The Night Owls, Temple's community band founded by Boyer College of Music and Dance faculty member Deborah Sheldon, is filling a void in American music education by bringing together diverse communities of musicians of all ages from throughout the region to make music. Comprising more than 90 members, the group rehearses Monday nights and is now preparing for its upcoming concert on Monday, April 29, in the Temple Performing Arts Center.

“Chaotic Silence,” an original play performed, directed, produced and created by Center for the Arts students as part of Alpha Psi Omega’s Backstage season, tackles the issue of domestic violence and how abusive behavior can be passed down through generations. The cast includes four dancers, three actors, three singers, a band of five instrumentalists and a dance captain. The show runs Saturday and Sunday in the Tomlinson Theater rehearsal hall, room 102.

Two major pieces of orchestral music performed and recorded by the Temple University Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Professor Luis Biava have been nominated for a 2013 GRAMMY Award. "Music of Ansel Adams: America" and "Overture, Waltz and Rondo," both nominated in the "Best Instrumental Composition" category, were commissioned by Temple's Boyer College of Music and Dance, recorded at the Temple Performing Arts Center and released on Boyer's record label, BCM&D records.