Arts
& Entertainment
Penn State Intercom......March
22, 2001
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| Guitar legend Eric "Slowhand" Clapton will perform at 7:30 p.m. May 30 at The Bryce Jordan Center on the University Park campus. Call (800) 863-3336 or (814) 865-5555 for ticket information. |
Gospel musician
takes his show to PSU
Grammy-Award-winning gospel singer Bill Gaither will appear at 7 p.m. Friday, June 8, at The Bryce Jordan Center on the University Park campus.
Also scheduled to appear are the Gaither Vocal Band, Mark Lowry, The Happy Goodmans, Jake Hess, Russ Taff, Talley Trio, The Easters, Jessy Dixon, Bob Cain, Anthony Burger, Janet Paschal, Ben Speer, Old Friends Quartet, George Younce, Kevin Williams, Aaron Wilburn, Sara DeLane, Mike Allen and Lynda Randle.
Tickets are $26.50 and $18.50 for reserved seating. Tickets for children ages 2-12, senior citizens and groups of 20 or more will be $15.50. Infants younger than 2 years old are free.
Tickets can be purchased at The Bryce Jordan Ticket Center, Eisenhower Auditorium, selected Uni-Mart ticket outlets, Commonwealth Campus ticket outlets, by calling (814) 865-5555 or (800) 863-3336, or online at http://www.bjc.psu.edu/.
String Orchestra Festival
String Orchestra Festival 2001 will be held Saturday and Sunday, March 24 and 25, in the School of Music on the University Park campus.
The two-day intercollegiate event will include master classes, workshops, rehearsals and performances culminating with a Festival Orchestra concert at
3 p.m. Sunday, March 25, in the Esber Recital Hall, Music Building I. The performance is free to the public.
Viola ensemble recital
The Penn State Viola Studio will present a recital at 5 p.m. Saturday, March 24, in the Esber Recital Hall, Music Building I, on the University Park campus. Solo performances will be by Peter Lekx, graduate teaching assistant, and Tim Deighton, assistant professor of music. Faculty members Gerardo Edelstein, Kim Cook and Rob Nairn also will be featured. The performance is part of the String Orchestra Festival 2001. The concert is free to the public.
Bach's Lunch
The University Choir, directed by Tony Leach, assistant professor of music, will perform at the Bach's Lunch concert at 12:10 p.m. Thursday, March 29, in the Esber Recital Hall, Music Building I, on the University Park campus. After the concert, audience members may take their bag lunches to the Wilkinson Lounge in Eisenhower Chapel. Coffee and tea will be provided.
Digital photography exhibit
"The Digital Photography Studio, Student Photographs," contemporary images created through digital technology, is on display through May 20 in the Candace and Patrick E. Malloy III Diversity Studies Room, 109 Pattee Library on the University Park campus.
The photos are from classes taught by Gerald Lang, professor of art in the College of Arts and Architecture and director of the Digital Photography Studio at Penn State. The exhibit presents the current evolution of photo technology and complements the historical exhibit, "History Past, History Present: The Daguerreotype Portrait in America," which is on display through May 20, in the Special Exhibitions Gallery II of the Palmer Museum of Art.
For information about the exhibit, call (814) 865-0401.