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Arts & Lectures

 The Arts at Puget Sound

A listing of music, art, theatre, and lecture events open to the public at the University of Puget Sound

 

Fall 2007

Spring 2008

September 2007

Tuesday, September 4 - Friday, September 28, 2007
Kittredge Gallery Exhibit
Large Gallery: Three-Person Show
Claire Johnson, painting; Tom Foolery, multi-media sculpture; and Chris Theiss, ceramic sculpture
Small Gallery: Dream Street, John Jenkins, photographs

Piano TrioFriday, September 7, 7:30 p.m.
Faculty Recital
Tanya Stambuk, piano, with Finisterra Trio

Monday, September 10, 8 p.m.
How Does Being American Shape Us?
David Brooks,  columnist for The New York Times
Susan Resneck Pierce Lectures in Public Affairs and the Arts

Thursday, September 13, 7 p.m.
Race and Pedagogy Initiative presents keynote speaker Dr. Leticia Nieto
Interrogating Race, Pedagogy, and Community with Dr. Leticia Nieto

Friday, September 14, 12:05 p.m.
Organ at Noon
Joseph Adam, organist

Monday, September 17, noon
From Crowds to Citizen: Constitutions and the Taming of a Revolutionary People
Professor William Breitenbach

Wednesday, September 19, 7 p.m.
Going Down Jericho Road: The Memphis Strike, Martin Luther King's Last Campaign
Guest Lecture by Michael K. Honey

Friday, September 21, 7:30 p.m.
Faculty Recital
Maria Sampen, violin, with  Duane Hulbert, piano
and guest artists Timothy Christie, viola;
Steve Miahky, violin; and Norbert Lewandowski, cello

Sunday, September 23, 2 p.m.
Faculty Recital
Joseph Adam, organ
English Music for Organ
17th Annual Bethel Schneebeck Organ Recital


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October 2007

Monday, October 1, 7:30 p.m.
Trio del Sol
Katherine McLin, violin; Robert Spring, clarinet; Andrew Campbell, piano
from Arizona State University
Works by Bartok, Stravinsky, Schickele (PDQ Bach), and Khachaturian

Wednesday, October 3, 8:45 a.m.-4 p.m.
Fall Invitational Choral Festival

Thursday, October 4, 4 p.m.
Thompson Hall Science and Math Seminars
Mark Martin

Friday, October 5 - Friday, November 16
Kittredge Gallery Exhibit
Seattle Print Arts Juried Competition
Gallery will be closed Oct. 20-23 for fall semester break

Friday, October 5, 7:30 p.m.
Jacobsen Series: Cycles and Sets
featuring Keith Ward, piano; with vocalists Michael Delos,
Christina Kowalski, Christopher McKim, and Kathryn Weld 

Tuesday, October 9, 7 p.m.
Who, Then, is My Neighbor? An Ethics of Interrelatedness
Jan Willis
Swope Lecture

Thursday, October 10, 4 p.m.
Thompson Hall Science and Math Seminars
Jeffrey Grinstead

Friday, October 12, 12:05 p.m.
Organ at Noon
Joseph Adam, organ

Friday, October 12, 7:30 p.m.
University Symphony Orchestra
Christophe Chagnard, conductor
Duane Hulbert, piano soloist

Sunday, October 14, 2 p.m.
Adelphian Concert Choir Reunion Concert
Jerry Yonkman, conductor

Thursday, October 18, 4 p.m.
Thompson Hall Science and Math Seminars
Lenora WM Loo

Thursday, October 18, 7:30 p.m.
Caricatures
University Wind Ensemble
Robert Taylor, conductor

Thursday, October 25, 4 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.
Thompson Hall Science and Math Seminars
presents the Annual Chemistry Magic Show

Friday, October 26, 7:30 p.m.
Jacobsen Series: A Festival of Opera
Vocal performances by Christina Kowalski, Michael Delos, and Kathryn Weld. Duane Hulbert, piano, will include piano variations based on operatic themes.

