11-12 FSU Ovation! Fine Arts Magazine by Fayetteville State University

a celebration of the arts, culture, & ideas

FAYETTEVILLE STATE UNIVERSITY

2011-2012 SEASON FINE ARTS SERIES AND CHANCELLOR’S DISTINGUISHED SPEAKER SERIES

The Department of Performing and Fine Arts Building Community through the Arts Vision: The Department of Performing and Fine Arts will be the cultural and intellectual center for Fayetteville and its environs. Mission: The primary mission of the Department of Performing and Fine Arts is to produce graduates in the performing and fine arts – music, dance, theatre, visual arts – that will be leaders in their respective fields and its advocate. The Department is also committed to building community through the arts by being a resource for performing and fine arts pedagogy, cultivating a climate where creativity flourishes, engaging the community with the arts, and making the arts accessible to all. The Department of Performing and Fine Arts invites you to follow your passion for the arts by pursuing a degree in visual art, music, or theatre at Fayetteville State University. The department provides everything you need to succeed -- credentialed and caring faculty, small classes, and access to facilities, equipment and current technology. Degrees in the arts can be the foundation for many rewarding careers that require innovation, critical thinking and creativity. The Department of Performing and Fine Arts is committed to building community through the arts. From gallery exhibits to performances by The University Choir, each area of the department contributes to the cultural fabric of Fayetteville. The department’s Fine Arts Series brings nationally recognized speakers and performers to campus; and throughout the year the 1,134 seat Seabrook Auditorium is filled with the passion and drama of opera, symphony and live theatre. The power of the arts to inform, enrich, and inspire is what makes the Department of Performing and Fine Arts the cultural and intellectual center of the university and beyond.

FSU welcomes the

North Carolina Symphony Bold. Exhilarating. Romantic. Powerful. On the cover: Maestro Grant Llewellyn, Musical Director and Conductor, conducts the North Carolina Symphony. Founded in 1932 and subsequently the first state-supported symphony in the country, the North Carolina Symphony is a vital and honored component of North Carolina’s cultural life. Fayetteville State University is pleased to welcome the North Carolina Symphony to Seabrook Auditorium for two exceptional performances on February 18 and May 5. See page 41 for further details.

Degrees Bachelor of Arts in Theatre Bachelor of Arts in Visual Arts with a concentration in: Ceramics, graphics, painting, printmaking, or sculpture. Bachelor of Science in Art Education (K-12) with a concentration in: Ceramics, graphics, painting, printmaking, or sculpture Bachelor of Science in Music Education (K-12) with a concentration in Instrumental, Keyboard, or Voice. Bachelor of Arts in General Music with a concentration in: Instrumental, Keyboard, or Voice. The music area received national accreditation from the National Association for Schools of Music in July 2011.

Letter from the Chancellor

Letter from the Chair

Season at a Glance

Opening Weekend Celebration of the Arts

Seabrook Series

Butler Theatre Series

Rosenthal Gallery Series

Harmony Series

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Fine Arts Series Committee

From the Chancellor Dear Friends of the Arts, Welcome to another wonderful and exciting season of performing and fine arts at Fayetteville State University (FSU). This promises to be one of the best years we have had in terms of providing Fayetteville and the surrounding region with top-rate performers, musicians, and artists. Dr. Earnest Lamb, chair of the Department of Performing and Fine Arts, and his outstanding staff have gone to great lengths to ensure a dynamic season.

I am sure you will be impressed with the variety that is included in this series. September kicks off

the season with the Urban Dance Theater on September 16, 2011. That same evening, an exhibit featuring Ghanaian kente cloth will be on display.

On September 17, Walter Allen Bennett makes his debut as the Visiting Professor in Theater by

participating in the popular 24 Hour Theater Project II. In this increasingly popular theatre form, FSU students create new works for the stage in a 24-hour period.

Bennett brings a wealth of experience to FSU as a Visiting Professor in Theater. He is an award-

winning playwright, screenwriter, and TV producer. His big break occurred as a business writer for the Emmy Award-winning “The Cosby Show.” He has also written and produced for “The Steve Harvey Show.”

Other scheduled events include “The President’s Own” United States Marine Band in October, and the popular Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration in January. Also joining us will be the Lula

Washington Dance Theater in February. Since its founding in 1980, this acclaimed ensemble has risen to become one of the most admired African-American contemporary dance companies

in the West – known for powerful, high-energy dancing, unique choreography, and exceptional educational residencies.

One of FSU’s strategic priorities is to establish the institution as an Intellectual and Cultural Center. This lineup of renowned artists clearly demonstrates we are headed in that direction. It is

my sincere hope that you will take advantage of this opportunity as we present the talents of world-

class performers, feature the works of renowned artists, and showcase the talents of our outstanding students. At the end of each feature, I am certain you will give them a resounding “Ovation”! Sincerely,

James A. Anderson Chancellor

FROM THE CHAIR Greetings. The Fine Arts Series committee has planned another exciting season of dance, music, gallery exhibitions, and drama. The season begins September 16-18 with a Weekend Celebration of the Arts that appreciates the cultural diversity that makes our community great. The energy of the

Urban Dance Theater’s African dance and drums prepares you for the equally arresting beauty of

Textile of Unity: Ghanaian Kente in the freshly remodeled Rosenthal Gallery. First, there was speed dating; now there is speed theatre. On September 17, writer, producer, and director Walter Allen

Bennett, Jr., our first Visiting Professor in Theater, challenges aspiring playwrights and thespians to write, produce, and perform new works for the stage within 24 hours. The weekend’s celebration ends September 18 with a recital by lyric tenor Richard Heard.

The Seabrook, Butler Theater, Harmony, and Rosenthal Gallery Series are back. “The President’s Own” United States Marine Band returns to Seabrook Auditorium and the North Carolina

Symphony performs for the first time as part of the Seabrook Series. Although musical ensembles

take center stage in the Seabrook Series, dance is an important part of the season. Be sure to see the Lula Washington Dance Theater in February. This year, the theatre area has divided its season into Main Stage and Second Stage productions. The mercurial world of dreams inspired the Main Stage productions this season. From Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream to Joseph’s Amazing

Technicolor Dreamcoat, dreams and what becomes of them makes an interesting season of drama. Second Stage productions will feature student works or works in progress. These works are sometimes

challenging and sometimes inspiring, but always, new, fresh, and thought provoking. The Harmony

Series is always a community affair. The highlight of the series will be the Holiday Spectacular!

featuring famed storyteller Mitch Capel along with a children’s choir formed from area schools. Featured exhibitions appearing in the Rosenthal Gallery are Textile of Unity and the biennial Faculty Exhibition. The internationally acclaimed jazz singer Dianne Reeves is the featured performer for

Opus II in April. Be sure to get your tickets early for Opus II and support the scholarship endowment for students in the Department of Performing and Fine Arts.

The tag line for the Department of Performing and Fine Arts is “Building Community through the

Arts.” The faculty of the department have written articles, which appear in the following pages of Ovation!, that demonstrate their commitment to this vision. Enjoy!

Dr. Earnest Lamb, Chair

Department of Performing and Fine Arts Fine Arts Series Committee

FINE ARTS SERIES 2011-2012 Series at a Glance

September 2011 Opening Weekend Celebration of the Arts 16 Urban Dance Theater 16 Textile of Unity: Ghanaian Kente Rosenthal Gallery Series: September 16–October 16 17 24 Hour Theater Project with Walter Allen Bennett, Jr. 18 The Divo Project: Lyric tenor Richard Heard in concert October 2011 4 “The President’s Own” Marine Band 6 FSU Faculty and Friends featuring guitarist William Dale Smith 27 Concerto Night November 2011 1 Chamber Music Night 4 Photographs by Vietnam Veterans (A Heroes’ Homecoming Event) Rosenthal Gallery Series: November 4–25 3 Jazz Night 17-20 A Midsummer Night’s Dream Butler Theater Series 19 Fayetteville Symphony Orchestra

December 2011 2 Senior Exhibition Rosenthal Gallery Series: December 2–16 4 Holiday Spectacular! Featuring Mitch Capel

March 2012 2 2012 Biennial: FSU Visual Art Faculty Exhibition Rosenthal Gallery Series: March 2–April 8 17 24 Hour Theater Project Butler Theater Series 20 Evening of Trumpet and Percussion 27 Evening of Strings, Woodwinds, and Voice 29 A new play by Walter Allen Bennett original play reading Butler Theater Series 30 Student Plays and Shorts Butler Theater Series

January 2012 6 Textile of Community: Quilts from the African American Quilt Circle Rosenthal Gallery Series: January 6–February 26 16 MLK Celebration 27 When Harlem was in Vogue: A Duke Ellington Song Book Arts Council of Faytetteville/ Cumberland County Fourth Friday Event 30 Dr. Don Parker percussion recital February 2012 5 Duke Ellington’s Sacred Concert 18 North Carolina Symphony 23-26 Commonly Uncommon Butler Theater Series 24 Lula Washington Dance Theater

April 2012 3 Senior Exhibition Rosenthal Gallery Series: April 3–May 11 19-22 Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat Butler Theater Series 22 FSU Concert Choir Concert 29 FSU Concert Band Concert 27 Opus II, Dianne Reeves

May 2012 5 North Carolina Symphony Orchestra 19 Fayetteville Symphony Orchestra

FINEARTS SERIES OPENING WEEKEND CELEBRATION OF THE ARTS September 16-18, 2011

The Fine Arts Series committee has planned another exciting season of dance, music, gallery exhibitions, and drama. The season begins September 16-18 with a Weekend Celebration of the Arts that appreciates the cultural diversity that makes our community great. The energy of the Urban Dance Theatre’s African dancing prepares you for the equally arresting beauty of Textile of Unity: Ghanaian Kente in the freshly remodeled Rosenthal Gallery. First, there was “speed dating;” now, there is “speed theatre”. On September 17, writer, producer, and director Walter Allen Bennett, Jr., the FSU Visiting Professor in Theatre, challenges aspiring playwrights and thespians to write, produce, and perform new works for the stage within 24 hours. The weekend’s celebration ends September 18 with the first guest of The Divo Project, lyric tenor Richard Heard.

DANCE Urban Dance Theater — Wesley L. Williams Jr., Founder & Director September 16 | Seabrook Auditorium | 7:00 p.m. This young energetic African dance troupe opens the 2011-2012 Fine Arts Season with the ceremonial pomp that prepares you for an extraordinary display of kente on view in the Rosenthal Gallery. Founded in 1998, Wesley Williams’ Urban Dance Theater choreography is a combination of West African and contemporary popular African American dance styles. The result is what Williams calls African Contemporary dance. Whatever it’s called, the Urban Dance Theater performances are always thought provoking and exhilarating.

