The Notre Dame Symphony Orchestra's spring chamber recital will showcase the orchestra's members through brass and wind quintets, a string quartet, string duo and trombone quartet. Set in the intimate organ hall, join us for works by Borodin, Halvorsen, and more.After the recital, be sure to also attend Tales From the Nine Bells, performed by Notre Dame's own Patrick Yim as he showcases works by Chen Yi and Zhou Long. RESERVE TICKETS

In an exciting collaboration exploring creative dialogues between musical traditions and meaningful transnational sonic encounters, violinist/violist Patrick Yim, assistant professor in the Department of Music at Notre Dame, performs music showcasing the creative ingenuity of two of the most celebrated Chinese-American composers active today: Chen Yi and Zhou Long.The world premiere of Bamboo Grove, a newly composed solo violin work by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Zhou Long, will be performed by Yim at the concert. The program also includes another masterpiece by Zhou, the haunting, atmospheric Tales from the Nine Bells, a chamber work for violin, viola, clarinet, and piano commissioned by the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center and inspired by the Chinese folk legend.The second half features the viola in two works by Chen Yi, winner of the Charles Ives Living Award from the American Academy of Arts and 2006 Pulitzer Prize Finalist: Xian Shi for viola, percussion, and piano (the first viola concerto by a Chinese composer) and Suite for Viola and Chamber Winds inspired by traditional Chinese instruments. GET TICKETS

Music of Chen Yi and Zhou Long In an exciting collaboration exploring creative dialogues between musical traditions and meaningful transnational sonic encounters, violinist/violist Patrick Yim, assistant professor in the Department of Music at Notre Dame, performs music showcasing the creative ingenuity of two of the most celebrated Chinese-American composers active today: Chen Yi and Zhou Long.The world premiere of Bamboo Grove, a newly composed solo violin work by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Zhou Long, will be performed by Yim at the concert. The program also includes another masterpiece by Zhou, the haunting, atmospheric Tales from the Nine Bells, a chamber work for violin, viola, clarinet, and piano commissioned by the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center and inspired by the Chinese folk legend.The second half features the viola in two works by Chen Yi, winner of the Charles Ives Living Award from the American Academy of Arts and 2006 Pulitzer Prize Finalist: Xian Shi for viola, percussion, and piano (the first viola concerto by a Chinese composer) and Suite for Viola and Chamber Winds inspired by traditional Chinese instruments. There will be a masterclass featuring Department of Music students on  Friday, April 12 from 10 to 11 a.m. in the LaBar Recital Hall in O'Neill Hall of Music.In a special appearance, Chen Yi and Zhou Long will provide insight into their works from the stage. This performance is complemented by a public lecture with the composers titled "Cultural Confluence in the Music of Chen Yi and Zhou Long" on Monday, April 15, 2024, at noon, in the LaBar Performance Hall, sponsored by the Liu Institute for Asia and Asian Studies and the Department of Music at the University of Notre Dame.Composers Zhou Long (2011 Pulitzer Prize Winner) and Chen Yi (2006 Pulitzer Prize Finalist) are honored for their music's masterful integration of Chinese culture. Well-versed in the musical traditions of China and the U.S. — both trained at the elite Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing and Columbia University in New York — Chen and Zhou's music challenges stereotypes of the affordances of Western instruments and ensembles. Their craft is appreciated around the globe, with their music performed by an illustrious cast of musicians, including the Cleveland Orchestra, the New York Philharmonic, and Yo-Yo Ma. Part of the DeBartolo Performing Arts Center Presenting Series and co-sponsored by the Department of Music. For tickets, call 574-631-2800 or visit performingarts.nd.edu. Originally published at music.nd.edu.

On the morning of February 1, 1985, Lincoln "Lokmar" Love was doomed to the same fate as George Floyd, Tyre Nichols, and so many other Black men in the US. As he lay handcuffed and shackled, Pendleton Correctional Facility guards beat the prisoner beyond recognition as terrified bystanders watched from their cells. But Lokmar's story ended differently when 2 fellow prisoners sacrificed their freedom to save him from his assailants, a Ku Klux Klan-affiliated guard gang known as the Sons of Light. The Pendleton 2: They Stood Up tells the story of John "Balagoon" Cole and Christopher "Naeem" Trotter, the leaders of the Indiana prison uprising that rescued Lokmar, exposed Pendleton's dehumanizing conditions, and unleashed the vindictive wrath of the Indiana Department of Correction. Presented by the Defense Committee to Free the Pendleton 2, this documentary features exclusive first hand testimony from Cole and Trotter, as well as interviews with family members and witnesses to the uprising who continue to fight for the Pendleton 2 after four decades of unjust incarceration and solitary confinement. RESERVE TICKETS

Register here  Parker J. Palmer is an American author, educator, and activist who focuses on issues in education, community, leadership, spirituality and social change. He has published 10 books and numerous essays and poems, and is founder and senior partner emeritus of the Center for Courage and Renewal. There will be time for audience questions. Virtues & Vocations is a national forum housed at the Center for Social Concerns at Notre Dame for scholars and practitioners across disciplines to consider how best to cultivate character in pre-professional and professional education. You can learn more at virtuesvocations.org.

The Notre Dame Institute for Advanced Study (NDIAS) is bringing Ted Chiang, award-winning science fiction writer, to campus for a public lecture entitled "Do You Really Want to Live Forever?" In his lecture, Chiang will explore the ethics of immortality research—which, he notes, is being funded by the ultra wealthy, who are often some of the worst people in the world. That naturally raises the question of whether or not you want to spend eternity with people like that. But it also raises another question: Does wanting the same thing they want make you a bad person, too? During the 2020-2021 academic year, Chiang joined NDIAS as an Artist in Residence as part of the "Nature of Trust" project, and has continued his relationship with the Institute. His work has won four Nebula awards and four Hugo awards. His work often focuses on issues in technology, including artificial intelligence. In 2023, Chiang was named one of Time Magazine's 100 most influential people in AI. His critically-acclaimed short stories include “Tower of Babylon” and “Story of Your Life,” which was adapted into the science fiction film Arrival. Exhalation, his second collection of short stories, was named one of the Top Ten Books of 2019 by the New York Times Book Review. This event is free and open to the public. Originally published at ndias.nd.edu.