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This and other works by Anna Vaserstein will be on exhibit in the Hetzel Union Building Browsing Gallery on the University Park campus through Dec. 13.
The official 1997 holiday ornament commemorating the 25th
anniversary of the Palmer Museum of Art on the University Park campus will
be on display and for sale at the seventh annual Holiday Ornament Exhibition
and Sale, Nov. 22-23 at the museum.
Photo: Greg Grieco
The Penn State University Choir will present its annual fall concert, "Schubert Serenade," at 4 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 23, in the School of Music Recital Hall on the University Park campus.
The music of Franz Schubert (1797-1828) will be celebrated through several choral works. Sine Nomine, a chamber vocal ensemble conducted by Dennis Malfatti, will perform three secular art songs set by Schubert. Two a cappella works on Latin texts by Pittsburgh composer Richard Rossi will conclude the program.
The University Choir is one of the oldest choral organizations in Penn State's School of Music. Approximately 110 students from every college within the University represent diverse backgrounds and interest in music but all share the common bond of pursuing excellence in choral music. Anthony T. Leach, assistant professor of music education, is the conductor.
Tickets are $4 for non-students and $2 for students, and are available either in the School of Music Office in 233 Music Building I, or at the door before the performance.
Lawrence Moore will perform a lecture and recital on "The Concepts Utilized by Influential Tenor Saxophonists of the '50s and '60s in Latin and Caribbean Jazz" at 8 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 23, in the School of Music Recital Hall on the University Park campus.
Moore will perform Latin standards such as "Con Alma" and "Recovda Me." A detailed discussion of the legendary improvised solos from these selections also will take place. Joe Henderson, Sonny Rollins, Stan Getz and Dexter Gordon are among the saxophonists to be discussed. The accompanying combo consists of Dave Horoshak, guitar; Chris J. Bird, bass; and Trevor Watkins, drums.
The lecture and recital are free to the public.
The Penn State Concert Band and the Symphonic Wind Ensemble will present concerts on Monday, Nov. 24, starting at 7 p.m. in the School of Music Recital Hall on the University Park campus.
The Concert Band, conducted by Patrick Jones and Kevin Tutt, will perform at 7 p.m. The Symphonic Wind Ensemble, Penn State's premier wind and percussion group under the direction of Dennis Glocke, associate professor of music, and Kevin Tutt, will begin at 8:30 p.m.
Featured works of the Concert Band include suites by Malcolm Arnold and Gordon Jacob; Vincent Persichetti's "Pageant," Prelude and Fugue in D minor by Johann Sebastian Bach; and Percy Grainger's lyrical "Ye Banks and Braes O'Bonnie Doon."
The Symphonic Wind Ensemble's concert features works for both full band and chamber wind ensemble. The Penn State Percussion Ensemble, conducted by Dan Armstrong, will join the concert for David Gillingham's "Normandy Beach 1944."
Both performances are free to the public.
The Penn State Trombone Choir will perform in concert at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 25, in the School of Music Recital Hall on the University Park campus.
Directed by Mark Lusk, associate professor of music, the 25-member ensemble has been featured at regional and national festivals.
The program will begin with chamber works performed by select members of the choir and will conclude with full-choir works by Hidas, Saint-Saens and Wagner. The concert is free to the public.
On the next episode of Odyssey Through Literature, host Leonard Rubinstein and graphic artist Chip Kidd discuss book jacket designs that "make your brain twinkle."
Kidd, a designer for Alfred A. Knopf Publishers, describes his proposed designs for a book titled Sexual Slang. Kidd created two separate covers -- one of a naked man, the other of a naked woman; an owl, a beaver and a rooster cover their sexual parts. Although the publisher liked both designs, book dealers refused to market the cover with the woman on it.
On the Nov. 30 Odyssey Through Literature, Jonathan Kalb of the Hunter College theatre department will discuss German playwright Heiner Muller. Muller grappled with the dead in his plays.
Odyssey Through Literature is produced as a continuing education service of the Department of Comparative Literature. It airs Sundays at 6:30 p.m. on WPSU, 91.5 FM from University Park and 106.7 FM in Altoona, and on WPSB, 90.1 in northern Pennsylvania. The complete semester's schedule can be found on the Web at http://mickey.la.psu.edu/complit/odyssey/odyssey.htm.
The 14-member Penn State Flute Ensemble will present a program of chamber music for flutes at 12:10 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 4 for the Bach's Lunch concert series in Eisenhower Chapel on the University Park campus. The 20-minute, free concert is sponsored by the College of Arts and Architecture and the University Lutheran Parish.
The Flute Ensemble employs a wide range of instruments in the flute family. Conducted by Donna Sansone, the ensemble will perform works drawn from the renaissance, baroque, classical and contemporary repertoire.
After the concert, audience members are invited to take their bag lunches to the Roy and Agnes Wilkinson Lounge, in Eisenhower Chapel. Coffee and tea will be provided.