ART Textile of Unity — Ghanaian Kente September 16 | Rosenthal Gallery | 8:00 p.m. The Department of Performing and Fine Arts in partnership with the Umoja Group, Inc. brings this exhibition of kente cloth from Ghana to FSU for the enjoyment of the community. Kente comes from the word kenten, which means “basket.” The icon of African cultural heritage around the world, kente is identified by its dazzling, multicolored patterns of bright colors, geometric shapes and bold designs.

THEATER 24 Hour Theater Project II — Walter Allen Bennett, Jr., FSU Visiting Professor in Theatre September 17 | Seabrook Auditorium | 7:30 p.m. Award winning playwright, screenwriter, and TV producer Walter Allen Bennet challenges FSU theatre students to create new works for the stage in 24 hours. Join us for a highly caffeinated evening of theatre featuring plays written, rehearsed, produced, and performed – all within 24 hours. Open to the public. Pay what you will. Not recommended for all ages.

MUSIC The Divo Project — Richard Heard, lyric tenor September 18 | Seabrook Auditorium | 4:00 p.m.

Master class September 19 | Rosenthal Recital Hall (Room 111) | 11:00 a.m. “Diva” is a term from the operatic world used to describe a singer who is like a goddess. A “Divo” is the male counterpart. Divas may have all the fun, but over the next several seasons FSU will expose the glories of the male voice in “all its splendor.” Lyric-tenor Richard Heard will present a concert of classic lieder, arias, and African-American spirituals. Richard Heard, lyric tenor

“The President’s Own Marine Band” October 4 | Seabrook Auditorium | 7:00 p.m. Free but tickets are required for admission. Please call the FSU ticket office at 910-672-1724. Founded in 1798 by an Act of Congress signed by President John Adams, the United States Marine Band is America’s oldest continuously active professional musical organization. The band made its White House debut on New Year’s Day, 1801, and has performed at the inauguration of every President since Thomas Jefferson, who is credited with giving the band the title, “The President’s Own.”

FSU Faculty and Friends October 6 | Holy Trinity Episcopal Church | 7:00 p.m. FSU faculty Dr. Phoenix-Neal (viola), Dr. Earnest Lamb (cello) and Denise Payton (soprano) are joined by a few of their friends for an intimate evening of chamber music with an international flavor. William Dale Smith, guitarist; Denise Payton, soprano; Guillermo Ayerbe, violin; Megan Murphy, violin; Dr. Diane Phoenix-Neal, viola; Dr. Earnest Lamb, cello * Holy Trinity Episcopal Church is located at 1601 Raeford Road in Fayetteville.

Fayetteville Symphony Orchestra — Fouad Fakhouri, Music Director and Conductor November 19 | Seabrook Auditorium | 7:30 p.m. Prepare to be seduced by this season’s Romantic masterwork offerings: Dvorak’s tragic Symphony No. 7, Beethoven’s heroic “Leonore” Overture No. 3, and Saint-Saëns’ playful Cello Concerto No. 1, featuring FSO’s own cellist, Nate Leyland. For ticket information please visit the FSO website at www.fayettevillesymphony.org or call the FSO office at 910-433-4690. Methodist University & FSU students admitted to ALL FSO events FREE by showing valid school ID at Box Office the night of the concert. NOTE: As a courtesy to FSO patrons, there will be FREE SHUTTLE SERVICE guaranteed for every 2011-2012 Season Concert. Call the FSO Office for details and reservations.

Denise Payton, sporano FSU Faculty

Dr. Earnest Lamb, cello FSU Faculty and Chair

Dr. Diane Phoenix-Neal, viola FSU Faculty

Dr. Don Parker, percussion, FSU Faculty

SEABROOK SERIES The Seabrook, Butler Theatre, Harmony, and Rosenthal Gallery Series are back. The “President’s Own” Marine Band returns to Seabrook Auditorium and the North Carolina Symphony performs for the first time as part of the Seabrook Series. Although, musical ensembles take center stage in the Seabrook Series, dance is an important part of the season. Be sure to see the Lula Washington Dance Theatre in February.

Dr. Don N. Parker — FSU Associate Professor of Music January 30 | Seabrook Auditorium | 7:00 p.m. FSU Music Faculty, Dr. Don N. Parker, will present a percussion recital entitled “The Past, Present, and Future.” For this recital, Dr. Parker goes “back to the future” and performs favorite pieces from his graduate school days as well as new additions to his ever expanding repertoire. Once you experience the musicianship of a total percussionist, you will never look at a drum the same way again. North Carolina Symphony — Grant Llewellyn, Musical Director and Conductor February 18 | Seabrook Auditorium | 8:00 p.m. New World Symphony: Music Director Grant Llewellyn is your guide on a personalized, in-depth tour of Dvořák’s Symphony No. 9, “From the New World.” Hear selections of the African American and Native American melodies that inspired one of the most beloved symphonies of all time. Then sit back for a performance of Dvořák’s soaring masterpiece. For ticket information please call the NCS ticket office: 919.733.2750 ext. 401.

Lula Washington Dance Theater Workshop: February 23 | Seabrook Auditorium | 4:00 p.m. Performance: February 24 | Seabrook Auditorium | 7:00 p.m. “The smart, strong and energetic Lula Washington Dance Theatre…proved that American dance is alive, well and growing out west. The handsome multi-ethnic company of 10 dancers provided an evening-long explosion of style and attitude. This is an exciting company that inspires optimism about the future of American dance. “ –Sheila Abrams, New Jersey Recorder Founded in 1980 by Lula and Erwin Washington in the inner city area of South Los Angeles, California, LWDT has risen to become one of the most admired African-American contemporary dance companies in the West – known for powerful, high-energy dancing, unique choreography, and exceptional educational residencies.

North Carolina Symphony Orchestra — William Henry Curry, Resident Conductor May 5 | Seabrook Auditorium | 8:00 p.m. Viva Italia! Ever the originators, Italian composers flourished during the Renaissance, defined opera for most of 17th and 18th centuries and inspired new innovations during the Romantic era. Here, William Henry Curry turns to this later chapter in Italy’s profound cultural influence. Discover how composers from across Europe turned Italian beginnings into a rich and alluring world of sounds. For ticket information please call the NCS ticket office: 919.733.2750 ext. 401.

Fayetteville Symphony Orchestra — Fouad Fakhouri, Musical Director and Conductor May 19 | Seabrook Auditorium | 7:30 p.m. “Opera in Narration” Avid symphony lovers and Opera-philes alike must be sure to join the FSO for a great evening of “Opera in Narration.” Feast upon memorable inspiring arias as they are performed in the tremendous ranges of the Triangle Opera Studio members and other soloists, supplemented by narration from stage. For ticket information please visit the FSO website at www.fayettevillesymphony. org or call the FSO office at 910-433-4690. Methodist University & FSU students admitted to ALL FSO events FREE by showing valid school ID at Box Office the night of the concert. NOTE: As a courtesy to FSO patrons, there will be FREE SHUTTLE SERVICE guaranteed for every 2011-2012 Season Concert. Call the FSO Office for details and reservations.

For more than two centuries, the United States

Marine Band has been part of the events that have shaped our nation. As “The President’s Own,” its omnipresent role has made it an important thread in the fabric of American life.

Established by an Act of Congress in 1798, the Marine Band is America’s oldest continuously

active professional musical organization. Its primary mission is unique—to provide music for the

President of the United States and the Commandant of the Marine Corps.

As director from 1880-92, Sousa brought “The President’s Own” to an unprecedented level of

excellence and shaped the band into a world-famous

musical organization. During his tenure, the Marine

President John Adams invited the Marine Band to

Band was one of the first musical ensembles to

1801, in the then-unfinished Executive Mansion. In

different titles were available for sale, placing Sousa’s

Jefferson’s inauguration and has performed for every

ever recorded.

make its White House debut on New Year’s Day,

make sound recordings. By 1897, more than 400

March of that year, the band performed for Thomas

marches among the first and most popular pieces

presidential inaugural since. In Jefferson, the band

found its most visionary advocate. An accomplished musician himself, Jefferson recognized the unique

relationship between the band and the Chief

Executive and is credited with giving the Marine Band the title “The President’s Own.”

Whether performing for South Lawn arrival

ceremonies, State Dinners, or receptions, Marine

“The President’s Own” continues to maintain

the standard of excellence established by Sousa. Musicians are selected at auditions much like those of major symphony orchestras, and they enlist in the

U.S. Marine Corps for duty with the Marine Band only. Most of today’s members are graduates of the

nation’s finest music schools, and nearly 60 percent hold advanced degrees in music.

Band musicians appear at the White House more

than 300 times each year. These performances range

from a solo harpist or chamber orchestra to a dance

band or full concert band, making versatility an important requirement for band members.

Additionally, the band participates in more than

500 public and official performances annually, including concerts and ceremonies throughout the

Washington, D.C., metropolitan area. Each fall, the Marine Band travels throughout a region of the United States during its concert tour, a centuryold tradition initiated by “The March King” John

Philip Sousa, the band’s legendary 17th director. The Marine Band’s musical reach has extended beyond

America’s borders with performances in England,

Norway, Ireland, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Singapore, and the former Soviet Union.

COL Michael J. Colburn, Director

Colonel Michael J. Colburn is the 27th Director of “The President’s Own” United States Marine Band. During his twenty years with “The President’s Own,” Col Colburn has served as principal euphonium, Assistant Director, and since July 2004, the Director who is leading the Marine Band in its third century. As Director of “The President’s Own,” Col Colburn is music adviser to the White House. He regularly conducts the Marine Band at the Executive Mansion and at all Presidential Inaugurations.

The Lula Washington Dance Theatre (LWDT) is a

The Company is composed of young, athletic

performs innovative and provocative choreography

Washington’s inner city dance studio. While Lula

Los Angeles-based repertoire dance ensemble that by

Lula

Washington. The

Company

tours

internationally and has been received with acclaim

and admiration. Lula Washington has steadfastly focused on using dance to explore social and humanitarian issues, including aspects of AfricanAmerican history and culture.

LWDT was founded in 1980 by Lula and Erwin

Washington in the inner city area of South Los

Angeles, California. Since then, LWDT has risen to become one of the most admired African-American

contemporary dance companies in the West –

known for powerful, high-energy dancing, unique

choreography, and exceptional educational residencies.

dancers, many of whom were groomed in Lula

Washington encourages her dancers to be excellent performers, she also emphasizes the importance of being leaders in their communities. LWDT’s

repertoire

unveils

honesty, integrity,

and creativity of unparalleled power – with Lula

Washington as the main choreographer and “voice” of LWDT.

Lula Washington augments her choreography with dances by master artists Donald McKayle; Katherine

Dunham; Donald Byrd (“The Color Purple”); Louis

Johnson (“The Wiz”); Christopher Huggins; and local icon, Rudy Perez. The Company also performs works

by talented, emerging choreographers such as Tamica Washington-Miller, Associate Director of LWDT.

