All events are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted. For more information about ticketed events, call (304) 293-SHOW. For information about any College of Creative Arts event, contact the publicity office at (304) 293-4359. Events on this calendar are subject to change. For the latest information, see our web calendar at www.ccarts.wvu.edu.
Tuesday, April 14
Guest artist recital – Penn State Faculty Wind Quintet
Bloch Learning and Performance Hall (200A) at 7:30 p.m.
The Pennsylvania Quintet—comprised of Penn State faculty members Naomi Seidman, flute, Tim Hurtz, oboe, Anthony Costa, clarinet, Lisa O. Bontrager, horn, and Daryl Durran, bassoon—is celebrating its 30th season this year. This acclaimed wind chamber music ensemble has presented concerts at major venues on both sides of the Atlantic. Performances have included concerts at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., the Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival, Germany, and concerts in Nuremberg and Frankfurt. In addition to performances on many university guest artist series, the Quintet has been Ensemble-in-Residence at the Sedona Chamber Music Festival and a winner of the National Flute Association’s international Chamber Music Ensemble competition. National Public Radio has featured the Quintet in its nationally-syndicated program, “Performance Today.” Works on the program include: Concerto No. 2 after Vivaldi, BWV 593 by J.S. Bach (1685-1750); Cape May Breezes by Daniel Dorff (b. 1956); “Petite Suite” (1935) by Jean Rivier (1896-1987); and “Compass Kaleidoscope” (2015) by Andrea Clearfield (b. 1960).
Wednesday, April 15
Alumni-in-Residence Series: “A Path Worth Traveling: The Real View from the Road of Music Education” by Mark Davis
Room 440A, Creative Arts Center, 9 a.m.
A 1997 graduate of the WVU School of Music, Davis is currently the fine arts curriculum specialist for the Kanawha County school district. He was honored as Kanawha County Teacher of the Year in 2012. He will speak to students about his career in music education as part of the College of Creative Arts Alumni-in-Residence Series, in which outstanding alumni of the College return to work with students.
Davis supervises and manages all of the arts programs in Kanawha County, for grades K-12. He earned his B.M. in Music Education in 1997 and his M.A. in Educational Communication in 2009, both from WVU. He went on to earn his Level I and Level II Orff teaching certification from the University of Kentucky and taught elementary general music in Kanawha County for more than 15 years. During his April 15 visit, Davis will also give a demonstration of applied teaching methods and WVU music students will be encouraged to participate in the discussion.
Thursday, April 16
Measaros Galleries: Bachelor of Fine Art Senior Project Exhibition.
Open through May 16
Seniors graduating with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in the WVU College of Creative Arts will exhibit their final projects in the Creative Arts Center’s Mesaros Galleries. Works include painting, sculpture, printmaking, ceramics, graphic design, intermedia and photography. This all-inclusive exhibition is unique among the many exhibits seen this year in the School of Art and Design, because it represents the culmination of all of the senior capstone projects for all the major studio areas. The exhibition will also be open for the College of Creative Arts Commencement ceremony on May 16.The gallery hours are Monday through Saturday, from noon to 9:30 p.m. The galleries are closed on Sundays and University holidays.
Steinway Piano Celebration
CAC Main Lobby, 3:30 p.m.
Three new Boston Upright Steinway pianos will be delivered to the Creative Arts Center on April 16, the gift of a donor who is committed to seeing the WVU School of Music become an All-Steinway school. Piano students from the School of Music and from its Community Music Program will present a “play-a-thon” in the afternoon to welcome the new pianos and there will be a ceremony featuring College of Creative Arts Dean Paul Kreider and School of Music Director Keith Jackson. Since its inception in 2012, the School of Music’s All Steinway Campaign has raised nearly $400,000 through the support of 144 donors, resulting in 15 new pianos for music students at WVU. The Steinway Piano Celebration is open to the public.
Dan and Betsy Brown Lecture Series: “Between Art and Architecture,” Maya Lin, designer of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C.
Erickson Alumni Center, 7 p.m.
Designer, artist and environmentalist Maya Lin will talk about her remarkable career in both art and architecture, which began when she virtually redefined the idea of “monument” with her design for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. Lin’s acclaimed work encompasses large-scale environmental installations, intimate studio artworks, architectural works, and memorials. Her art exudes a profound respect and love for the natural environment and her architectural projects create a close dialogue between the landscape and built environment. Her work has been in solo and group exhibitions throughout the United States and abroad. In 2009, Lin was awarded the National Medal of Arts by President Barack Obama, and she was honored in 2014 with the prestigious Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize. Lin’s lecture is free and open to the public.
