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When photographers converged on the convention center in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, a survivor cried out, "Thank God the press is here." Her words expressed a sentiment that characterizes the storytelling and relationships that developed between the people of the Gulf Coast and the media in the months that followed.
This exhibition is on loan from the Ogden Museum of Southern Art in New Orleans, and includes photographs by numerous nationally known journalistic photographers
Thursday, August 30 Friday, October 12
Opening Reception: Thursday, August 30, 4 6 pm
Tower Fine Arts Center Gallery
Free
When photographers converged on the convention center in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, a survivor cried out, "Thank God the press is here." Her words expressed a sentiment that characterizes the storytelling and relationships that developed between the people of the Gulf Coast and the media in the months that followed.
This exhibition is on loan from the Ogden Museum of Southern Art in New Orleans, and includes photographs by numerous nationally known journalistic photographers
Thursday, August 30 Friday, October 12
Opening Reception: Thursday, August 30, 4 6 pm
Tower Fine Arts Center Gallery
Free
New York City choreographer Monica Bill Barnes returns to The College at Brockport for her third Labor Day week dance residency. From September 1 through 7, 2012, Barnes, with company member Anna Bass, will develop material to be used in a new company piece. Barnes will also be working with six undergraduate and two graduate students selected at an audition last April.
During Creative Process Residency, Barnes will discuss how a work progresses from a choreographic inspiration to a full-realized dance during three Report Sessions that public is encouraged to attend. They will take place:
Tuesday, September 4 at 5:15 pm (Location TBA)
Wednesday, September 5 at 5:15 pm (Rose L. Strasser Studio)
Thursday, September 6 at 7 pm (Hartwell Dance Theater)
On Friday, September 7, Barnes and Bass will teach three master classes to dance students as the finale of this weeklong residency. The classes are open for observation at 9:05am (Rose L. Strasser Studio and Studio 64) and 11:15am (Rose L. Strasser Studio). Visitors are welcome to observe.
For further information about the Barnes residency, please contact the Department of Dance at (585) 395-2153.
This residency is supported by the New York State DanceForce with funding from the New York State Council on the Arts Dance Program.
September 1 – 7
Hartwell Hall, various locations
Free
Swing's the thing when The Gateswingers make an appearance during Homecoming weekend.
One of Rochester's favorite big bands specializes in playing standards made famous by Count
Basie, Duke Ellington, Harry James, Glenn Miller and others. To make the concert a true event,
join us for dancing in front of the bandstand.
Saturday, September 15 at 7:30 pm
Tower Fine Arts Center Mainstage
$15 $10 Seniors, Alumni, Faculty and Staff $8 Students
Further solidifying the relationship between The College at Brockport and the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, Arild Remmereit, music director of the RPO, will be the guest speaker at the College’s Music Appreciation course on Monday, September 17, 2012, at 6:30 pm. The discussion is open to the public, free of charge. Not only will there be no admission fee, but as a way of emphasizing his commitment to music education, and as a gesture to the College and the community, Remmereit is waiving his speaking fee in commemoration of the newly renamed Department of Theatre and Music Studies. For further information, please contact the department at (585) 395-2496.
During his visit to the Brockport campus, Remmereit will speak about the work of a conductor, his experiences on the podium and his vision for our city's orchestra. When his appointment as music director beginning with the 2011-12 season was announced, Remmereit had already conducted the RPO several times in the past. He commented that the time he had “spent in this city, and with this great Orchestra, gives me every confidence that we can accomplish amazing things together.”
Monday, September 17 at 7:30 pm
Tower Fine Arts Center Mainstage
Free
When photographers converged on the convention center in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, a survivor cried out, "Thank God the press is here." Her words expressed a sentiment that characterizes the storytelling and relationships that developed between the people of the Gulf Coast and the media in the months that followed.
This exhibition is on loan from the Ogden Museum of Southern Art in New Orleans, and includes photographs by numerous nationally known journalistic photographers
Thursday, August 30 Friday, October 12
Opening Reception: Thursday, August 30, 4 6 pm
Tower Fine Arts Center Gallery
Free
These casual concerts can feature everything from Eastman School of Music ensembles to soloists playing unusual instruments. Bring your lunch and enjoy the sound of music!
Wednesday, October 3 at 12:15 pm
Drake Memorial Library
Free
Drawing members from the campus and the community, the orchestra helps symbolize the renaissance of the music program at The College at Brockport. October's concert is the Fall Dance Concert.