LWDT has performed at such venues as Lincoln Center Out of Doors; the Joyce Theatre; the New

Jersey Performing Arts Center; Jacob’s Pillow; the Ordway Theater in Minneapolis; the Pioneer Center in Reno, Nevada; the John F. Kennedy Center in Dancers Lynet Shigg and Micah Moch performing a dance called “Love Is...” at a 2010 concert in Russia. — Photo by Vladimir Lom

Washington, D.C.; and at theatres in Germany, Spain, Mexico and St. Croix, Virgin Islands. In addition to

touring, LWDT dances in scores of schools each year.

FSU Dance Ensemble — by Avis HatcherPuzzo, Assistant Professor of Dance “It was not until I stepped foot on the campus of Fayetteville State University, that I was truly able to explore and experience the wonderful art of dancing” — Devin Lanier, dancer

After two years of steady focused work,

in dance that we have yet to explore.

hungry and ready to test their mettle.

laid the foundation for endless possibilities

Beginning in the Fall of 2008, when I arrived the FSU Dance Ensemble was re-formed

and

premiered

God’s

Dance at FSU is on the move, literally. Since

Trombones in December. From that moment

quietly, steadily and undeniably growing

enter Room 140 in Felton J. Capel Arena.

the fall of 2008, dance has been emerging, with the support of the Performing and

Fine Arts Department. In three short years

a Minor in Dance has been developed and

course offerings began in January 2011.

The dance program on FSU’s campus was

on, it’s been quite a journey for those who

With solid, consistent training in Horton modern dance technique in addition to jazz and African dance styles, students

who enroll in dance classes are taught that

dance is a discipline as well as an art form.

originally developed by Professor Maceo

Program goals such as an understanding

Health Department, and it appeared on

communicate, a respect for movement, and

Smith of the Physical Education and

the FSU stage in Martin Luther King

Jr. celebrations and Miss FSU pageants. Unfortunately, Ms. Smith did not survive

of the body as an instrument by which to

Inspired by the 2010 Homecoming performance

Company,

FSU

Philadanco Dance

the region.

In January, 2011, dancers conducted a workshop for the River Commons

Headstart students and began February performing for the one and only Judith

Jamison director and original principle dancer for The Alvin Ailey American Dance

Theater (This prompted an impromptu visit from two Ailey dancers on hiatus from a

performance in Chapel Hill.).

gain recognition on campus and around

FSU Dance Ensemble members Spring 2009 in the 12th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King Celebration Concert.

Ensemble

The Black Nativity in December 2010.

artists are instilled in every student that

and in the Fayetteville community is

Dance

members premiered three new dances in

participates. With these basic principles,

dance has taken shape and has begun to

In preparation for New York, Wesley Williams director of Urban Dance Theater (Greensboro, NC) was invited to teach West African dance.

those who had been in training were

for studio space as a training ground for

to see her vision come to fruition, but

her contribution to dance on campus

immeasurable. Her talent and dedication

The Fayetteville State University Dance Ensemble 2010-2011 members.

With Dance Theatre of Harlem as the guest for Opus I, FSU dancers attended a ballet

master class conducted by the director of the company, and as the academic year drew

to a close, dancers prepared for the first

dance intensive course offering, DANC

203 Fundamentals of Dance, the New York

Intensive, a two-week semester consisting

of one week of 4-hours dance, including

ballet, modern, and West African dance.

Twelve students prepared to take classes in New York at professional training dance

studios, STEPS on Broadway, Broadway

Dance Center, and The Alvin Ailey School.

Future plans? At this juncture, the FSU

Dance Ensemble has been invited to

“Dear Dr. Lamb, I am writing with utmost sincerity and

participate in the 31st Annual Black

enthusiasm to pass on the wonderful

Construction: Building the Perfect Dancer,”

came to New York City to study at

College

Dance

Exchange,

“Under

hosted by Prairie View A&M University, in

Prairie View, Texas, April 12-15, 2012. In

the meantime, we’ll keep moving…forward. In New York….

response to the young dancers who Steps on Broadway with absolute focus, commitment, and a powerfully intense physical and mental dedication. These students were sensational. I have been teaching

“It’s your turn” — George Faison in

Horton Technique in New York City

speech to FSU Performing and Fine

and internationally for over sixteen

Arts students

years now, and this experience stands

“Now the reason we went to NY was to dance. I was nervous that first morning when we arrived at the studio. This was my first time

out as one of the most positively memorable.” — Kristina Berger, dance instructor, STEPS on Broadway.

coming to NY along with going to a professional dance studio to take a dance class” — Stacie Williams dancer

Alyssa Vacco class at Broadway Dance Center, NYC.

Dancers in NYC at The Faison Firehouse Theater with world renowned choreographer of The Wiz, George Faison.

FSU dancers with Judith Jamison and Chancellor Anderson

Main Stage Productions

A Midsummer Night’s Dream — By William Shakespeare

Directed by Jeremy Fiebig November 17-20 | Butler Theatre Shakespeare’s classic love story weaves a haunting, magical dream of lovers, lords, fairies, goblins, actors, and adventurers in a way that awakens us to the possibility of worlds and dimensions always at play.

Commonly Uncommon — New Student Work

Directed by Phoebe Hall February 23-26 | Butler Theatre New student work exploring gender roles, coming of age, and the college experience. Not recommended for all ages.

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat — Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber/Lyrics by Tim Rice

Directed by Phoebe Hall April 19-22 | Butler Theatre Webber and Rice’s landmark production based on the story from Genesis follows Joseph, a wild dreamer destined for a life of significance, and his jealous, scheming brothers in an adventurous tale filled with deception, humor, and soaring music. Show Times Show times for all mainstage productions Thursday through Saturday are at 7:30pm. All Sunday show times are at 3:00pm. All performances are performed in Butler Theatre on the Fayetteville State University campus. More information is available at www.uncfsu. edu/theatre.

Ticket Information For reservations contact FSU’s Ticket Office at 910-672-1724. Ticket prices: $10 for all adults, $8 for students and seniors, and $3 for FSU students with a valid ID only until curtain time. After curtain, full adult price will apply to all. Season Ticket Information $35 for adults ($5 value!) $30 for staff, faculty, and senior citizens Children can get a $12 season ticket with a parent/guardian. Students are not eligible for season tickets. For 2011-2012, Season Tickets include A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Holiday Spectacular!, Commonly Uncommon, and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat ONLY. Season tickets also include 15% off meal purchases at Fayetteville’s own Mash House Restaurant and Brewery and other deals announced at our shows.

BUTLER THEATRE SERIES This year, the theatre area has divided its season into Main Stage and Second Stage productions. The mercurial world of dreams inspired the Main Stage productions this season. From Shakespeare’s A Mid-Summer Night’s Dream to Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, dreams and what becomes of them make an interesting season of drama. Second Stage productions feature student works or works in progress. These works are sometimes challenging and sometimes inspiring, but always, new, fresh, and thought provoking.

Second Stage Productions

24 Hour Theatre Project II September 17 | Seabrook Auditorium | 7:30 p.m. Award winning playwright, screenwriter, and TV producer Walter Allen Bennet challenges FSU theatre students to create new works for the stage in 24 hours. Join us for a highly caffeinated evening of theatre featuring plays written, rehearsed, produced, and performed – all within 24 hours. Open to the public. Pay what you will. Not recommended for all ages.

24 Hour Theatre Project III March 17 | Butler Theatre | 7:30 p.m. The 24 Hour Theatre Project returns, but this time with a twist. FSU theatre students accept the challenge to create 24 plays in 24 hours. Can they do it? Open to the public. Pay what you will. Not recommended for all ages.

A new play — by Walter Allen Bennett March 29 | Butler Theatre | 7:30 p.m. Playwright and television producer Walter Allen Bennett, FSU Visiting Professor in Theatre, presents a reading of his new play inspired by Loraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun.

Student Plays and Shorts March 30-31 | Butler Theatre | Time TBD Student new works festival featuring new plays and film work mentored by Walter Allen Bennett, Jr. All second stage productions are free, but donations are appreciated.

Walter Allen Bennett, Jr. — FSU Visiting Professor in Theatre September 17 | Seabrook Auditorium | 7:30 p.m.

24 Hour Theater Project II

March 29 | Butler Theater | 7:30 p.m.

A new play

March 30-31 | Butler Theater | TBD

Student Plays and Shorts

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The Department of Performing and Fine Arts is

On the film side, Bennett wrote and directed,

Fayetteville State University as its first FSU Visiting

feature starring, Clifton Powell, Wendy Raquel

pleased to welcome Walter Allen Bennett, Jr. to

Professor in Theatre. Walter Allen Bennett has written and/or produced and executive produced

more than 200 episodes of series television. His break into television came as a writer on the long

running, Emmy Award winning “The Cosby Show.” From there, he became a writer/producer on “704

Hauser Street,” created by Norman Lear and then

“Contradictions of the Heart,” an independent Robinson, Vanessa Williams and Christopher

B. Duncan, which marks his feature directorial

debut. His script, “Article One,” was a finalist in the Sundance Writers Workshop as well as a

Semi-finalist in the Chesterfield Screenwriting Competition.

went on to become a producer on the hit comedy “In

An award winning playwright, Bennett has written

He then became executive producer of “The Steve

honors as: the Best Play Award from the Company

the House,” starring LL Cool J and Debbie Allen. Harvey Show.” Bennett has written pilots for CBS, FOX and Nickelodeon Networks and wrote HBO’s

first original programming for the Internet entitled “The Deadwood Mysteries.”

fourteen plays and has been the recipient of such

of Angels Theatre in Los Angeles; The Voices

Unsilenced Festival Award; the New Professional Theatre National Playwriting Award; a New Jersey

State Council on the Arts Playwriting Fellowship;

in March. Additionally, he will be work shopping a

the Brooklyn Borough President, the Brooklyn

2012.

and citations from the New York City Council, Congressional Office and the New Jersey State

new play that will be given its premier in the fall of

Assembly. His productions have been staged

Bennett holds a MFA in playwriting from Yale

Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall, The Henry Street

Acting from UCLA. He has served on the faculty at

throughout the country at such esteemed venues as

Settlement, Yale Repertory Theatre and The Eugene O’Neill National Playwrights Conference.

