Heading the performance is "Prima Donna," written by Australian-born composer Arthur Benjamin, librettist Cedric Cliffe. The second opera is "Sweet Betsy from Pike," a one-act "horse opera" inspired by the old American folk song of the same name.
There will be a $4.50 admission charge at the door. Tickets are available in advance from the Eisenhower Auditorium Box Office. For ticket information, contact the Ticket Center, open 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Saturday, at (814) 863-0255. Outside the local calling area, phone (800)ARTS-TIX.
The Singing Lions will feature several high energy numbers, including a blues medley, jazz medley and patriotic medley, as well as the Singing Lions usual tribute to music from Broadway.
General admission is $4; $3 for students/senior citizens, and will be available the day of the show at the School of Music Recital Hall Box Office.
The afternoon program will include a wide variety of music as well as guest soloist D. Ray McClellan, clarinet soloist with the United States Marine Band. Dr. McClellan has three degrees from the Julliard School of Music, including a doctor of musical arts in performance. The concert is free to the public.
The 10-member chamber group the "B-Naturals" will also perform.
The concert is free to the public.
Ms. Saar, an artist who lives in Los Angeles, began her career in the 1960s by producing collages and assemblages that often reflected political and social issues. During the 1970s, she began to explore the formal possibilities inherent in her assemblages, first through floor-standing sculpture and multi-media constructions and then with the creation of site installations. Both metaphysical and ethnic references, particularly to the cultures of Africa, Asia, Egypt, Mexico and Oceania, are apparent in much of her work.
Ms. Saar will present a lecture at 3:30 p.m. on April 16 in the Palmer Lipcon Auditorium discussing "Tangled Roots" within the context of her work.
In conjunction with the installation of "Tangled Roots" at the Palmer, the exhibition "Betye Saar: Personal Icons," containing a selection of the artist's more recent assemblages, will be on display in the Paul Robeson Cultural Center on the University Park Campus through Sunday, May 19.
For more information, contact the Palmer Museum of Art at (814) 865-7672. All exhibitions and lectures are free to the public.
Audiences are encouraged to bring lunch. For more information, contact Penn State Behrend at (814) 898-6000.
The concert of big band jazz will include music ranging from the classic big band period to several world premiere performances.
The concert also will feature music composed or arranged specifically for Centre Dimensions by Penn State musicians. Robert Selander, professor of biology, and Dan Yoder, director of the group, have both written arrangements for the band.
There will be a $3 admission charge at the door.
--A performance at 8 p.m. Tuesday, April 16, by the All-American Dixieland Band. This is part of the Campus Cultural Events Series.
--Local artist Becky Dietrich will display a retrospective of her work, titled "A Mixed Bag," at the library on the Penn State Mont Alto Campus through May 3.
For more information, call (717) 749-6112.
Brown has recorded 11 albums, reaching top 10 play lists around the country. In 1993, he earned his first Grammy nomination with the release "Friend of Mine" with Bill Morrissey.
For more information about the series, call (814) 898-6108.
The free concert will feature French horn soloist Andrea Henry, the winner of the 1996 Phi Mu Alpha Wind/Percussion Concerto Competition. A junior majoring in horn performance, she is a student of Lisa Bontrager in the School of Music.
The performance will include a variety of musical selections.
The Symphonic Wind Ensemble is a select group of wind and percussion students in the School of Music. Ensemble members are studio students of the School of Music wind and percussion faculty. Conductor of the Symphonic Wind Ensemble is Richard Bundy, associate professor of music.
The 20-minute free concert is part of the Bach's Lunch series sponsored by the College of Arts and Architecture School of Music and the University Lutheran Parish.
The Hi-Lo's will sing folksongs, spirituals and selections from "Mountain Laurels," which was written by Bruce Trinkley, director of the Penn State Glee Club and associate professor of music, to commemorate the centennial of State College.
The Hi-Lo's will be featured with the Glee Club in the annual Blue and White Concert on April 20 in Schwab Auditorium.
The audience may take a brown-bag lunch to eat in the Roy and Agnes Wilkinson Lounge after the performance. Coffee and tea will be provided.
Mr. Dick will present a flute masterclass from 7 to 9:30 p.m. April 18 in Room 110 of the Music Building; he will hold a composers' forum from 10 to 11 a.m. April 19 in Music Tech Room 15 of the Music Building; and he will conclude his residency with a solo flute performance and commentary from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. April 19 in the School of Music Recital Hall.
Mr. Dick is one of only two Americans ever to be awarded both Composers' Fellowships and a Solo Recitalist Grant by the National Endowment for the Arts. Among his other fellowships and awards are a Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship for composition and commissions from the Jerome Foundation, Fromm Foundation and Mary Flagler Cary Trust.
All events are free to the public.
"Playland," is Fugard's powerful allegory of reconciliation and healing in war-torn South Africa. "Playland's" acting duet features third-year graduate students G. Valmont Thomas and Tyler Stillwill. The production, directed by Robert E. Leonard, is an independent project sponsored by the Department of Theatre Arts.
The play is free to the public.
Choreographer/director Rousseve offers a collage of dance, theatre, comedy, gospel and original recorded music. Gospel singer B.J. Crosby and eight members of REALITY will perform the work.
A piece noted for its honest portrayal of the suffering and hope of the human condition, "Whispers" tells the story of an African American gay man dying of AIDS and longing for reconciliation with his abusive father.
A "Greek chorus" of 30 local participants, who will be auditioned this month, will perform in the work.
Through Saturday, April 20, David Rousseve/REALITY is involved in a two-week residency at Penn State. The residency will offer students and community members a chance to meet the artists and participate in activities. All residency events are free to the public.
The remaining residency schedule includes:
--A classroom visit, beginning modern dance, at 2:30 p.m., Friday, April 12, in 108 White Building.
--Film lecture at 7:30 p.m. Monday, April 15, in 301 HUB.
--Open rehearsal at 7 p.m. Friday, April 19, in Eisenhower Auditorium.
--Artists-audience discussion, following the 8 p.m. Saturday, April 20 performance in Eisenhower Auditorium.
Tickets for the performance are $20 for non-students; $16 for students. Penn State students may purchase a ticket for $10 the week of the performance. For ticket information, contact the Arts Ticket Center at (814) 863-0255. Outside the local calling area, phone (800)ARTS-TIX.
Black and white and color photographs showcase the outdoor world in a display that consists of five categories: scenic, flora, fauna, action and people.
The name of this exhibit reflects the variety of student art work collected, showcasing several media including painting, photography and mixed media. The art in the show represents some of the best work from the disciplines of visual arts and architecture.
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