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Saturday, April 30, 2011
Denyce Graves & Richard Troxell with Baton Rouge Symphony
Terrific concert conducted by Timothy Muffitt with numerous alumni and current LSU faculty and students spread throughout the orchestra. I'm very proud!!!
Friday, April 29, 2011
Exxon/Mobil Matching Gifts to LSU benefit LSU Opera
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Students Danielle Greiner (l.) and Megan Barrera (inside left) and Prof. Michael Borowitz (far r.) |
Megan Barrera, a native of Miami, FL is currently finishing her Master's in Music at Louisiana State University. She completed her undergraduate degree, a Bachelor in Music, at the University of Miami, FL (2009).
Danielle Greiner, a Mezzo-soprano from Treynor, IA is in the Master’s program at LSU and has an undergraduate degree from Simpson College in Iowa. She has been an apprentice artist for two seasons at the Des Moines Metro Opera.
Michael Borowitz (Music Director of LSU Opera) American conductor and pianist is Assistant Professor of Opera with Louisiana State University, as well as Artistic Director of Nevada Opera and music director of the Ohio Light Opera.
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| Provost Hamilton and Exxon officials with matching gift check, surrounded by members of the LSU community and LSU Foundation |
“Our Lady of 121st Street” LSU Theatre Mainstage
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ADAM LAU/The Advocate Kaitlyn Stockwell, who plays Inez in the LSU Department of Theatre production ‘Our Lady of 121st Street,’ rehearses with Andrew Davis (Rooftop), center, and Renaldo McClinton (Victor). The play opens tonight in the Studio Theatre of the Music and Dramatic Arts Building on Dalrymple Drive. |
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
LSU alum on Broadway!!!!
http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/04/26/whos-afraid-of-virginia-wolf-returning-to-broadway/#more-195635
LSU alum Madison Dirks lands a role on Broadway. Congrats!!!!
LSU alum Madison Dirks lands a role on Broadway. Congrats!!!!
Honey (Carrie Coon) comforted by Nick (Madison Dirks)
Photo: Michael Brosilow
Published on Dec 19, 2010
from Steppenwolf Theatre Production
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Thursday, April 7, 2011
LSU Digital Media Fest celebrates entries, creativity | LSU Gold
CMDA's Joey Watson in the thick of this exciting campus project.
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Adam Rapp play workshopped at LSU Fall '10
CRITIC’S NOTEBOOK
Louisville Dreaming: Characters Exploring Boundaries
By CHARLES ISHERWOOD
Published: April 4, 2011
http://tinyurl.com/3orahhx
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Alan SimonsCatherine Combs as Bernadette in “The Edge of Our Bodies,” by Adam Rapp. |
LSU's LOL--Front page story in Baton Rouge Advocate
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| Adam Lau/The Advocate |
Slide show
http://www.2theadvocate.com/photos/119226539.html
Audio clip
http://media.2theadvocate.com/audio/LaptopConcert.mp3
Directors
http://www.music.lsu.edu/~sdbeck/
http://www.allisonic.com/
LSU Theatre's Dance Concert 2011
LSU Theatre's Dance Concert 2011
Directed by Molly Buchmann
April 30th @ 7:30 p.m.
May 1st @ 2:00 p.m.
Shaver Theatre, Music & Dramatic Arts Building on Dalrymple Drive - LSU campus
→ Purchase Tickets Online
LSU Theatre’s DANCE CONCERT 2011, directed by Molly Buchmann, performs at the Shaver Theatre, M&DA Building on Dalrymple Drive - LSU campus, and runs April 30 and May 1, 2011.
LSU Theatre will present its 10th annual DANCE CONCERT 2011, featuring a blend of various styles of dance ranging from ballet and lyrical/modern, to hip hop, tap and jazz. The concert will showcase 14 distinctly different pieces and highlight more than 70 dancers with choreographed pieces by students and LSU Theatre faculty Susan Perlis and Christine Chrest. Special guest works by LSU Legacy, a hip hop student dance team portraying American youth and urban energy.
LSU Theatre’s DANCE CONCERT 2011 provides young choreographers with the exciting opportunity to experiment and produce their work on a larger scale. Don’t miss this fast-paced, powerful experience of dance entertainment.
