Tickets are still available for the opening performance in the 2014-15 Bluffton University Artist Series, by sand artist Joe Castillo at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 25, in Yoder Recital Hall.
A finalist on “America’s Got Talent,” Castillo has developed a way of telling stories that uses sand art, a light table and music. His experience in advertising—where he spent 20 years—as well as in art led him to become a motivational performing artist. He is a graduate of Florida Bible College and Asbury Theological Seminary.
BLUFFTON, Ohio - The Bluffton University men's soccer team welcomed Cincinnati Christian University for their 2014 home opener on Friday, Sept. 5. The Beavers took a 1-1 tie into the half but the visitors scored twice in the final 45 minutes for a 3-2 victory at the Sears Complex. The Beavers fell to 0-4, while Cincinnati Christian starts the season 1-0.
WOOSTER, Ohio - The Bluffton University men's soccer team went up 1-0 early before two second half Wooster goals added up to a 2-1 victory for the Fighting Scots on Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2014. Bluffton fell to 0-3, while Wooster improved to 2-1 on the season.
WOOSTER, Ohio - The Bluffton University women's soccer team struggled to mount an offensive at the College of Wooster on Wednesday afternoon, dropping an 8-0 decision at the hands of the Fighting Scots. Bluffton slipped to 0-2 on the year, while Wooster upped its mark to 2-1.
Vocalist Bethany Babcock will present her Bluffton University senior recital at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 7, in Yoder Recital Hall. The recital is free and open to the public.
Babcock, a mezzo-soprano from Deshler, Ohio, will sing both classical and popular numbers. The program includes music by Mozart and Schubert, and from “Mulan” and “Hairspray,” accompanied by pianist Ana Yoder Coulter. In addition, Babcock and mezzo-soprano Ashley Musgrave, a senior from Ada, Ohio, will perform a duet of “For Good,” from “Wicked.”
Drs. Lucia Unrau and Peter Terry, members of the Bluffton University music faculty, will discuss their summer work at the Interlochen (Mich.) Center for the Arts in a campus colloquium at 4 p.m. Friday, Sept. 5, in Centennial Hall’s Stutzman Lecture Hall.
Titled “If You Listen, You Can Hear Them Coming: Making Art at Interlochen,” their talk is free and open to the public.
