Arts
& Entertainment
Penn State Intercom......November
7, 2002
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"A Midsummer Night's Dream" cast members Jarvis George, Laura Ames, Juliet Hicks and Alex Robertson rehearse for Shakespeare's comedy which takes place at The Pavilion on the University Park campus Nov. 15 through 23. For tickets, call (814) 863-0255. Photo: Greg Grieco |
Lewis and Clark exhibit
"Lewis and Clark: Perspectives and Unheard Voices" will be exhibited Nov. 9 through Jan. 13 in the University Libraries' main exhibit area, first floor Pattee Library,
and the Diversity Studies Room, 109 Pattee Library,
University Park.
The exhibit commemorates the 8,000-mile, two-year exploratory journey of Capt. Meriwether Lewis and William Clark.
Upcoming events
The following events are planned in the School of Music on the University Park campus:
* Oriana Singers, 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 10, Esber Recital Hall, tickets required;
* University Choir, 4 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 10, Esber Recital Hall, tickets required;
* Tuba/Euphonium Ensemble, 8 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 13, Esber Recital Hall;
* Bach's Lunch: Chamber Choir, 12:10 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 14, Eisenhower Chapel; and
* "York: The Voice of Freedom," 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 14, through Saturday, Nov. 16, Playhouse Theatre, tickets required.
Percussion ensemble
The Penn State Percussion Ensemble 1, under the direction of Dan C. Armstrong, professor of music, will perform its fall concert at 8 p.m. Monday, Nov. 11, in the Esber Recital Hall on the University Park campus. The concert is free to the public.
The concert will feature performances of "Extremes," "Gending Bali," "Bacchanale," "Contrasts" and the finale "Danse Macabre," arranged as a samba by Armstrong.
Continental Harmony
Composer David Cleary's original work for The Castalia Ensemble, the resident piano quintet at Penn State, will be premiered as part of the closing event of the national conference "Lewis and Clark: The Unheard Voices." The piece was commissioned by the Palmer Museum of Art as part of Continental Harmony, a nationwide, community-based composer residency program of the American Composers Forum, St. Paul, Minn. The premiere of the piece, titled "Cross-Cultural Variations," is at 8 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 16, in the Esber Recital Hall on the University Park campus. The concert is free to the public.
The Castalia Ensemble is comprised of James Lyon, violin; Timothy Deighton, viola; Kim Cook, violoncello; Robert Nairn, double bass; and Marylène Dosse, piano.
To learn more about Continental Harmony, visit http://www.continentalharmony.org/ on the Web.