SPRING 2014 COLLEGE OF VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS
Calendar of Events BELMONT UNIVERSITY
Overview of Events
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Adjunct Art Faculty Exhibit Opens Scratch the Surface Exhibit Opens Faculty Concert Series — Kathryn Paradise Curtain Call Award — Danny Wells Jazz Piano Concert — Bill Charlap Adjunct Art Faculty Reception Belmont Woodwind Quintet Graduate Performers’ Recital
SPRING 2014
January
February
3 Commercial Music Showcase 7–9 Theatre — Big Love* 11 University Symphony Orchestra 12 Student Composers’ Recital 17 Faculty Concert Series — Carolyn Treybig, Sarah Cote & Paula Bressman 20 Scratch the Surface Exhibit Reception & Closing 21–23 Theatre — Trojan Women: A Love Story* 23 Wind Ensemble Festival — Concert Band 24 Wind Ensemble Festival — Wind Ensemble 27 Chorale 28 Adjunct Art Faculty Exhibit Closes
See inside for more details or call 615.460.6408 for more information. To receive event announcements electronically, please email sarah.davis@belmont.edu. All events are free unless otherwise noted with an asterisk.*
March
10 Belmont Brass Quintet 11 Session 12 Guitar Ensemble 13 Company 15 Southbound 17 Classical Performers 18 New Music Ensemble 19 Classical String Quartets 20 Rock Ensemble 20 Bluegrass Ensemble 20 Tom Carr Exhibit Opening & Reception 21 Percussion Ensemble 21–23 Musical Theatre — Singin’ in the Rain* 24 Belmont Jazz Festival — Faculty Jazz Group 25 Belmont Jazz Festival — Jazz Strings & Bass Ensembles 26 Belmont Jazz Festival — Jazz Band II & Jazz Small Group 28 Belmont Jazz Festival — Jazzmin 28–30 Musical Theatre — Singin’ in the Rain* 29 Belmont Jazz Festival — Jazz Band 30 Brass Ensemble
2 Oratorio Chorus 3–6 Theatre — A Lovely Sunday for Creve Couer* 4–6 Mixed Bill X 4 Phoenix 7 Opera Theatre 8 Wind Ensemble & Concert Band 10 Senior Exhibit Opens 10 –13 Theatre — Mary’s Wedding* 12 President’s Dinner & Concert* 13 Chamber Singers 13 University Singers & Women’s Choir 14 Faculty Concert Series — Kristian Klefstad & Elena Bennett 15 Pops 21 Belmont Camerata 22 World Music Ensemble 26 Nashville Children’s Choir
1 Senior Art Exhibit Art Crawl
April
May
Art
DEPARTMENT OF
Carrie Cox
Tom Carr
J.C. Johnson
Carrie Scanga
Monday, January 6 – Friday, February 28
D E P ARTM ENT OF ART ADJUNC T FA CULTY Variance Exhibited works by Matt Chenoweth, Jennifer Haston, JC Johnson, Renee LaRose, Tammy Mercure, Colleen McCormick Metzger, Jessica Owings, Angelique Rabus and Mandy Rogers Horton showcase the diverse artistic interests of current Belmont Department of Art adjunct faculty. ARTISTS RECEPTION: Thursday, January 23, 5 –7 p.m. Gallery Talk, 5:30 p.m. Leu Art Gallery Monday, January 6 – Thursday, February 20
S C R ATCH THE SURFACE Curated by Jessica Owings and Jennifer Haston In conjunction with the second annual Nashville Print Revival, this group show features artwork by printmakers deconstructing, collaging or otherwise ignoring the standard, two-dimensional paper surface of printed matter. ARTISTS RECEPTION: Thursday, February 20, 5–7 p.m. Gallery Talk 5:30 p.m. Gallery 121 Thursday, March 20 – Saturday, June 14
TO M CARR here and there Featuring a selection of video and light-projection works, here and there samples the broad oeuvre of Spanish artist Tom Carr, the Department of Art’s visiting artist and master class instructor for the spring semester. ARTIST RECEPTION: Thursday, March 20, 5 –7 p.m. Gallery Talk, 5:30 p.m. Leu Art Gallery Thursday, April 10 – Monday, June 16
S E N I OR EXHIBITION & ART CR AWL Featuring the work of the May 2014 graduating seniors. ART CRAWL: Thursday, May 1, 6 –9 p.m. Gallery 121 and Leu Gallery Foyer Belmont Mansion is part of the Art Crawl only
Special SCHOOL OF MUSIC EVENTS
Thursday, January 16
C U RTAIN CALL AWARD PRESENTATION A ND CONCE RT Honoring School of Music Alumnus Danny Wells Massey Concert Hall, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, January 22
J A Z Z PIANO CONCERT SERIES Featuring guest pianist Bill Charlap McAfee Concert Hall, 7:30 p.m. Monday, February 3
2 2 N D ANNUAL COM M ERCIAL MUS IC S HOWCA S E Featuring Katelyn Fox, Andrew Galucki, Joel Heumann and Aimee Webber Massey Concert Hall, 5:30 p.m. Monday, March 17
C LA SSICAL PERFORM ERS Showcasing the finest classical singers and instrumentalists accompanied by the University Symphony Orchestra. McAfee Concert Hall, 7:30 p.m.
