Duke University News

Violinist Itamar Zorman to Release VIOLIN ODYSSEY, A QUEST FOR NEW VIOLIN REPERTOIRE

by Chloe Rabinowitz — April 5, 2022

On Friday, June 3, 2022, violinist Itamar Zorman will release a new album Violin Odyssey on First Hand Records.

Hermitage Artist Retreat Announces New Programs in May With Bess Wohl & More

by Chloe Rabinowitz — April 4, 2022

The Hermitage Artist Retreat has announced four new community programs in May with Hermitage Fellows specializing in music, writing, multimedia, and theater, including an event with Tony Award-nominated playwright Bess Wohl (Grand Horizons, Small Mouth Sounds).

Washington DC's Historic National Theatre Foundation Adds New Board Members

by Marissa Tomeo — March 20, 2022

Washington DC's oldest continuously operating theatre, The National Theatre has added four distinguished new members to its Board of Directors.

Jackson Browne Announces Tour Date At Fox Cities Performing Arts Center

by Stephi Wild — March 15, 2022

The Fox Cities Performing Arts Center has announced NiteLite Presents: An Evening with Jackson Browne on June 18, 2022.

HBO Announces GAME THEORY WITH BOMANI JONES Series Premiere Guest Lineup

by Michael Major — March 11, 2022

The debut episode features a one-on-one interview with ESPN personality Stephen A.

Wet Ink Ensemble Premieres Works By Katherine Young, Rick Burkhardt, Mariel Roberts, Peter Evans, and Eric Wubbels

by Stephi Wild — March 8, 2022

The program features a new work by 2021-22 Artist-in-Residence Katherine Young, We are all lichens for bass flute, tenor saxophone, violin, cello, feedback piano, drum kit, and live electronics, in which improvisation permeates the piece as musicians improvise extended passages based on carefully

Leyla McCalla Shares Track 'You Don't Know Me' from New Album 'Breaking The Thermometer'

by Michael Major — March 8, 2022

Originally a song by Brazilian artist Caetano Veloso, McCalla has shared her version of “You Don’t Know Me” today; Veloso wrote the Tropicália tune in 1971 after he was exiled to London and the track explores the loneliness of exile and the isolation from Brazilian culture that he felt at the

2022 Driskell Prize Awarded To Art Historian Adrienne L. Childs

by Stephi Wild — March 1, 2022

The High Museum of Art today announced scholar, art historian and curator Adrienne L.

Leyla McCalla Announces New Album 'Breaking The Thermometer'

by Michael Major — February 8, 2022

Today she has shared a video for the new song “Vini Wè”, a track inspired by the love story of Radio Haiti station owner and journalist Jean Dominique and his wife and fellow journalist Michéle Montas.

Lorelei Ensemble Announces THIS TYRANT, LOVE Tour

by A.A. Cristi — February 7, 2022

From March 18-27, 2022, the groundbreaking Lorelei Ensemble, led by Artistic Director Beth Willer, embarks on a tour of This Tyrant, Love, marking the ensemble's triumphant return to live performance.

Lorelei Ensemble Announces Tour of THIS TYRANT, LOVE

by Chloe Rabinowitz — February 7, 2022

From March 18-27, 2022, the groundbreaking Lorelei Ensemble, led by Artistic Director Beth Willer, embarks on a tour of This Tyrant, Love, marking the ensemble's triumphant return to live performance.

Stefanie Batten Bland To Present World Premiere Of EMBARQUED: STORIES OF SOIL THIS SPRING

by A.A. Cristi — February 3, 2022

Company SBB // Stefanie Batten Bland will present the world premiere of Embarqued: Stories of Soil, an installation-based dance-theatre work that interrogates existing relationships to memorials, at Duke Performances in Durham, NC, April 15–16, 2022.

Daniel Egger and Tom Laverack's IN THE SHADE Will Get a Concert Presentation at Green Room 42

by Stephi Wild — February 2, 2022

The new play with songs, In The Shade, written by Daniel Egger (book and lyrics) and Tom Laverack (music and additional lyrics) with music direction by Mark Ambrosino, will get a concert presentation at NYC's Green Room 42 on Friday, February 25 at 7 PM.