Master of fine arts candidate Nancy Brassington's thesis exhibition, "Hallucinations," will be on display at Zoller Gallery on the University Park Campus from Saturday, April 20, through Tuesday, April 30. The exhibition is free to the public.
"The Busy Body," by Susanna Centlivre, had some 500 performances in the century following its opening in 1709. Jay Breckenridge, associate professor of theatre arts, adapted the play for modern audiences and renamed it "The Busie Bodies."
Tickets are $2 for adults and $1 for children under 12. Penn State students with I.D. are admitted free.
Come and enjoy student and faculty dance works. The performance will feature Orchesis Dance Company and will range in style from jazz to modern, from lyrical to dramatic.
Tickets are $6 for general admission and $5 for students. Tickets will be available at the door.
The exhibition is free to the public.
The Oriana Singers, under the direction of Lynn Drafall, is in its premiere season. The two choruses will combine to present Randall Thompson's "Frostiana," settings of seven well-known Robert Frost poems. The Glee Club will perform sea chanteys, drinking songs and American and Welsh folk songs. Penn State alumni will join the Glee Club in the traditional singing of the Penn State fight songs.
The concert will also include selections by Discantus, a new women's small ensemble. The Hi-Lo's, Penn State's oldest a cappella singing group, continues the tradition of harmony, humor and good cheer in music.
Tickets for the concert are $6 for the general public; $2 for students and children, and will be available at the door the night of the concert or in advance from the Eisenhower Auditorium Box Office. For ticket information, contact the Ticket Center at (814) 863-0255. Outside the local calling area, phone (800) ARTS-TIX.
The University Choir is the oldest mixed choral ensemble in the School of Music. Tony Leach, instructor of music/music education, is conductor.
Admission is $4 for adults, $2 for students, and will be available at the door the night of the concert. For advance ticket information, contact the School of Music Office at (814) 865-0431.
Mr. Rubinstein discusses the functions of a griot as Professor Tom Hale describes them: "They sing praises of important people, chant epics, compose songs to mark great events, serve as intermediaries in delicate family clan and community negotiations and teach people about the past."
Odyssey Through Literature is produced at WPSX-TV as a continuing education service of Penn State's Department of Comparative Literature. It airs Sundays at 6:30 p.m. on WPSU, 91.5 FM.
The group will perform Renaissance instrumental and vocal works. The ensemble consists of viola da gambas, recorders, crumhorns, vielles and a lute.
Performed at this concert will be two compositions commissioned by Richard C. Gipson, director of the School of Music at the University of Oklahoma.
Dr. Gipson received his doctorate from Penn State in 1978. He was recently honored by the College of Arts and Architecture Alumni Board with a 1996 Alumni Achievement Award.
Other works will also be featured. The concert is free to the public.
The Campus Band is conducted by Stacey Phillips and Matt Wagner, graduate students in the School of Music. Miss Phillips is a doctoral candidate in music education and Mr. Wagner is pursuing a master's degree in music education.
A well-traveled concert artist, Dr. Blake has performed throughout the United States and in France, England and Jamaica. He has appeared at Carnegie Hall on several occasions in solo and joint recitals.
Dr. Blake is associate director of the Institute for the Arts and Humanistic Studies and assistant professor of music at Penn State.
Tickets are available at Eisenhower Ticket Center. For more information, call (814) 863-0255.
The exhibition is free to the public.
The band is conducted by O. Richard Bundy, associate professor of music education and associate director of bands in the School of Music. He will be assisted by Stacey Phillips, a graduate assistant in the School of Music.
The concert is free to the public.
The concert will feature works for orchestra, chamber ensembles and electronic media by students of Penn State composition teachers Paul Barsom and Bruce Trinkley.
The free 20-minute concert is part of the Bach's Lunch series sponsored by the School of Music and University Lutheran Parish.
The 14-member Flute Ensemble is under the direction of Eleanor Duncan Armstrong, associate professor in the School of Music, and Jeanne Provan, a graduate teaching assistant and flute performance major.
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.
Hirotsune Tashima, a native of Japan, acquired his MFA in ceramics at Alfred University in New York. Mr. Tashima has exhibited his work all over the U.S. and overseas and has won many awards including awards in Crafts National and Images 95.
Quentin Olson received his BFA in general sculptural studies at the Maryland Institute, College of Art and his MFA at the University of Delaware. Mr. Olson has exhibited in the United States in galleries including the Notorious Artist Guild in Baltimore, Md., The Maryland Institute, College of Arts and New Works Gallery in Delaware.
Steven R. Erickson received his BFA at Mankato State University, Mankato, Minn., and his MFA from The University of Delaware. Mr. Erickson is a member of the National Council for the Education of Ceramic Artists. He also has exhibited various places in the United States including Mankato University, Rochester Art Center and the Hollingworth Ceramic Complex at the University of Delaware.
Diane Maurer's marbled papers have been exhibited in galleries and museums in the United States, France, Sweden and Holland. Her work is represented in the collections of the Cooper-Hewitt Museum, the Nelson-Atkins Museum and the Dutch Royal Library.
She is author of An Introduction to Carrageenan & Watercolor Marbling, 1984, Marbling, Random House, 1991, and Decorative Paper, Doubleday, 1993.
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