Arts
& Entertainment
Penn State Intercom......February 1, 2001
French horn recital
Lisa O. Bontrager, associate professor of music, will present a French horn recital at 8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 2, in the School of Music's Esber Recital Hall, University Park. Joining her are pianist Kathy Gattuso Cinatl; soprano Susan Boardman, associate professor of music; and French hornist John Gerber.
Among the pieces to be performed is the world premiere of Stephen Edward Gerber's "Concerto for Two Horns." Gerber was commissioned to write this piece four years ago by State College arts patron Henry K. McConnon.
The recital is free to the public.
Recital planned
Pianist Barry Hannigan will visit the School of Music on the University Park campus Saturday, Feb. 3. Hannigan will present a master class at 1:30 p.m. in 122 Music Building II and a recital at 8 p.m. in the Esber Recital Hall.
Both events are free to the public.
Hoagy Carmichael Centennial
The Hoagy Carmichael
Centennial Celebration will be held at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 5, at Eisenhower
Auditorium on the University Park campus. Tickets are $35 and $18, with
20 percent off ticket prices for students. 
This is the last scheduled show in the United States, and the last chance to hear the Stardust Orchestra featuring 25 of Carmichael's best songs. During the concert, President Graham B. Spanier may make an appearance on the washboard. Spanier is a regular performer on washboard with the Deacons of Dixieland.
Proceeds will benefit the Scholarship Fund of the American Federation of Musicians, Local 660, State College.
For more information, call John Kepler at (814) 466-8742, (814) 466-6225 or (877) 922-4646. For tickets, call the Eisenhower Ticket Office at (814) 863-0255; Brandon Ade, Kappa Sigma, at (814) 867-9903; or Jeana Schleisman, Sigma Delta Tau, at (814) 862-2359.
Big band jazz concert
Centre Dimensions, under the direction of Dan Yoder, professor of music, will present a concert of big band jazz at 8 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 7, in the School of Music's Esber Recital Hall on the University Park campus.
Featured soloist for the concert will be Dan Weiner, jazz teaching assistant.
Tickets are $3 and will be available at the door before the performance.
Bach's Lunch
The Penn State Bassoon Trio will perform at the Bach's Lunch concert at 12:10 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 8, in the Helen Eakin Eisenhower Chapel on the University Park campus.
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.
'Carnival'
"Carnival" will be performed at 8 p.m. Feb. 16 and 17 and Feb. 19-24 at Playhouse Theatre, University Park.
The musical is about a young girl who finds romance and adventure with a traveling circus in southern France.
Preview performances will be at 8 p.m. Feb. 14 and 15 and a matinee is planned for 2 p.m. Feb. 24 at the Playhouse Theater. Ticket prices start at $9.50.
Tickets are available at Eisenhower Auditorium, The Bryce Jordan Center, or call (814) 863-0255 or (800) ARTS-TIX.
Penn College exhibit
An exhibition of 50 wood-cut prints will be on display through Feb. 18 at the 202 Gallery in the Alvin C. Bush Campus Center at Pennsylvania College of Technology.
The exhibition is the result of an exchange of work between artists with Xylon Argentina, an association of relief printmakers in and around Buenos Aires, Argentina; and the Wood Engravers' Network, a group of printmakers interested in wood engraving.
The artists whose works will be displayed are: Alfredo Benavidez Bedoya, Anteo Scordamaglia, Carlos Bechara, Claudio Lara, Cristian Delhez, Elias Esquef, Liliana Gerardi, Marcelo Malagamba, Marcela Miranda, Marcela Purita, Oscar Ciancio, Osvaldo Jalil, Pablo Delfin, Patricia Puglisi, Roberto Koch and Sandra La Porta.
Gallery hours will be by appointment only. To schedule an appointment, call (570) 326-3761, ext. 7491.
Palmer Museum
A number of exhibits are ongoing at the Palmer Museum of Art on the University Park campus. Among them are:
* "An Interlude in Giverny: The French Chevalier by Frederick MacMonnies," through Feb. 25. Dana Carlisle Kletchka, museum educator, will give a gallery talk, titled "An Interlude in Giverny,"at noon Feb. 9 at the Palmer Museum.
* "Power in My Hand: Works on Paper by Women Artists from the Permanent Collection of the Palmer Museum of Art," through April 29.
* "History Past, History Present: The Daguerreotype Portrait in America," continues through May 20.
Fred Waring exhibit
A new exhibit on Fred Waring's jazz band is on display on the third floor of University Park's Pattee Library, west, in the case at the entrance to the Fred Waring's America Collection. The memorabilia will be on display through Feb. 28. For library hours, call (814) 865-3063.
The exhibit is running in conjunction with Ken Burns' "Jazz" documentary on WPSX-TV, channel 3.
Several recordings from Waring's jazz era can be found on the Web at http://www.redhotjazz.com/waringspa.html.
For more information about the exhibit, call Peter Kieffer at (814) 863-2911.