Saxophonist to play recital at Auer Hall\nAt the age of 12, Otis Murphy began playing the saxophone. At the time, he didn't yet know it would become his life. Now 30, Murphy is a lecturer in saxophone at the IU School of Music, making him one of the youngest faculty members in the history of the institution.\n"We play music because we love it and we enjoy it," Murphy said. "We should always remember that."\nAn active recitalist who has studied and performed throughout the world, Murphy has won numerous awards and prizes including a Fulbright grant to study in France with the legendary saxophonist Jean-Yves Fourmeau, second prize in the Adolphe Sax International Saxophone Competition (1998) and 3rd prize in the Jean-Marie Londeix International Saxophone Competition (1996).\nMurphy will perform a recital at 8 p.m. Friday at Auer Concert Hall. He will be accompanied by Haruko Murphy on piano. \nFor more information, contact Meg Liffick at 855-9846.
Local schools host Tibetan pagent\nHarmony School will host "A Cultural Pagean of Tibet" Friday. The event will feature harmonic overtone chanting, monastic debate, richly brocaded costumes for ethnic and sacred dance, scenes from Tibet and the monastery and Buddhist teaching with a question and answer period. The pageant takes place at 6 p.m. Friday at 909 E. 2nd St. Tickets are $10 for the general audience and $8 for students with a valid ID.
Lecture to discuss Western Music\nMusicology professor J. Peter Burkholder will give a lecture on "Rewriting a History of Western Music" as part of the musicology colloquium series. Burkholder earned his doctorate from the University of Chicago in 1983. His research interests include 20th century music, Charles Ives and musical analysis. The colloquium will take place at 12:30 p.m. Friday in the School of Music Library, Room 267.
Action flick hits Whittenberger screen\nIf you didn't get a chance to see "X-Men 2" on the big screen when it first came out in May, Union Board will sponsor the showing of the film Thursday through Saturday at 8 and 11 p.m. In the sequel to the successful "X-Men," the mutants face new and old opponents including Magneto and a vicious threat from military man Stryker. The film is free for IU students with an ID and $2 for non-students.
New writing group invites gay authors\nToday marks the first meeting of "Bloomington Gay Writers," a new group dedicated to critiquing and improving the work of local gay wordsmiths. Those who would like to participate should bring 10 copies of work to be critiqued to the 7 p.m. meeting at the Charter Room of the Indiana Memorial Union. For more information contact Lee Chapman at 334-0350 or at BloomGayWriters@aol.com.