Students in the mass communication and theatre

programs will benefit from Bennett’s experience of writing, directing and producing television and film

projects. Bennett will help students gain experience on both sides of the camera—acting, directing, and

camera work and editing. During the course of

University’s School of Drama, and an MFA in St. John’s University, New York University, lectured at the Yale School of Drama and is currently a professor in the Graduate School of Film and

Television at Loyola Marymount University, where

he teaches Directing and Scene Analysis. Most recently, he has collaborated with R&B artist Alicia Keys on a television pilot for the Nickelodeon Network

his tenure at FSU, Bennett will be working with

students to write, act, and direct their own short films projects for a FSU’s first Film Short Festival

Walter Allen Bennett

FSU Theatre Company and the 24 Hour Theatre Project:

Building communities (very quickly) through the arts

If you’ve ever been a fan of Saturday Night

Live, you know that some skits on that

show just don’t work. They’re not funny, or they’re too weird, or maybe they’re offensive

in some way. They don’t “click” and maybe

wouldn’t even make it if the show was at

any other time of the week. But because it’s late, and because we learn to like how the

actors work together, each actor’s individual funny business, or because we know the

show is “live” and it has only been rehearsed

a couple of times (if that), we laugh. The

show isn’t perfect – some weeks it may wildly miss the mark – but we feel like it belongs and, maybe, like we belong to it

as champions of late weekend hours and as the people SNL pokes fun of sometimes

and as co-laughers with the show and with

State University this past spring, and

idea that these people on the screen are

tradition of the FSU Theatre Company

each other. Part of the fun, I think, is the

risking a lot in this moment. Since it’s live,

anything could happen (and often does).

We tune in not just to laugh, but also to

see how this whole thing will play out.

Take that experience and put it into a

theatre – no broadcast signals or TV

screens to dilute the experience, no “luxury”

we plan to continue it as part of a

for many years to come. 24 HTP does a

number of great things for the company:

1. It shows students—from the most

experienced senior to the newest first year or early college student—what the production process is like from

beginning to end. The great thing about

of a week’s rehearsals – and you have the 24

this is that it only takes 24 hours, not

an experience where students, faculty, and

produced show might take.

Hour Theatre Project (24HTP). 24HTP is

community members write, rehearse, design, produce, and perform a show in 24 short hours. We started 24HTP at Fayetteville

the 5-8 week commitment that a fully-

worth doing—you know that one of the

reasons people do it isn’t because of the

Biology class where an actor sees—in a

even the applause they get. People do

put in the sound cues for the performance,

sets they build or the lines they learn or

or a Tuesday afternoon Economics course

with a common aim. Because 24HTP

to be a partner on an assignment. Powerful

sees an entire production process and

the stresses involved, it forges a strong

and cohesive community among its

in Directing class need experience

participants. As you can imagine, that’s

to Theatre courses need a taste of variety

to mature artists and theatre makers as

directing. Students in our Introduction

something very valuable to us as we seek

of production roles. 24HTP fulfills a lot

part of our program.

of needs in a really short space of time.

3. It introduces the idea that theatre is hard work and allows students the chance to manage stress in a healthy way.

4. It creates instant community. If you’ve ever been in theatre—or anything

new light—the sound technician who

theatre because making theatre is like

being in a family, a community of people

2. It fills a big curricular need. Students

in 24HTP continues in a Monday morning

The end product of 24HTP—an evening

of short plays that are roughly memorized,

where a director chooses the props person

stuff, these communities, strengthening

and enriching the university experience for

everyone involved in the project even long after it is over.

In its own small way, the 24HTP reflects

the core values of FSU Theatre Company

as we seek to train young artists: push hard, work hard, rely on the community around

you to carry you through, get to work, have

strange, risky (just like SNL)—can’t all be

fun. These values extend to every shred of

The event, while an interesting bit of theatre,

setting the stage to writing the page, from

contained in what the audience sees onstage. manifests itself long after the final curtain falls on the project. The community formed

what we do in the Theatre program – from

focusing a light to finding your light.

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat Music by andrew lloyd weBber lyrics by time rice Directed by Phoebe Hall Webber and Rice’s landmark production based Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat is an

Andrew Lloyd Webber musical with lyrics by Tim Rice. The story is based on the “coat of many colors” story of

dreamer destined for a life of significance, and his jealous, scheming brothers in an adventurous tale

Joseph from the Hebrew Bible’s Book of Genesis. This

filled with deception, humor, and soaring music.

performed publicly. Their first musical, The Likes of Us,

April 19-22 Butler Theater 7:30 p.m. Thu, Fri, Sat 3:00 p.m. Sun

was the first Lloyd Webber and Rice musical to be written in 1965, was not performed until 2005.

Joseph was first presented as a 15-minute pop cantata at

Colet Court School in London in 1968 and was recorded as a concept album in 1969. After the success of the next

Lloyd Webber and Rice piece, Jesus Christ Superstar,

Tickets:

Joseph received stage productions beginning in 1970

$10 for all adults,

undergoing various transformations and expansions, the

and $3 for FSU students with

and expanded recordings in 1971 and 1972. While still musical was produced in the West End in 1973, and in its

full format was recorded in 1974 and opened on Broadway in 1982. Several major revivals and a 1999 straight-tovideo film, starring Donny Osmond, followed.

The musical transferred to Broadway at the Royale Theatre

on 27 January 1982 and ran through 4 September 1983, with 749 performances. Directed and choreographed by

Tony Tanner, the off-Broadway cast reprised their roles, with Bill Hutton as Joseph, Laurie Beechman as the Narrator, and Tom Carder as Pharaoh. The show received

several Tony Award nominations including Best Musical and Best Original Score.

on the story from Genesis follows Joseph, a wild

$8 for students and seniors, a valid ID only until curtain time. After curtain, full adult price will apply to all.

Holiday Spectacular! Featuring Mitch Capel Nationally recognized storyteller Mitch Capel (aka Gran’daddy June Bug) intertwines the seasonal poetry of Paul Laurence Dunbar with music that will surely make your spirit bright.

December 4 Seabrook Auditorium 4:00 p.m. General admission is $5.00 for all. Call the FSU ticket office at 672-1724. Tickets are only $2.00 at the door if you donate toys, clothes, or small electronics to benefit the children and families in the ASPIRE program.

Mitch Capel / “Gran’daddy Junebug” Storyteller, recording artist, poet, actor and author, was

great poets to recite at church and civic events. It wasn’t

North Carolina. He has been bringing stories to life and

his life. His father, Felton Capel, shared stories of his

born and raised in the small town of Southern Pines, delighting audiences throughout the United States with his warmth, wit and compelling storytelling style since 1985. Elnora Leak Capel, (his grandmother) read to

Mitch at the tender age of three from “The Life & Works

of Paul Laurence Dunbar” (1872-1906) and the rhythm of the story was planted like a seed. The genius of Dunbar’s

work coupled with the joy in his grandmother’s eyes and the passion of her delivery left an indelible impression

in Mitch’s heart. Later, Mitch and his brothers were

encouraged by their parents to memorize the works of

until Mitch finished college that Dunbar would re-enter

youth and “creek talk” (a term he used to describe the

dialect of his hometown of Windblow, NC) and one day gave Mitch the same Dunbar book that had been

used by his grandmother and the source of his family’s

entertainment for generations. His father said “if you love

that ‘creek talk’ you’ll love this…” and he handed over the book. Mitch’s father was right…the next seven years he

studied that book, examining every word, every nuance, every moral and every intention of the author.

Discovering Art Summer Program Exhibition — Curated by Dwight Smith August 19 – Sept. 9

Textile of Unity: Ghanaian Kente — Curated by Dwight Smith September 16 – October 16 | Rosenthal Gallery Kente: Born in Ghana, worn around the world. The Department of Performing and Fine Arts join in partnership with the Umoja Group, Inc. to bring this exhibition of kente cloth from Ghana to FSU for the enjoyment of the community. Kente comes from the word kenten, which means “basket.” The icon of African cultural heritage around the world, kente is identified by its dazzling, multicolored patterns of bright colors, geometric shapes and bold designs. Opening reception will be held on September 16 from 8-10pm. Photographs by Vietnam Veterans — Curated by Shane Booth November 4 – 25 | Rosenthal Gallery Fayetteville State University joins the city of Fayetteville in giving its Vietnam veterans a “Heroes Homecoming.” In partnership with Cape Fear Studios Rosenthal Gallery exhibit photographs taken by Vietnam veterans of Cumberland county and surrounding areas during their time in Vietnam. This exhibit will focus on the art of documentary war photography— portraits of soldiers, landscapes, and soldiers in action. Opening reception will be held on November 11 from 5-7pm.

ROSENTHAL GALLERY SERIES A Gallery for the Visual Arts The Rosenthal Gallery has received a facelift just in time for two extraordinary exhibitions devoted to textiles this season. Textile of Unity: Ghanaian Kente and Textile of CommUnity: Quilts from the African American Quilt Circle explores the rich tradition of textiles from two perspectives—African and African American.

Senior Art Exhibition — Curated by Shane Booth December 2 – 16 Graduating seniors exhibit new works. Come see the next generation of American artists start on their journey.

Textile of CommUnity: Quilts from the African American Quilt Circle

— Curated by Dwight Smith January 6 – Feb. 26 The AAQC, founded in Durham in 1998 by four African-American women now boasts over 60 members and numerous achievements. Although the group has no formal mission, the primary idea at its formation was to preserve the tradition of quilting in the African-American community. Over the years, its philosophy has expanded to include other elements like giving back to the community through donations, teaching opportunities and community-building activities.

2012 Biennial: FSU Visual Art Faculty Exhibition — Curated by Soni Martin March 2 – April 8 Every other year the art faculty at FSU host an exhibit of their most recent work. The exhibition is an opportunity for the faculty to share their current work with students, the community and the region.

Senior Exhibition — Curated by Shane Booth April 13 – May 11 Graduating seniors exhibit new works. Come see the next generation of American artists start on their journey. Rosenthal Gallery hours of operation: 9:00am-5:00pm Monday through Friday. Opening night receptions for all Rosenthal Gallery exhibits will be from 6:00pm-8:00pm in the Rosenthal Gallery.

Textiles of Unity: Ghanaian Kente September 16 – October 16 | Rosenthal Gallery

— Curated by Dwight Smith

The Department of Performing and Fine Arts in partnership with the Umoja Group, Inc. to bring this exhibition of kente cloth from Ghana to FSU

for the enjoyment of the community. Kente comes

from the word kenten, which means “basket.” An

icon of African cultural heritage around the world, kente is identified by its dazzling, multicolored patterns of bright colors, geometric shapes and bold designs.

The Kente exhibition brings a collection of Ghanaian Kente cloths, a loom and a master

weaver from Ghana to demonstrate the art of

Kente weaving for the benefit of the community. The exhibition will offer a firsthand international cultural exchange experience. This twelfth century

art form of hand woven textiles, which illustrates a distinctive cultural heritage, will be presented in this community for the first time.

