SEASON
Join the College of Visual & Performing Arts on an exciting journey through our upcoming season where you will meet acclaimed guest artists, accomplished faculty, and our talented students. From the melodious sounds in our concert halls to characters coming to life on stage to the shifting perspectives of our visual artists, you will be transported to different worlds as each event holds a story waiting to be discovered.
We delight in celebrating the power of artistic expression. Whether you are a seasoned arts enthusiast or just beginning your exploration, there is something here for everyone. We invite you to engage, to participate, and to let your own creativity flourish. The arts are not just to be observed but also to be experienced.
We are proud of the work of our UMHB students and faculty, and we are dedicated to sharing our faith as together, WE LIVE WITH PURPOSE, ON PURPOSE. Welcome to another exciting season for the Arts at the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor!
GREETINGS
KNOW BEFORE YOU GO
To provide the best concert-going experience for all of our patrons please note the following information.
We have a new starting time! This year, our “regular” performance time is shifting to 7 PM. We hope this makes it a little easier for you to attend events and get back home at a reasonable hour.
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.
ARRIVE 20-30 MINUTES
BEFORE THE START OF THE SHOW to take your seat. Unclaimed seats may be released to walk-up guests beginning 15 minutes before the event begins.
Latecomers will only be seated at appropriate breaks in the performance.
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IMANI WINDS
Tuesday, September 12
HEATHER SORENSON
CHRISTIAN SINGER/SONGWRITER
Tuesday, October 10
Opening the 2023-2024 Guest Artist Series
is the twice GRAMMY nominated ensemble, Imani Winds. Renowned for leading both a revolution and evolution of the wind quintet, Imani Winds’ dynamic playing and adventurous programming inspires audiences of all ages and backgrounds. Their playlist embraces traditional chamber music repertoire, and newly commissioned works from voices that reflect historical events and the times in which we currently live.
REQUIEM
Heather returns to Baugh Performance Hall after her highly successful residency at UMHB in 2020. Eclectic in her musicianship, she easily maneuvers contemporary, traditional, and classical genres of music. Join us for this solo program featuring one of the most respected and established musicians in the church music industry.
by HEATHER SORENSON CARNEGIE HALL PREVIEW CONCERT
Friday, October 13
FREE, TICKET REQUIRED
The UMHB Concert Choir, with Heather Sorenson at the helm, presents Sorenson’s newly commissioned work in honor of those lost during COVID. “Requiem” was written to bring hope and healing to all who have experienced loss. Expect to hear the composer’s trademark cinematic moments, soaring choral melodies, and impressionistic chord structures. Accompanied by a chamber orchestra and featuring soprano and tenor soloists. Reserve your free ticket at umhb.edu/pac.
Tickets required for all performances: $25 Adults/$10 Child (6-18) & Senior (65+), children 5 and younger free, and free ticket with UMHB CruCard. Purchase at umhb.edu/pac.
GUEST ARTISTS
FORT WORTH SYMPHONY
Tuesday, January 9
MODERN DICKINSON
SONGS FOR VOICE AND PIANO
Tuesday, February 27
Through music written after 2000, these GRAMMY award-winning singers explore the poetry of Emily Dickinson through a modern lens. This 85-minute, non-stop program shatters the fourth wall and invites you right into Emily’s living room, into a conversation through her enlightened, paradoxical, and fanatically truth-seeking words.
ADVENTURES OF PRINCE ACHMED
LIVE SCORE WITH INVOKE QUARTET
Tuesday, April 2
Opening the New Year, Fort Worth Symphony travels to UMHB to continue doing what they do best: perform great symphonic music at the highest level of artistic excellence to educate, entertain, and enhance cultural life. Join us for this powerhouse of the Texas classical music scene.
Dann
Michelle
Invoke, the multi-instrumental quartet, encompasses traditions from across America including bluegrass, Appalachian fiddle tunes, jazz, and minimalism. Known for their imaginative programs, Invoke will perform an original live score set to the “The Adventures of Prince Achmed,” a 1926 film by silhouette animation pioneer Lotte Reiniger.
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Sonja DuToit Tengblad | SOPRANO
Coakwell | TENOR
Schumann | PIANO
All performances begin at 7 PM in Baugh
Performance Hall in the Sue & Frank Mayborn Performing Arts Center.
