College of Fine Arts and Production

A big year for comedy on campus brings something that will be familiar to fans of the long-running TV show “Saturday Night Live.”

By Doug Carroll GCU News Bureau “David and the whole company of Israel were in the parade, singing at the top of their lungs and playing mandolins, harps, tambourines, castanets and cymbals.” — 2 Samuel 6:5 (Message translation) Never mind his big victory over Goliath or his 30-year reign as Israel’s king. David was a worship leader with one rocking resumé. As the Eric Clapton of his time, young David played the harp so beautifully that he chased away the blues of King Saul. He was a prolific lyricist, credited with writing approximately half of the 150 psalms in the Bible. His dance moves, displayed on one occasion while wearing a tight-fitting garment of questionable taste, disgusted his status-conscious wife, who then received a stinging rebuke from him: “In God’s presence I’ll dance all I want! I’ll become even more undignified than this!” With such a rich heritage of making a joyful noise to the Lord, it’s no wonder that Christians place a king-size emphasis on worship. On Sundays in American churches, a sizable portion of most services is devoted to music, although the harpist/psalmist/mosher of old wouldn’t recognize today’s tools: electric guitars and amplifiers, wireless microphones, soundboards, computerized lighting, […]

Barely a year old, the band is growing up fast under the direction of Paul Koch and was a worthy opening act for the more experienced Red Mountain Big Band.

The seven movements of Brahms’ grand work for chorus, orchestra and soloists were completed by 1868 and received superb treatment by the Canyon Choral Society and Canyon Symphony Orchestra.

Choreographer Brianna Macias made a powerful statement with “Silent Screams,” her piece on the issue of human trafficking.

Highlights from the Student Spotlight Dance Concert in Thunderground on March 5.

Jeanguy Saintus brought his unique style, rooted in Haitian culture, to GCU as the dance program’s artist-in-residence for the spring semester.

Samantha Murphy, who redefined “student-athlete” at the University on the basketball court and in the classroom, and six others were honored at Ethington Theatre on campus.

GCU’s Canyon Singers, Canyon Chorale and New Life Singers filled First Southern Baptist Church with sacred music in the Masterworks II concert.

“The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe,” under the direction of Michael Kary, tells the story of four children wandering Narnia, a make-believe land of talking animals that awaits the return of its true leader, Aslan the lion.