The Hillsdale College Concert Choir and Chamber Choir will perform their spring concert at College Baptist Church at 3 p.m. Sunday. It will be the choir’s second concert of the year, which will display the talents of singers with all different levels of experience. The concert’s centerpiece will be Karl Jenkins’ “The Armed Man: Mass For Peace,” which will be...
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The restrained Passion of ‘Kindred’
According to Michael Angelakos, the man behind indietronica giant Passion Pit, “no one wants you to be successful in this world.” If you know anything about Angelakos’ private life, which was rendered public by 2012’s successful “Gossamer” and a tell-all interview with Pitchfork Magazine, then this cynical comment won’t surprise you. Angelakos suffers from bipolar disorder, and the morning after...
Orchestra bringing year to conclusion
The Hillsdale College Symphony Orchestra is making preparations for their final concert on May 7th in Markel Auditorium, featuring solos by senior Hannah Taylor and sophomore Stevan Lukich and an accompaniment of well-known and hidden classical treasures. Conductor and Music Department Chair James Holleman, has created a set list consisting of classical favorites such as Franz Liszt’s “Hungarian Rhapsody,” and...
‘Stages of Life’ in art: Winners of $1,000 prize to be announced Tuesday
“It gives such divine materials to men, and accepts such leavings from them at last.” This ending line of Walt Whitman’s “This Compost” was the inspiration for sophomore Cecily Parell’s entry in this year’s thematic art competition. Parell’s work, a wet-clay sculpture of a cow skull, represents death, which she called “the great provider of life.” “Without death you don’t...
