2024-2025 SEASON
Greetings FROM THE DEAN
Welcome to a world of creativity and expression with the Arts at UMHB ! We are thrilled to share our upcoming season with you. Discover a captivating lineup of performances, exhibitions, and cultural events that celebrate the imagination and talent of our students, faculty, and guest artists. Please join us in exploring the intersection of innovation and tradition as we promote excellence through artistic practice and scholarship within a faith-informed framework.
We believe the arts are meant to be experienced and we are eager to share our creative efforts with you. We are dedicated to sharing our faith as together we live with purpose, on purpose.
Join the excitement and let your own creativity flourish. Prepare to be moved, inspired, and entertained as we celebrate the power of art and rejoice in the blessings of our Creator!
Kathryn Fouse, DMA Dean, College of Visual and Performing Arts
KNOW BEFORE YOU GO
To provide the best concert-going experience for all of our patrons please note the following information.
Most performances start at 7 PM and are located in the Baugh Performance Hall in the Sue & Frank Mayborn Performing Arts Center; any exceptions are noted.
Several of our events require tickets. This is noted in the event details. Please go to umhb.edu/pac or call the box office at 254-295-5999 to RESERVE YOUR TICKETS.
WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO ARRIVE 20-30 MINUTES BEFORE THE START OF THE SHOW to take your seat. For ticketed events, unclaimed seats may be released to walk-up guests beginning 15 minutes prior to the published start time.
Those arriving after a performance begins will only be seated at an appropriate break.
Guest Artists
Thursday, October 3 | 2 PM Fikes Chamber Hall
C3: CONVERSATIONS IN CHRISTIANITY & CULTURE
PSALMS THROUGH EVERY SEASON
The Book of Psalms contains songs birthed from a wide variety of life circumstances. Join us for a discussion with Wendell Kimbrough about the relevance of Psalm singing for the 21st-century Christian through all seasons of life.
FREE, NO TICKET REQUIRED
Thursday, October 3 | 7 PM Baugh Performance Hall
CONCERT
Wendell Kimbrough is a songwriter and performer reimagining the Psalms for emotionally honest modern worship. His music makes space for the whole range of human experience, from lament, grief, and anger to playful, joyful celebration. With singable melodies, steeped in the sounds of folk, gospel, and country music, Wendell’s songs are sung at churches around the world.
Wendell Kimbrough
Chanticleer
Tuesday, October 22 | 7 PM
Baugh Performance Hall
The GRAMMY® Award-winning vocal ensemble Chanticleer is known around the world as “an orchestra of voices” for its wide-ranging repertoire and dazzling virtuosity. Since its founding in 1978, Chanticleer quickly took its place as one of the most prolific recording and touring ensembles in the world, selling over one million recordings and performing thousands of live concerts to audiences around the world. Named for the “clearsinging” rooster in Geoffrey Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales, Chanticleer continues to maintain ambitious programming, including a large education and outreach program.
Stiletto Brass Quintet
Tuesday, February 25 | 7 PM
Baugh Performance Hall
Stiletto Brass Quintet features five highly accomplished women from the U.S. with careers spanning the fields of orchestral, wind band, and brass chamber music. Its energetic and diversified repertoire includes avant-garde compositions written by leading composers of our time, as well as classical and popular works from the Baroque period to Gershwin. Stiletto’s concerts are fun, serious, heartwarming, emotionally intense, and always an audience favorite.
Baugh Performance Hall and Fikes Chamber Hall are in the Sue & Frank Mayborn Performing Arts Center.
The StepCrew
Friday, March 21 | 7 PM
Baugh Performance Hall
The StepCrew brings together three styles of exhilarating dance forms–Ottawa Valley stepdance, Irish stepdance, and tap. With virtuosic dancers and musicians from the likes of The Chieftains, Cherish The Ladies, and Bowfire, this cast of outstanding talent takes you on a dance journey. As champions in their respective art forms they show audiences the amazing similarities and differences between these three captivating styles. As if dancing weren’t enough, The StepCrew boasts three world-class fiddlers backed by an amazing five-piece ensemble comprised of some of the most talented and respected musicians in the Celtic music scene today.
Dean’s Series
Hymns for the Gathered Church: A Festival of New Hymns
Sunday, August 25 | 3 PM
THE DEAN’S SERIES FOCUSES A SPOTLIGHT ON OUR UMHB FACULTY. WHETHER IN A MUSICAL PERFORMANCE, AN ART EXHIBIT, OR A LECTURE, OUR GIFTED FACULTY SHARE THEIR PASSION WITH AUDIENCES.