Thursday October 4 at 7:30 pm
Seymour College Union Ballroom
Free
Performances of Neil LaBute’s reasons to be pretty on October 5 and 6, 2012, at 7:30 pm and October 7, 2012, at 2 pm have been cancelled due to an actor’s injury.
Performances on October 18 – 20 at 7:30 pm will continue as scheduled. A matinee performance will be added on Sunday, October 21 at 2 pm.
Tickets for the cancelled performances can be exchanged at the Tower Fine Arts Center Box Office, or by calling (585) 395-2787.
" some of the freshest and most illuminating American dialogue to be heard anywhere these days." The New York Times
After being dumped by his girlfriend for making an innocent remark about her looks, Greg sees his married buddy chasing after a "hot" new co-worker. When he realizes that the consequences aren't equal to the transgressions made by him and his buddy, Greg takes a stance against men's obsession with physical beauty. Can't a guy catch a break?
reasons to be pretty contains adult language.
October 18 21
Thursday through Saturday Evenings at 7:30 pm
Sunday Matinee at 2 pm
Tower Fine Arts Center Mainstage
$15 $10 Seniors, Alumni, Faculty and Staff $8 Students
From striking solos to dynamic ensembles, these concerts present works created with a unique performance space in mind. Learn more about the choreographic process during the post-show discussions on Thursday and Saturday.
Thursday Saturday
October 18 20 at 7: 30 pm
Rose L. Strasser Studio, Hartwell Hall
$15 $10 Seniors, Alumni, Faculty and Staff $8 Students
As part of the Department of Theatre's relationship with Geva Theatre Center, this series of interactive panels allows attendees to discover various aspects of making theatre.
Kenneth Tigar, currently starring in Geva's production of Freud's Last Session will be the guest ath this month's Stage Whispers.
Thursday, October 25 at 10 am
Tower Fine Arts Center Lab Theatre
Free
Each new day seems to bring new advances in creative resources, leaving a wasteland of outdated, obsolete equipment, and antiquated technologies such as flip cameras, slide projectors, etc. This exhibition presents the work of artists that purposefully employ older and outdated equipment and technologies in their process. Participants include Monteith McCollum, Binghamton, NY; Tiberiu Chelcea, Nashville, TN; Laurie O'Brien, Rochester, NY; and others.
Thursday, October 25 Sunday, December 9
Opening Reception: Thursday, October 25, 4 6 pm
Tower Fine Arts Center Gallery
Free
Join us for an informal concert featuring performances by the Brockport Xylophone Ensemble, directed by Dr. Natalie Sarrazin, the Brockport Saxophone and Jazz Ensembles, directed by Dr. William Hullfish, the Brockport Clarinet Ensemble, directed by Scott Horsington, the Brockport Brass Ensemble, directed by Adam Howard, and the Brockport Symphony Orchestra, directed by Jonathan Allentoff.
The Brockport Jazz Ensemble and the Brockport Brass Ensemble, founded in Fall 2012, will give their premiere performances. William Hullfish, Professor Emeritus of Music, has written custom arrangements for the Brockport Jazz Ensemble, which will be showcased on this concert. The Brockport Brass Ensemble, comprised of players from the Brockport Symphony Orchestra, was founded by tuba performer Adam Howard with Jonathan Allentoff and Nancy Washer serving as co-directors. The concert will also feature a percussion work composed by Jonathan Allentoff, and bassoon soloist Meg Walters performing Allentoff's arrangement of Wilder's "Love Among the Young." Walters is a graduate of the Eastman School of Music and has performed in venues throughout the US..
Thursday, October 25 at 7:30 pm
Tower Fine Arts Center Mainstage
Free
For more than 90 years, the RPO has been one of the cornerstones of both the arts in our community and the community itself. Its commitment to Rochester, to new music and to artistic excellence is unparalleled. In addition to its annual concert, the RPO has a presence on campus throughout the year, providing course instructors and guest lecturers.
Add this concert to your subscription and receive a complimentary ticket for a post-concert
reception featuring wine, artisan cheeses and other delectables, catered by Garnishes.
Additional reception tickets are $10 and will be available until October 19.
October 26 at 7:30 pm
Tower Fine Arts Center Mainstage
$15 $10 Seniors, Alumni, Faculty and Staff $8 Students
Each new day seems to bring new advances in creative resources, leaving a wasteland of outdated, obsolete equipment, and antiquated technologies such as flip cameras, slide projectors, etc. This exhibition presents the work of artists that purposefully employ older and outdated equipment and technologies in their process. Participants include Monteith McCollum, Binghamton, NY; Tiberiu Chelcea, Nashville, TN; Laurie O'Brien, Rochester, NY; and others.
