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Telling ‘Sekuru’s Stories’ through music, digital scholarship
When Jennifer Kyker was a teenager, she began learning to play the mbira, an African instrument with 22 to 28 metal keys fixed to a wooden soundboard, and then placed in a gourd resonator to amplify its resonance. Now the ethnomusicologist has embarked on a research project focused on the musical life of one of her earliest mbira teachers: the renowned performer of the Zimbabwean mbira, Sekuru Tute Chigamba.
5 things to do this weekend
Jeanette Colby, the University calendar editor, offers a selection of events and activities to do this weekend. The calendar features a variety of events at all campuses, including the River Campus, Eastman School, Memorial Art Gallery, and Medical Center.
5 things to do this weekend
Jeanette Colby, the University calendar editor, offers a selection of events and activities to do this weekend. Log in and check out the University Events Calendar for more events. This week’s events include an exhibit at the Memorial Art Gallery, a cross country meet, movie screening on the River Campus, and multiple shows at the Fringe Festival.
‘Fringe allows me to push myself to do things I don’t normally get to do’
Rochester Fringe Festival is one of the fastest growing in the United States, with performances from many University students, faculty, and staff. Six of those performers share what makes Fringe special.
Missy Pfohl Smith named director of Institute for Performing Arts
The Institute for Performing Arts was formed in 2015 to bring together the disciplines of music, theater, and dance into a collaborative venture. Smith, who also serves as the director of the Program of Movement and Dance, is appointed to a three-year term
Summer carillon concerts return to Rochester
Free carillon concerts are back this summer, with music from top performers from around the world every Monday in July.
Seniors show beauty of urban art with augmented reality
Four Rochester students saw the beauty of graffiti art in abandoned city subway tunnels. Banding together as the ExSpace Artist Collective, they designed an augmented reality project to share that beauty with others.
An art exhibition of their own
Rochester’s studio arts majors cap off their senior year with an art thesis exhibition that serves as the culmination of each student’s hard work and dedication as artists.
5 things to do this weekend
Jeanette Colby, the University calendar editor, offers a selection of events and activities to do this weekend. Log in and check out the University Events Calendar for more things to do. The calendar features a variety of events at all campuses, including the River Campus, Eastman School, Memorial Art Gallery, and Medical Center. #1: Watch […]
Students design voice-activated app to reduce food waste
Pip, an app developed by a team of graduating seniors in the Digital Media Studies Program, will let users check their fridge or freezer wherever they are using only their voice.