Guitar and piano duo Evan Drummond and Orlay Alonso will give a concert (and master class) at BU on Wednesday, March, 27, in Carver Hall, Kenneth S. Gross Auditorium. The concert will begin at 7:30 p.m.; the master class will begin at noon. Both events are free and open to the public.
After graduating from Yale University, Drummond and Alonso combined their musical talents to explore virtuosic Spanish and Cuban music from the last 150 years. With Drummond on guitar and Alonso on piano, the duo performs their own arrangements of works by well-known composers. Drummond has been a featured performer throughout the United States, Canada and Europe. Pianist Alonso has performed at Carnegie Hall’s Wiell Recital Hall and Yale University’s Sprague Memorial Hall with the Manhattan School of Music Orchestra, Ossia Symphony Orchestra and the Bronx Arts Ensemble Orchestra. For information, contact Matthew Slotkin, assistant professor of music, at mslotkin@bloomu.edu.
The second annual Big Band Dance, hosted by BU’s Center for Visual and Performing Arts, will be held from 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday, March 27, at the Moose Exchange, downtown Bloomsburg. The event will begin with a demonstration of basic dance styles, such as the samba, cha-cha and tango, followed by music for dancing performed by BU’s Jazz Ensemble. The free event is supported by BU’s College of Liberal Arts. For information, contact Julie Petry, assistant professor of theater and dance, jpetry@bloomu.edu.
BU students will exhibit their artwork from March 26 to April 9 in Haas Gallery of the Arts. A reception for the artists will be held from 7 to 9 p.m. Friday, March 29, in Haas Gallery. The exhibit is open free of charge from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday to Friday and noon to 2 p.m. Saturday.
The film Milk will be shown Tuesday, March 26, at 6:15 pm in Hartlines Science Center, room G42, as part of BU’s Constitutional Freedoms Film Series. Sean Penn stars as Harvey Milk, a politician and gay rights activist who was assassinated in 1978. The film screening, sponsored by the Frederick Douglass Institute and the American Democracy Project, is open to the public free of charge.
BU’s LGBTA Commission is hosting the fifth annual It’s Time fundraiser on Tuesday, March 26, from 5 to 7 pm at The Barn at Boone’s Dam, Bloomsburg. The event includes a light reception, awards presentation and silent auction featuring items from artists, restaurants and local businesses. Tickets, at $25 each, cover appetizers and beverages. Checks payable to the BU Foundation may be sent to the LGBTA Resource Center, Warren Student Services Center, room 226.
After graduating from Yale University, Drummond and Alonso combined their musical talents to explore virtuosic Spanish and Cuban music from the last 150 years. With Drummond on guitar and Alonso on piano, the duo performs their own arrangements of works by well-known composers. Drummond has been a featured performer throughout the United States, Canada and Europe. Pianist Alonso has performed at Carnegie Hall’s Wiell Recital Hall and Yale University’s Sprague Memorial Hall with the Manhattan School of Music Orchestra, Ossia Symphony Orchestra and the Bronx Arts Ensemble Orchestra. For information, contact Matthew Slotkin, assistant professor of music, at mslotkin@bloomu.edu.
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The second annual Big Band Dance, hosted by BU’s Center for Visual and Performing Arts, will be held from 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday, March 27, at the Moose Exchange, downtown Bloomsburg. The event will begin with a demonstration of basic dance styles, such as the samba, cha-cha and tango, followed by music for dancing performed by BU’s Jazz Ensemble. The free event is supported by BU’s College of Liberal Arts. For information, contact Julie Petry, assistant professor of theater and dance, jpetry@bloomu.edu.
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BU students will exhibit their artwork from March 26 to April 9 in Haas Gallery of the Arts. A reception for the artists will be held from 7 to 9 p.m. Friday, March 29, in Haas Gallery. The exhibit is open free of charge from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday to Friday and noon to 2 p.m. Saturday.
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The film Milk will be shown Tuesday, March 26, at 6:15 pm in Hartlines Science Center, room G42, as part of BU’s Constitutional Freedoms Film Series. Sean Penn stars as Harvey Milk, a politician and gay rights activist who was assassinated in 1978. The film screening, sponsored by the Frederick Douglass Institute and the American Democracy Project, is open to the public free of charge.
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BU’s LGBTA Commission is hosting the fifth annual It’s Time fundraiser on Tuesday, March 26, from 5 to 7 pm at The Barn at Boone’s Dam, Bloomsburg. The event includes a light reception, awards presentation and silent auction featuring items from artists, restaurants and local businesses. Tickets, at $25 each, cover appetizers and beverages. Checks payable to the BU Foundation may be sent to the LGBTA Resource Center, Warren Student Services Center, room 226.