FACULTY SHOWCASE
Tuesday, August 15 | 7 PM
BAUGH PERFORMANCE HALL
UMHB celebrates the Arts with a focus on our faculty. New works by our Visual Arts faculty will be on display in the lobby. And we will kick off the 2023-24 Concert Season with an adventurous concert featuring our Music faculty. Over fifteen award-winning artists will present collaborative works that celebrate virtuosity, story-telling, and expressive artistry. Join us for this perfect launch to a year of the Arts at UMHB !
THE NATURE OF THINGS: WORKS by BARBARA FONTAINE-WHITE & HERSHALL SEALS
September 6-21 | 9 AM-4 PM
BAUGH CENTER FOR THE VISUAL ARTS | ART GALLERY
RECEPTION Thursday, September 7 | 5 PM
The Nature of Things is an exhibition featuring works by artists Barbara Fontaine-White and Hershall Seals. Two diverse bodies of work that push the boundaries of the expected and challenge nuanced engagements with the natural world. Their use of materiality to explore concepts disrupts the act of seeing the objects as their materials or as the things they resemble, and offers new ways of thinking about the relationship between people, art, and nature.
DEAN’S SERIES
I COULD HAVE DANCED ALL NIGHT
SONGS AND DANCES FOR VOICE, VIOLA AND PIANO
Tuesday, September 26 | 7 PM
BAUGH PERFORMANCE HALL
Husband-wife duo Samantha and Ruben Balboa are joined by pianist Michelle Schumann in this concert featuring works for soprano, viola, and piano. This anticipated event will present colorful, enigmatic, and gripping works by traditional and unexpected composers.
UMHB ART FACULTY EXHIBITION
September 27-October 12 | 9 AM-4 PM
BAUGH CENTER FOR THE VISUAL ARTS | ART GALLERY
RECEPTION Thursday, September 28 | 5 PM
ARTIST TALKS Tuesdays, October 3 and 10
2 PM | BCVA 221
Come see this exhibition showcase of new works created by UMHB art faculty. Come enjoy the various modes of creation and conceptual explorations from plein air paintings to epoxy resin sculptures to wax collages.
A TRICYCLE BUILT FOR TWO
THREE SONG CYCLES FOR VOICE AND PIANO
Tuesday, March 19 | 7 PM
BAUGH PERFORMANCE HALL
SAMANTHA BALBOA
SOPRANO RUBEN BALBOA
VIOLA MICHELLE SCHUMANN
PIANO RICHARD NOVAK
TENOR
Award-winning and internationalperforming artists, tenor Rick Novak and pianist Michelle Schumann, present a recital filled with imagery and storytelling featuring song cycles by Beethoven, Mahler, and Vaughan-Williams.
TIME AND PROGRESS
A show of over 100 letterpress posters by Louisville, KY based designer and printer Brad Vetter. These concert posters—commissioned by musicians like Chris Stapleton, Death Cab for Cutie, and Noah Kahan—span Brad’s 10+ years as an independent artist and designer. Brad creates relevant and contemporary poster work while still using the centuries-old letterpress printing process. This is a refreshing look at contemporary work that recalls the context of old wheat-pasted letterpress advertising one would have seen on a street corner or posted on the side of buildings at the turn of the century.
August 7-31
BAUGH CENTER FOR THE VISUAL ARTS | ART GALLERY
ARTIST TALK Thursday, August 31 | 2 PM | BCVA 221
RECEPTION Thursday, August 31 | 5 PM
THE NATURE OF THINGS
An exhibition featuring works by artists Barbara Fontaine-White and Hershall Seals. For more information see page 6.
September 6–21
BAUGH CENTER FOR THE VISUAL ARTS | ART GALLERY
RECEPTION Thursday, September 7 | 5 PM
VISITING ARTIST, LAURA GLEISSNER
Laura Gleissner plays with perception and visual distortion, extruding information of color, line, shape, texture, and reflection from architectural references. Her works create beautiful abstractions of man-made architectural interiors and exteriors that invite viewers to examine and engage their senses in a new way.
ARTIST TALK Thursday, September 14 | 2 PM | BCVA 221
UMHB ART FACULTY EXHIBITION
Exhibition showcase of new works created by UMHB art faculty. For more information see page 7.
