By the time the showcase rolls around, the symphony orchestra will have only had about four weeks to prepare their music, but Soukup is not letting this stop them from putting on a great show.
Creativity Creates Community: The Butler Community Arts School
WRITTEN BY MALLORY DUNCAN, ARTS, ETC. ASSISTANT EDITOR The Butler Community Arts School exudes a certain glow. It originates from a child radiant from the joy of learning and understanding. But it also comes from a teacher’s glowing pride as his or her pupil grasps a concept for the first time. Butler University students can…
JCA ensemble plays new student music
WRITTEN BY HANNAH HARTZELL, STAFF REPORTER The Jordan College of the Arts Composers’ Orchestra is not a typical orchestra. It plays strictly new music and brings unique and envelope-pushing music to the stage. The group will showcase this unique focus at its first concert of the year Oct. 10. According to Michael Schelle, JCACO founder…
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…
From revolution to fairy tales: the dean’s expectations for 2013-2014
The Butler Collegian: What changes, big or small, should art students expect this year from JCA? Caltabiano: One thing is that I have asked for more contact with students. I’ve asked for meetings with students from each program in both semesters. Mostly, the contact I get now is from going to performances, and you really…
Retired professor Wayne C. Wentzel donates money for new lecture series
While the Butler University ArtsFest geared up this year, with ensembles from across the city preparing for performances, a new lecture series crept onto campus under the radar. The Wayne C. Wentzel Lecture Series will bring one professional musicologist to campus each year to discuss his or her work in the field and to dialogue…
JCA starts alumni community
With seniors getting ready to graduate, a fear exists that they will lose their connection to Butler University. In order to link the Jordan College of the Arts alumni to Butler, JCA created its first alumni community. Instead of designating an alumni group by geographic location or by year of graduation, the JCA alumni club…
REVOLUTION! Long in the making, first annual ArtsFest set to open
The theme of revolution will be at the forefront of various artistic performances and displays in the first Butler University ArtsFest. ArtsFest will feature more than 40 performances and other events between April 18-28. This is the first ArtsFest, which is to become an annual event. It will be used, in part, to honor the…
Forecast: Flurry of student recitals over next month
Perhaps contrary to popular belief, the Jordan College of the Arts’ main musical output is not sweeping symphonies, rousing overtures for winds or even faculty recitals. Student recitals make up the largest percentage of the musical performances offered on campus. Upwards of 50 are scheduled for this semester alone. These performances, interestingly, are often overlooked…
Director of US Marine Band to join music faculty in 2014
The next director of bands at Butler University will be Colonel Michael J. Colburn, currently the director of “The President’s Own” United States Marine Band. Administrators and faculty in the school of music announced the decision to members of the wind ensemble late last semester, but Colburn asked that no official announcements be made until…