision of the unity of humankind, Symphony No. 9. The concert begins with Carlos Simon’s Fate Now Conquers, a brilliant new work inspired by an emotional journal entry from Ludwig van Beethoven’s notebooks.
Carlos Simon: Fate Now Conquers
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9
Kaitlyn Sabrowksy, soprano
Stephanie Weiss, mezzo-soprano
Carlos Feliciano, tenor
Join us as ASU Philharmonia concludes its season with an exciting collaboration with the Phoenix Youth Philharmonic Orchestra for an evening of inspiring music. William Grant Still and Astor Piazolla are some of the featured composers as well as the 2021-22 ASU composition competition winner Deanna Rusnock presenting her piece, Concerto for the Growing Pianist, featuring esteemed ASU faculty Andrew Campbell on the piano.
William Grant Still: Serenade