Category: College of Fine Arts

‘This Band Was Swinging:’ Ball State’s Jazz Ensemble 1 Takes Stage at famed Dizzy’s Club in New York City

June 21, 2022 by Dan Forst, '85

For a baseball player, Yankee Stadium is considered hallowed ground. For those who love the world’s most famous paintings, a trip to the Louvre in Paris can fulfill a lifetime ambition. And for a jazz musician, taking the stage at Dizzy’s Club at Lincoln Center in New York City might be equivalent to finding the […]

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Ball State Graduate Takes Her Theatre Talents Behind Stage

February 24, 2022 by Jake Williams

When Megan Farley was 5 years old, she wanted to be in the theater. She just didn’t know exactly how she was going to get there. Growing up in Lima, Ohio, she was far from the glitz and glamour of Broadway. But the 2012 Ball State University graduate wasn’t going to let anything stand in […]

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The top 2020 headlines from the Ball State Blog

January 5, 2021 by Marc Ransford

Check out these top stories from the Ball State Blog in 2020.

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The Show Must Go On

November 4, 2020 by Nick Werner

The Ball State Department of Theatre and Dance faces endless challenges in the age of COVID. But, much like the rest of the world, “the show must go on.”

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New Course Trains Students How to Perform as Actors in Simulation Labs

July 28, 2020 by Ball State Staff

The School of Nursing and the Department of Theatre and Dance collaborated to create a new course where students will learn how to create appropriate character reactions to healthcare scenarios in Ball State’s simulation labs.

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Bassoonists’ virtual busking helping to feed people during pandemic

July 15, 2020 by Marc Ransford

Recent grads and current students are posting weekly bassoon ensemble performances to raise funds to help feed the hungry.

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Ball State students make dance accessible to Muncie children

April 26, 2019 by Gabrielle Glass

Ball State University are using dance to teach team-building and social skills to children in a Muncie school. The 14 students students are mixing dance with life skills at Longfellow Elementary School where children have an opportunity to learn while having fun, according to junior Hannah Bertrand of Lincoln, Nebraska. Bertrand, who is pursuing a […]

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Ball State Opera Theatre to perform Mozart classic ‘Don Giovanni’

March 20, 2019 by Melissa Kraman

The Ball State Opera Theatre will perform Mozart’s acclaimed opera “Don Giovanni” on March 29 at 7:30 p.m. and March 31 at 2 p.m. in Sursa Performance Hall. Twenty-two students in the College of Fine Arts will perform the full opera, a blend of humor, drama, horror, love, and the supernatural. “The ‘mashup’ nature of […]

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Coming-of-age story to be brought to life in ‘Snapshots’

March 12, 2019 by Gabrielle Glass

Following three women through the trials and tribulations of their lives, “Snapshots”brings the journeys of Hollis, Carol, and Sherry to life at the Cave Theatre on the Ball State University campus, opening on March 19 at 7:30 p.m. Additional showings will be March 20-23 at 7:30 p.m. and March 23 and 24 at 2:30 p.m. […]

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