Friday, October 26-Saturday, October 27, 7:30 p.m.
Faculty-Directed Production
Martin McDonagh's The Cripple of Inishmaan
Directed by guest artist Marilyn Bennett

Saturday, October 27, 11:30 a.m.
Brassworks Workshop with guest artist Gail Williams, French horn

Saturday, October 27, 4 p.m.
Brassworks Concert
Judson Scott, director

Monday, October 29, 7 p.m.
Baroque and Classical Styles Master Class by Kenneth Goldsmith

Tuesday, October 30, 6 p.m.
Dave Wright, Amelia Carroll, Louise Hull, Roger Gray
Coping with Death and Dying

Wednesday, October 31, 4-6 p.m.
Violin Master Class by Kenneth Goldsmith

Wednesday, October 31, 7:30 p.m.
The Genius of Youth
University String Orchestra
Christophe Chagnard, conductor

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November 2007


Thursday, November 1-Saturday, November 3, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, November 3, 1
 p.m.

Faculty-Directed Production
Martin McDonagh's The Cripple of Inishmaan
Directed by guest artist Marilyn Bennett

Friday, November 2, 7:30 p.m.
Guest Artist Kenneth Goldsmith, professor of violin, Shephard School of Music,
Rice University
with Maria Sampen, violin; Timothy Christie, viola; Duane Hulbert, piano
Sponsored by Applebaum Violin Shop, Tacoma, WA, and School of Music

Saturday, November 3, 4 p.m.
American Tapestry
Choral Concert
Adelphian Concert Choir and Voci d'Amici
Jerry Yonkman, conductor
University Chorale and Dorian Singers
James Bowyer, conductor

Sunday, November 4, 7:30 p.m.
Jazz in the Rotunda

Wednesday, November 7, 7:30 p.m.
University Jazz Band
Eric Stevens, guest director

Thursday, November 8, 4 p.m.
Thompson Hall Science and Math Seminars
Kevin McGraw

Thursday, November 8, 7:30 p.m.
Claudia Stevens presents An Evening with Madam F
Sponsored by the Catherine Gould Chism Fund

Friday, November 9, 12:05 p.m.
Organ at Noon
Joseph Adam, organ

Friday, November 9, 7:30 p.m.
Jacobsen Series: Music of America
Tanya Stambuk, piano; Maria Sampen, violin;
Timothy Christie, viola; with guests Kwan Bin Park, violin;
and Kevin Krentz, cello

Friday, November 9, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, November 10, 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.

C. Rosalind Bell's The New Orleans Monologues
Featuring Grace Livingston
Directed by Geoff Proehl
Sponsored by the Matthew Norton Clapp Visiting Artists Fund and
the Catherine Gould Chism Fund

Saturday, November 10, 10:30 a.m.-4 p.m.
Cristofori to Steinway, The Piano's Tale
Listen, discover, and experience pianos from the 18th century to the present in an interactive environment
Sponsored by University of Puget Sound, Pacific Lutheran University, and Sherman Clay, Pianos

Saturday, November 10, 7:30 p.m.
Student Chamber Concert
Cordelia Wikarski-Miedel, coordinator

Tuesday, November 13, 7 p.m.
Department of Psychology presents Marianne Wagner
Brain Development and Learning-Scientific Research and Practical Advice on How to Support Our Children's Healthy Growth

Thursday, November 15, 4 p.m.
Thompson Hall Science and Math Seminars
Kavitha Kuppusamy

Thursday, November 15, 8 p.m.
Regester Lecture
The Future of Economics?
D. Wade Hands, professor of economics

Thursday, November 15-Saturday, November 17, 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, November 18, 2 p.m.

The Threepenny Opera by Kurt Weill
Opera Theatre Production
Christopher McKim, director
Language and situations not suitable for children

Friday, November 16 -Saturday, November 17, 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, November 18, 2 p.m.

C. Rosalind Bell's The New Orleans Monologues
Featuring Grace Livingston
Directed by Geoff Proehl
Sponsored by the Matthew Norton Clapp Visiting Artists Fund and the Catherine Gould Chism Fund

Tuesday, November 27, 2 p.m.
Art Department presents guest speaker Alicia Walker
Emulating the East: Byzantine Artistic Impact on the Medieval Latin West

Wednesday, November 28 - Wednesday, December 19
Kittredge Gallery Exhibit
2007 Arts Students Annual and Senior Show

Thursday, November 29, 4 p.m.
Thompson Hall Science and Math Seminars
Jessica McAbee