COME TO LEARN , TO BE MOTIVATED, AND TO BE INSPIRED BY THE WORK OF OUR VERY OWN.
Hymns for the Gathered Church is a new collection of hymn texts penned by Robert Pendergraft that seek to be intentionally inclusive of all ages in the church.
ROBERT PENDERGRAFT
James and Lena Hagan Chair of Church Music, UMHB
Patterned after Isaiah 6, this festival will provide an opportunity for all in attendance to join in singing these texts to familiar tunes.
Fiesta de Flautas
FEATURING LATIN-AMERICAN COMPOSERS AND MUSIC INSPIRED BY THE HISPANIC CULTURE
Tuesday, September 17 | 7 PM
Join Hilary Janysek Piña for a Fiesta de Flautas! This program will feature music inspired by the dances and melodies of Spain, Mexico, Argentina, and other LatinAmerican countries.
Dr. Janysek Piña is the instructor of flute at UMHB and is on the board of the Austin Flute Society and chair of the National Flute Association’s Flute Clubs Committee.
MANNING CHAPEL BAUGH PERFORMANCE HALL
Manning Chapel is in the Paul and Jane Meyer Christian Studies Center.
HILARY JANYSEK PIÑA Flute
Baugh Performance Hall is in the Sue & Frank Mayborn Performing Arts Center.
The Sound and the Story FACULTY SHOWCASE
Tuesday, January 21 | 7 PM
There are 26 letters in our alphabet. Who knew those 26 sounds could be so powerful when they connect to create language? What about the 12 musical pitches arranged in 88 keys on the piano? There are times when individual words on a page, no matter how skillfully arranged, still need the sounds beyond speech to achieve the truest expression of emotion. This program will explore musical works inspired by stories. Some of the stories are explicit–including references to Walt Whitman and Shakespeare; others are more subtle reflections of poetry and life.
Tuesday, February 4 | 7 PM
Join us for an evening celebrating our wonderful Arts faculty. Arrive early to explore captivating works by our Visual Arts faculty showcased in the lobby. Then immerse yourself in thrilling performances by our talented Music faculty. We are deeply passionate about our craft and invite you to meet and connect with the remarkable artists who live and work in our community.
Ye’ll Take the High Road and I’ll Take the Low Road
Tuesday, March 18 | 7 PM
A duet recital featuring Richard Novak ( UMHB Associate Professor of Music) and guest artist, Leslie John Flanagan (Professor of Voice at the University of Oklahoma), showcasing operatic duet favorites and selections from popular Broadway shows. They will be joined by Sammy Marshall at the piano.
BAUGH PERFORMANCE HALL
BAUGH PERFORMANCE HALL
RICHARD NOVAK Tenor
LESLIE FLANAGAN Baritone
BAUGH PERFORMANCE HALL
KATHRYN FOUSE Piano
Art Gallery
SURFING THE PHOTO WAVES
NAN DICKSON
For Nan Dickson, all of life is a story—really a collection or collusion or collision of stories that swirl her along in an endless sea of fascinating encounters. Her gift is to surf the waves of that narrative without worrying about what will happen next or where everything is “going.” What matters most is to fully embrace the moment and perceive its essence, in order to capture as a memory what has so captivated her.
August 12-29
BAUGH CENTER FOR THE VISUAL ARTS | ART GALLERY
ARTIST TALK August 15 | 4 PM | BCVA 221
RECEPTION August 15 | 5 PM | Art Gallery
LIGHT AND SHADE, ARCHITECTURAL LANDSCAPES BY JANE LOVETT WELLS
The bright Texas sun is a part of Jane. Natural light on buildings, water, highways, and weeds is what inspires her to paint. The summer sun cooking asphalt or the low winter sun casting long shadows across an auditorium wall, jolts her into imagining what the scene would look like as a painting. Her subject matter, the parking lots, cafe chairs, highways, and sheds are not what most folks think is pretty, but for Jane it’s not the sentimental prettiness of a place that draws her in, it is the shadows they create that she deems beautiful.
September 5-26
BAUGH CENTER FOR THE VISUAL ARTS | ART GALLERY
ARTIST TALK September 5 | 4 PM | BCVA 221
RECEPTION September 5 | 5 PM | Art Gallery
EXPERIMENTAL PUBLISHING EXHIBITION
CHRISTOPHER COTE
Christopher Cote is a lecturer in the School of Design at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. His practice explores publishing and distribution methods in public spaces to connect people. He designs and distributes work through both traditional and experimental publishing methods. This exhibition is a sampling of what publishing is, means, and can be.
