Caplan, Dellinger, Prufer, and Giffels review material in the May 4 Visitors Center

New Wave ’80s band Devo isn’t just from Ohio. Devo wasn’t just created in Akron. Devo was forged at Kent State University under the pressure and turmoil of the late ’60s and the events surrounding May 4, 1970.Authors David Giffels and Jade Dellinger brought their love for the band Devo to Kent State University’s campus on Tuesday, Oct. 24, in the May 4 Visitors Center for a book signing and discussion of their book “The Beginning Was the End: Devo in Ohio.”  As guests waited for the event to start, they looked at the artifacts from the current exhibit of Allison Krause in a ser...

Haider Raiz with Dr. Adam Roberts

KENT, OH – Glauser School of Music Ph.D. student Haider Riaz performs original composition at Cleveland Chamber Symphony's Young and Emerging Composers Concert. Haider Riaz, a Glauser School of Music Ph.D. student studying music composition, recently participated in the Cleveland Chamber Symphony's Young and Emerging Composers concert. In the concert, Riaz's original composition "Pisces" was premiered by the Cleveland Chamber Symphony. "Pisces" is a “narrative of gradual destruction of consonance and even the idea of pitch,” according to the Cleveland Chamber Symphony program. Originally...

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