Cornell Orchestras won first place in the Collegiate Orchestras category of the awards given out by the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers with the League of American Orchestras.
A cast of 75 readers told the story of Homer’s “Odyssey” during a daylong event April 26 in Klarman Hall. It was the first event in the College of Arts and Sciences’ new “Arts Unplugged” series.
Events this week include a community panel with police, hip-hop artists and scholars; an Oscar party; Karl Pillemer on making love last; plays at the Schwartz Center and films by Amie Siegel.
Events on campus this week include an exhibit on early Cornell women scientists, the first Bound for Glory and Department of Music concerts of the season, the start of salsa lessons and a lecture on race and crime.
The Ithaca premiere of "The Classical Style: An Opera (of Sorts)," the last large-scale work by the late professor emeritus of composition Steven Stucky, will be staged Oct. 30 by Triphammer Arts.
Events on campus include a Cornell Cinema benefit and dance party, a rare 17th-century opera, young ornithologists sharing their research and a University Lecture by Islam scholar Sherman Jackson.
Events this week include Jason and Alicia Hall Moran in Barnes Hall; 'Chasing Ice' at Cornell Cinema, a community project with artists and survivors of assault, and the American Indian Program's 30th anniversary conference.