Washington University and Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra Community Partnership Program to celebrate music of Olivier Messiaen March 3

CarlinMusicians from Washington University and the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra will join forces to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the birth of French composer Olivier Messiaen, one of the 20th century’s most influential composers. The concert will highlight Messiaen’s signature Quartet for the End of Time, written in a German prison camp during World War II.

‘Lizzie Borden’ presents fact, legend and Freud

Lizzie Borden took an ax And gave her mother 40 whacks When she saw what she had done She gave her father 41 So goes the well-known nursery rhyme, though the victims were actually Borden’s father and stepmother. And more than 100 years after that infamous double murder, Borden — who was acquitted of the […]

Graduate and Professional Rankings of WUSTL by News Media

Below is a link to the Washington University news release about the U.S. News & World Report undergraduate rankings for 2004-05: http://news-info.wustl.edu/news/page/normal/3627.html To view a full listing of U.S. News magazine, book and Web-only rankings for 2004-05, please visit the U.S. News & World Report site: http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/rankindex_brief.php

Undergraduate Rankings of WUSTL by News Media

Below is a link to the Washington University news release about the U.S. News & World Report undergraduate rankings for 2004-05: http://news-info.wustl.edu/news/page/normal/3627.html To view a full listing of U.S. News magazine, book and Web-only rankings for 2004-05, please visit the U.S. News & World Report site: http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/rankindex_brief.php

‘Kemper Presents’ music series starts Feb. 22

From Scott Joplin and Chuck Berry to Tina Turner, Nelly and Wilco, St. Louis has long boasted a rich and widely influential musical scene. This spring, the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum will launch a new concert series designed to highlight the talents and diversity of contemporary St. Louis musicians. The free Friday evening concerts […]

Classic 18th-century comedy of errors to be presented by PAD

Photo by David KilperThis month, the Performing Arts Department in Arts & Sciences will present a new production of the prototypical “situation comedy” titled “She Stops to Conquer” in the A.E. Hotchner Studio Theatre. Performances begin at 8 p.m. Feb. 22 and 23 and at 2 p.m. Feb. 24. Performances continue the following weekend at 8 p.m., Feb. 29 and March 1 and at 2 p.m. March 2.
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