Through December 9
Opening Reception: Thursday, October 25, 4 6 pm
Tower Fine Arts Center Gallery
Free
With a wide range of dance styles, these concerts present an exhilarating slate of works some of which are choreographed by MFA candidates that have gone through a crucial adjudication process and additional mentoring by faculty. It's another instance of the collaborative efforts that exist between dancers and choreographers, and between students and dance professionals.
Thursday Saturday
November 1 and 2 at 7:30 pm
November 3 at 2 and 7:30 pm
Hartwell Dance Theater
$15 $10 Seniors, Alumni, Faculty and Staff $8 Students
Thursday Saturday
November 1 3 at 7:30 pm
Sunday, November 4 at 2 pm
Tower Fine Arts Center Lab Theatre
Tickets: Brockport Student Government
Box Office (585) 395-2487
L'Histoire du SoldatIgor Stravinsky's music theatre piece, L'Histoire du Soldat, is a Faustian tale concerning a soldier returning from war who, in a deal with the devil, exchanges his violin for a book full of economic predictions.
This work, known for its time signature changes and intricate scoring for a septet, will be performed by members of the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, and narrated by Davida Bloom, associate professor in the Department of Theatre and Music Studies.
Monday, November 5
Pre-concert talk at 6:30 pm
Concert at 7:30 pm
Tower Fine Arts Center Mainstage
$5 at the door
Music at NoonThese casual concerts can feature everything from Eastman School of Music ensembles to soloists playing unusual instruments. Bring your lunch and enjoy the sound of music!
Join us in welcoming Kathryn Sloat, a harpist from the Eastman School of Music who will be playing a program of light classics, Spanish folk songs and some popular songs. She will also talk about the unique problems facing a harpist trying to transport her concert harp.
Wednesday, November 7 at 12:15 pm
Drake Memorial Library
Free
As part of the Department of Theatre's relationship with Geva Theatre Center, this series of interactive panels allows attendees to discover various aspects of making theatre.
A Victorian London streetscape? Sure. A charred Southern plantation? Not a problem. Shakespeare's fantastical forest from A Midsummer Night's Dream? Bring it on. These are just some of the scenic challenges facing Geva Theatre Center's charge scenic artist, Apollo Mark Weaver, this season.
Weaver has been with Geva for the past seven years. He is also the charge artist at the Hangar Theatre in Ithaca, where he has spent the past six summers. He graduated from Nazareth College and worked as a scenic artist for theatres in Michigan and Virginia before moving to Chicago, where he spent four years as a freelance scenic artist, carpenter, set designer, director, and playwright. Besides his work at Geva, his work around Rochester includes work for Nazareth, University of Rochester, the JCC, and the Strong Museum.
Thursday, November 15 at 10 am
Tower Fine Arts Center Lab Theatre
Free
DANSCOREA different setting for the Brockport showings allows our nationally renowned faculty to set works on dancers with broader strokes on a bigger canvas. Having the alternative performance space in Strasser Studio is one of the distinctive assets of the dance program at the College. DANSCORE is also an opportunity to share the talents of the department with a larger audience at our Saturday performance in downtown Rochester.
Thursday and Friday, November 15 and 16 at 7:30 pm
Rose L. Strasser Studio, Hartwell Hall
and
Saturday, November 17 at 7:30 pm
Hochstein School of Music and Dance
50 North Plymouth Avenue, Rochester
A reception will follow this performance.
(Only cash and checks will be accepted at the door for the Saturday performance.)
$15 $10 Seniors, Alumni, Faculty and Staff $8 Students
The Xylophone Ensemble
The Clarinet Ensemble
The Jazz Ensemble
The Saxophone Ensemble
Friday, November 30 at 3 pm
Tower Fine Arts Center Black Box Theatre
Free
Friday and Saturday, November 30 and December 1
Rose L. Strasser Studio, Hartwell Hall
Donations to the Friends of Brockport Dance scholarship fund
accepted at the door.
Mauritius by Theresa Rebeck"Neatly structured, fleetly paced, it crackles with original life " The New York Times
Two stamps can either change two sisters' lives, or place one of them perilously close to death when three thugs catch wind of a very valuable stamp collection. Set in a world where double crossing your friends and acquaintances is an everyday occurrence, Rebeck's play is fraught with tension, danger and unresolved family issues. Who knew stamp collectors could be so treacherous?
