Junior and senior music students face long rehearsals, longer work hours and exciting futures of doing what they love.
Butler Opera Theatre performs double-bill of Menotti
The English operas “The Telephone” and “The Old Maid and the Thief” will be performed as the second production this year from the ensemble.
Jordan College of Arts students to present collaborative performance
Students from the dance music and theater departments will present collaborative performances in Schrott Center for the Arts on April 3rd at 7:30 PM.
Butler Community Arts School offers music lessons for all ages
BCAS was established to help Butler students strengthen their passion for teaching, as well as serve as an arts education and outreach program.
Butler Ballet performs Student Choreography Showcase
The Student Choreography Showcase allows ballet students in the Jordan College of the Arts an opportunity to create their own piece for their fellow colleagues to perform for the student body at Butler.
Elizabeth Mix to direct Art and Design program
WRITTEN BY MARIA LEICHTY, STAFF REPORTER Elizabeth Mix has been named director of the Art and Design program after helping build it from the bottom up. The art program today has changed vastly from what it was a decade ago. It started as a visual arts minor in the Media Arts program, which used to…
L.A. composer returns to Butler
==THIS STORY UPDATED OCT 24, 2012. The Wednesday BSO/Chorale rehearsal is now closed, due to miscommunication between JCA faculty and Clowes Memorial Hall== When one thinks of the life of a Hollywood film composer—a life full of long hours, cut-throat competition and almost constant rejection—it is hard to imagine a composer who is not jaded…
JCA celebrates Debussy
The name may not sound familiar, but the sounds, tones and rhythms of Claude Debussy’s work certainly will be. The French composer’s work has had a lasting impact on music of all genres. To celebrate the 150th anniversary of Debussy’s birth, the Jordan College of the Arts is hosting the Debussy Celebration, which will consist…
Eleventh hour negotiations fail
Between contract negotiations, musicians are locked out and the ISO is at a stand-still. Downtown’s Hilbert Circle Theatre will be remarkably quiet this weekend and next. The Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra has cancelled its first two weeks of performances due to a failure to reach a new contract agreement between ISO management and the musicians’ union…