October 3-24
BAUGH CENTER FOR THE VISUAL ARTS | ART GALLERY
ARTIST TALK October 3 | 4 PM | BVCA 221
RECEPTION October 3 | 5 PM | Art Gallery
SENIOR EXHIBITIONS
Capstone exhibitions for graduating art majors. October 31-December 6
BAUGH CENTER FOR THE VISUAL ARTS | ART GALLERY
ARTIST TALK WITH HILARY OSWALD
Hilary K. Oswald is an artist and designer focused primarily on retail display and installation art, exhibiting with such clients as Magnolia, Anthropologie, and small boutique retailers.
As a fine artist, she specializes in printmaking and painting.
November 7 | 2 PM | BCVA 221
FALL POTTERY SALE
Featuring handmade pottery created by UMHB students. November 13 | 10 AM-5 PM | King Street
ARTSRUSH
’25
Exhibition of works created during the one-day art marathon.
January 24 | 5 PM
BAUGH CENTER FOR THE VISUAL ARTS | ART GALLERY
JESSICA ROBLES: PRINTS AND DRAWINGS
Jessica’s work is a compilation of thoughts, ideas, memories, and meaningful objects that she holds dear and brings to life in her prints and drawings. The work often hints at a sense of wit, sensitivity, vulnerability, and sometimes an overbearing sadness which in the end creates a beautifully haunting image.
January 30-February 27
BAUGH CENTER FOR THE VISUAL ARTS | ART GALLERY
ARTIST TALK January 30 | 4 PM | BCVA 221
RECEPTION January 30 | 5 PM | Art Gallery
ARTIST TALK WITH CINDY HELLYER-HEINZ
Cindy Hellyer-Heinz is an artist and associate professor at Northern Illinois University, where she has been teaching for twenty years. Her drawings have been exhibited in museums and galleries and featured in books and journals. Her imagery describes the human aging process, paralleling nature’s cycles of regeneration. Cindy is a committed and passionate educator, devoted to the healing and growth potential in art making.
March 6 | 2 PM | BCVA 221
UMHB ANNUAL ART STUDENT COMPETITION
This exhibition is juried annually by an accomplished arts professional and provides students with real-world experience. All currently enrolled UMHB students are eligible to submit work for consideration.
March 20-April 3
BAUGH CENTER FOR THE VISUAL ARTS | ART GALLERY
RECEPTION & AWARD CEREMONY
March 20 | 5 PM | Art Gallery
SENIOR EXHIBITIONS
Capstone exhibitions for graduating art majors.
April 10-May 10
BAUGH CENTER FOR THE VISUAL ARTS | ART GALLERY
SPRING
POTTERY SALE
Featuring handmade pottery created by UMHB students.
April 23
10 AM-5 PM KING STREET
All performances are free and in Baugh Performance Hall in the Sue & Frank Mayborn Performing Arts Center. For those performances that indicate a ticket is required, reserve them at umhb.edu/pac.
UMHB Ensembles
FALL
2024
ONE VOICE CONCERT
Saturday, September 14 | 3 PM
WIND ENSEMBLE CONCERT
JOINED BY THE COMMUNITY BAND OF CENTRAL TEXAS
Friday, September 27 | 7 PM
TICKET REQUIRED
VOCAL SHOWCASE
Tuesday, October 1 | 7 PM
WIND ENSEMBLE HALLOWEEN CONCERT
Thursday, October 31 | 7 PM
TICKET REQUIRED
A VERY MARY HARDIN-BAYLOR CHRISTMAS
Thursday and Friday, November 14-15 | 7 PM
TICKET REQUIRED
SPRING 2025
WIND ENSEMBLE CONCERT
Friday, February 28 | 7 PM
ONE VOICE AND CONCERT CHOIR
Thursday, March 6 | 7 PM
WIND ENSEMBLE CONCERT
Friday, April 25 | 7 PM
A Very Mary Hardin-Baylor Christmas
Thursday and Friday, November 14-15 | 7 PM
BAUGH PERFORMANCE HALL
SUE & FRANK MAYBORN PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
FREE ADMISSION BUT A TICKET IS REQUIRED
Reserve a seat at umhb.edu/pac
This UMHB holiday tradition continues as we bring you the Christmas portion of HANDEL’S
MESSIAH
We will again be accepting nonperishable food donations to benefit The Source, UMHB’s food pantry. Current art students and alums will have works available for purchase before and after the concert. Join us for an exciting evening with this beloved holiday classic and get started on your Christmas shopping!
