Fine Arts - The Echo

Taylor’s annual Metcalf Open exhibition displays vibrant expression

By Ella Watson · Thursday, March 26, 2026

Creativity exploded in Metcalf Gallery on Feb. 27 with the opening of its annual student art show.

Chorale and Sounds burst into UCC

By Emma Adams · Thursday, March 19, 2026

TU’s Chorale and Sounds burst into song at Upland Community Church on March 25.

Taylor Theatre Takes on Eurydice

By Schaeffer Ott · Thursday, March 19, 2026

Dripping water echoed around the confines of Mitchell Theatre as Taylor University’s production of “Eurydice” invited audience members into a world that suspended memory and belief.

Symphony Orchestra concert highlights centuries of familiar tunes

By Ella Watson · Thursday, Dec. 11, 2025

Music spanning centuries filled Rediger Auditorium as the Symphony Orchestra took the stage.

“Wicked: For Good” soars into theaters, delighting audiences

By Emma Adams · Thursday, Dec. 11, 2025

“Wicked: For Good” provides a satisfying and captivating conclusion to the film duology.

TU dominates Indiana NATS Audition

By Emma Adams · Thursday, Dec. 11, 2025

Celebrations are in order as a record number of Taylor students placed at a prestigious singing competition.

Taylor Theatre performs Shrek the Musical

By Sadie Maples · Thursday, Dec. 11, 2025

Lights dimmed. Smoke spewed from Mitchell Theatre’s stage. The audience quieted as Taylor Theatre presented “Shrek the Musical.”

Ringing in the holidays with the Wind Ensemble’s Pops Concert

By Lisa Pinsenschaum · Thursday, Nov. 20, 2025

The sound of more than 50 instruments will fill the Wheeler Stage as members of the Taylor University Wind Ensemble spread Christmas cheer through their music — and their festive sweaters.

Chorale and Sounds welcomes in Christmas

By Emma Adams · Thursday, Nov. 20, 2025

Christmas is coming, and so are the Chorale and Sounds.

Taylor Theatre’s One-Act Play Festival brings comedy of all kinds

By Schaeffer Ott · Thursday, Nov. 20, 2025

They analyzed scripts, auditioned actors and blocked scenes.

Community events to kick off celebrating the holiday season

By Ella Watson · Thursday, Nov. 6, 2025

As the Fall semester continues and finals approach, seasonal festivities are beginning.

Handel’s ‘Messiah’ Concert is coming to Rediger

By Lisa Pinsenschaum · Thursday, Nov. 6, 2025

Selections of the most popular Christmas classics known to choral and orchestral music will fill Rediger Auditorium on Nov. 9 at 2:30 p.m.

Taylor Theatre takes on ‘Shrek the Musical’

By Emma Adams · Thursday, Nov. 6, 2025

What more could a story ask for than a hero, a princess, an animal sidekick and a daring rescue?

‘The Life of a Showgirl’ faces criticism while breaking records

By Kate Delaney · Thursday, Oct. 30, 2025

Taylor Swift released her 12th studio album, “The Life of a Showgirl,” on Oct. 3 and returned to the top of the music charts with a brand-new aesthetic overlapping her age-old persona.

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Seniors Ris Bland and Josiah Friesen reflect on their time in Taylor Theatre

By Hanna Fritz · Wednesday, May 21, 2025

At the end of every show, there comes a time for a curtain call. The performers step forward to receive the audience’s acknowledgement for their good work, bow and run offstage to roars of applause.

Open to learn: Frizzell spends semester in Orvieto

By Charlotte Ostric · Wednesday, May 21, 2025

Studying art in the birthplace of western art and society is truly a once in a lifetime experience. It’s one that junior illustration major Emma Frizzell is embracing every moment as she completes a semester abroad in Orvieto, Italy.

Seniors present culminating play and showcase

By Kate Delaney · Wednesday, May 14, 2025

Countless butterflies flooded Mitchell Theatre’s stage. Their presence transcended time, mirroring the emotion felt by seniors Hannah Wylie, a theatre arts and English education major, and Ris Bland, a musical theatre major.

Parnassus features student voices, art, photography

By AJ Richardson · Wednesday, May 14, 2025

Parnassus, the student body literary and visual art journal, received a record number of submissions this year and the journal's release party took place last Thursday, April 24.

Guys and Dolls serves characters and colors

By Kate Delaney · Wednesday, May 14, 2025

A wedding veil and the excessive spending of money are two things that are hard to imagine being apart from each other—except in the case of Broadway’s Guys and Dolls musical.

Gospel choir emphasizes victory in spring concert in Rediger

By Kate Delaney · Monday, April 28, 2025

On the Sunday evening of Apr. 27, the stage of Rediger Chapel was packed with 59 members of Taylor’s gospel choir, getting rowdy with shouts of praise.