Colleges

Anyone up for a “kinetic sermon”? That’s what Zari Le’on Dance Theater is promising to deliver at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday in the Sanctuary, on the second level of the Student Recreation Center. And Le’on, of Santa Cruz, Calif., can hardly wait to start preaching.

GCU’s New Life Singers put faith and fun together in an outstanding worship choir. Meet Gabe, their fearless leader and GCU’s Campus Music Minister as he leads these talented students on their New Life Journey.

Grand Canyon University’s College of Fine Arts & Production presents Shakespeare’s The Comedy of Errors. Show times are at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday through Feb. 20. For tickets, call the Ethington box office at 639.8880.

The Music Department’s “Love Through the Ages” concert at First Southern Baptist Church supplied faithful renditions of more than a dozen love songs — most of them show tunes, and many of them popular before the choir members’ parents were born.

If you haven’t seen an Ethington Theatre Series production this season — and even if you have — then find a way to get to “The Comedy of Errors.” The Shakespearean farce, a tale of mistaken identity, has a number of solid performances from the GCU student cast. But perhaps the biggest star is the set created by Assistant Dean Bill Symington, technical director Matt Ward and their stagecraft class in the College of Fine Arts and Production.

Psalm 100 speaks of making a joyful noise to the Lord, and four GCU choirs took the passage to heart at Ethington Theatre on Tuesday evening. “Gospel and Song!” brought together New Life, the Canyon Singers, the Canyon Chorale and the CBM Ministry Gospel Choir for an hour of uplifting music, much of it a cappella and all of it rhythmic and passionate.

The Musical Instrument Museum (MIM) is offering a discount for two shows at its MIM Theatre. The MIM is located at the corner of Tatum and Mayo boulevards, just south of the 101 in Phoenix.

It was in his previous position at the University of Phoenix that Dr. Henry Radda found himself taking note of GCU. Radda, who launched and oversaw the school’s doctoral programs, knew something about growth, having taken the School of Advanced Studies to an enrollment of 7,000. “I wasn’t necessarily looking to make a change,” he said Wednesday while settling into his office as GCU’s new senior vice president and dean of the College of Doctoral Studies.

For anyone who loves Cello, the string instruments and Christian rock there is a new album for you – Cellofourte’s A String Tribute to Skillet.

No instrument sounds more beautiful than the trained human voice, and GCU’s four choirs left no doubt about that on Friday night in a heavenly Christmas concert at nearby First Southern Baptist Church.