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Productions 2024-2025
Friday, October 18 | 7 PM
Saturday, October 19 | 2:30 PM
BAUGH PERFORMANCE HALL
SUE & FRANK MAYBORN PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
Join us for a spectacular evening of romance and whimsy with Rodgers and Hammerstein’s A Grand Night for Singing . This delightful musical revue features beloved hits from classic Rodgers and Hammerstein shows like The Sound of Music , Carousel , and South Pacific , as well as lesser-known gems like Allegro! and Me and Juliet . A Grand Night for Singing explores themes of young infatuation, the complexity and fulfillment of marriage, and the enduring power of love. Don’t miss the opportunity to experience the nostalgia and delight of some of musical theatre’s greatest songs performed live on stage!
TICKETS REQUIRED
$15 Adults/$10 Child (12 and under) and Seniors (65+), and free ticket with UMHB CruCard. Purchase at umhb.edu/pac.
A Magical Opera
Composed by Rachel Portman Libretto by Nicholas Wright
Friday, April 11 | 7 PM
Saturday and Sunday, April 12-13 | 2:30 PM
BAUGH PERFORMANCE HALL
SUE & FRANK MAYBORN PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
Step into a world of wonder with Rachel Portman’s captivating opera, The Little Prince. Based on Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s beloved children’s book, this magical production invites audiences to experience an unforgettable journey of friendship, love, and imagination.
The story follows the voyage of a young prince traveling from his tiny home planet, B-612, across the universe. Along the way, he meets a variety of thought-provoking characters on different planets, each teaching him valuable life lessons. The prince eventually arrives on Earth, where he meets a stranded pilot in the desert and shares his wisdom about the essential things in life that can only be seen with the heart.
Please note there are TWO matinee performances of this production. Families are encouraged to bring their little explorers to experience this heartwarming performance!
TICKETS REQUIRED
$15 Adults/$10 Child (12 and under) and Seniors (65+), and free ticket with UMHB CruCard. Purchase at umhb.edu/pac.
Fall 2024
AUGUST
ART EXHIBIT
SURFING THE PHOTO WAVES
NAN DICKSON
August 12-29 | 9 AM-4 PM
Baugh Center for the Visual Arts (BCVA)
ARTIST TALK
NAN DICKSON
August 15 | 4 PM | BCVA 221
DEAN’S SERIES
HYMNS FOR THE GATHERED CHURCH: A FESTIVAL OF NEW HYMNS
ROBERT PENDERGRAFT
August 25 | 3 PM
Manning Chapel
SEPTEMBER
ART EXHIBIT
LIGHT AND SHADE, ARCHITECTURAL LANDSCAPES
BY JANE LOVETT WELLS
September 5-26
9 AM-4 PM | BCVA
ARTIST TALK
JANE LOVETT WELLS
September 5 | 4 PM | BCVA 221
ENSEMBLE
ONE VOICE CONCERT
September 14 | 3 PM
Baugh Performance Hall
DEAN’S SERIES
FIESTA DE FLAUTAS
HILARY JANYSEK PIÑA, FLUTE
September 17 | 7 PM
Baugh Performance Hall
ENSEMBLE WIND ENSEMBLE CONCERT JOINED BY THE COMMUNITY
BAND OF CENTRAL TEXAS
September 27 | 7 PM
Baugh Performance Hall
FREE, TICKET REQUIRED
OCTOBER
ENSEMBLE
VOCAL SHOWCASE
October 1 | 7 PM
Baugh Performance Hall
ART EXHIBIT
EXPERIMENTAL
PUBLISHING EXHIBITION
CHRISTOPHER COTE
October 3-24 | 9 AM-4 PM | BCVA
ARTIST TALK
CHRISTOPHER COTE
October 3 | 4 PM | BCVA 221
GUEST ARTIST
WENDELL KIMBROUGH
C3: CONVERSATIONS IN CHRISTIANITY AND CULTURE
October 3 | 2 PM
Fikes Chamber Hall
GUEST ARTIST
WENDELL KIMBROUGH CONCERT
October 3 | 7 PM
Baugh Performance Hall TICKET REQUIRED
FALL PRODUCTION RODGERS AND HAMMERSTEIN’S A GRAND NIGHT FOR SINGING
October 18 | 7 PM
October 19 | 2:30 PM
Baugh Performance Hall TICKET REQUIRED
GUEST ARTIST CHANTICLEER
October 22 | 7 PM
Baugh Performance Hall TICKET REQUIRED
ENSEMBLE WIND ENSEMBLE
HALLOWEEN CONCERT
October 31 | 7 PM
Baugh Performance Hall
FREE, TICKET REQUIRED
ART EXHIBIT
SENIOR EXHIBITIONS
October 31-December 6
9 AM-4 PM | BCVA
NOVEMBER
ARTIST TALK HILARY OSWALD
November 7 | 2 PM | BCVA 221
ART SALE FALL POTTERY SALE
November 13 | 10 AM-5 PM
King Street
ENSEMBLE
A VERY MARY HARDIN-BAYLOR
CHRISTMAS: HANDEL’S MESSIAH
November 14-15 | 7 PM
Baugh Performance Hall
FREE, TICKET REQUIRED
For those performances that indicate a TICKET IS REQUIRED, purchase or reserve them at umhb.edu/pac.
