Lisa O. Bontrager,
right, directs the Penn State Horn Ensemble during a Bach's Lunch concert
on the University Park campus. This week's concert features The Hi-Lo's
from the Penn State
Glee Club. For details, click here.
Photo: Greg Grieco
The Penn State Philharmonic will perform a "Concert of Concertos and Overtures" at 8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 25, in Eisenhower Auditorium on the University Park campus. The orchestra is under the direction of Pu-Qi Jiang, associate professor of music.
The performance will feature the winners of the 1999 Penn State Philharmonic Concerto Competition, held last November. The winners are all music majors at Penn State. Tickets are $4.50 for adults and $2.50 for students and are available at the door before the performance.
The Center for the Performing Arts presents "The Best of Child's Play" at 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 27, in Eisenhower Auditorium on the University Park campus.
"Child's Play" celebrates its 20th anniversary by collecting its favorite songs, plays and dances from a vast repertoire of stories and poems written by children during the last two decades. "The Best of Child's Play" brings a variety of heart-warming characters to life from a boy who hates opera to a penguin that can't swim.
Child's Play Touring Theatre is a nationally acclaimed company that performs stories and poems written by children. Tickets are $8. For tickets or more information, call the Arts Ticket Center at (814) 863-0255 or (800) 278-7849.
The Penn State flute studio, under the direction of Eleanor Duncan Armstrong, associate professor of music, will present its spring semester concert on Sunday, Feb. 27, at 4 p.m. in the School of Music Recital Hall on the University Park campus.
The 16 soloists, all of whom are flute majors in the School of Music, will perform works drawn from the repertoire of the late Baroque, Classic and Romantic eras, as well as 20th-century pieces. The concert is free.
The following recitals are scheduled to take place in the School of Music Recital Hall on the University Park campus, unless otherwise noted:
n Students of Dan C. Armstrong, professor of music, will present a recital at 8 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 27, in 122 Music Building II on the University Park campus. Music for marimba, timpani, snare drum, vibraphone and multiple percussion setups will be performed.
n Members of the Penn State horn studio will present a free recital at 8 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 27. Eleven music majors will perform works for solo horn and piano by various composers. In addition, the students will present four horn quartet performances, one of which is Robert Schumann's "Konzertstuck" for four horns performed by Jaime Thorne, Stacey Leidig, Kathryn Lehr and Winn Roberton. These four students are recent winners of the Symphonic Wind Ensemble Concerto Contest and will be featured with the Wind Ensemble later this spring.
n The Penn State Viola Studio will present a recital at 8 p.m. Monday, Feb. 28. The recital will feature solo performances by members of the viola studio, as well as performances by the Penn State Viola Ensemble, under the direction of Timothy Deighton, assistant professor of music.
The trio Simple Gifts will present an evening of international folk music at 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 1, in the Hiller Building Auditorium at Penn State DuBois. The event is free.
Simple Gifts draws on a variety of ethnic folk styles and plays everything from lively Irish jigs and downhome American reels to haunting Gypsy melodies. The three women in the group play a total of 12 instruments, including the twin fiddles, concertina, mandolin, banjolin and recorders.
For more information about their performance, call (814) 375-9465.
The Symphonic Wind Ensemble, under the direction of Dennis Glocke, associate professor of music, will perform at 8 p.m. Wednesday, March 1, in the School of Music Recital Hall on the University Park campus. Tickets are $5 for adults and $3.50 for students and are available at the door before the performance or by calling the Eisenhower Box Office at (800) ARTS-TIX.
The Hi-Lo's from the Penn State Glee Club, directed by Bruce Trinkley, professor of music, will sing at the Bach's Lunch concert at 12:10 p.m. Thursday, March 2, in the Helen Eakin Eisenhower Chapel on the University Park campus.
The Hi-Lo's is a group of 14 singers from the Glee Club. The Bach's Lunch program will include madrigals, glees and folk songs for men's voices.
The free, 20-minute Bach's Lunch concert is sponsored by the College of Arts and Architecture's School of Music and the University Lutheran Parish. After the concert, audience members may take their bag lunches to the Roy and Agnes Wilkinson Lounge in Eisenhower Chapel. Coffee and tea will be provided.
"Stations of the Cross," prints by Wes Olmstead, will be on exhibit through May 18 in the Kern Graduate Building on the University Park campus. These images are a contemporary interpretation of an ancient religious tradition.
The Stations of the Cross are a series of images representing the events traditionally said to have occurred between the sentencing and death of Christ. The silk screen prints that are part of this exhibit are based on a group of drawings made by the artist in 1963.
For more information, visit the Web at http://www.psu.edu/HUB/Galleries/ or call (814) 865-2563.
Barry Manilow and the World Wrestling Federation's "Raw is War" show will return in April to The Bryce Jordan Center on the University Park campus.
Manilow, hailed by Rolling Stone Magazine as a "giant among entertainers," will appear at 8 p.m. Saturday, April 8. Tickets are $49.50, $39.50, $29.50 and $19.50 for reserved seating, and go on sale at 6 p.m. Friday, Feb. 25. Wristbands will be available from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. Friday, Feb. 25, for ticket buyers purchasing tickets at The Bryce Jordan Center only.
"Raw is War" will bring more than 40 of its superstar wrestlers to the center at 7:45 p.m. Monday, April 17. Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 26, and are $35, $28, $22 and $17. There is a $3 discount for Penn State students on the $22 and $17 tickets (limit two per ID at Jordan Center Ticket Office and campus locations only).
Wristbands will be available from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., Friday, Feb. 25, and from 8 to 9 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 26, for ticket buyers wishing to purchase tickets at the Bryce Jordan Ticket Center only.
Tickets for both events can be purchased at The Bryce Jordan Ticket Center, Eisenhower Auditorium, selected Uni-Mart ticket outlets, Commonwealth Campus ticket outlets, or by calling (814) 865-5555 or (800) 863-3336.