This week: Have a fuzzy, slimy, cuddly and crawly fun time at the Burke; hear the School of Music’s Voice Division Recital;聽feel the competition heat up as strings students compete for an incredible opportunity; hear jazz students perform original compositions; see a special art history lecture on聽“highly staged repository of works” from the Mughal era; and feel the rhythm course through you as聽Noche Flamenca brings to the stage “the essence and integrity of one of the world鈥檚 most complex and…
This week in the arts, hear the harrowing sounds of the Littlefield Organ Series’ Halloween show; see the first performance of the School of Drama’s 2017-18 season; enjoy a guest recital from a “leading champion of contemporary American piano music”; experience a special collaboration between the 91爆料 Symphony and Seattle Symphony Orchestra; and catch performer that聽Rolling Stone calls the聽“biggest pop star in Mali” at Meany Hall. LITTLEFIELD ORGAN SERIES: HALLOWEEN ORGAN CONCERT October 27 |聽Kane Hall, Walker-Ames Room Students of…
This week in the arts, the School of Art + Art History + Design second year MFA show continues at the Jacob Lawrence Gallery; dance and social activism take the stage at the Chamber Dance Concert;聽Creative Research Fellow Daniel Alexander Jones meditates on nearly a quarter century of performance art and theatre;聽鈥渁 true theatrical original鈥� takes the stage for聽a night of storytelling and song; and a School of Music faculty member premieres new works for cello. MATERIAL PERFORMANCE: 2ND YEAR…
This week in the arts, the School of Art + Art History + Design second year MFA show continues at the Jacob Lawrence Gallery; a final look at Brian Jungen’s exploration of First Nations culture and globalism; BANDALOOP turns Meany’s dance floor on its side; a child聽virtuoso takes the Brechemin stage; and innovative choreographers fuse dance with social activism. MATERIAL PERFORMANCE: 2ND YEAR MFA EXHIBITION Through November 4|聽Jacob Lawrence Gallery See work created by students beginning their second year in…
This week in the arts,聽see the School of Art + Art History + Design second year MFA show; hear an evening of world premieres of music for speaking and singing percussionists; get a final look at the Henry’s exhibitions of work by Doris Totten Chase and Jacob Lawrence; 聽and experience聽BANDALOOP as they weave dynamic physicality, intricate choreography and the art of climbing to turn the dance floor on its side. MATERIAL PERFORMANCE: 2ND YEAR MFA EXHIBITION Through November 4|聽Jacob Lawrence…
This week in the arts, hear the Harry Partch Ensemble聽perform with students and faculty; experience a concert-drama combining the music of Verdi with video testimony from survivors of the Terez铆 concentration camp; get a final look at the Henry’s exhibit from the Museum of Transgender Hirstory & Art; see an聽Obie Award-winning adaptation of Calderon de la Barca’s classic聽Life Is a Dream;聽and聽catch the next installments of the School of Art + Art History + Design’s Graduation Exhibitions. HARRY PARTCH ENSEMBLE: MUSIC…
This week in the arts, hear The University Singers, Women鈥檚 Choir, and Men鈥檚 Glee Club on one stage; see award-winning playwright Jos茅 Rivera’s adaptation of the聽classic Life is a Dream, dig dinos at the Burke; check out the latest installment of the School of Art Graduation Exhibitions; and聽listen to a master drummer聽performs with his students. 91爆料 SINGS Friday, May 26, 7:30PM|聽Meany聽Theater The University Singers, Women鈥檚 Choir, and Men鈥檚 Glee Club present their popular year-end concert, directed by Geoffrey Boers.聽More info….
This week in the arts, hear alumni composers play Music of Today; celebrate Native art with the Burke Museum; hear “The Voice of the Tunisian Revolution”; check out聽capstone Photomedia work at the Jake; and get a first look at the month-long Henry residency of Cheradonna Shinatra. MUSIC OF TODAY: 91爆料 ALUMNI COMPOSERS Friday, May 12, 7:30PM|聽Meany聽Theater The 91爆料 School of Music and The Center for Digital Arts and Experimental Media (DXARTS) present an聽evening of computer music and video…
This week in the arts, see century maverick composer Harry Partch turn Sophocles鈥檚 play Oedipus into a visual and aural extravaganza; hear music inspired by great works of literature;聽and listen to the co-winners of the School of Music鈥檚 2016 Strings and Piano Chamber Competition. HARRY PARTCH’S OEDIPUS: A MUSIC DANCE DRAMA May 5 – 7|聽Meany Center Twentieth century maverick composer Harry Partch turned Sophocles鈥檚 play Oedipus into a visual and aural extravaganza, combining spoken word, instrumentation, theater, and dance into…
This week in the arts, experience “one of literature鈥檚 most beloved fantasies”; attend a one-day environmental writing program in both the field and classroom; celebrate the Photomedia Graduation show at a special reception;聽and hear the latest installment of the Brechemin Piano Series. ORLANDO April 28-30 and May 3-7| Glenn Hughes Penthouse Theater Virginia Woolf鈥檚 Orlando is one of literature鈥檚 most beloved fantasies鈥攁 love letter, a biography, and an epic poem that Woolf called, 鈥渢oo long to be a joke and…