Spring 2025
JANUARY
DEAN’S SERIES
THE SOUND AND THE STORY
KATHRYN FOUSE, PIANO
January 21 | 7 PM
Baugh Performance Hall
ART EXHIBIT
ARTSRUSH ’25
January 24 | 5 PM
BCVA
ART EXHIBIT
JESSICA ROBLES: PRINTS AND DRAWINGS
January 30-February 27
9 AM-4 PM | BCVA
ARTIST TALK
JESSICA ROBLES
January 30 | 4 PM | BCVA 221
FEBRUARY
DEAN’S SERIES
FACULTY SHOWCASE
February 4 | 7 PM
Baugh Performance Hall
PARTICIPATORY
ARTS ACADEMY ANNUAL
“HEART & SOUL” A-THON
February 14 | 9 AM-5 PM
Baugh Performance Hall
GUEST ARTIST STILETTO BRASS QUINTET
February 25 | 7 PM
Baugh Performance Hall
TICKET REQUIRED
ENSEMBLE WIND ENSEMBLE CONCERT
February 28 | 7 PM
Baugh Performance Hall
MARCH
ARTIST TALK
CINDY HELLYER-HEINZ
March 6 | 2 PM | BCVA 221
ENSEMBLE ONE VOICE AND CONCERT CHOIR
March 6 | 7 PM
Baugh Performance Hall
DEAN’S SERIES YE’LL TAKE THE HIGH ROAD AND I’LL TAKE THE LOW ROAD RICHARD NOVAK, TENOR LESLIE FLANAGAN, BARITONE
March 18 | 7 PM
Baugh Performance Hall
ART EXHIBIT
UMHB ANNUAL ART STUDENT COMPETITION
March 20-April 3
9 AM-4 PM | BCVA
GUEST ARTIST THE STEPCREW
March 21 | 7 PM
Baugh Performance Hall TICKET REQUIRED
APRIL
ART EXHIBIT
SENIOR EXHIBITIONS
April 10-May 10
9 AM-4 PM | BCVA
SPRING PRODUCTION THE LITTLE PRINCE, A MAGICAL OPERA
April 11 | 7 PM
April 12-13 | 2:30 PM
Baugh Performance Hall TICKET REQUIRED
ART SALE
SPRING POTTERY SALE
April 23 | 10 AM-5 PM
King Street
ENSEMBLE
WIND ENSEMBLE CONCERT
April 25 | 7 PM
Baugh Performance Hall
Manning Chapel is in the Paul and Jane Meyer Christian Studies Center. Baugh Performance Hall and Fikes Chamber Hall are in the Sue & Frank Mayborn Performing Arts Center.
Ticket Info
GUEST ARTISTS
Wendell Kimbrough Concert
October 37 PM
Chanticleer October 227 PM
Stiletto Brass Quintet February 257 PM
PRODUCTIONS
The StepCrew March 217 PM Rodgers and Hammerstein’s A Grand
GUEST ARTIST TICKET PRICES
$25 Adult
$10 Child (6-18) & Senior (65+)
Children 5 & younger are free
PRODUCTION TICKET PRICES
$15 Adult
$10 Child (12 & under) & Senior (65+)
ENSEMBLES
Wind Ensemble Concert
Joined by The Community Band of Central Texas September 277 PM
Wind Ensemble Halloween Concert October 317 PM
A Very Mary Hardin-Baylor Christmas: Handel’s Messiah November 14-157 PM
These events are free but a ticket is required for admittance.
All other exhibits and events listed in this brochure are free and open to the public. All events, times, and locations subject to change.
Please contact the Ticket Office at 254-295-5999 if you have questions.
Ticket Office hours are 12-4 PM Monday through Friday and one hour prior to ticketed events, or email: pac@umhb.edu
Students and Alumni may present a valid CruCard or Alumni Benefits card at the Ticket Office to receive one free ticket per event.
Faculty and Staff receive two free tickets.
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