Student Choreographers:
Adrienne Sonnier
Ali Manion
Amanda Briggs
Christy Hedlund
Liz Armentor
Emily Rodriguez
Ann Tangi
Clint Parfait
Stephanie Giglio
Tickets are $18 for Adults, $15 for Seniors/Faculty/Staff and $12 for all students.
Directed by Molly Buchmann
April 30th @ 7:30 p.m.
May 1st @ 2:00 p.m.
Shaver Theatre, Music & Dramatic Arts Building on Dalrymple Drive - LSU campus
→ Purchase Tickets Online
LSU Theatre’s DANCE CONCERT 2011, directed by Molly Buchmann, performs at the Shaver Theatre, M&DA Building on Dalrymple Drive - LSU campus, and runs April 30 and May 1, 2011.
LSU Theatre will present its 10th annual DANCE CONCERT 2011, featuring a blend of various styles of dance ranging from ballet and lyrical/modern, to hip hop, tap and jazz. The concert will showcase 14 distinctly different pieces and highlight more than 70 dancers with choreographed pieces by students and LSU Theatre faculty Susan Perlis and Christine Chrest. Special guest works by LSU Legacy, a hip hop student dance team portraying American youth and urban energy.
LSU Theatre’s DANCE CONCERT 2011 provides young choreographers with the exciting opportunity to experiment and produce their work on a larger scale. Don’t miss this fast-paced, powerful experience of dance entertainment.
Student Choreographers:
Adrienne Sonnier
Ali Manion
Amanda Briggs
Christy Hedlund
Liz Armentor
Emily Rodriguez
Ann Tangi
Clint Parfait
Stephanie Giglio
Tickets are $18 for Adults, $15 for Seniors/Faculty/Staff and $12 for all students.
LSU Mainstage
Our Lady of 121st Street
by Stephen Adley Guirgis
Directed by Femi Euba
April 27-May 8, 2011
Studio Theatre
Purchase Tickets Online
by Stephen Adley Guirgis
Directed by Femi Euba
April 27-May 8, 2011
Studio Theatre
Purchase Tickets Online
Friday, April 1, 2011
The Jazz Area at LSU is having "Jazz Week"
The Jazz Area at LSU is having "Jazz Week" on campus presenting several exciting concerts and recitals. Here's the lineup:
Monday, April 4, 7:30 p.m. LSU SoM Recital Hall: Jazz Chamber Ensembles - Bill Grimes, coordinator
LSU SoM Recital Hall, 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday, April 5, 7:30 p.m. CMDA - Claude L. Shaver Theatre:Jazz Lab Band concert, directed by Brian Shaw
with compositions and arrangements by Gordon Goodwin, Allan Horney,
Thad Jones, Fred Sturm, Jamey Simmons, and Brian Shaw
Friday, April 8, 7:30 p.m. CMDA - Claude L. Shaver Theatre:LSU Jazz Ensemble Concert - directed by Brian Shaw featuring Trent Austin, trumpet soloist [www.trentaustinmusic.com]
with compositions and arrangements by Duke Ellington, Clifford Brown,
Neal Hefti, Maria Schneider, Darcy Argue, Stephen Guerra, and Brian
Shaw
Monday, April 4, 7:30 p.m. LSU SoM Recital Hall: Jazz Chamber Ensembles - Bill Grimes, coordinator
LSU SoM Recital Hall, 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday, April 5, 7:30 p.m. CMDA - Claude L. Shaver Theatre:Jazz Lab Band concert, directed by Brian Shaw
with compositions and arrangements by Gordon Goodwin, Allan Horney,
Thad Jones, Fred Sturm, Jamey Simmons, and Brian Shaw
Friday, April 8, 7:30 p.m. CMDA - Claude L. Shaver Theatre:LSU Jazz Ensemble Concert - directed by Brian Shaw featuring Trent Austin, trumpet soloist [www.trentaustinmusic.com]
with compositions and arrangements by Duke Ellington, Clifford Brown,
Neal Hefti, Maria Schneider, Darcy Argue, Stephen Guerra, and Brian
Shaw
Saturday, April 9, 7:30 p.m. LSU SoM Recital Hall:
Guest Artist Trent Austin, jazz trumpet recital
with Bill Grimes, Willis Delony, and Brian Shaw
graduate recitals stretching into the following week:
Monday, April 11, 7:30 p.m. LSU SoM Recital Hall
Brad Walker Jazz Saxophone Graduate Recital
Wednesday, April 13, 7:30 p.m. LSU SoM Recital Hall
Marcelo Vieira, Jazz Cello Graduate Recital
http://www.music.lsu.edu/index.html
Performing Arts Series presents Trio Angelico
Performing Arts Series presents Trio Angelico
April 6, 2011 · Recital Hall · 7:30 p.m.