WVU Concert Band Series
Lyell B. Clay Concert Theatre, 7:30 p.m.
The WVU Concert Band is comprised of more than 80 students from throughout the University. The Concert Band rehearses one night each week during the spring semester and performs a concert annually in April. This year’s concert is directed by Dearl J. Drury, John Hendricks, III, and graduate conducting students Chelsea Corraro and Stephen Lane. The program will include: “Mt. Everest” by Rossano Galante; “March of the Trolls” by Edvard Grieg; “Overture for Winds” by Charles Carter; “Snakes!” by Thomas C. Duffy; and “Flying Eagle March” by Herman L. Blankenburg. Following a brief intermission, the group will perform “Where The Black Hawk Soars” by Robert W. Smith, “Portrait of a Clown” by Frank Ticheli, “The Great Locomotive Chase” by Robert W. Smith, and “The Dam Busters” by Eric Coates. The concert is free and open to the public.
Friday, April 17
Visiting Artist in Ceramics Brett Kern
1:30 to 4 p.m., Ceramics Studio (Room 2339A)
Brett Kern received his MFA in Ceramics from WVU in 2010 and studied in China in the fall of 2007 as part of the WVU School of Art and Design’s exchange program with Jingdezhen Ceramics Institute. Upon graduating from WVU, Brett became Artist-In-Residence at the Red Lodge Clay Center in Red Lodge, Montana. He then returned to West Virginia to begin his teaching career at Davis & Elkins College, where he currently teaches. While maintaining his teaching career, Brett continues to show his work nationally and regionally. He has been shown in the fifth and sixth annual Archie Bray Beyond the Brickyard show and received a Director’s Choice award in the sixth. Most Recently, Brett has been picked as an emerging artist for 2014 in the May issue of Ceramics Monthly and was named Best Artist for 2014 by West Virginia Living Magazine. Brett will be on campus for two days, where he will conduct a workshop and demonstration on the afternoon of Friday, April 17, and present a guest artist lecture at 2 p.m. on Saturday, April 18, in the Ceramics Studio (Room 2339A).
Alumni-in-Residence Series: Bob Shreve, theme park designer
2 p.m., Antoinette Falbo Theatre
Bob Shreve, a native of Fairmont, West Virginia, is currently Corporate Vice President for Attractions Development at Herschend Family Entertainment in Atlanta, Georgia. Shreve graduated from the WVU School of the School of Theatre and Dance in 1980 with a degree in technical theatre. Prior to designing theme parks, he was deputy commissioner for the West Virginia Division of Culture and History, taught technical theatre at WVU, and worked as a professional theatre designer and technician. In the 1990s Bob served as SQS coordinator at Walt Disney Imagineering, where he worked to maintain the overall guest experience at EPCOT. Before joining Herschend, he served as executive producer of the design department for all Universal Parks & Resorts. Products developed during his tenure included “Revenge of the Mummy,” “Shrek 4D,” and “Universal Studios Shanghai.” He was also show producer for the Revenge of the Mummy attraction at Universal Orlando. During his visit on April 17, he will speak to students and faculty about his career in theme park design and management. A Q&A session will follow.
Guest artist recital: Luke Dahn, associate professor of music theory and composition, Northwestern University
Bloch Learning and Performance Hall (200A), 6 p.m.
Luke Dahn, who is serving a week-long residency in the WVU School of Music, will present a recital of contemporary music that will feature works by WVU music students and faculty. The program includes: “Traces” (2010) by Luke Dahn; “Paris la Belle” (2015) by WVU doctoral composition student Kyle Simpson; “Dreams of Fin” (2006) was written by WVU music faculty member Joseph Dangerfield; “Fantasia primi toni” (Fantasia in the first mode) by WVU composition student Ben Cornelius-Bates; and, “Penumbrae” (2008) by Luke Dahn, which won the 2010 League of Composers/ISCM Competition. WVU music students performing will be Youna Choi, piano, Mirim Lee, flute, Cody Dixon, clarinet, Kyle Simpson, trumpet, Ida Cawly, bassoon, Christopher Jones, cello, Diendra Sunam, piano, Diego Gabete Rodriguez, violin, Josephine Merlino, harpsichord, Taylor Giorgio, violin, and Alexis Trbovich, viola. Composer and pianist Joseph Dangerfield of the WVU music faculty will also perform and conduct on the program. The concert is free and open to the public.