September 27–October 12
BAUGH CENTER FOR THE VISUAL ARTS | ART GALLERY
RECEPTION Thursday, September 28 | 5 PM
ARTIST TALKS Tuesdays, October 3 and October 10 2 PM | BCVA 221
SENIOR EXHIBITIONS
Capstone exhibitions for graduating art majors.
October 18–December 1
BAUGH CENTER FOR THE VISUAL ARTS | ART GALLERY
FALL POTTERY SALE
Featuring hand-made pottery created by UMHB students.
Wednesday, November 15 | 10 AM–5 PM | King Street
ACTIVATED SPACE
UMHB students enrolled in the Installation Art course are challenged to conceptually understand what a gallery space is and recontextualize it through their works.
January 8–11
BAUGH CENTER FOR THE VISUAL ARTS | ART GALLERY
RECEPTION Thursday, January 11 | 5 PM
ART GALLERY
BITS AND PIECES
Artist and educator Lauren Yandell will showcase two bodies of work that she creates simultaneously. The series of mixed media drawings focus on representing her concerns and experiences getting through daily life, using repetitive motifs to create visual representations for those ideas. They are tedious and take a while to complete. Her collages explore natural elements and environments and allow her to experiment with color, texture and composition. The improvisational aspect of the collages is a nice counterbalance to the methodical practice of the drawing series but working between the two series is a unique conversation in how one informs the other.
January 16–February 8
BAUGH CENTER FOR THE VISUAL ARTS | ART GALLERY
ARTIST TALK Wednesday, January 17
2 PM | BCVA 221
RECEPTION Wednesday, January 17 | 5 PM
MELIA POTTERY
Christopher Melia makes functional ceramic vessels with an emphasis on surface textures. His work is about merging physical and mental comfort with functionality and aesthetic design, about making pieces that are appealing to both touch and sight. Every aspect of his pottery–design, creation, glazing, firing–is about cultivating an ultimate sense of comfort so that the end user can appreciate and connect with it.
February 15–March 7
BAUGH CENTER FOR THE VISUAL ARTS | ART GALLERY
RECEPTION Thursday, February 15 | 5 PM
UMHB ANNUAL STUDENT ART 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 artwork for consideration.
March 20–April 4
BAUGH CENTER FOR THE VISUAL ARTS | ART GALLERY
RECEPTION AND AWARD PRESENTATION
Thursday, March 21 | 5 PM
SENIOR EXHIBITIONS
Capstone exhibitions for graduating art majors.
April 10–May 4
BAUGH CENTER FOR THE VISUAL ARTS | ART GALLERY
SPRING POTTERY SALE
Featuring hand-made pottery created by UMHB students.
Wednesday, April 17
10 AM–5 PM | King Street
BARBARA FONTAINE-WHITE
HERSHALL SEALS
BRAD VETTER
LAUREN YANDELL
CHRISTOPHER MELIA
LAURA GLEISSNER
SEASON
FALL 2023 SPRING 2024
UMHB ENSEMBLE SHOWCASE
Tuesday, August 29 | 7 PM
TICKET REQUIRED
WIND ENSEMBLE CONCERT
Friday, September 29 | 7 PM
TICKET REQUIRED
Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month
REQUIEM by HEATHER SORENSON
CARNEGIE HALL PREVIEW CONCERT
Friday, October 13 | 7 PM
TICKET REQUIRED
For more information see page 4.
ONE VOICE CONCERT
Tuesday, October 24 | 7 PM
A VERY MARY HARDIN-BAYLOR CHRISTMAS
FEATURING
AMAHL AND THE NIGHT VISITORS
Thursday and Friday, November 9-10 | 7 PM
TICKET REQUIRED
VOICE STUDIO RECITAL
Tuesday, February 13 | 7 PM
WIND ENSEMBLE CONCERT
Friday, February 23 | 7 PM
ONE VOICE CONCERT
Tuesday, March 5 | 7 PM
CHOIR CONCERT
Friday, March 22 | 7 PM
WIND ENSEMBLE CONCERT
Friday, April 5 | 7 PM
CHOIR CONCERT
Wednesday, April 24 | Noon
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
A VERY MARY HARDIN-BAYLOR CHRISTMAS
FEATURING
AMAHL AND THE NIGHT VISITORS
Thursday and Friday, November 9-10 | 7 PM
BAUGH PERFORMANCE HALL
FREE ADMISSION BUT A TICKET IS REQUIRED. Reserve a seat at umhb.edu/pac
Join us for our annual Christmas Celebration!
