The University of Rhode Island Fine Arts Center renovation and remodel is “at the top of the list of priorities for fiscal year 2017,†J. Vernon Wyman, the assistant vice president of Business Services, said. First outlined in the 2007-2011 Capital Improvement Plan, the project started as an outermost project, and has moved up…
A University of Rhode Island student has plans to share his love of music with the world through writing and singing music. Michael Genese, a senior music education and vocal performance double major, began singing at the age of nine and joined the Chorus of Westerly, a local Rhode Island music group. After watching an…
World-famous singer from Mumbai, Dhanashree Pandit-Rai, merged jazz and Indian music together for a performance at the University of Rhode Island this past Sunday. Pandit-Rai, along with New York-based jazz pianist Richard Bennett and his wife Paula on percussion, performed songs from their record Mumbai Masala at the Fine Arts Center Concert Hall. Pandit-Rai has…