Tag: Orbert Davis
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(AUDIO/VIDEO) Remembering Composer and Columbia College Chicago Music Department Founder William Russo (June 25, 1928-January 11, 2003)
The Columbia College Chicago School of Theatre and Dance remembers composer, author, and teacher William Russo on the anniversary of his birth. Russo, who founded what is now the Music Program of the Columbia College Chicago School of Audio and Music in 1965, was born in Chicago on June 25, 1928. Internationally recognized for his…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre and Music Department Alumni and Faculty Nominated for 2023 Joseph Jefferson Awards
Congratulations to the alumni and faculty of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department and Columbia College Chicago Music Department who have been nominated for 2023 Joseph Jefferson Awards, Chicago’s top theatre award. The Equity “Jeff Awards” honor excellence in Chicago’s Equity theatre during the 2022-2023 theatre season. The list of this year’s Equity Jeff Award nominees,…
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(VIDEO) Remembering Composer and Columbia College Chicago Music Department Founder William Russo (June 25, 1928-January 11, 2003)
The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department remembers composer, author, and teacher William Russo on the anniversary of his birth. Russo, who founded what is now the Columbia College Chicago Music Department in 1965, was born in Chicago on June 25, 1928. Internationally recognized for his musical works in jazz, rock, blues, symphonic, and theatrical genres,…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Alum Wins 2017 Joseph Jefferson Award for Lighting Design
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumnus Jesse Klug ’05, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s Theatre Design Program, won a 2017 Joseph Jefferson Award — Chicago’s top theatrical prize — for his lighting design for the musical Sweeney Todd at the Paramount Theatre in Aurora. Klug shared the award with his co-designer, Nick Belley. Klug’s…
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Columbia College Chicago Alumni and Faculty Nominated for 2017 Jeff Awards
Alumni and faculty of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department and the Columbia College Chicago Music Department have been nominated for 2017 Joseph Jefferson Awards, Chicago’s top theatre award. The list of this year’s “Jeff Award” nominees, announced August 23, includes: Alumna Caroline Neff ’07, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Acting,…