Trio Angelico comes to LSU School of Music as part of the Performing Arts Series. This group performs “music from the heart” as three distinct voices come together: Sonja Bruzauskas, mezzo soprano; Jennifer Keeney, flute; and Vicki Seldon, guest pianist in the Recital Hall at 7:30 p.m. on April 6.
Admission is free for LSU students with I.D. General admission is $10.
On April 5 at 4:30 p.m. the group will conduct a workshop for students in the Music & Dramatic Arts building, room 249 entitled. “Engaging New Audiences: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Music Performance” where they will share lessons from their work to expose the community to artistic experiences that blend science, literature and philosophy to build audiences.
Bruzauskas was recently the featured soloist with the Baton Rouge Symphony Orchestra. Trio Angelico regularly performs with Divas World, a Houston-based non-profit performing arts organization “dedicated to enriching lives through spirited and musical performances that touch the mind, heart and soul.”
http://www.music.lsu.edu/News/Events.html#Trio
With guest pianist, Vicki Seldon
April 6, 2011 · Recital Hall · 7:30 p.m.
Trio Angelico comes to LSU School of Music as part of the Performing Arts Series. This group performs “music from the heart” as three distinct voices come together: Sonja Bruzauskas, mezzo soprano; Jennifer Keeney, flute; and Vicki Seldon, guest pianist in the Recital Hall at 7:30 p.m. on April 6.
Admission is free for LSU students with I.D. General admission is $10.
On April 5 at 4:30 p.m. the group will conduct a workshop for students in the Music & Dramatic Arts building, room 249 entitled. “Engaging New Audiences: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Music Performance” where they will share lessons from their work to expose the community to artistic experiences that blend science, literature and philosophy to build audiences.
Bruzauskas was recently the featured soloist with the Baton Rouge Symphony Orchestra. Trio Angelico regularly performs with Divas World, a Houston-based non-profit performing arts organization “dedicated to enriching lives through spirited and musical performances that touch the mind, heart and soul.”
http://www.music.lsu.edu/News/Events.html#Trio
With guest pianist, Vicki Seldon
LSU Opera Presents Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro
LSU Opera Presents Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro
March 31-April 3, 2011 · Shaver Theatre · 7:30 p.m.
→ Purchase Tickets
March 31-April 3, 2011 · Shaver Theatre · 7:30 p.m.
→ Purchase Tickets
SciArt, a new conversation where art meets science
String Theory vs. Loop Quantum Gravity
a part of SciArt, a new conversation where art meets science
March 31, 2011 · M&DA Bldg · 7 p.m. · Free Admission
What is String Theory? Hear from LSU Physicist Jorge Pullin and Stanford Physicist Sean Hartnoll as they discuss and debate String Theory versus Loop Quantum Gravity (for a general audience) - while Raul Gomez and Marcelo Vieira of the experimental ensemble The Incense Merchants add to the discussion with violin and cello.
a part of SciArt, a new conversation where art meets science
March 31, 2011 · M&DA Bldg · 7 p.m. · Free Admission
What is String Theory? Hear from LSU Physicist Jorge Pullin and Stanford Physicist Sean Hartnoll as they discuss and debate String Theory versus Loop Quantum Gravity (for a general audience) - while Raul Gomez and Marcelo Vieira of the experimental ensemble The Incense Merchants add to the discussion with violin and cello.
Nice feature article (from Fall '10) on SoM alum Patti Adams
http://www.nola.com/arts/index.ssf/2010/11/lpo_flutist_patti_adams_blends.html
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| Patti Adams is photographed at the Garden District Gallery in New Orleans with some of her art work on Friday, November 5, 2010. |