This year, we will feature the Wind Ensemble in the first half of the program and present Amahl and the Night Visitors, a one-act Christmas opera, in the second half. We will continue the tradition of accepting non-perishable food donations to benefit The Source, pantry. Current art students and UMHB art alums will have works available for purchase before and after the concert. We will also be offering live, on-site, hand-printed T-shirts, featuring images designed by our students.
COMMUNITY
CHRISTMAS CAROL SING
Sunday, December 10 | 4-6 PM QUAD UMHB CAMPUS
The UMHB Arts Academy presents a “Christmas gift” to our community! Bring your lawn chairs and join us outside on the Quad lawn of the beautiful UMHB campus. Sing your favorite Christmas carols, enjoy special music, have some Christmas goodies and begin the season with family and friends. The event is free and everyone will receive a gift.
SPRING MUSICAL
THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME
Thursday, Friday and Saturday, April 18-20 | 7 PM
Sunday, April 21 | 2:30 PM
BAUGH PERFORMANCE HALL
SUE & FRANK MAYBORN PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
What makes a monster and what makes a man?
This is the central theme of The Hunchback of Notre Dame , a sweeping, grand-scale musical from Disney® Theatrical. Based on Victor Hugo’s 1831 novel, The Hunchback of Notre Dame tells the story of Quasimodo, the hunchbacked bell-ringer of Notre Dame and his desire to one day be a part of the outside world. Audiences will enjoy familiar music found in the 1996 Disney® animated film and be swept away by powerful new compositions.
TICKETS REQUIRED
$25 Adults/$10 Child (6-18) & Senior (65+), children 5 and younger free, and free ticket with UMHB CruCard. Purchase at umhb.edu/pac.
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FALL 2023
August
ART EXHIBIT TIME AND PROGRESS
Works by Brad Vetter
August 7-31 | 9 AM-4 PM
Baugh Center for the Visual Arts (BCVA)
DEAN’S SERIES FACULTY SHOWCASE
August 15 | 7 PM
Baugh Performance Hall
ENSEMBLE
UMHB ENSEMBLE SHOWCASE
August 29 | 7 PM
Baugh Performance Hall FREE, TICKET REQUIRED
September
DEAN’S SERIES: ART EXHIBIT THE NATURE OF THINGS
Works by Barbara Fontaine-White and Hershall Seals
September 6-21
9 AM-4 PM | BCVA
GUEST ARTIST IMANI WINDS
September 12 | 7 PM
Baugh Performance Hall
TICKET REQUIRED
ARTIST TALK VISITING ARTIST: LAURA GLEISSNER
September 14 | 2 PM | BCVA 221
DEAN’S SERIES
I COULD HAVE DANCED ALL NIGHT: SONGS AND DANCES FOR VOICE, VIOLA, AND PIANO
Samantha Balboa, Soprano
Ruben Balboa, Viola
Michelle Schumann, Piano
September 26 | 7 PM
Baugh Performance Hall
DEAN’S SERIES: ART EXHIBIT UMHB ART FACULTY EXHIBITION
September 27-October 12
9 AM-4 PM | BCVA
ENSEMBLE WIND ENSEMBLE CONCERT
September 29 | 7 PM
Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month
Baugh Performance Hall
FREE, TICKET REQUIRED
October
GUEST ARTIST
HEATHER SORENSON
CHRISTIAN SINGER/SONGWRITER
October 10 | 7 PM
Baugh Performance Hall
TICKET REQUIRED
ENSEMBLE REQUIEM BY HEATHER SORENSON CARNEGIE HALL PREVIEW CONCERT
October 13 | 7 PM
Baugh Performance Hall FREE, TICKET REQUIRED
ART EXHIBIT SENIOR EXHIBITIONS
October 18-December 1
9 AM-4 PM | BCVA
ENSEMBLE ONE VOICE CONCERT
October 24 | 7 PM
Baugh Performance Hall
November
ENSEMBLE A VERY MARY HARDIN-BAYLOR
CHRISTMAS
FEATURING
AMAHL AND THE NIGHT VISITORS
November 9-10 | 7 PM
Baugh Performance Hall
FREE, TICKET REQUIRED
ART SALE FALL POTTERY SALE
November 15 | 10 AM-5 PM
King Street
December
PARTICIPATORY COMMUNITY
CHRISTMAS CAROL SING
December 10 | 4 PM
Quad UMHB Campus
Baugh Performance Hall is in the Sue & Frank Mayborn Performing Arts Center.