B E LM ONT JAZZ FESTIVAL Monday, March 24 — Faculty Jazz Group Tuesday, March 25 — Jazz Strings and Bass Ensemble Wednesday, March 26 — Jazz Band II and Jazz Small Group Friday, March 28 — Jazzmin Saturday, March 29 — Jazz Band Massey Concert Hall, 7:30 p.m. March 21, 22, 28 and 29 at 7:30 p.m. March 22, 23, 29 and 30 at 2 p.m.
M U S ICAL THEATRE PRESENTS Singin’ in the Rain* Troutt Theater Advanced tickets may be purchased at www.belmont.edu/music. Tickets are $10 for adults, $5 for senior citizens (65 and over), faculty, staff and non-Belmont students, and free for Belmont students. Saturday, April 12 5:30 p.m. Reception/Dinner 7:30 p.m. Performance
2 5 TH ANNUAL PRESIDENT’ S DINNE R A ND CONCE RT* Honoring Applause Award recipient Ricky Skaggs and featuring the School of Music’s student ensembles and groups. The funds raised by the dinner and concert support visual and performing arts scholarships. The dinner is $125 per person (includes reception, dinner and performance). Reservations are required. Concert tickets are $15 for adults, $10 for senior citizens (65 and over), Belmont faculty, staff and non-Belmont students, and $5 for Belmont students. Call 615.460.8115 for dinner invitation/reservations. For tickets, please visit www.belmont.edu/cvpa and click on the “Box Office” link.
SCHOOL OF MUSIC
Faculty PERFORMANCES
BELM ONT CAME RATA Monday, April 21
AN EVENING OF MOZ A RT A ND BRA HMS Join the Belmont faculty chamber ensemble for a concert two of music’s most celebrated composers. The program will feature Mozart’s Viola Quintet in G Minor and Brahms’ B Major Piano Trio. Camerata will be joined by guest artists Sara Sant’Ambrogio, cello, and Dan Reinker, Principal Violist with the Nashville Symphony. McAfee Concert Hall, 7:30 p.m.
FACULTY CONCE RT S E RIE S Monday, January 13
KATHRYN PARADISE, JAZZ VOCALIST A Century of American Song Massey Concert Hall, 8 p.m. Monday, February 17
CAROLYN TREYBIG, FLUTE, SARAH COTE, VIOLA, AND PAULA BRESSMAN, HARP Tongued, Bowed & Plucked McAfee Concert Hall, 7:30 p.m. Monday, April 14
KRISTIAN KLEFSTAD AND ELENA BENNETT, PIANO DUO East Meets West Music by Rachmaninoff and Gershwin McAfee Concert Hall, 7:30 p.m.
Front: Kathryn Paradise Center: Kristian Klefstad and Elena Bennett Back: Carolyn Treybig, Sarah Cote and Paula Bressman
Concerts SCHOOL OF MUSIC
Monday, January 27
Monday, March 10
BELMONT WOODWIND QUINTET
BELMONT BRASS QUINTET
McAfee Concert Hall, 8 p.m.
McAfee Concert Hall, 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, January 30
Tuesday, March 11
GRADUATE PERFORMERS’ RECITAL
SESSION
Belmont Mansion, 7:30 p.m.
Massey Concert Hall, 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday, February 11
Wednesday, March 12
UNIVERSITY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
GUITAR ENSEMBLE
McAfee Concert Hall, 7:30 p.m.
McAfee Concert Hall, 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, February 12
Thursday, March 13
STUDENT COMPOSERS’ RECITAL
COMPANY
McAfee Concert Hall, 7:30 p.m.
Massey Concert Hall, 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, February 23
Saturday, March 15
CONCERT BAND
SOUTHBOUND
McAfee Concert Hall, 3 p.m.
Massey Concert Hall, 7:30 p.m.
Monday, February 24
Tuesday, March 18
WIND ENSEMBLE
NEW MUSIC ENSEMBLE
Featuring guest conductor Dr. Edwin Powell McAfee Concert Hall, 7:30 p.m.
Massey Concert Hall, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 19
Thursday, February 27
CHORALE McAfee Concert Hall, 7:30 p.m.
CLASSICAL STRING QUARTETS Harton Recital Hall, 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, March 20
Tuesday, April 8
ROCK ENSEMBLE, 6 p.m. BLUEGRASS ENSEMBLE, 8 p.m.
WIND ENSEMBLE AND CONCERT BAND McAfee Concert Hall, 7:30 p.m.
Massey Concert Hall Sunday, April 13 Friday, March 21
CHAMBER SINGERS
PERCUSSION ENSEMBLE
McAfee Concert Hall, 3 p.m.
