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About BPI
The Donald P. Bullock Music Performance Institute (BPI)
is part of the School
of Music at Western
Michigan University that serves and supports the
institution's ongoing mission of meeting the educational
and musical needs of our Southwest Michigan community,
as well as University students, faculty and staff.
The Bullock series offers diverse performances that would
not otherwise be part of Kalamazoo's rich cultural scene.
BPI is pleased to invite you, our friends, alumni, and
patrons, to attend our concerts. Evening concerts this
season begin at 8:15 pm with brief pre-concert talks
by
WMUK radio personality
Cara Lieurance. These presentations are entitled "Words
Before Music." We hope you will choose to experience
the great variety of concerts presented by Western Michigan
University's School of Music. We extend an ongoing invitation
to you to join us in the Dorothy U. Dalton Center Recital
Hall, as we celebrate music, "elevating
the human condition through the arts." Bullock
Performance Institute concerts are ticketed events and
all
efforts are made to keep costs low. Tickets for these events
are available from Miller
Auditorium and its community ticketing services in
advance, and, always at the door on a first come, first
served basis.
Established
in the Fall of 1985 and renamed in 1988 in honor of its
founder, the Donald P. Bullock Music Performance Institute's
mission is to add to the already rich cultural life of
Kalamazoo by creating opportunities to develop closer
personal and artistic ties between audience and performer.
Drawing upon the Dalton Series artists and WMU
faculty artists and ensembles, the Bullock Performance
Institute makes it possible for these artists to present
events ranging from evening concerts and educational
outreach to daytime events for local audiences, college
students, seniors and youths. As a result, the classical
music appreciation and training of student performers
and community members will be enhanced, and music lovers
in general will have the opportunity to know guest artists
more personally. Thus the Bullock Institute will continue
to serve the mission of WMU's College
of Fine Arts, "elevating the human condition
through the arts."
Recitals and concerts take place in the Dorothy U. Dalton
Center on the campus of Western Michigan University. Information
about concerts can be obtained by calling 269.387.4704,
or 269.387.4678 or from http://www.wmich.edu/mus_bpi/.
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