By Natalie Stewart
October 14, 2015
Filed under Life & Culture
Music with a message: Black Chorus hopes to inspire and teach determination at their next concert Sunday.By Natalie StewartStaff writerResilience and determination are only two of the many narratives Black Chorus seeks to tell through their performance in the fall concert Sunday under the direction o...
Tags: Black Chorus, Black Music, Choir, chorus, determiniation, Erica Thomas, illinois, Jazmyne Thomas, lessons, Muisc, Music, ollie watts davis, Perserverance, Resillience, school of music, Song, uiuc, university of illinois
By Stephanie Kim
February 3, 2015
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Members of No Comment have had a note-worthy January.
From performing in a room of seasoned politicians and professionals at the Prairie Capital Convention Center in Springfield on Jan. 12 to winning the Midwest Quarterfinals of the International Championship of Collegiate A Capella just 12 days later...
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By Ariana Conner
April 24, 2014
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An evening of poetry, song and celebration will spice up Lincoln Hall Theater on Thursday at 7:30 p.m. to honor the papers of poet and writer Gwendolyn Brooks which are now residing in the University Rare Book & Manuscript Library.
The event, which is titled “Full of Pepper and Light: Welcoming the Gwendolyn Brooks...
Tags: aroundcampus, Black Literature And Creative Writing, carl sandburg, celebration, center for advanced study, Chicago State University, civil rights movement, Departments Of African American Studies, director emeritus, English, Full Of Pepper And Light: Welcoming The Gwendolyn Brooks Papers To The University Of Illinois, Gregory Stewart, gwendolyn brooks, Gwendolyn Brooks Center, gwendolyn mitchell, haki madhubuti, illinois, janice harrington, krannert center for the performing arts, Laurence Lieberman, lincoln hall theater, Nora Brooks Blakely, Office Of Public Engagement, Parkland College, Poetry, public libraries, Publisher, rare book & manuscript library, religion, school of music, Scott Freidlein, Song, Thank You, Theatre, Thomas Mitchell, ui, uiuc, university black chorus, university library, university of illinois, urbana_champaign, Valerie Hotchkiss, W.s. Merwin
By Alexander Vassiliadis
April 9, 2014
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For the electronic-rock duo Phantogram, 2014 has been a long-awaited return to promoting an album release.
Nearly four years after their 2010 debut album, “Eyelid Movies,” the band released “Voices” as their most recent full-length studio album on Feb. 18. It quickly made its way to the numbe...
Tags: Album, Arts_entertainment, Assembly Hall, billboard, champaign, Electronic Rock, eyelid movies, Harmony Lodge, illinois, Josh Carter, Music, New York, new york city, phantogram, sarah barthel, Song, star course, Teen, the daily illini, top alternative albums, top rock album, ui, uiuc, university of illinois, urbana_champaign, Virginia Theatre, voices, When I'm Small