Friday, November 30, 12:05 p.m.
Organ at Noon
Joseph Adam, organ

Friday, November 30, 7:30 p.m.
University Symphony Orchestra
Christophe Chagnard, conductor
featuring Colin Cronin, piano, winner of 2007 Concerto/Aria Competition

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December 2007

Monday, December 3-Tuesday, December 4, 5:30 p.m.
Directing Class One-Acts

Thursday, December 6
Thompson Hall Science & Mathematics Seminars, 4 p.m.
Erin McCullough

Friday, December 7, 7:30 p.m.
Song and Dance
University Band and Wind Ensemble
Robert Taylor, conductor

Saturday, December 8, 7:30 p.m.Sunday, December 9, 2 p.m.
Adelphian Concert Choir and Voci d'Amici
O Magnum Mysterium
Jerry Yonkman, conductor

Sunday, December 9, 7 p.m.
Festival of Lessons and Carols
University Chaplain Dave Wright

Tuesday, December 11, 7:30 p.m.
University Chorale and Dorian Singers
Seasonal Concert
James Bowyer, conductor

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January 2008

Saturday, January 5, 2 p.m.
Jacobsen Jr.--Children's Concert Exploring the Strings of the Orchestra
with Duane Hulbert and the Tacoma String Philharmonia, Karla Epperson, conductor Recommended for children 5+

Saturday, January 19, 8:45 a.m.-4 p.m.
Serious About Singing High School Workshop
Christopher McKim, coordinator

Tuesday, January 22-Wednesday, March 12Abby W. Hill painting
Kittredge Gallery Exhibit
Abby Williams Hill: Painter of the American West
Selected works from University of Puget Sound

Wednesday, January 23, 5-6:30 p.m.
Kittredge Gallery Exhibit Opening Reception
Abby Williams Hill: Painter of the American West
Selected works from University of Puget Sound
Reading of artist's statements at 5:30 p.m.

Thursday, January 31, 4 p.m.
Thompson Hall Science & Mathematics Seminars
Jo Crane, Univ. of Puget Sound  Dept. of Chemistry
Photo of Reza Aslan
Thursday, January 31, 7 p.m.
Swope Endowed Lectureship on Ethics, Religion, Faith, and Values
Reza Aslan, Middle East analyst
Winning a Cosmic War: Why We're Losing the War on Terror

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February 2008


Friday, February 1, 7:30 p.m. SOLD OUT!
Return of A Piano Monster Concert
160 Fingers on 8 Steinway Grands!
Featuring guest artist Yoshikazu Nagai; with Duane Hulbert, Keith Ward, Myong-joo Lee, Gwynne Brown, Joseph Adam, Colin Cronin, Lisa Gonnella, Erin Greenfield, Hart Edmonson, George Woodward, Samantha Currall, Thomas Crouch, Carolyn Campbell, Diana Walker, and Benita Ki

Saturday, February 2, 8:30 a.m.-10 p.m.
18th Annual Piano Festival

Monday, February 4, 8 p.m.Photo of Twyla Tharp
The Creative Habit
Twyla Tharp, choreographer
Susan Resneck Pierce Lectures in Public Affairs and the Arts

Thursday, February 7, 8 p.m.
The Kinsey Sicks
ASUPS Event

Friday, February 8, 12:05 p.m.
Organ at Noon
Joseph Adam, organ

Friday, February 8, 7:30 p.m.
Angela Davis, lecture

Saturday, February 9, 7:30 p.m.Photo of David Smith
Endowed Music Award Recipients Concert

Tuesday, February 12, 7 p.m.
Guest lecture by Eric Meyers
Nabratein: Jewish Transformations in a Galilean Village
Lora Bryning Redford Lectureship in Archaeology

Wednesday, February 13, 6 p.m.
Lecture by David Smith, Department of History
The Historian Tries to Rid Himself of Bad History
Canned food donation suggested

Sunday, February 17, 7:30 p.m.
Jazz in the Rotunda
Robert Hutchinson, coordinator

Monday, February 18, 7:30 p.m.
University Percussion Ensemble
Gunnar Folsom, director

Tuesday, February 19, 7 p.m.
Master Class by Tanya Bannister, piano
Photo of Tanya Bannister
Wednesday, February 20, 7:30 p.m.
Virtuoso Series Guest Artist Recital
Tanya Bannister, piano