— Curated by Dwight Smith

The AAQC, founded in Durham in 1998 by four African-American women now boasts over 60

members and numerous achievements. Although the group has no formal mission, the primary idea at its formation was to preserve the tradition of quilting in the African-American community. Over

the years, its philosophy has expanded to include other elements like giving back to the community through donations, teaching opportunities and community-building activities.

Safari by Marjorie Diggs Freeman

Ebony and Ivory by Selena Sullivan

Maafa 1790 Maafa 1790 represents the middle passage

and exploitation. The fabric is hand dyed.

where countless African people died in

It spoke and told me what it wanted to be.

transport to America. The word Maafa or

Look closely under the middle figure and you

African Holocaust is derived from a Kiswahili

will see how the faces of my ancestors came

word meaning disaster or terrible tragedy.

to the surface in the dye bath. The two figures

The strong in this generation live because

look like ancient African king messengers

our ancestors survived slavery, imperialism,

sent to remind us of the struggle and our

colonialism, apartheid, oppression, invasions

responsibility to be vigilant in the ongoing struggle for recognition and equality. I unfurled the cloth and the faces appeared. I wept and still do because of this horrible crime against humanity. — Kimberly Cartright

Kimberly Cartwright | Maafa 1790 | 70x38

Our Story:

The Casting of 500 Hands for NC Veterans Park

In 2008, the North Carolina Legislature approved a bill to provide $15 million to construct the North Carolina Veterans Park in Fayetteville. Little did I know at that time myself and art students from Fayetteville State University’s Department of Performing and Fine Arts would have a key role in undertaking two of the many artistic components of the park. Sal Musarra, the architect and visionary from Urban Resource Group, a Division of Kimley-Horn Associates, designed an environment that symbolically focuses on a veteran’s life before service, life during service and life after service. Musarra’s vision has come to fruition with a park in downtown Fayetteville that consists of a visitors’ center, seven water features, walking paths, and intensely exciting public art throughout the park. In Musarra’s words, “the North Carolina Veterans Park provides a place for meaningful reflection and inspiration in a community setting that is beautiful, bold, and unique to honor the lives, service, and pride of North Carolina veterans.” A critical component of the Musarra vision was to integrate opportunities for public art within the design. Michele Horn and I were selected to coordinate two very different types of public art projects within the park. The public art, like the park itself as a whole, has been created to enhance the visitor’s experience during a visit to a park that honors the military community. He has achieved this by integrated the idea of symbolic plazas into a unified design.

— By Soni Martin, Professor of Art

Michele Horn coordinated the Service Plaza Gallery Walls — a public art component that resulted in a competitive selection process for eight relief sculptures. The artist’s materials were selected from salvaged military equipment. Each artist was given a touchstone word (i.e. “courage”, “integrity”) as the guiding principle for how they would design their 20 feet long fabricated relief sculpture. For Musarra, the theme of the metal relief sculpture is “if these walls could talk — the finished works bearing little visual resemblance to their original form or function, but having an intrinsic connection to service as objects that ‘witnessed’ events along with North Carolina veterans.” As the coordinator for the Casting of Hands across North Carolina, my task was to select a team of artists to cast the hands of 500 individuals from the 100 counties across North Carolina within the allocated budget and develop the process from start to finish. Selecting the team was easy; I needed seven other artists to assist me on the project. It was the summer of 2010 and I selected two FSU art majors who were sculpture concentrations in the visual art degree program - Aaron Wallace and Marcela Casals. I also selected Amanda Stephens, an FSU visual art alumnus (sculpture concentration) who is in graduate school at Western Carolina University. The remainder of my team included the following artists: my colleague Dwight Smith at Fayetteville State University; Alexis Joyner, a sculptor and Professor of Art at Elizabeth City State University; Diane Hughes, a multimedia artist in Charlotte, North Carolina; and local craftsperson Jill Rhae Smith, who has a lot of professional experience in commercial concrete and could also assist me as needed on any part of the lengthy project.

I assigned the artistic team their counties to cover the state, and we practiced the processes in the art studio at Fayetteville State. Everyone’s task was to travel across North Carolina to their appointed counties and make molds of the hands of selected individuals: 100 of the molds would result in wax castings which were sent to Carolina Bronze Foundry to be cast in bronze for the Wall of Oath; 400 hands would be made as a mold and later cast by each artist as cement tile reliefs to be mounted on the 50 community columns in the park (two counties to one column). The logistics of the process disappeared as soon as we all reached our first casting appointment and began working with the veterans and the supporters (many were veterans too). Process, achievement, and the end product for all of us was instantaneously replaced by the immediacy of the moment in working with real people who had served in World War I, Korean War, Viet Nam War, the Gulf War, Iraq and Afghanistan wars. Humanness, honor, sacrifice and the humility of those who had served or had been supporters became our humbling experiences of knowing them for the next couple of hours – the time it took to cast their hands for the project. Each artist on the casting of hands project has so many stories to share about their experiences in each county, it would take a book to tell all the stories of what happened to real people in their efforts to serve our country. From the stories of being prisoners of war to being adrift at sea for several days before being rescued after their navy ship was destroyed to those who did not see “action” - during the casting process all were humble and modest about their experiences. Most veterans were quiet and humble and would not voluntarily share their experiences. They were just happy to be having their hands cast and to be visiting with their friends; it was the veteran sitting next to someone that would tell me what had occurred to those around me.

Visitors to the park will see the remaining 400 casting of hands on the community columns in Community Plaza. Each column has the name of the county adorned with the castings of four hands from veterans, their families, and residents in the county. (The County Columns are in order based on dates of incorporation into the state.) All this may sound simple, but the process for the metal reliefs and the casting of hands has been ongoing for one year. As well, the logistics to assist two coordinators managing fourteen additional artists during the year is labor intensive. Fortunate for Ms. Horn and me the Arts Council of Fayetteville and Cumberland County was the liaison for the City of Fayetteville for the public art components of the park. Although Calvin Mims from the Arts Council was the coordinator for the project to assist Michele and me; it seemed as if most of the employees at the Arts Council put much of their time on the project also in an effort to make the park a success. The two public art teams were busy all year while the construction at the site worked tirelessly to finish all the plaza and additional sculptural symbols. For example, the Service Plaza is in the park to symbolize life during service and includes the Patriot Walls. The North Carolina Veterans Park’s website states it best: “These walls stand firm while providing visual and auditory symbol of the action, excitement, and turmoil of military service. The wall’s bluestone panels shimmer under a sheet of water, expressing action, movement, excitement, and chaos associated with lives in service and in contrast to the character of the other plazas. The Service Plaza also contains a Reflection Wall that incorporates highly reflective stainless steel panels that will reflect images of the people and elements of the surrounding plaza, making the observer a physical part of the wall and park environment. Etched across

the faces reflected in the wall will be words from the US Constitution imploring us to “…support and defend the Constitution…” The Service Plaza is also the home for the Service Arches. These five arches, one for each branch of the armed forces, provide a visual and physical gateway from service life into the next phase of a veteran’s story – life after service.”

It doesn’t end here. There are so many more surprises to see when you visit the park than I have room to mention - especially the visitor’s center. By the time you visit the park, I hope the headphones are in place so you can stroll throughout the park and hear all the special stories and symbolism the park has integrated into the park environment.

Life After Service is a reflective area in the park symbolizing a place to transition from service back to civilian life and includes a serene area along the creek and a garden. The garden (the Reflection Garden) also contains the Camaraderie Plaza which serves as a gathering space to welcome veterans home and celebrate wherever they are in their journey of the service.

The North Carolina Veterans Park opened on July 4, 201l and is ready for visitors to experience the vision: “from the soil of North Carolina” people have served and serve our country. Don’t call it North Carolina Veteran’s Memorial Park, instead, this park is an environment through which art, design, and symbols have been used to create a place of reflection, honoring, and healing for all who visit.

The Discovering Art Program at FSU For the fourth year FSU has participated in

For a third year, Cumberland County CommuniCare

population of Fayetteville through a program entitled

health and substance abuse service to at-risk-youth

providing stellar art instruction to the at-risk youth

“Discovering Art”. Under the direction of FSU visual art instructor Dwight Smith and in partnership with

the Fayetteville Art Guild and several community-

based service providers, the program presents an

overview of visual art making processes through a curriculum of hands-on-projects under the instruction

of professional artists from the community. Through a structured format of arts activities, the students

explore all areas of making art. The program has expanded to include year-round programming with fall, spring and summer visual arts programming.

During each class projects involve different artistic media, techniques and art concepts introduced to the young artists who use their newly acquired

skills to produce finished works of art. Instructional

areas include design and composition, sculpture,

printmaking, acrylic painting, drawing, watercolor, sequential art, oil pastel, and color theory. Program participants are expected to focus on creating positive

images that evoke positive emotions. The reasoning for

this is two-fold. First, it encourages youth to “practice” thinking, seeing and depicting the positive. Secondly, it allows the student to perceive positive images of enhanced self-esteem and success in completing

works of art. An art exhibition is presented in FSU’s Rosenthal Gallery each year that allows the students

to exhibit and sell their work. Each student receives the proceeds from the sale of their work.

and Cardinal Clinic agencies that provide mental have been a part of the arts program. Three years ago, they moved their classes for at-risk youth to the art

studios of Fayetteville State University. This move

afforded some of those youth their first glimpse of a university campus. This will also be our second

year of partnering with these agencies in providing art classes to incarcerated youth at the Fayetteville

Juvenile Detention Center. We initiated this program

with a Fayetteville Art Guild grant in 2009 from the Cumberland County Mental Health Center.

Under the title “Discovering Art” we provide a year round continuum of art education services to young

artists from the community, at-risk and adjudicated

youth. By combining our detention and at-risk art programs we are able to provide a continuum of

services that include prevention of offences, and a

decrease in recidivism for youthful offenders. Those returning to the community after incarceration will

have the ability to continue with art classes in our community program. Combining the detention and

at-risk community art programs will also allow us to share program resources.

Through the production and exhibition of art works,

During the summer there are six-weeks of three-hour

youth and into the role of artist. Research shows that

through Thursday from mid June through mid July.

young artists can step away from the label at-risk art making has a positive effect on treatment outcomes and more importantly, life outcomes. From those who

discover a new talent to those who discover a creative approach to problem solving, art making has affected their lives in a positive way. Young people are given

a positive outlet for their emotions on a continuum from those incarcerated to those upon release who remain at risk. Working artists provide positive role

models and a view of alternative life outcomes. The university provides a glimpse into a possible future

of advanced studies in the arts and breaks down the perceived barriers to higher learning.

Fall and spring community art classes take place at

Fayetteville State University art studios. Ten twohour classes will take place on Thursday evenings from September through December and from

February through April in the FSU art studios. These classes will serve up to fifteen students each session.

classes, two times a week that will take place Monday

Summer classes at FSU will include a Tuesday and Thursday morning group; a Tuesday and Thursday

afternoon group; and a Monday and Wednesday

afternoon group. Each age specific class will serve fifteen students for a total of forty-five students

served during the summer session. Students range in ages of 8 thru 18.

