Arts & Culture

In October, the Department of Music in Arts & Sciences will present recitals featuring three internationally known pianists: Ingrid Jacoby (Oct. 13), Juho Pohjonen (Oct. 20) and Polina Osetinskaya (Oct. 28). Pohjonen’s performance also will feature cellist Zlatomir Fung and violinist Erin Schrieber in the St. Louis debut of “Other Pines,” a recent work by WashU composer Christopher Stark.

Internationally acclaimed playwright, screenwriter, installation artist and MacArthur “genius grant” recipient Lynn Nottage will receive the 2025 International Humanities Prize from Washington University in St. Louis.

WashU playwrights Zach Berger and Frauke Thielecke will present world-premiere staged reading as part of the 2024 A.E. Hotchner Playwriting Festival.

The Department of Music in Arts & Sciences will present “(Re)Discovering the Musical Legacy of Julia Perry,” a symposium and concert exploring the legacy of the late modernist composer, Sept. 27 and 28.

The Black Rep will launch its 48th season with Sheldon Epps’ beloved musical revue “Blues in the Night.”

In this video profile, produced by sophomore Sanchali Pothuru, veteran Hollywood producer Richard Chapman, now a senior lecturer in film and media studies in Arts & Sciences, discusses his career, how he broke into the business and the interplay of luck and hard work.

In “The Neuroscience of Movement,” dancer and research scientist Elinor Harrison introduces students to the complex neural processes that allow us to coordinate thought, action and perception.

Last summer, 18 WashU students traveled to London for an intensive three-week program at Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre. Here, Claire Sommers, a lecturer in Arts & Sciences, describes the program’s aims and what it means to explore the places that shaped the Bard.

The Department of Music in Arts & Sciences will host six performances by internationally renowned artists as part of the 2025 Great Artists Series.

“Retina Burn” is an annual concert designed to showcase the skills that student lighting designers have learned during their studies in the Performing Arts Department. This year’s event will return April 25 to Edison Theatre.