Friday, February 22, 7:30 p.m.
University Symphony Orchestra
Christophe Chagnard, conductor

Monday, February 25, 5 p.m.Photo of Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
Well-Behaved Women Seldom Make History

Tuesday, February 26, 4:30 p.m.
Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar
Colloquium: The First, Second, and Last Scenes of Mortality: A Textile Mystery

Wednesday, February 27, 7 p.m.
Rev. Dr. Leslie Braxton, '83
Signs of Racism in 21st Century America
Also performances by the Youth Choir from New Beginnings Christian Fellowship Church, and Vessels of His Praise Adult Dance Ministry
Kilworth Memorial Chapel

Wednesday, February 27, 7:30 p.m.
University String Orchestra
Christophe Chagnard, conductor

Thursday, February 28, 4 p.m.
Thompson Hall Science & Mathematics Seminars
Bob Sharrock

Friday, February 29, 7:30 p.m.
Faculty Recital: Duane Hulbert, piano
An Italian Journey

Friday, February 29 - Saturday, March 1, 7:30 p.m.
Faculty Directed Production
A Collage of Comedy
Several one-act plays by David Ives
Directed by John Rindo

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March 2008

Saturday, March 1, 11 a.m.-3:30p.m.
Poetry Out Loud
Washington State Final Competition

Saturday, March 1, 4 p.m.
National Poetry Slam Champion Taylor Mali

Wednesday, March 5-Saturday, March 8, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, March 8, 2 p.m.

Faculty Directed Production
A Collage of Comedy
Several one-act plays by David Ives
Directed by John Rindo

Thursday, March 6, 4 p.m.
Thompson Hall Science & Mathematics Seminar
Jennifer Freyd

Friday, March 7, 12:05 p.m.
Organ at Noon
Joseph Adam, organ

Friday, March 7, 7:30 p.m.
University Wind Ensemble
American Currents
Robert Taylor, conductor

Saturday, March 8, 7 p.m. PLEASE NOTE TIME
Adelphian Concert Choir
Reflections
Jerry Yonkman, conductorPhoto of D Marsalis

Tuesday, March 11, 7:30-8:30 p.m.
Blues Workshop by Guest Artist Delfeayo Marsalis, trombone

Wednesday, March 12, 7:30 p.m.
University Jazz Band with guest artist Delfeayo Marsalis
Syd Potter, director

Thursday, March 13, 4 p.m.
Thompson Hall Science & Mathematics Seminars
Elizabeth Stiles Knight; Nick Kontogeorgopoulos
Elephant Conservation Efforts in Botswana and Thailand: Reports from the Field

Monday, March 24-Friday, April 18Ward Davenny Artwork
Kittredge Gallery Exhibit
Large Gallery: Ward Davenny, Big Weather
Small Gallery: Zhi Lin, Invisible and Unwelcomed People




Thursday, March 27, 6 p.m.
Mortar Board Society Lecture by Andy Rex
How to Achieve Your College Dreams: a Little Advice on How to Live Successfully and a Lot of Reinforcement of What You Already Know

Saturday, March 29, 7:30 p.m.
Student Chamber Concert
Cordelia Wikarski-Miedel, coordinator

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April 2008Artwork by Zhi Lin

Wednesday, April 2, 3 p.m.
Artist Talk by Zhi Lin
Kittredge Gallery

Thursday, April 3, 4 p.m.
Thompson Hall Science & Mathematics Seminars
Chris Timmons '06, Asemblon, Inc.
Surface Molecular Engineering, Background and Applications in Nanotechnology

Friday, April 4, 12: 05 p.m.
Organ at Noon
Joseph Adam, organ

Saturday, April 5, 8 p.m.
Travelling Troupe: Le Theatre de la Chandelle verte
Marivaux' Le Jeu de L'Amour et du Hasard
performed in French

Sunday, April 6, 7:30 p.m.
Brassworks Concert
Judson Scott, director

Tuesday, April 8, 5 p.m.
Lecture by Dar Rudnyckyj
Spiritual Economies: Islam and Neoliberalism in Contemporary Indonesia