Two professional artists, one lead teacher and one assistant are generally present for each class. Soni

Martin, professor in the Art Department at FSU will head up a committee of non-participating art faculty

to approve artist instructors. Artists submit resumes

to Ms. Martin, and she and her committee chose artists working at a professional level with some

experience teaching. Artistsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; positions are open to all artists regardless of membership in the Fayetteville Art Guild.

Past coordinators for the program have included

Rose-Ann San Martino Bryda, Dr. Rollinda Thomas, and Noreda Hess. This program provides youth with

positive role models; raises community awareness of the need and benefits of art programs for at-riskyouth; provides data and narrative on the effectiveness

of art programs in creating positive outcome for adolescents who have substance abuse and mental

health issues; and will provide a model for future and expanded art programs for underserved populations.

Duke Ellington Edward Kennedy “Duke” Ellington (April 29,

1899 – May 24, 1974) was an American composer, pianist, and big band leader. Ellington wrote over 1,000 compositions. In the words of Bob

Blumenthal of The Boston Globe “In the century

since his birth, there has been no greater composer, American or otherwise, than Edward Kennedy Ellington.”

In the last decade of his life, Duke Ellington wrote three Sacred Concerts:

February 5 | Seabrook Auditorium | 4:00 p.m.

Featuring FSU University Choir, Heritage Restoration Chorale and Fayetteville Jazz Orchestra

• 1965 – A Concert of Sacred Music • 1968 – Second Sacred Concert • 1973 – Third Sacred Concert

Ellington called these concerts “the most

important thing I have ever done”. He said many

times that he was not trying to compose a “mass” (liturgy). Critic Gary Giddins has characterized these concerts as Ellington bringing the Cotton Club revue to the church.

A Concert of Sacred Music As early as October 1962, Rev. John S. Yaryan

approached Ellington about performing at the new Grace Cathedral in San Francisco. The

cathedral was to open in 3 or 4 years and all sorts of cultural events were to occur there in its first year. It was not until two years later that things such as the date and program were finalized.

The concert premiered on September 16, 1965 and was recorded for Public Television. This

performance was released on CD as A Concert of

Sacred Music Live from Grace Cathedral and on DVD as Love You Madly/A Concert of Sacred

Music at Grace Cathedral. The official album on RCA, A Concert of Sacred Music was recorded at two concerts at Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church

in New York on December 26, 1965. Additional material from these concerts, not found on the original album can be found in the 27 CD box set The Duke Ellington Centennial Edition: The

Complete RCA Victor Recordings (1927-1973). This concert is the only one to have compositions

not specifically written for it. New World A-Commin’, Come Sunday from Black Brown

and Beige and Heritage (My Mother, My Father)

from the show My People were performed in it. The song “In the Beginning God” was awarded a Grammy Award in 1967.

HARMONY SERIES The tag line for the Department of Performing and Fine Arts is “Building community through the arts.” The Harmony Series is always a community affair. The highlight of the series will be the Holiday Spectacular! featuring famed storyteller Mitch Capel (aka Gran’ Daddy June Bug) along with a menagerie of musical ensembles that will surely make your spirits bright.

Holiday Spectacular!

Featuring Mitch Capel December 4 | Seabrook Auditorium | 4:00 p.m. Nationally recognized storyteller Mitch Capel (aka Grandaddy June Bug) weaves seasonal poetry of Paul Laurence Dunbar among music that will surely make your spirit bright. Tickets: $5.00 from the FSU Ticket Office.

MLK Celebration January 16 | Seabrook Auditorium | 7:00 p.m. The FSU Concert Choir is joined by community ensembles to celebrate the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King through song.

When Harlem Was in Vogue: A Duke Ellington Song Book

Featuring FSU Mane Attraction, FSU Men of Distinction, FSU Jazz Ensemble, FSU Dance Ensemble January 27 | Arts Council of Fayetteville/Cumberland County* | 7:00 p.m. For this Fourth Friday experience, the Department of Performing and Fine Arts steps back in time to the Jazz Age of 1920s New York when the music of Duke Ellington, Cab Calloway, and Fletcher Henderson was in vogue. *The Arts Council of Fayetteville/Cumberland County is located at 301 Hay Street in Fayetteville.

Duke Ellington’s Sacred Concert

Featuring FSU University Choir, Heritage Restoration Chorale and Fayetteville Jazz Orchestra February 5 | Seabrook Auditorium | 4:00 p.m. In the last decade of his life, Duke Ellington wrote three jazz inspired sacred works for jazz band, choir, and soloists. Ellington called these concerts “the most important thing I have ever done”. Critic Gary Giddins characterized these concerts as Ellington bringing the Cotton Club revue to the church.

Concert Choir Selected to Perform in Carnegie Hall When someone posed the question: “How does one get the Carnegie Hall?”, the response was simple. “Practice, practice, practice.”

Well, it is apparent the Fayetteville State University Concert Choir heeded that advice because they

have been selected to present a 30-minute solo

performance on the historic stage of famed Carnegie Hall in New York. The choir, under the

direction of Denise Payton, Director of Choral Activities at FSU, was selected for the performance

after a demo recording of the group was submitted

to Carnegie Hall officials. It is believed that this is the first time a FSU Concert Choir has performed on the world-famous Carnegie Hall stage.

Being selected to perform at the venue solidifies

FSU’s Concert Choir as a premiere ensemble, Payton said. “I made a CD of three selections of

the Concert Choir, and when they heard them, they told me that the choir was fabulous and would

like to offer me 30-minutes on the concert stage.” In addition to the 30-minute performance, the

concert format will consist of a masterwork with one of the famous Carnegie conductors combined with other musicians for the second half of the

program. The piece performed at that time will not be known until the concert is confirmed.

The concert choir was offered a chance to perform at Carnegie in March 2011, but budget constraints put the invitation on hold. She said her students

were disappointed they could not make the trip, but vowed if another invitation was extended, they would be willing to do what was necessary to

make the trip happen. “They are simply wonderful to work with,” Payton said of her choir members.

Choir members are working feverishly to raise

For more than a century, Carnegie Hall has set

Payton estimates it will cost around $62,000.

walls have echoed with applause for the world’s

funds for the trip scheduled for March 2012.

The cost covers transportation, some sightseeing, and lodging at a five-star hotel. “Our sponsor, MidAmerica Productions, has offered to assist us any way possible to help us meet our goal,” Payton said. “With these economic times, it is difficult.”

Difficult, but not impossible if the FSU family, alumni, and community support the endeavor. Tax deductible donations for the trip can be made in

the name of the FSU Concert Choir through the

the standard for excellence in performance. Its outstanding classical artists, as they have for the greatest popular musicians of our time and for

the many prominent dancers, politicians, authors, and crusaders who have appeared on its stage. From Gustav Mahler to Liza Minnelli, from John Philip Sousa to Leopold Stokowski, from Fats

Waller to Woodrow Wilson, and from Ignace Jan Paderewski to Luciano Pavarotti, Carnegie Hall has been host to them all.

FSU Foundation. “I am in the process of setting

Donations for the choir can be forwarded to: FSU

this quest. The fourth Sunday in September, we

Road, Fayetteville, N.C. 28301 or by calling (910)

performances with our alumni chapters to help in

will be in concert in Goldsboro with the Gold/ Wayne Alumni Chapter,” Payton said.

Concert Choir, FSU Foundation, 1200 Murchison 672-2422.

Since 1996, the FSU Concert Choir has

performed nationally and internationally including concerts in Paris, Belgium, Vancouver, British Columbia, a gala concert at Constitution Hall

in Washington, DC, and on regional television. The choir performs for major university events, churches, and civic functions and has produced

three compact discs. The choir’s repertoire consists of anthems, spirituals, gospels and major choral

works accompanied with orchestra. Membership is open to all majors through audition.

The Chancellor’s Distinguished Speaker SERIES Eugene Robinson

Pulitzer Prize-winning newspaper columnist and former assistant managing editor for The Washington Post September 15 | Seabrook | 2:00 p.m. Eugene Robinson uses his twice-weekly column in The Washington Post to pick American society apart and then put it back together again in unexpected and revelatory new ways. To do this job of demolition and reassembly, Robinson relies on a large and varied tool kit: energy, curiosity, elegant writing and the wide-ranging experience of a life that took him from childhood in the segregated South—on what they called the “colored” side of the tracks—to the heights of American Journalism. His remarkable story telling ability has won him wide acclaim, most notably as the winner of the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for his commentary on the 2008 presidential race that resulted in the election of America’s first AfricanAmerican president. In a 25-year career at The Washington Post, Robinson has been city hall reporter, city editor, foreign correspondent in Buenos Aires and London, foreign editor and assistant managing editor in charge of the paper’s award winning Style section. He has written books about race in Brazil and music in Cuba, covered a heavyweight championship fight, witnessed riots in Philadelphia and a murder trial in the deepest Amazon, sat with Presidents and Dictators and the Queen of England, thrust and parried with highbrowed politicians from sea to shining sea, handicapped three editions of American Idol, acquired fluent Spanish and passable Portuguese and even reached an uneasy truce with the noxious hip-hop lyrics that fester in his teenage son’s innocent looking iPod. He saw, long before the recent election divided the states into red and blue, that politics and culture are always intertwined. He sees how the great trends that are reshaping our society are also reshaping our neighborhoods, our families, ourselves. Immigration, for example, is far more then a tally of how many people moved from somewhere else to America. It’s also the story of a changing inner-city block that rises or sinks as newcomers arrive. It’s the story of how the grammar and syntax of a new hybrid language are forged in basketball or soccer games at the local playground. It’s the story of a woman, all but cloistered in her home country, who walks down a public street for the first time in her life without a veil. Or the story of a man, raised in society where machismo still rules, learning for the first time to regard his wife as a breadwinner, perhaps eventually as an equal. Using the old-fashioned instincts and habits of a reporter, Robinson goes out and finds these stories. He sees them as the foundation that supports his provocative opinions—and as building blocks that can be used to assemble the larger narrative of today’s America. Robinson was born and raised in Orangeburg, SC. He remembers the culminating years of the Civil Rights Movement—the “Orangeburg Massacre,” a 1968 incident in which police fired on students protesting a segregated bowling alley and killed three unarmed young men because it took place only a few hundred yards from his house. He was educated at Orangeburg High School, where he was one of a handful of black students on the previously all white campus; and the University of Michigan, where during his senior year he was the first black student to be named co-editorin-chief of the award-winning student newspaper, The Michigan Daily.

