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History of Star Course Events

1919

Gilmore Military Band
Russian Symphony Orchestra


1932

Sergei Rachmaninoff


1948

Duke Ellington


1949

Arthur Rubinstein


1956

Louis Armstrong


1957

Robert Shaw
Pete Seeger
Louis Armstrong


1958

Louis Armstrong


1962

Joan Baez


1963

Smothers Brothers
Nat King Cole


1964

Don Giovanni
Harry Bellafonte


1967-68

Lovin’ Spoonful
Beach Boys


1968-69

Harry Bellafonte
Jefferson Airplane


1969-70

Rolling Stones w/ B.B. King


1970-71

Four Tops
The Byrds w/ Head East
James Taylor
Sly and the Family Stone
Ten Years After
Jethro Tull


1972-73

Elton John
Moody Blues
Jefferson Airplane
Cat Stevens


1973-74

Beach Boys
Grateful Dead


1974-75

Gregg Allman
Fleetwood Mac
Billy Joel


1975-76

Crosby and Nash
Styx
Little Feat
Jethro Tull


1976-77

Jimmy Buffet


1977-78

Utopia
Frank Zappa
Herbie Hancock
The Spinners


1978-79

Little Feat
Bruce Springsteen
Santana (Oct 3)
U.K. w/ Carillo
UFO


1979-80

Yes
Arlo Guthrie
Talking Heads


1980-81

Pretenders
Jethro Tull


1981-82

The Ramones
Dizzy Gillespie Quartet
Pat Metheny Group
The Police
Charlie Daniels
U2
Earth, Wind, and Fire
Holly Near
Jaco Pastorius


1982-83

Rush
REO Speewagon
The Dazz Band
Tom Petty
Spyro Gyra
R.E.M.
Tom Petty
The Bangles
Nick Lowe
Paul Carrack
The English Beat
Chick Corea & Touchstone
OUr Daughters Wedding
Rory Gallageher
The Psychedelic Furs


1983-84

Todd Rundgren
Pat Metheny Group
Jackson Browne
Elvis Costello
T-bone Burnett
Chris Stamey
Wire Train
Big Country


1985-86

Todd Rundgren
Windham Hill
REM
ZZ Top (w/ Assembly Hall)
Golden Palominos
Kenny Rogers (w/ Assembly Hall)
Pat Metheny


1986-87

Shadowfax
Psychedelic Furs
Midnight Star
Peter Gabriel (w/ Assembly Hall)
Husker Du
Bob Goldthwait
B.B. King
Los Lobos
Stevie Ray Vaughan
B.B. King


1987-88

Al Dimeola Project
Michael Brecker
REM
Michael Hedges & Leo Kottke
Echo & the Bunnymen
Robin Hitchcock & the Egyptians
U.T.F.O.
Midnight Oil


1988-89

Violent Femmes
Dizzie Gillespie
B.B. King
Def Leppard
Stanley Jordan
The Smithereens
The Church
Yellowman


1989-90

The Pixies
Bodeans
REM (w/ Assembly Hall)
B-52’s
Michael Hedges
Laurie Anderson
Branford Marsalis
De La Soul


1990-91

Sun Ra
Mutabaruka (w/ IUB)
M.C. Hammer (w/ Assembly Hall)
The Replacements
INXS (w/ Assembly Hall)


1992-93

Sonic Youth
Matthew Sweet
The Lemonheads


1993-94

Paul Westerberg
The Bodeans
The Samples
Gin Blossoms
Sheryl Crow


1994-95

Tori Amos
Weezer
Live
Harry Connick, Jr.
Toad the Wet Sprocket
Spin Doctors
Digable Planets
Rustet Rood
Spearhead
Oleanna (a David Mamet play)


1995-96

Elastica
Natalie Merchant
Matthew Sweet
Jewel
Belly
Catherine Wheel
The Pharcyde
The Bodeans
Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds


1996-97

Violent Femmes
George Clinton
Better Than Ezra


1998-99

Ziggy Marley
They Might Be Giants
Third Eye Blind & Eve 6
Rusted Root
Orgy
The Smithereens


1999-2000

Kenny Wayne Shepherd
Ben Harper
Tiffany


2000-01

Violent Femmes
SR-71 w/ Harvey Danger & Wheatus
Guster
Project Logic & Soulive
Violent Femmes


2001-02

Black Eyed Peas
Ben Folds
G. Love
Art Alexakis
John Mayer


2002-03

Wilco
Nappy Roots
The Vines
Rusted Root


2003-04

Pete Yorn
Guster
Liz Phair
Mest w/ Fallout Boy, Matchbook Romance, Dynamite Boy
Ben Folds


2004-05

Indigo Girls
Lil’ Wayne
Howie Day
Wilco
Motion City Soundtrack
Ben Kweller


2005-2006

Death Cab for Cutie
Spoon
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Nickel Creek
Switchfoot
Relient K


2006-2007

Jack’s Mannequin
Chris Tomlin
Jeff Tweedy
My Morning Jacket
Guster
The Decemberists
Ok Go


2007-2008

Ryan Adams
Bright Eyes
Lupe Fiasco
The Used
Ben Folds


2008-2009

Broken Social Scene
Jeff Tweedy
Sara Bareilles


2009-2010

Matisyahu
The Academy Is…
Andrew Bird


2010-2011

Bright Eyes
Margot & the Nuclear So and So’s
Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin 


2011-2012

Campus Consciousness Tour with Janelle Monáe and fun.
Maps and Atlases
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah