This Friday at 7 p.m. professional saxophonist Pete Mills will accompany the Hillsdale College Big Band in its annual spring concert. Mills attended the University of North Texas along with Big Band director Chris McCourry. Out of the 12 big bands the university offered, Mills and McCourry played in the same band for a semester. After a period of lost...
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They’ve got the beat
Performing a variety of pieces modeled after drumming styles all over the world, from Moroccan to Japanese Tycho the Hillsdale Percussion Ensemble will perform alongside visiting musician David Jarvis in their upcoming performance. They will be performing April 13 at 7:30 p.m. in McNamara Music Hall and their set will feature different types of drumming styles from around the world,...
Orchestra concert to feature non-traditional pieces
The Hillsdale College Symphony Orchestra will be performing their first spring concert March 16 at 8 p.m. and March 17 at 3 p.m. The concert will include performances by two of the concerto winners and the Hillsdale College Chamber Choir. As is typical with March concerts, the orchestra is playing more modern pieces. The orchestra will perform “Prelude to Die...
‘Die Hard’: getting old?
The fifth installment in the long-standing “Die Hard” franchise sees McClane traveling to Russia in search of his estranged son, Jack (Jai Courtney). What John doesn’t know, but quickly learns upon arriving, is that Jack is a CIA operative entangled in an undercover mission. A Russian scientist (Sebastian Koch), it seems, is to testify in a government corruption trial, but...