He began his journalism career at the San Francisco Chronicle, where he was one of two reporters assigned to cover the trial of kidnapped newspaper heiress Patricia Hearst which arguably set the pattern for all the saturationcoverage celebrity trials that have followed. F. Lee Bailey, at the time the most celebrated lawyer in America, was lead counsel for the defense. He lost the case, which taught Robinson a valuable lesson he has never forgotten: reputation and performance are two different things. Robinson joined The Washington Post in 1980 as city hall reporter, covering the first term of Washington’s larger-than-life mayor, Marion Barry. For the first time since Orangeburg, race became a dominant issue in Robinson’s life—as city hall reporter, he was the de facto emissary of a powerful white institution, The Washington Post, to an ambitious, race-conscious, black-run government of a majority-black city. There he learned another important lesson: man-in-the-middle is never a comfortable role, but sometimes it’s a necessary one. Robinson became an assistant city editor in 1981, and in 1984 was promoted to city editor, in charge of the paper’s coverage of the District of Columbia. During the 1987-88 academic year, on leave from The Post, Robinson was a Nieman Fellow in Journalism at Harvard University. He began studying the Spanish language – he had always promised himself that if he ever had a year off he would learn Spanish, since the knowledge of Spanish would be useful for any journalist in a nation where immigration from Latin America was already gathering steam. Study of the language quickly led to courses on Latin American literature, history and politics. On his return to the paper he was named The Post’s South America correspondent, based in Buenos Aires, Argentina, a post he held from 19881992 (which let him cover the trial in Amazon and also research his first book, the one about Brazil, Coal to Cream: A Black Man’s Journey Beyond Color to and Affirmation of Race, published in 1999). For the subsequent two years, he was London bureau chief (affording him the opportunity to sit in one of the gilded state rooms of Buckingham Palace as Queen Elizabeth II committed the investiture of a new crop of Lewis and Frank Bruno, and then to lose the option of ever becoming a full-time sportswriter by turning his head to scan the crowd at the precise instant of the blow that laid poor Bruno out on the canvas). In February 1994, Robinson returned to Washington to become The Post’s foreign editor. That same year he was elected to the Council of Foreign Relations. In January 1999, Robinson became an assistant managing editor of The Post in charge of the Style section—where he learned that hip-hop and American Idol are as relevant to people’s lives, in their way, as the “serious” news that gets reported on the front page. His appointment as associate editor and columnist took place January 1, 2005. Robinson is a member of the National Association of Black Journalists and has received numerous journalism awards. His second book, Last Dance in Havana: The Final Days of Fidel and the Start of the New Cuban Revolution—an examination of contemporary Cuba, looking at the society through the vibrant music scene—was published in 2004. His latest book, Disintegration, was released in October 2010. In it, Robinson discusses the disintegration of the black community into four distinct sectors, making them ideologically and politically unreliable. Robinson is a regular contributor to MSNBC. He lives in Arlington, Virginia with his wife, Avis, and their two sons.

Sharon Raynor

Johnson C. Smith Mott University Professor for 2010-2013 at Johnson C. Smith University November 9 | Seabrook | 7:00 p.m.

Sharon D. Raynor is an Associate Professor of English and the Mott University Distinguished Professor at Johnson C. Smith University. She is also the recipient of the Alphonse Fletcher, Sr. Fellowship through the Fletcher Foundation and the W.E.B. DuBois Institute for African and African American Research at Harvard University. In previous years, she served as the Interim Director of the Honors College and the Department Chair of English and Foreign Languages at Johnson C. Smith University and as a Lecturer in the English Department at East Carolina University. She completed her doctorate degree in Literature and Criticism at Indiana University of Pennsylvania in August 2003. She received both her Bachelor of Arts degree in English and her Master of Arts degree in Multicultural Literature at East Carolina University. Her doctoral dissertation is entitled, “Shattered Silence and Restored Souls: Bearing Witness and Testifying to Trauma and ‘Truth’ in the Narratives of Black Vietnam Veterans.” Since 1999, she has written and directed two oral history projects sponsored by the North Carolina Humanities Council entitled “Breaking the Silence: The Unspoken Brotherhood of Vietnam Veterans,” and “Soldier-to-Soldier: Men and Women Share Their Legacy of War.” She is also a presenter for the Speakers Bureau and “Let’s Talk About It Book” Discussion Program, both sponsored by the North Carolina Humanities Council. She works extensively with Vietnam War veterans in North Carolina. She has also collaborated with LEARN NC (a program of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Education) – North Carolina Digital Textbook to post excerpts of oral history interviews she conducted with Vietnam Veterans to their website. She has been a participant in the UNCF/ Mellon International Faculty Seminar in Cape Town, South Africa, the International Faculty Development Seminar sponsored by the Council on International Educational Exchange (CIEE) in Dakar, Senegal (West Africa) and Cape Verde, the Salzburg Seminar at the Salzburg Institute in Austria, the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History at Yale and the Faculty Resource Network Summer Seminars at NYU and Winter Seminars in Puerto Rico. She is also an Executive Board Member for the Southern Humanities Council. Dr. Raynor is the author of Memories of War: Trauma and Silence in the Narratives of Black Vietnam Veterans and has publications in We Wear the Mask: Paul Laurence Dunbar and the Representation of Black Identity (Paul Laurence Dunbar Collection), Dislosure: A Journal of Social Theory, Cultural Studies ó Critical Methodologies, NC Crossroads, CLA Journal (College Language Association), Dos Passos Review, From Around the World: Secular Authors and Biblical Perspectives, Zadie Smith: Critical Essays, The Encyclopedia of African American Folklore, Encyclopedia of America Poetry: The Twentieth Century, Who’s Who in Contemporary Women’s Writing and The Encyclopedia of African American Literature. She also co-authored The Yancy Years: The Age of Infrastructure, Technology, and Restoration. She was also the 2007 recipient of the Johnson C. Smith University Par Excellence Teaching Award. She was born and raised in Clinton, North Carolina.

Angela Davis

Political Activist, Scholar, and Author January 17 | Seabrook | 7:00 p.m. Through her activism and scholarship over the last decades, Angela Davis has been deeply involved in our nation’s quest for social justice. Her work as an educator – both at the university level and in the larger public sphere – has always emphasized the importance of building communities of struggle for economic, racial, and gender justice. Professor Davis’ teaching career has taken her to San Francisco State University, Mills College, and UC Berkeley. She also has taught at UCLA, Vassar, the Claremont Colleges, and Stanford University. She spent the last fifteen years at the University of California Santa Cruz where she is now Professor Emerita of History of Consciousness, an interdisciplinary Ph.D program, and of Feminist Studies. Angela Davis is the author of eight books and has lectured throughout the United States as well as in Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia, and South America. In recent years a persistent theme of her work has been the range of social problems associated with incarceration and the generalized criminalization of those communities that are most affected by poverty and racial discrimination. She draws upon her own experiences in the early seventies as a person who spent eighteen months in jail and on trial, after being placed on the FBI’s “Ten Most Wanted List.” She has also conducted extensive research on numerous issues related to race, gender and imprisonment. Her most recent books are Abolition Democracy and Are Prisons Obsolete? about the abolition of the prison industrial complex, and a new edition of Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass. Angela Davis is a founding member Critical Resistance, a national organization dedicated to the dismantling of the prison industrial complex. Internationally, she is affiliated with Sisters Inside, an abolitionist organization based in Queensland, Australia that works in solidarity with women in prison. Like many other educators, Professor Davis is especially concerned with the general tendency to devote more resources and attention to the prison system than to educational institutions. Having helped to popularize the notion of a “prison industrial complex,” she now urges her audiences to think seriously about the future possibility of a world without prisons and to help forge a 21st century abolitionist movement.

The Chancellor’s Distinguished Speaker SERIES Dr. Thomas “Danny” Boston

Professor of Economics at Georgia Tech and CNN Contributor November 17 | Seabrook | 6:00 p.m. Dr. Thomas “Danny” Boston is a Professor of Economics in the School of Economics at Georgia Tech. He is also CEO of EuQuant, which is an economic consulting and research company. A native of Jacksonville, Florida, he received the BS Degree from West Virginia State University and the Masters and PhD Degrees in Economics from Cornell University. Graduating as a commissioned officer from WVSU, he attained the rank of Capt. in the U.S. Army and was awarded the Purple Heart. His appointment to the Georgia Tech faculty began in 1985. Dr. Boston’s specialization is Program Performance Evaluation, and he focuses on the following topics: minority and small business performance and entrepreneurship; public housing revitalization and residential mobility programs; public/private investment impacts on communities and regional economies; Millennium Development Goals monitoring and evaluation in West Africa. He contributes regularly to CNN by joining the anchor desk monthly to discuss the Labor Department’s Report on Employment and Unemployment. Dr. Boston has testified six times before committees of the US Senate and House of Representatives regarding federal minority business policies and programs and public housing assistance policies. He is a consultant to the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation and assists US Congresspersons and committees that have oversight over the nation’s minority and small business programs. Dr. Boston’s research, entitled Increasing the Capacity of the Nation’s Small Disadvantaged Businesses, was commissioned by the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, and it contributed to the development of new regulatory guidelines for the US Department of Transportation’s Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Program. He is a member of the Small and Midsize Business Advisory Council of the Atlanta Federal Reserve Bank, and the Black Enterprise (BE Magazine) Board of Economists. Internationally, he advised the Nigerian National Assembly during the establishment of the National Assembly Budgeting and Research Office (NABRO), and he is currently advising the Nigerian National Assembly House Committee on Millennium Development Goals

His professional appointments have included the following: President of the National Economic Association; Editor of The Review of Black Political Economy; Senior Economist to the Joint Economic Committee of Congress; and member of the Mayor’s Council of Economic Advisors under three former Atlanta mayors. Dr. Boston has received research grants from the MacArthur Foundation, Kauffman Foundation, and US Dept. of HUD, among many others, and has authored or edited six books and published numerous scholarly articles, research reports and commissioned papers. He owns two registered trademarks from the US Office of Patent and Trades; one of which is for the Gazelle Index®, a random national survey of CEOs of the fastest-growing African American-owned businesses. Dr. Boston is currently completing landmark research funded by the MacArthur Foundation. The research examines longitudinally 20,000 families who received public housing assistance from the Atlanta Housing Authority over a 15 year period. Their socio-economic outcomes are evaluated against related outcomes for 25,000 public housing assisted families in Chicago. He is also completing longitudinal research that examines the performance of tens of thousands of minority-owned and small business enterprises during the recent cyclical downturn. Both research projects will be completed in the spring of 2011 and two book manuscripts, and many working papers and scholarly articles are being compiled therefrom. Dr. Boston is the former recipient of Georgia Tech’s “Undergraduate Prof. of the Year” award, the Ivan Allen College “Legacy Award”, and the State of Georgia “Economics Educator of the Year” award.

