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The 5th Annual Short Play Festival will be held at Bothwell Auditorium this Friday, February 12, 2021. Blackburn students are WELCOMED to watch the show LIVE, limited seating available. The show will also be streamed on the Blackburn Department of Music and Theatre Facebook page.
Tis the season!
Madrigals are almost upon us, yes you heard right. This year Madrigals will be entirely online, kind of.
If you are interested in getting tickets for Madrigals you can contact the Music Office by calling (217) 854-5704 or email [email protected]
Blackburn College Department of Music and Theatre in partnership with @TitanTheatreCo will present our fall production of Romeo & Juliet by William Shakespeare and adapted by Lenny Banovez. The recording will be available Nov. 6 - Nov. 8. Email [email protected] for tickets!
Each week our virtual choir is visited by a mystery guest! So far we have been visited by @AngelAzzarra, Laura Matthews, Grace Fisher, & Chase Hopkins.
Want to find out who tonight's guest is? Join the virtual choir! If you are interested email [email protected]
Don't forget that there is virtual choir tonight from 7:00-9:30 pm.
Each week Blackburn College Choir meets on Zoom, where we have a challenge and mystery guest. Oh and we sing!
If you would like to join you can email [email protected] for more information.
This fall we will be presenting Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, in collaboration with the @TitanTheatreCo
Check out our Facebook page for more information on auditions or email [email protected].
Blackburn College Choir would like to invite you to join us this semester as we do “Choir at Home”. Due to COVID-19 the choir will be meeting entirely online this semester over Zoom.
All students, faculty, staff, alumni, and community members are welcome to join!
The annual Theatre Open House will be held this Wednesday, August 19 at 6:30 pm on Zoom. We will introduce ourselves and discuss the plans for this semester.
The link and access code for the meeting can be found on our Facebook page or by emailing [email protected].
Happy #womenshistorymonth ! This week we are highlighting conductor and violinist @marinalsop ; who truly is a woman of firsts! To learn more about Marin Alsop check out our facebook page!
Students from the @blackburnMUTH College Choir observed an incredible rehearsal of the @slso Symphony Chorus tonight! Amy Kaiser was incredible and so kind to stay after the rehearsal to chat with us. Gail Hintz played absolutely beautifully, as always. We had a great time!
What an awesome day for the @blackburnMUTH Choir! The students rocked some team building and creative thinking exercises in the morning before discussing the dynamics of our program. Then we spent the afternoon with Kevin McBeth, who imparted wisdom and led some great rehearsals!
The month of March is #WomensHistoryMonth Every Wednesday we will be highlighting an influential woman in Music and Theatre. Make sure you are following all our social media for bonus information and posts throughout the week.
How about some playwright #ManCrushMonday? Here is Pulitzer prize winning playwright August Wilson. Wilson was famous for The Pittsburgh Cycle, a collection of ten plays that characterized the African American experience throughout the 20th century.
The Department of Music and Theatre is holding auditions for the spring play, The Amazing America Road Trip by Rob Roznowski!
Auditions will take place on Sunday, February 9, at 6:30pm in Bothwell Auditorium.
Please email [email protected] for more information.
Members of @blackburnmuth Voices sang for a special service at the Episcopal Cathedral this morning. They did a great job - which is good, since we had a royal guest!
Blackburn College Music and Theatre Department presents the 4th annual Short Play Festival next Thursday February 6, 2020 at 7:00pm.
This year the short play festival features work written by Blackburn Students as well as other published work.
Admission is Pay-What-You-Can.