Thanks to the tenacity of Alison Norris ’17, Valpo is home to a chamber music ensemble nicknamed the “STEM-quintet,” enabling a group of five individuals with varying interests to incorporate their love for music into their arduous academic schedules. “I chose to attend Valparaiso University for countless reasons — my mother’s alma matter, premier engineering […]
American jazz composer and performer Ramsey Lewis will headline the 26th annual Valparaiso University Jazz Festival, taking place April 11-16 at the Harre Union. Jazz Fest is the Midwest’s largest non-competitive jazz event. In addition to Mr. Lewis, Tia Fuller, Vincent Gardner, the University’s Faculty Jazz Trio, University student ensembles, and jazz bands from Northwest […]
The Brauer Museum at Valparaiso University has been celebrating Martin Luther King Jr Day and Black History Month with a special exhibit titled “Celebrating Black Artists.” Many of the pieces come from the private collection of the University’s own Michael Chikeleze, Ph.D., Richard C. and Francelia A. Gozon University Chair in Values-Based Leadership. Four of […]
Jazz legend Ellis Marsalis will headline the 27th annual Valparaiso University Jazz Festival, scheduled for April 9-14. The Valpo Jazz Festival is the Midwest’s largest non-competitive jazz event. Also appearing are trumpeters Terrell Stafford and Bobby Lewis. Valpo’s Faculty Jazz Trio and Jazz Ensemble as well as high school and college groups from Indiana and […]
Valparaiso University Jazz Festival will be taking place at the Harre Union. Jazz Fest is the Midwest’s largest non-competitive jazz event. April 19: Valpo Faculty Jazz Trio with guest artist Don Braden, saxophone, 7:30 p.m., Ballrooms April 20: David Sanborn and Joey DeFrancesco Trio, 8 p.m., Ballrooms For more information, please visit the Jazz Festival […]
Opening Reception is Jan. 10 The Brauer Museum of Art at Valparaiso University will premiere its winter exhibitions, which run from Jan. 7 through April 6, 2014, with an opening reception on Friday, Jan. 10, 2014, at 7 p.m. The new exhibitions are “Trucks: Recent Work by John Himmelfarb,” “Mr. Imagination: Chicago Self-Taught Artist,” and […]
More than 900 undergraduate, graduate and law students participated in Valparaiso University’s May 2018 commencement ceremonies, capping an exciting year marked by numerous accomplishments for the University, along with its students and faculty. “Each day, I am humbled by the remarkable dedication and enthusiasm our students, faculty, and staff exhibit,” said Mark A. Heckler, Ph.D., […]
Valparaiso University will host the 20th annual Mid-America Guitar Ensemble Festival, taking place March 23-25, 2012. Guest artists for this year’s festival are the Grammy Award-winning Los Angeles Guitar Quartet (LAGQ) and Shingo Fujii, one of the leading composers and classical guitarists in Japan. The LAGQ will perform at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 24 in […]
The Brauer Museum of Art received an honorable mention for its exhibition catalogue, an entry in the 2011 American Association of Museums (AAM) Museum Publications Design Competition. The competition will be featured in a section of the November/December issue of “Museum,” AAM’s bi-monthly membership magazine. “AAM is an important organization in the museum field,” said […]
A Valparaiso University music professor has won the 2010 Arlin G. Meyer Prize in Music Performance, presented by the Lilly Fellows Program in Humanities and the Arts to honor a faculty member’s work exemplifying the practice of Christian artistic or scholarly vocation. Dennis Friesen-Carper, Reddel professor of music, received the prize for directing his original […]