Winter 2023
50 years @ Beasley
Concerts, commencements, basketball games, and many more events at Beasley Coliseum at Washington State University Pullman » More ...
Concerts
Winter 2023
Memories of Beasley Coliseum
Beasley Coliseum was completed in 1973 for $8 million. To celebrate its fiftieth year, Washington State Magazine asked readers to share their favorite memories of the iconic event space via email and Facebook.
Wes Morrill
Grew up on College Hill in Pullman
(I remember) the hill that was there with married student housing, and we would ski down the backside across to the golf course to ski on the old No. 9 hole circa 1953 or so.
Beverly Brantner
Retired staff, former parent
Summer 1970. Scale model of the upcoming coliseum in the Johnson Hall main entrance atrium … » More …
Winter 2020
Videos: Danh Pham conducts
Conductor Danh Pham, an associate music professor at Washington State University, brings joy and wonder as he directs various musical pieces.
Read more about Danh Pham’s work to introduce diverse and underrepresented composers.
Conducting the WSU Symphony Orchestra at The Fox [Theater in Spokane], 2019
Conducting Rhapsody in Blue by George Gershwin
Washington State University Symphony Orchestra, 2016
Conducting the Erhu Concerto “Jinghua’s Dream” (Mvt. 4 – Winter) by Guan Naizhong
Guang Xi Symphony Orchestra
Conducting the Clarinet Concerto (Mvt. I – Giocoso) by Philip Sparke
Seogwipo Philharmonic Wind Orchestra
Conducting … » More …
Winter 2020
Maestro of many voicings
A Washington State University orchestra conductor’s concerted effort to give voice to unsung composers » More ...
Spring 2013
Replays for all
The idea of having control of his view of a sporting event struck Sankar “Jay” Jayaram in 2009 while he was watching a Seahawks game on TV and wishing he was in the stands.
“I had never been to a Seahawks game and I wished I could put on a 3D headset and be in the stadium,” says the Washington State University mechanical engineering and computer science professor.
Fortunately Jayaram, an expert in virtual reality modeling, had been working for several years on an immersive 3D experience for use on exercise machines. His startup firm 3D-4U Solutions holds patents on the technology which creates 180- or … » More …
Winter 2012
Video: Heart at KWSU in 1976
Watch a 1976 performance by the rock group Heart at KWSU.
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Winter 2012
A show with Heart
The funky Second Ending logo rolls across the screen, then fades to the KWSU TV studio where a young band takes the stage for a concert in February 1976. After an energetic instrumental prelude, the lead singer steps to the microphone and says, “Welcome in, everybody. This is Heart here and this is gonna be a nice evening.”
With that introduction to a packed studio audience of Washington State University students and others, Ann and Nancy Wilson and the other members of Heart launch into songs from their soon-to-be-released Dreamboat Annie, the album that brought the band international fame.
Behind camera two, right up next … » More …
Winter 2011
Chance McKinney ’94, ’96—Country music working man
It’s vacation season, mid-August. A light breeze off Lake Chelan wafts over Manson, where Chance McKinney and his band Crosswire prepare to open for country music star Dierks Bentley at the Mill Bay Casino.
For McKinney ’94, ’96—an all-American javelin thrower at Washington State University, former high school math teacher, songwriter, and country music artist—it’s a working day. “We don’t have a full team like these artists that are coming out of Nashville. It’s running a small business,” he says.
McKinney wears a baseball cap, t-shirt and jeans, and his rich voice and country-boy good looks have an edge of exhaustion from days, weeks, … » More …