The pilot opens with a repetitive melody: fast-paced finger-picking on an acoustic guitar. Somehow it feels comforting. Familiar, even. The show is called “This is Us,” and the song is “Death with Dignity” by Sufjan Stevens. It’s perfectly fitting for a story about life and death—but mostly life. The first shot is a glimpse...
Music, laughter, and five European men will fill the stage of College Baptist Church this Saturday. The Olga Vocal Ensemble will be performing Feb. 11 at 8:00 p.m. as part of the college’s Performing Artist Series. The group was founded in 2012 at the Utrechts Conservatorium in the Netherlands, and two years later, they...
“Winning this contest was a bit of a fluke,” Hillsdale graduate Serena Howe ’12 said after winning the 2016 Princemere Poetry Contest. “I don’t apply to contests often, particularly since I haven’t written much lately. I was shocked when I won the prize.” The English major won $500 for her poem, “After a Certain Age...
Playing on a national stage for the first time will leave any musical ensemble on cloud nine. But when Hillsdale’s musicians ascend to new heights, they light up the place with their love for the music. When the Hillsdale College symphony orchestra traveled to George Mason University this weekend to perform at the national conference...
For the first time since its founding in 1951, the Hillsdale College Symphony Orchestra will perform for a national audience. The ensemble will play at the College Orchestra Directors Association’s national conference in Fairfax County, Virginia, on Friday, Feb. 3. The conference runs from Feb. 2 to Feb. 4. Hillsdale’s orchestra won the chance to...