Tuesday, April 8, 7:30 p.m.
University Symphony Orchestra
Mussorgsky/Ravel: Pictures at an Exhibition
Christophe Chagnard, conductor

Thursday, April 10, 4 p.m.
Thompson Hall Science & Mathematics Seminars
Raymond B. Huey, Univ. of Wash., Laboratory of Evolutionary Physiology
Life and Death on Mount Everest

Thursday, April 10, 8 p.m.
Leonard Pitts  
ASUPS Lecture

Friday, April 11, 7:30 p.m.
Opera Scenes
Love is in the Air
Christopher McKim, director

Friday, April 11, 7:30 p.m.Saturday, April 12, 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.
Sr. Theatre Festival 2008
Mort by Terry Pratchett, adapted for the stage by Stephen Briggs
Directed by Holly Coombs

Wednesday, April 16, 3 p.m.
Artist Talk by Ward Davenny
Kittredge Gallery

Wednesday, April 16, 7:30 p.m.
University String Orchestra
Baroque Bash
Christophe Chagnard, conductor

Thursday, April 17, 12:30 p.m.
Chism Guest Lecture by Brenda Longfellow '94
Haven't I Seen This Before? Reusing Statues in Antiquity

Thursday, April 17, 4 p.m.
Thompson Hall Science & Mathematics Seminars
Harry Khamis, Wright State Univ., Statistical Consulting Center
The Statistical Consulting Center at Wright State University
Photo of Fubuki Daiko
Thursday, April 17, 7:30 p.m.
Fubuki Daiko
ASUPS Event




Friday, April 18, 7:30 p.m.
Jacobsen Series: In Black and White and Dead of Night: Post-Romantic Chamber Works of Debussy and Schoenberg
Duane Hulbert, Myong-joo Lee, pianos
Simon James, James Garlick, violins
Cordelia Wikarski-Miedel, Kevin Krentz, 'celli
with commentary by Sandy Evans and Carolyn Anderson

Friday, April 18, 7:30 p.m.Saturday, April 19, 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.
Sr. Theatre Festival 2008
Les Liaisons Dangereuses by Christopher Hampton
Directed by Clayton Weller

Tuesday, April 22, 4 p.m.
PG/LAS Talk and Movie: ?Puedo Hablar? May I Speak?
Christopher Moore, producer and co-director

Wednesday, April 23-Sunday, May 18
Kittredge Gallery Exhibit
Senior Show

Thursday, April 24, 4 p.m.
Lecture by Arzoo Osanloo
The Non-State Pardon: Islamic Criminal Sanctioning and the Mandate of Forgiveness in Iran

Thursday, April 24, 4 p.m.
Thompson Hall Science & Mathematics Seminars
Eric Scharrer, Univ. of Puget Sound, Department of Chemistry
Synthesis and Phase Behavior of Liquid Crystalline Oxadiazole Derivatives: A Possible Route to Faster and More Efficient Liquid Crystal Displays
Photo of Itka Zygmuntowicz
Thursday, April 24, 5 p.m.
Itka Zygmuntowicz
Life Lessons of a Holocaust Survivor

Friday, April 25, 7:30 p.m.
University Band and Wind Ensemble
Chosen Gems from the wind band repertory
Robert Taylor, conductor

Friday, April 25, 7:30 p.m.Saturday, April 26, 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.
Sr. Theatre Festival 2008
Beyond Therapy by Christopher Durang
Directed by Tom Dewey 

Sunday, April 27, 2 p.m.
Voci d'Amici
Jerry Yonkman, director

Sunday, April 27, 7:30 p.m.
Ben Folds
ASUPS Event-tickets available through Ticketmaster

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May 2008

Thursday, May 1, 7:30 p.m.
University Jazz Band with guest artist Kenny Werner
Syd Potter, director

Friday, May 2, 12:05 p.m.
Organ at Noon
Joseph Adam, organ

Saturday, May 3, 7:30 p.m.
Adelphian Concert Choir
Jerry Yonkman, conductor

Monday, May 5, 7:30 p.m.
University Percussion Ensemble
Gunnar Folsom, director

Tuesday, May 6, 7:30 p.m.
University Chorale and Dorian Singers
James Bowyer, conductor

Wednesday, May 7, 4 p.m.
Annual Pops on the Lawn
University Wind Ensemble with Student Conductors


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