Charles E. Jones

Kim Saunders

Charles E. Jones is a professor in and Chair of the Department of Africana Studies at the University of Cincinnati. He is also the founding Chair of the Department of African-American Studies at Georgia State University. He earned a Ph.D. degree in Political Science at Washington State University. He is a former Congressional Black Caucus Graduate Fellow and a Fulbright Hayes Fellow. He has served two terms as President of the National Council for Black Studies (NCBS). Jones was the principal investigator of a $237,000 grant awarded by the Ford Foundation to NCBS. His teaching and research interests center on African-American Politics and African-American Studies. Jones’ past research projects have focused on African-Americans in the legislative process (Congressional Black Caucus; the Parliamentary Black Caucus in Great Britain; and racial state legislative caucuses); Black electoral success in majority white districts and African American Social Movements. He has published extensively in scholarly journals and anthologies on African American politics and African-American Studies. Professor Jones is the editor of the anthology entitled: Black Panther Party Reconsidered (Black Classic Press, 1998). His recent publications include Charles E. Jones, Adele Newson-Horst, Alfred Young, and Shawnrece Miller. “Affecting Institutionalization: Assessment of Student Learning in Africana Studies.” Journal of Black Studies 39, no.1 (2008); Charles E. Jones “Black Lawmakers in the Quaker State: An overview of the Pennsylvania Legislative Black Caucus, 1970-2002.” Journal of Race and Policy 4, no.1 (2008); and Charles E. Jones and Jonathan Gayles, “The World is a Child’s Classroom: An Analysis of the Black Panther Party’s Oakland Community School” In Teach Freedom: The African American Tradition of Education for Liberation, edited by Charles M. Payne and Carol S. Strickland, 100-116. New York: Teachers Press, 2008.

Ms. Kim D. Saunders is the President and CEO of Mechanics and Farmers Bank and its parent company, M&F Bancorp, Inc. Before coming to M&F in February 2007, Ms. Saunders was President and CEO at Consolidated Bank and Trust Company. Ms. Saunders was the second female President and CEO in CB&T’s history, a distinction she holds at M&F Bank as well. As part of M&F’s grand entrance into its next great century, Ms. Saunders guided M&F Bank through its first acquisition, Mutual Community Savings Bank, in eighty five (85) years. As a result, M&F Bank is now a $300 million institution based in five major NC citiesDurham, Raleigh, Greensboro, Winston-Salem, and Charlotte.

Founding Chair, Department of African-American Studies, Georgia State University February 7 | Seabrook | 2:00 p.m.

President and Chief Executive Officer M & F Bancorp, Inc. (dba Mechanics and Farmers Bank) March 6 | Seabrook | 2:00 p.m.

Ms. Saunders has more than 28 years banking experience with various regulated commercial banks in a number of progressively responsible positions. She has expertise in credit administration, asset management, economic development and turn-around management, as well in developing policy and lending programs for de novo financial institutions. Ms. Saunders holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics (Finance major) from the Wharton School of Finance and Commerce at the University of Pennsylvania and an honorary doctorate from Shaw University. Ms. Saunders serves on the Boards of the NC Museum of Art Foundation, Triangle United Way, and the Greater Durham Chamber of Commerce. She was recognized as one of the state’s exceptional women leaders in 2009 by both NC Magazine and the Triangle Business Leader Media Magazine. She also has been recognized as one the Nation’s 75 Most Powerful Women in Business by Black Enterprise Magazine (February 2010). Ms. Saunders is a member of the ICBA Minority Bank Council and was recently appointed to the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond’s Community Depository Institutions Advisory Council.

Professor Jones is the associate editor of the International Journal of Africana Studies and serves on the editorial boards of the Journal of Black Studies; National Political Science Review; and the Journal of African American Studies.

Opus I: A Review The success of the Opus I began months before the first

dancers stepped on stage to do their first plié. Many people

from across the campus contributed to the program’s

success. The Office of Institutional Advancement and the Office for Academic Affairs both contributed to the

success of this event. The visual art students and their instructors spent months creating works of art suitable

for the silent auction. Performing and Fine Arts faculty

served as van drivers to transport the dancers to and from their hotels. The magic of stage lighting could

not have been possible without the long hours spent by On April 3, 2011 the world renowned Dance Theatre of Harlem (DTH) performed an evening of classic ballets

before an enthusiastic audience at Seabrook Auditorium. Their performance was part of Opus I, a benefit to raise

money for a scholarship endowment for the Department of Performing and Fine Arts. Opus I was also opportunity to show case the faculty and students in the Department of Performing and Fine Arts. Prior to the opening of the

event, the lobby of Seabrook Auditorium was filled with activity as patrons bid on silent auction items created by

our visual art students or they were entertained by the department’s musical ensembles. One of a kind paintings

and limited edition prints filled long blue tables to the brim with art. If music was more to your liking, the a capella female group Mane Attraction and the all male

ensemble Men of Distinction filled the lobby with album covers to favorite R & B hits. The sensation of the evening

was the six member percussion ensemble led by Dr. Parker in the salsa classic “Cocinando” by Ray Baarretto.

Dave Griffie, Silena McMillen, and Rick Barber who

spent all night hanging lights to make sure the DTH

performance was as spectacular as everyone expected. Finally, the appearance of Dance Theater of Harlem would not have been possible without the generous financial support of Mr. and Mrs. Alsic Cluff. Their love for the

arts and education made it possible for over 300 hundred middle and high school dance students to participate in a

free lecture and ballet class the morning following Sunday

evening’s performance taught by Keith Saunders, the

Director of the DTH Ensemble. For students like Stacie, who always assumed ballet was not for them, the class was a mind changing experience. Stacieonce believed “that I

couldn’t do ballet because I wasn’t fit or small enough, but thanks to you [Saunders], I feel more comfortable with

ballet.” For others, it was an opportunity to get exposed to a different style of dancing. “This performance really

opened my eyes to a different type of dancing. At first, I only liked hip-hop and modern dancing, but now, I also like ballet dancing too, ” said Da’Shia a student from EE

Smith. For students accustomed to watching “So You

Think You Can Dance” and other reality dance TV shows, students have developed a whole new appreciation for ballet where athleticism and grace meet to create beauty.

If you missed Opus I, be sure to come to Opus II

featuring the mesmerizing vocals of Dianne Reeves on April 27, 2012.

Opus II:

A Benefit for the Department of Performing and Fine Arts

Dianne Reeves

April 27 | Seabrook Auditorium | 8:00 p.m.

Grammy Award winning jazz vocalist Dianne

Reeves has recorded and performed extensively

a special performance of jazz standards and

Jazz Orchestra. She has also recorded with Chicago

Reeves comes to Seabrook Auditorium for

original works. The evening begins before the

curtain rises with hors d’oeuvres, silent auction, and amusements that will enchant and enthrall. Proceeds from this event will provide scholarships

for students in music, dance, theatre, and the visual arts. Ticket information may be obtained from the FSU Ticket Office: 910-672-1724.

Dianne Reeves is the pre-eminent jazz vocalist

in the world today. As a result of her virtuosity, improvisational prowess, and unique jazz and R&B stylings, Reeves received the Grammy for

Best Jazz Vocal Performance for three consecutive

recordings—a Grammy first in any vocal category.   Reeves appeared in George Clooney’s “Good

Night, and Good Luck,” the Academy Award

nominated film that chronicles Edward R.

with Wynton Marsalis and the Lincoln Center Symphony Orchestra conducted by Daniel

Barenboim and was a featured soloist with Sir Simon Rattle and the Berlin Philharmonic. Reeves

was the first Creative Chair for Jazz for the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the first singer to ever perform at the famed Walt Disney Concert Hall.

Reeves worked with legendary producer Arif Mardin (Norah Jones, Aretha Franklin) on the Grammy winning “A Little Moonlight,” an

intimate collection of ten standards featuring her touring trio. When Reeves’ first holiday collection

“Christmas Time is Here” was released in 2004,

Ben Ratliff of The New York Times raved, “Ms. Reeves, a jazz singer of frequently astonishing

skill, takes the assignment seriously; this is one of the best jazz Christmas CD’s I’ve heard.”

Murrow’s confrontation with Senator Joseph

In 2007 Reeves was featured in an award winning

Night, and Good Luck” provided Reeves her

Strayhorn. Her first solo album in several years,

McCarthy. The soundtrack recording of “Good fourth Best Jazz Vocal Grammy in 2006.

documentary on the all-too-brief life of Billy When You Know, was released in 2008. Since

then, she has been touring the world in a variety of contexts, including “Sing the Truth,” a musical celebration of Nina Simone which also featured Liz Wright and Angelique Kidjo. Reeves began

2011 performing at the White House State

Dinner for the President of China, Hu Jintao. A new album is due later this year.

Bold. Exhilarating. Romantic. Powerful. — North Carolina Symphony February 18, 2012 | Seabrook Auditorium | 7:00 p.m. | 8:00 P.m.

7:00 p.m. — Pre-concert lecture by Joseph Horowitz; 8:00 p.m. — Dvorák and America • Maestro Grant Llewellyn, conductor • David Hartman, host • Kevin Deas, actor/baritone

May, 5 2012 | Seabrook Auditorium | 8:00 p.m.

Viva Italia • Maestro William Curry, Resident Conductor

Founded in 1932 and subsequently

bringing music to the entire state of

in the country, the North Carolina

as one of its proudest achievements

the first state-supported symphony Symphony is a vital and honored component

North

Carolina’s

cultural life. Its 175 performances annually are greeted with enthusiasm

throughout the state, in communities

large and small, in concert halls, auditoriums,

gymnasiums

and

outdoor settings. Under the artistic

North Carolina, the Symphony counts

an extensive education program, unrivaled by any U.S. orchestra.

Fayetteville State University is pleased to welcome the North Carolina Symphony to Seabrook Auditorium

for two exceptional performances on February 18 and May 5.

leadership of Music Director Grant

For tickets and more information

in stature and sophistication, now

by the North Carolina Symphony

Llewellyn, the orchestra has grown advancing a well-earned reputation

for innovative programming and collaborative projects.

Devoted to

about the lectures and performances please visit their website at www.

ncsymphony.org/subscriptions or call 1-877-627-6724.

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Support the Department of Performing & Fine Arts (PFA) through Friends of the Arts (FOTA)

The Friends of the Arts (FOTA) at Fayetteville State University is an organization devoted to supporting the educational and cultural initiatives of the Department of Performing and fine Arts at FSU. The goals of FOTA are to provide scholarships for talented students in the performing and fine arts; and to support special projects that enhance the cultural and intellectual life of the community. Annual memberships are only $20. For more information about becoming a member call Dr. Lamb, Chair of the Department of Performing and Fine Arts at 910-672-2143 or visit our website at www.uncfsu.edu/fah.

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