While Hope College was designing the Jack H. Miller Center for Musical Arts with its advanced recording studio, Drew Elliot was searching for a job at a Michigan studio. It only made sense that the two events would eventually collide. Since then, Elliot’s influence on the Hope community has been invaluable. Elliot was a…
“One of the most important things that tour does is really to get the name of Hope College out there,” Gabe Southard, director of Hope College’s wind ensemble, said. The band began the tour yesterday and will continue traveling until Wednesday, when they return home. Wind ensemble is composed of 39 students who auditioned…
James Fixx (’18) will be the fourth student at Hope College to complete a recording arts composite major. Up until the fall of 2015, only one small recording studio existed, in the basement of Dimnent Memorial Chapel. With the help of many hardworking individuals, including the current director of recording arts, Drew Elliot, a…
A new band has entered the music fray and they are off to a strong start. Who are they? Almost Monday, a San Diego-based band comprised of Dawson Daugherty, Luke Fabry, Cole Clisby and Michael Leto. The widely popular Christian rock band, Switchfoot, first mentioned Almost Monday last fall across social media. Switchfoot consists of…
What started out as a harmless trend has blown into what can only be described as a rapture at Hope College. Who’s to blame? Bueller? Bueller? One cannot watch “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” without being charmed by Matthew Broderick’s acting and astounded by this ultimate cinematic masterpiece, blowing Spielberg out of the water with its…
Although many people find the subject uncomfortable, the Population Reference Bureau said that “suicides have become the second leading cause of death among teenagers in the United States” as of June 2016. Suicide is not pleasant and is depicted in an authentic, painful way in Netflix’s new series “13 Reasons Why,” based off of the…
Thursday, April 27, the Holland Area Arts Council will be presenting “Jazz in the Gallery,” featuring the Jim Cooper Trio. “Jazz in the Gallery” is a small and personal concert. The Jim Cooper trio is comprised of Robin Connell, Warren Jones and Cooper. Connell, who hosts the concert series, won the 2016 Art Prize Public…
The Jack H. Miller building on Hope College’s campus will be hosting a program on Saturday, April 22, that includes mu sic “From Bach to Broadway.” Pieces played throughout the concert will feature works for the violin and piano or harpsichord. Dr. Mihai Craioveanu, violinist and professor of music at Hope, will be per…
The story of the boy who never grew up has been around for decades. There have been multiple movie, play and musical adaptations, which have originated from J.M. Barrie’s story that was released in 1904. With a long history of creative renditions to the fantastical tale, it only made sense that Hope College’s Ballet Club…
By: Oprah “America’s Got Talent” has finally discovered real talent: the beautiful ladies in Hope College’s Nykerk Cup competition! All six acts traveled to audition in Detroit last spring and after a long journey, the competition has finished airing and Nykerk was established as the 2027 winners of the national television show. The NBC show…