The College Orchestra Directors Association invited the Hillsdale College Symphony Orchestra to perform at its 2017 national conference in Washington, D.C., in February. James Holleman, music department chairman, announced Monday that the association selected Hillsdale’s orchestra from other applicants around the country through a blind audition process, so it did not consider any information about...
Hillsdale College’s first television commercial hits home screens Thursday, emphasizing the aspects of its mission statement. The brand-building advertisement with a six-figure budget premiered online Wednesday and will raise awareness of the college, said Matt Schlientz, vice president of marketing. Focusing on freedom, moral virtue, higher learning, and religion, the commercial is meant to leave...
Associate Professor of Music Matthew Fuerst first visited Hillsdale College as a composer. When a violinist and pianist performed some of his original works on campus, Fuerst attended their concert and became acquainted with the college. Now, he is spending his last few weeks at Hillsdale, as he returns to composing full-time, and to his...
The Hillsdale College Symphony Orchestra will perform its final concert of the year at 8 p.m. on May 12 and 13 in Markel Auditorium. The first performance will be open with ticket reservations to the general public, while the second will be open to guests of graduation, donors, and families of orchestra members by...
This semester’s choir concert features a rare component: a student composer and a student conductor. Along with the rest of Chamber Choir, sophomore Jonathan Edelblut will sing his original composition “as is the sea marvelous,” based on the e.e. cummings poem. Senior Faith Liu, a music and English double major, will conduct the Chamber Choir’s...