The Hillsdale College Music Department will perform “Messiah” Nov. 30 to Dec. 2. at College Baptist Church. The performance will last two and a half hours. The music department performs Messiah every four years. James Holleman, Chairman and Associate Professor of Music, Choirs, and Orchestra, began the cycle in 2000. This ensures that every student who attends Hillsdale will see...
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Preparations begin for spring performance of ‘The Tempest’
Auditions for “Shakespeare in the Arb” took place Nov. 5-6 with more than 30 students trying out for a spot in “The Tempest.” The directors, senior Alex Tiren and junior Audrey Gray, are pleased with the cast they chose. Senior Daniel Spiotta was picked for the lead role of Prospero, a magician who is exiled with his infant daughter to...
Q&A: Anthony Esolen
Anthony Esolen teaches Renaissance English Literature and classes in Western Civilization at Providence College in Rhode Island. He is a senior editor for Touchstone and writes regularly for First Things, Catholic World Report, and Magnificat. His most recent books include “Ten Ways to Destroy the Imagination of Your Child” and “The Politically Incorrect Guide to Western Civilization.” He lectured at...
Tower Players bring ‘Medea’ to life
The lights shift, casting a warm glow on the birch trees and log houses of Fort Michilimackinac. A chorus of Ojibwe and French settler women listen attentively to the keening song of a woman betrayed. The year is 1680. The woman is Medea. And the setting is unusual for Euripides’s play, written in the 5th century B.C. “This is the...
