Photo by Andrew Main | Brandon Harris serenades the audience with “Strike the Viol” and “A Shepard.” Music students Harrison Dolan, Peter Kelmelis and Brandon Harris were showcased in the Oct. 4 music convocation. Convocations are often referred to as “convos,” and are an assembly of people gathering to listen to student performances. Unlike convocations…
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…
URI Theatre’s 2015-2016 season officially kicks off on Oct. 15 with a show that is sure to draw plenty of attention just based on its unusual name. The Tony-nominated show entitled “In The Next Room†or (“The Vibrator Playâ€), is written by Sarah Ruhl and directed by URI’s Bryna Wortman. Set in New York in…