Year: 2015

After nearly 12 years of composing and recording songs,  Assistant Professor of music and composer Mathew Fuerst released a new album on Jan. 6. The album, “Mathew Fuerst: Works for Violin & Piano,” contains three suites performed by violinist Jasper Wood and pianist David Riley. “They’ve always been very supportive,” Fuerst said. “It’s a really...

The sounds of a Bösendorfer grand piano now brighten the halls of Hillsdale’s music department. The instrument, a gift from donors Nick and Joan Spiroff, took its place in Conrad Recital Hall on Feb. 18, adding a new voice to student musicians’ exploration of the liberal arts through excellence in music. Last summer, music department...

After my announcement that I had seen none of the Toy Story movies put several of my friendships in serious jeopardy, I hosted a movie marathon to fill this apparent void in my life. Despite the hype that my fellow viewers built up, I began to understand the huge influence of Toy Story in the...

Performers — whether on stage or on the field, in a competition or in a classroom — are all too familiar with the feeling of nervous physical tension. A current theatre department offering, Alexander Technique for Actors & Musicians, focuses on these physical tensions students face day-to-day and works to counteract them. “In the Hillsdale...

Most of us know that Frank Capra directed “It’s a Wonderful Life,” arguably the favorite Christmas movie of our generation. But how many of us know that Capra, whose films are the subject of next week’s CCA, spent two days at Hillsdale College during the spring semester of 1974? Dr. James Juroe, former professor of...