Purple lights lit the stage of the Dawn Theater Nov. 8, welcoming Fred Radke back on stage to play songs that have defined the world of jazz. Families, students, couples, and even Dennis “Gate Guy” Cook filled the theater, sinking into the mish-mash of theater chairs and velvet love seats, ready for a dynamic performance. Senior Therese Williams, who works...
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Jazz musicians bring the sauce
During Pizza Jam students perform with professional musicians. Courtesy | Sophia Bryant While snow covered the ground outside, pizza and jazz warmed McNamara Hall the night of Nov. 9 as students gathered to play or sing with professional jazz musicians at Pizza Jam. Trumpeter Fred Radke, bassist Paul Keller, pianist Terry Lower, and Adjunct Instructor of Music Larry Ochiltree on...
Junior jazz pianist is fluent in bebop and blues
Junior Nick Heide started playing jazz piano during middle school in Las Vegas. Now he skips campus weekly to play professional gigs in Ann Arbor, Detroit, and Toledo. “If you love something enough, everything kind of falls in place to make it happen,” Heide said. Heide’s first teacher played on the Las Vegas strip and taught him how to play...
Tower Players keep Shakespeare alive
Featuring original music by Hillsdale alumnus Ethan Graham ’25, “The Book of Will” explores how English playwright William Shakespeare lives on through his writings. The Tower Players will premiere the historic account of Shakespeare’s friends collecting his writings in “The Book of Will,” written by American playwright and screenwriter Lauren Gunderson, this week with performances in Markel Auditorium at 7:30...