For those performances that include a TICKET IS REQUIRED, purchase or reserve them at umhb.edu/pac.
Tickets: $25 Adults/$10 Child (6-18) & Senior (65+), children 5 and younger free, and free ticket with UMHB CruCard.
SPRING 2024
January
ART EXHIBIT ACTIVATED SPACE
Works by UMHB Students
January 8-11
9 AM-4 PM | BCVA
GUEST ARTIST FORT WORTH SYMPHONY
January 9 | 7 PM
Baugh Performance Hall TICKET REQUIRED
ART EXHIBIT BITS AND PIECES
Works by Lauren Yandell
January 16-February 8
9 AM-4 PM | BCVA
February
ENSEMBLE VOICE STUDIO RECITAL
February 13 | 7 PM
Baugh Performance Hall
ART EXHIBIT CHRISTOPHER MELIA POTTERY
February 15-March 7
9 AM-4 PM | BCVA
ENSEMBLE WIND ENSEMBLE CONCERT
February 23 | 7 PM
Baugh Performance Hall
GUEST ARTIST
MODERN DICKINSON SONGS FOR VOICE AND PIANO Songs for Voice and Piano
February 27 | 7 PM
Baugh Performance Hall TICKET REQUIRED
March
ENSEMBLE ONE VOICE CONCERT
March 5 | 7 PM
Baugh Performance Hall
DEAN’S SERIES A TRICYCLE BUILT FOR TWO: THREE SONG CYCLES FOR VOICE AND PIANO
Richard Novak, Tenor with Michelle Schumann, Piano
March 19 | 7 PM
Baugh Performance Hall
ART EXHIBIT UMHB ANNUAL STUDENT ART COMPETITION
March 20-April 4
9 AM-4 PM | BCVA
ENSEMBLE CHOIR CONCERT
March 22 | 7 PM
Baugh Performance Hall
April
GUEST ARTIST ADVENTURES OF PRINCE ACHMED
LIVE SCORE WITH INVOKE QUARTET
April 2 | 7 PM
Baugh Performance Hall TICKET REQUIRED
ENSEMBLE WIND ENSEMBLE CONCERT
April 5 | 7 PM
Baugh Performance Hall
ART EXHIBIT SENIOR EXHIBITIONS
April 10-May 4
9 AM-4 PM | BCVA
ART SALE SPRING POTTERY SALE
April 17 | 10 AM-5 PM King Street
SPRING MUSICAL THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME
April 18-20 | 7 PM
April 21 | 2:30 PM
Baugh Performance Hall TICKET REQUIRED
ENSEMBLE CHOIR CONCERT
April 24 | Noon
Baugh Performance Hall
TICKET INFO
GUEST ARTISTS
Imani Winds
Heather Sorenson
Fort Worth Symphony
Modern Dickinson
Adventures of Prince Achmed Live Score with Invoke Quartet
SPRING MUSICAL
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
ENSEMBLES
UMHB Ensemble Showcase
Wind Ensemble Concert
Requiem: by Heather Sorenson, Carnegie Hall Preview Concert
A Very Mary Hardin-Baylor Christmas featuring Amahl and the Night Visitors
September 12 7 PM
October 107 PM
January 97 PM
February 277 PM
April 2 7 PM
These performances require a purchased ticket.
$25 Adult
$10 Child (6-18) & Senior (65+)
Children 5 & younger are free
Purchase Tickets
umhb.edu/pac
April 18-20
April 21 7 PM 2:30 PM
Reserve Tickets
August 297 PM
September 297 PM
October 137 PM
November 9-107 PM
These events are free but a ticket is required for admittance.
umhb.edu/pac
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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