Music

Brentano String Quartet teaches Centre about music

Last Thursday, the Brentano String Quartet graced the hallowed halls of Newlin Hall. Norton Center Director Steve Hoffman said that the Quartet was chosen specifically for their ability to play a program that distinctly connected the classical work studied as part of this year’s humanities curriculum.

V-the Market supports Centre’s Bluegrass with new event

Friday the 13th is often known for being a release date for new horror movies and little else. Fortunately for the Centre community, this Friday the 13th will be an opportunity for lovers of both good beer and good music to enjoy themselves.

A capella group Common Time serenades Centre

With the rise in popularity of such shows as The Sing Off, an a cappella group version of American Idol, and Glee’s popular a cappella group “The Warblers,” a cappella groups across the country are finally getting some much-deserved attention. Common Time, Centre’s own a cappella singing group, is no exception.

Four musicians prepare for Spring Concerto Concert

The Fantastic Four are coming to a stage near you. No, they won’t be fighting bad guys using their radiation-borne superpowers or prancing around the Newlin stage wearing skin-tight suits. These aren’t your everyday action figures, these are musicians. What is happening on April 28 at 7:30 p.m. in Newlin Hall is the Spring Concerto Concert.

Rock on: Club Carbon to spotlight indie band Anton Mink

Music a mix of rock, soul and indie

"Robust" St. Petersburg Orchestra wows eager crowd

Long concert doesn't fail to thrill, entertain audience

The Cento sits down with bluegrass player Darrin Vincent

Grammy-nominated and award-winning artist Darrin Vincent is one half of the duo known as Dailey & Vincent. The bluegrass group performed at the Norton Center for the Arts on Fri., Nov. 4 in a show that blew Centre away. Vincent sat down with the Cento to give a bit of his perspective on bluegrass music and his life.

Acclaimed bluegrass band comes to Centre

One of bluegrass’s hottest new duos will be taking the stage at the Norton Center on Fri., Nov. 4.

Uncle Lady rocks out at its alma mater

The opening strains of Fleetwood Mac’s song “The Chain,” on the evening of Homecoming Saturday, heralded the return of the band Uncle Lady to Centre’s campus.

Fiddles and Fingerpicking: Danville's bluegrass underground

Danville has an underground music scene – and it may not be what you would think.

Violinist Hahn-Bin brings new perspective to Centre

The violinist known as Hahn-Bin will be performing in Weisiger Theatre on Sept. 30 at 8 p.m.

Bluegrass music unites Centre students, professors

At approximately 10 a.m. on a drowsy Saturday morning almost two weeks past, a contingent of students from the Centre Kentucky Music Ensemble clambered onto the stage near the center of the Constitution Square Arts Festival to rouse the surrounding fair and its patrons.

Girl Talk blows Centre away with mash-up music, confetti

Last Friday night, April 22, hundreds of neon-clad students filed into Chowan in anticipation of one of the biggest events on campus of the year: Girl Talk.

Sir Elton John “Crocodile Rocks”-out new Louisville YUM! Center

On April 15, John performed an energetic three-hour concert in the KFC Yum! Center to the largest crowd in the arena’s short history.

Recent Centre alums follow dreams, form Uncle Lady

Based out of Austin, Texas, acoustic folk pop trio Uncle Lady features Centre graduates Catherine Naiser (’08) on vocals, Jeff Hortillosa (’09) on guitar and Joey McGill (’10) on upright bass. They took time last week to sit down with the Cento to talk about their music, their influences and life in Austin.

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