Ariana Kim, assistant professor of music, is the cover story of the Indianapolis Star’s Sunday arts section this week, previewing tonight’s “Ariana and Friends” Faculty Artist Series concert at the Christel DeHaan Fine Arts Center.

In the full-page Q&A with arts critic Jay Harvey, the Juilliard-schooled violinist – who still has ongoing engagements in New York City, Minneapolis and elsewhere – explains why she was attracted to the University of Indianapolis:

“The thing that drew me most to it is that it was a school that effectively combined the feeling of a university setting with a small arts-and-sciences school,” she said. “The department can function independently; students are known by name and can be individually supported, and the music faculty functions as a unit. It felt like the right fit.”

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