The Hillsdale College Theatre Department will perform the musical “Bright Star” on Parents Weekend, with shows running Feb. 21-24. Junior Kenda Showalter, stage manager for the production, said she’s excited for audiences to experience this unique musical. “It’s a musical, and it’s bluegrass music,” Showalter said. “It flashes between the 20s and the 40s and...
Three visiting professors joined the music department this school year, while two professors are away on sabbatical. Mark Douglass and Brad Holmes are filling in for Professor of Music, Choirs, and Orchestra James Holleman, and Michael Ruhling has taken over for Associate Professor of Music Derek Stauff. Douglass is standing in as the conductor of...
The Hillsdale College orchestra, choir, and chamber choir joined together the weekend of April 9 to perform Handel’s “Messiah” in Christ Chapel for the first time. James Holleman, a professor and chairman of the music department and the director of choirs and orchestras at Hillsdale College, described how he helped to design Christ Chapel as...
The Mary Waterman Memorial Organ in Christ Chapel was dedicated Thursday, April 15 at 7:30 p.m. with a ceremony and recital by an expert guest organist. “It’s important to have a dedication because of the sacred nature of the music that gets played on it,” said Jim Holleman, music department chair and director of the...
Last Friday night, Jan. 29, the music department pulled out all the stops during a faculty recital in Christ Chapel, featuring trumpet professor Chris McCourry and guest artist and organist Judy Kabodian. McCourry and Kabodian’s performance presented a unique mixture of organ and trumpet with a program featuring mostly baroque music from composers such as...