McAfee Concert Hall, 7:30 p.m. Sunday, April 13
BRASS ENSEMBLE
UNIVERSITY SINGERS AND WOMEN’S CHOIR
Harton Recital Hall, 1 p.m.
McAfee Concert Hall, 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, April 2
Tuesday, April 15
ORATORIO CHORUS
POPS
McAfee Concert Hall, 7:30 p.m.
Massey Concert Hall, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, April 4
Tuesday, April 22
PHOENIX
WORLD MUSIC ENSEMBLE
Massey Concert Hall, 7:30 p.m.
Massey Concert Hall, 7:30 p.m.
Monday, April 7
Saturday, April 26
OPERA THEATRE WORKSHOP
NASHVILLE CHILDREN’S CHOIR
An Evening of Rossini Massey Concert Hall, 7:30 p.m.
McAfee Concert Hall, 4 p.m.
Sunday, March 30
DEPARTMENT OF
Theatre & Dance
Advanced tickets for all events may be purchased at www.belmont.edu/theatre
S E N IOR CAPSTONES I N REP* Black Box Theater All graduating BFA Theatre majors are required to present a Senior Capstone project designed to help the student transition from Belmont to professional life. Students select a project to produce, direct, design or perform as well as oversee all aspects of the production. This spring, four Senior Capstone productions are being presented. Tickets are $8 for adults, $4 for faculty, staff, senior citizens and non-Belmont students, and free for Belmont students.
BIG LOVE* Fifty brides flee their fifty grooms and seek refuge in a villa on the coast of Italy. Mayhem ensues when the grooms catch up with the brides. This modern re-making of The Suppliants by Aeschylus raises issues of gender politics, love and domestic violence. Friday, February 7 at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, February 8 at 2 p.m. Sunday, February 9 at 2 & 7:30 p.m.
A LOVELY SUNDAY FOR CREVE COEUR* The encounter one Sunday morning of four women — a Southern-belle teacher awaiting a call from the man she hopes to marry, her German roommate, a fellow teacher and a distraught neighbor — illuminates the meaning of loneliness, compassion and compromise. Thursday, April 3 at 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 4 at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 5 at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, April 6 at 2 p.m.
MARY’S WEDDING* Beginning on the evening before her wedding in 1920, Mary dreams about meeting her beloved Charlie, falling in love, receiving his letters from the World War I trenches and his life as he experiences the horrors of battle. Thursday, April 10 at 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 11 at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 12 at 2 p.m. Sunday, April 13 at 2 p.m.
MIX E D BILL X : RE UNION* Troutt Theater Annual dance production featuring the Belmont University Dance Company and highlighting choreography by Belmont faculty and students.
TROJAN WOMEN: A LOVE STORY* The play by Euripides, set in the modern world, in which we see Troy in ruins, and a world reduced to such disarray and anguish that it will never recover again, but will, instead, spread death and disorder out into the world in all directions. Friday, February 21 at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, February 22 at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, February 23 at 2 & 7:30 p.m.
Tickets are $10 for adults, $5 for faculty, staff, alumni and non-Belmont students, and free for Belmont students. Friday, April 4 at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 5 at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, April 6 at 7:30 p.m.
Events EDUCATIONAL
EVENTS AT BE LMONT F OR HIGH SCHOOL MUS IC S TUDE NTS February 22
18TH ANNUAL MUSIC CITY SHOW SHOPPE A nationally recognized show choir competition hosted by the Belmont University vocal show ensemble, Company. February 23–24
WIND ENSEMBLE FESTIVAL hosted by the Belmont University Wind Ensemble is an invitational event for high school bands. The 2014 guest conductor is Dr. Edwin Powell of Pacific Lutheran University. The Middle Tennessee Christian School Concert Band will perform on Sunday, February 23 at 3 p.m. followed by the Belmont Concert Band. The McGavock and Rossview High School Wind Ensembles will perform on Monday, February 24 at 6:30 p.m. followed by the Belmont Wind Ensemble at 7:30 p.m. All concerts are in McAfee Concert Hall.
BELM ONT UNIV E RS ITY S UMME R MUS IC EDUCATION PROGRA MS For more information or to register for these programs, please visit www.belmont.edu/music. June 8–13 String Crossings Camp June 9–20 Orff Level I June 15–21 Summer Winds Band Camp June 23–July 3 Kodaly Level I June 22–26 Piano Camp July 13–18 Tennessee Arts Academy
M USIC LESSONS Belmont Academy offers a variety of private music lessons for students of all ages (children through adult). The eight-week summer session will begin in June. Please call 615.460.6346 or email belmontacademy@belmont.edu for more information. The College of Visual & Performing Arts is comprised of the School of Music, Department of Art and Department of Theatre & Dance. Together they create an active community that encourages imagination, nurtures creativity and promotes intellectual and professional growth in the arts. For more information, please visit www.belmont.edu/CVPA or call 615.460.6408.
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