Theatre Production: “Mother Courage and Her Children,” by Bertolt Brecht
7:30 p.m., Gladys G. Davis Theatre
(Runs through April 25)
In this adaptation of Brecht’s classic anti-war epic, Mother Courage is a canteen woman, pulling her cart along with her three children, trading with the soldiers and attempting to make a profit from the Thirty Years’ War. Her relationship with war comes into question as she is forced to pay a high price for living off the suffering of others. Directed by Jim Knipple, artist in residence in the School of Theatre and Dance, “Mother Courage and Her Children” utilizes technology to ignite the audience’s imagination in the construction of the avant-garde world of the story. The cast features BFA Acting students Willa McWhorter and Lauren Waldron, as well as MFA Acting students Kyle Walter and Landon Green, along with many other talented WVU students, including non-majors. “Mother Courage and Her Children” will be presented April 17-18 at 7:30 p.m. and April 19 at 2 p.m. It continues April 21-25 at 7:30 p.m., with a closing matinee on April 26 at 2 p.m. Tickets are available via ticketmaster.com, the CAC or Mountainlair Box Offices, or by calling 304-293-SHOW. For more information visit http://theatre.wvu.edu, call 304-293-2020, or email theatre@mail.wvu.edu.
Saturday, April 18
WVU Saxophone Day
12 p.m. to 8 p.m., Bloch Learning and Performance Hall (200A)
The WVU Saxophone Studio is proud to host its second saxophone festival, offering a variety of performances and master classes by world-renowned saxophonists from across the United States. This year’s guest artists include Geoffrey Deibel, of Wichita State University, Sean Fredenburg and Post-Haste Reed Duo, from Portland State University, and the Mana Saxophone Quartet, the first saxophone quartet in history to receive the coveted Grand Prize at the Coleman International Chamber Ensemble Competition. The schedule includes: 12 p.m. master class by Mana Saxophone Quartet; 1 p.m. performance by Post-Haste Reed Duo; 2 p.m. performance by Geoffrey Deibel; 5 p.m. master class by Post-Haste Reed Duo; 6 p.m. master class by Geoffrey Deibel; and 7 p.m. performance by Mana Saxophone Quartet. WVU Saxophone Day is hosted by WVU saxophone professor Michael Ibrahim and his students. For more information, contact Ibrahim at Michael.Ibrahim@mail.wvu.edu or Carl Wiggins at cewiggins@mix.wvu.edu. See the WVU Saxophone Studio website at www.wvusax.com. WVU Saxophone Day is free and open to the public.
Visiting Artist Lecture in Ceramics – Brett Kern
2 p.m., Ceramics Studio (Room 2339A)
Brett Kern received his MFA in Ceramics from WVU in 2010 and was Artist-In-Residence position at the Red Lodge Clay Center in Red Lodge, Montana. He currently teaches at Davis & Elkins College and shows his work nationally and regionally. Brett was named as an emerging artist for 2014 in the May issue of Ceramics Monthly and was Best Artist for 2014 by West Virginia Living Magazine. His lecture is free and open to the public.
Choral Concert: “A Tale of Two Requiems”
3:15 p.m., Lyell B. Clay Theatre.
This unique concert will feature John Leavitt’s “Requiem,” conducted by music student Jason Brown, as well as Howard Goodall’s “Eternal Light: A Requiem,” conducted by Kym Scott, who is interim director of choral activities in the WVU School of Music. Leavitt’s “Requiem” is inspired by “A German Requiem” by Joannes Brahms. Unlike the traditional Latin Mass for the Dead, this is a work serving to comfort the living and offer hope. Goodall’s Requiem premiered in 2008 and was commissioned by Mark Stephenson on behalf of London Musici to celebrate the orchestra’s 20th anniversary. The WVU concert will feature the University Singers, the flagship ensemble of the WVU Choral Program, as well as the WVU Women’s Choir, made up of music majors and non-music majors from throughout the University; and the West Virginia Community Choir, which has approximately 100 members and is comprised of University students, faculty, staff and adult community members. The concert will also feature soloists and the WVU Symphony Orchestra. Ticketed Event. For tickets and information, call 304-293-SHOW.
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