A specially commissioned work based on the history of nearby Fort Caroline highlights an upcoming free concert for the public by the JU Wind Ensemble at 3 p.m. Sunday, April 9, in newly renovated Terry Concert Hall.
The program, titled …
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Saxophonist DeAndre Lettsome is on his way to blowing right by his teacher, and Director of Jazz Studies John Ricci couldn’t be more thrilled.
Lettsome starts one of the world’s most venerated residencies for emerging jazz artists on Monday. The …
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World-class jazz drummer and band leader Ulysses Owens Jr. will stop in with his award-winning group to clinic with jazz students and perform a concert at Jacksonville University March 2 and 3.
Originally from Jacksonville, the virtuoso musician, who The …
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They’re gonna whomp and stomp and whoop it up in “The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas” March 9-12 at Jacksonville University’s Swisher Theater, fully loaded with a strategically choreographed locker room dance scene revealing another side of JU’s football team …
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Division of Visual Arts Chair Dana C. Tupa wanted to jolt her non-art students into getting past their fears and tapping into their creativity in her Underglaze Carving Ceramics class.
What better way than to have a colleague in the …
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Fritz Dreisbach, dubbed the “Johnny Appleseed of Glass” for inspiring hundreds of accomplished artists, will be on campus as a visiting artist in late January, teaching and conducting workshops for JU students and local glass enthusiasts in the University’s Glass …
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Dance Professor Cari Coble has a hard time picking just one “best” moment from her dance classes that help patients with Parkinson’s disease.
Maybe it’s the grandchild who got to know grandma through the program. It could be one of …
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Hotshop Artist Austin Littenberg recently spent time as a visiting artist in the Glass Institute in the College of Fine Arts, inspiring students of Assistant Art Professor Brian Frus with his skills and mentoring them in producing the highest-quality …
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Virtuoso drummer Chester Thompson, who has played for Weather Report, Genesis, Phil Collins, Frank Zappa and many other top musicians, performs an evening of jazz with his Chester Thompson Trio at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 3, in the newly renovated …
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The Jacksonville University Orchestra opens its 2016-17 season on Tuesday, Oct. 25, in the newly renovated Terry Concert Hall with a salute to American composer Howard Hanson, long-time dean of the Eastman School of Music.
Hanson, a pianist and composer, …
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