Thursday, October 09, 2008
D'Rivera "informance" is 2 p.m. Friday, October 10
 The University Core Curriculum and the Evansville Philharmonic Orchestra present Cuban jazz musician Paquito D’Rivera at 2 p.m. Friday, October 10 in Forum I in the Wright Administration Building at USI. D’Rivera will present a free musical “informance” for the USI community, and the public is invited.D’Rivera is a multiple Grammy-award winning musician and composer. A Havana, Cuba native, he began his career as a child prodigy and created various original and ground-breaking musical ensembles during his teen years. A founding member of the Orquesta Cubana de Musica Moderna, he directed that group for two years, while at the same time playing clarinet and saxophone with the Cuban National Symphony Orchestra. He also was a founding member and co-director of the innovative musical ensemble Irakere, a mixture of jazz, rock, classical and traditional Cuban music, and has toured extensively throughout America and Europe. The National Endowment for the Arts said “he has become the consummate multinational ambassador, creating and promoting a cross-culture of music that moves effortlessly among jazz, Latin, and Mozart.” D’Rivera will perform with the Evansville Philharmonic Orchestra for its Opening Night Pops, “Hot Latin Jazz,” at 8 p.m. Saturday, October 11, and 2 p.m. Sunday, October 12, at the Victory Theatre. Future University Core Curriculum Speaker Series events include: October 23 Fall Lecture by Dr. Alan Lightman, 7 p.m., Carter Hall, University Center. Lightman is an MIT physicist and English professor and author of Einstein’s Dreams and several other books. He is a featured author in USI’s Bonding through Books program and Evansville’s One Book One Community selection, This I Believe: The Personal Philosophies of Remarkable Men and Women. His essay hails the power of unanswered questions. Lightman’s lecture is sponsored by Student Development Programs. February 17 Lecture by Dr. Kenneth R. Miller, 7 p.m., Carter Hall, University Center. In 2005, Miller, professor of biology at Brown University, testified in Kitzmiller et al vs. Dover (Pennsylvania) Area School District on the question of whether intelligent design is a religious belief or a scientific theory. It was ruled in the case that intelligent design is a form of creationism and can not be taught in schools under the first amendment. The University Core Curriculum Lecture Series hosts Miller in celebration of the 150th anniversary of the Theory of Evolution. For more information, contact Dr. Mark Krahling, director of the University Core Curriculum, at mkrahlin@usi.edu or 812/464-1712. Wendy Knipe Bredhold News & Information Services wkbredhold@usi.edu or 812/461-5259 |
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