Meghan Gibson ’19, a music major with a concentration in performance studies, will pursue a Master of Music following her May graduation from Bluffton at NYU Steinhardt. Gibson a Pandora native will focus on music theatre performance.
“If you’re going to do musical theater, and most music in general, you want to go where the business is,” explained Gibson. “So for the business of musical theatre, that’s Broadway or the other option would be Chicago. But New York is where it’s at.”
Three Bluffton University music majors, Eddie Martin, Meghan Gibson and Kasandera Knief, will perform their senior recitals this weekend. All recitals are free and open to the public, with a reception afterwards in the lobby. Recital details follow:
Eddie Martin
Eddie Martin, a music education major with a concentration in performance
studies, will present his Bluffton University senior recital at 2:30 p.m. Saturday, April 13, in Yoder Recital Hall.
The Bluffton University baseball team kept host Olivet off the scoreboard in a 5-0 victory over the Comets on a beautiful Tuesday, April 9, 2019. Bluffton moved past the .500 mark for the first time since Florida, improving to 13-12 on the season.
Bluffton University will host the annual Riley Creek Festival from 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday, April 13, in the Sommer Center.
Free and open to the public, the festival will feature block-party-style events including: family-friendly inflatables, games and a Kona Ice truck.
With the theme “Ducks in Space,” the event will conclude with the traditional rubber duck race on Riley Creek starting at 4 p.m. Rubber ducks will be sold for $1 each, with proceeds to benefit the Bluffton Public Library. Duck race winners will receive space-themed gift baskets.
The Bluffton University softball team had a nonconference doubleheader on Sunday, April 7 when it hosted Ohio Wesleyan. The Beavers got the best of OWU in game one, 10-4, before dropping the finale by an 8-6 count. Bluffton moved to 6-18 on the year, while Ohio Wesleyan improved to 7-17 overall.
Andreas Baumgartner, associate professor of art at Bluffton University, will present the colloquium, “‘FPV Drones – Thrills of building, racing and mountain surfing,” at 4 p.m. on Friday, April 12, in Centennial Hall’s Stutzman Lecture Hall.
During his presentation, Baumgartner will discuss his involvement with first person view drones over the past four years.
