Feb. 25, 2020 | Arts and Life | Harding University will host the Carion Wind Quintet Thursday, Feb. 27 as part of the 2019-20 Arts and Life Performance Series. The event begins at 7 p.m. in the Administration Auditorium and is one of many performances in the Quintet’s first United States tour. Based in Denmark, Carion brings a unique and innovative chamber music experience to
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Jan. 24, 2020 | Arts & Life | The Music Department and Arts & Life Performance Series will host a Valentine’s dinner and concert Tuesday, Feb. 11. Dinner will be served at 5:30 p.m. in Cone Chapel of the David B. Burks American Heritage Building followed by an Arts and Life Performance Series concert at 7:30 p.m. in the Administration Auditorium. Dinner will include a
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Jan. 21, 2020 | Arts & Life | The Department of Music and Arts & Life Performance Series will host the Brubeck Brothers Quartet Thursday, Jan. 23 as part of the 2019-20 Arts and Life Performance Series. The event begins at 7 p.m. in the Administration Auditorium and will include music and video clips honoring jazz legend Dave Brubeck. The quartet’s style is rooted in
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Nov. 15, 2019 | Department of Music | The Harding University Chorus, under the direction of Dr. Cliff Ganus III, will present its annual Winter Concert in Harding’s Administration Auditorium on Thursday, Nov. 21, at 7 p.m. The mixed chorus of 60 members specializes in singing sacred, unaccompanied music. Their repertoire for the evening will include spirituals and hymn arrangements; works by Gretchaninoff, Rachmaninoff, and
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Nov. 15, 2019 | We are hosting choirs from seven high schools for the fifteenth annual Christian Academy Choral Festival. A final concert will be presented in Benson Auditorium Sunday, Nov. 17 at 7:30 p.m. Admission to the concert is free and open to the public. The festival will include nearly 300 participants from Central Arkansas Christian School, Clarksville Christian School, Goodpasture Christian School, Harding
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Oct. 22, 2019 | Arts & Life | Harding University will host the Russian String Orchestra Wednesday, Oct. 30 as part of the 2019-20 Arts and Life Performance Series. The event begins at 8:15 p.m. in the Administration Auditorium and will include Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 20 expertly played by Harding’s own Scott Carrell. Founded in 1991 under music director Misha Rachlevsky, the Russian String
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Oct. 10, 2019 | Department of Theatre & Department of Music | The Harding University departments of theatre and music will present the annual Homecoming musical Oct. 18-19 at 8 p.m. in Benson Auditorium. This year’s production is “Matilda,” with music and lyrics by Tim Minchin and book by Dennis Kelly. Orchestrations and additional music is by Chris Nightingale. Based on Roald Dahl’s 1988 children’s novel,
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Sept. 18, 2019 | Arts & Life Performance Series | Harding University will host The Queen’s Cartoonists Thursday, Sept. 26, as part of the 2019-20 Arts and Life Performance Series. The event begins at 7 p.m. in the Administration Auditorium. A concert for all ages, The Queen’s Cartoonists will play music from classic cartoons and contemporary animation. The performances are synchronized to video projections of
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September 11, 2019 | Arts & Life | Harding University welcomes David Walton, tenor, and collaborative pianist, Mark Bilyeu, at 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 12, in the Administration Auditorium. Walton and Bilyeu’s production will kick off the 2019-20 Arts and Life Performance Series. David Walton, a 2009 Harding alumnus, will take center stage in a recital of arias and songs by Bach, Mozart, Rossini, Britten,
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April 5, 2019 | Music | The Harding University Wind Ensemble will perform its final concert of the season at 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 9 in the Administration Auditorium. Admission is free. “This show is a fitting finale for an exceptional group of musicians,” said Dr. Mike Chance, director. “I believe the audience will be moved by a powerful performance.” The Wind Ensemble, under the
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