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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