Mauritius contains adult language.
November 30 December 2 and December 6 8
Thursday through Saturday Evenings at 7:30 pm
Sunday Matinee at 2 pm
Tower Fine Arts Center Mainstage
$15 $10 Seniors, Alumni, Faculty and Staff $8 Students
Each new day seems to bring new advances in creative resources, leaving a wasteland of outdated, obsolete equipment, and antiquated technologies such as flip cameras, slide projectors, etc. This exhibition presents the work of artists that purposefully employ older and outdated equipment and technologies in their process. Participants include Monteith McCollum, Binghamton, NY; Tiberiu Chelcea, Nashville, TN; Laurie O'Brien, Rochester, NY; and others.
Through December 9
Opening Reception: Thursday, October 25, 4 6 pm
Tower Fine Arts Center Gallery
Free
Mauritius by Theresa Rebeck"Neatly structured, fleetly paced, it crackles with original life " The New York Times
Two stamps can either change two sisters' lives, or place one of them perilously close to death when three thugs catch wind of a very valuable stamp collection. Set in a world where double crossing your friends and acquaintances is an everyday occurrence, Rebeck's play is fraught with tension, danger and unresolved family issues. Who knew stamp collectors could be so treacherous?
Mauritius contains adult language.
November 30 December 2 and December 6 8
Thursday through Saturday Evenings at 7:30 pm
Sunday Matinee at 2 pm
Tower Fine Arts Center Mainstage
$10 Seniors, Alumni, Faculty and Staff $8 Students
Celebrate the holidays with a concert that will put you in the mood for all of the festivities that December has to offer.
Sunday, December 2 at 7:30 pm
New Location:
Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
152 Main Street, Brockport
$5 at the door
Wednesday and Thursday
December 5 and 6 at 7:30 pm
Donations accepted at the door
Rose L. Strasser Studio, Hartwell Hall
Drawing members from the campus and the community, the orchestra helps symbolize the renaissance of the music program at The College at Brockport. December's concert is holiday themed.
Thursday, December 6 at 7:30 pm
Seymour College Union Ballroom
Free
Monroe and Vicinity BiennialWestern New York is rich with talented and adventurous artists, employing a variety of styles and media. In this exhibition, we celebrate the accomplishments of four artists from our region. Amongst the participants will be Sarah Sutton of Rochester and Bruce Adams of Buffalo.
Thursday, January 31 Sunday, February 24
Opening Reception: Thursday, January 31, 4 6 pm
Tower Fine Arts Center Gallery
Free
Monroe and Vicinity BiennialWestern New York is rich with talented and adventurous artists, employing a variety of styles and media. In this exhibition, we celebrate the accomplishments of four artists from our region. Amongst the participants will be Sarah Sutton of Rochester and Bruce Adams of Buffalo.
Through February 24
Opening Reception: Thursday, January 31, 4 6 pm
Tower Fine Arts Center Gallery
Free
Mike Kaupa is a jazz veteran who has worked with the likes of Mel Tormé and Ray Charles. He and his quartet will warm up a cold winter’s night when they take the stage at Tower Fine Arts Center.
Kaupa shares his talents by teaching students at both the Harley School and at the Eastman School of Music. He has toured throughout the US, Canada, Europe, and Japan. Since 2001 he has been a member of the faculty at the annual Seminario de Jazz, in Barcelona, Spain. He has been associated with the Taller de Musics school in Barcelona since 1983 and recorded there with the group Onix.
Appearing along with Kaupa are Chris Teal, drums; Danny Ziemann, bass; and Reuben Allen, piano. All three have attended the Eastman School of Music and, prior to this concert, Allen will have appeared in Washington, DC, where he will be performing his own arrangement of “Hoe Down” (from Aaron Copland’s Rodeo) at the official luncheon following President Obama’s inauguration.
Teaching at Harley and conducting other youth-oriented ensembles has helped Kaupa realize that “jazz is not only for the ages, but also for all ages.”
The Mike Kaupa Quartet replaces the previously announced Po' Boys Brass Band.
NEW DATE: Thursday, February 14 at 7:30 pm
Tower Fine Arts Center Mainstage
$15 $10 Seniors, Alumni, Faculty and Staff $8 Students
Participants must be at least 16.
Thursday, February 21 Saturday, February 23
Hartwell dance studios, classrooms and Dance Theater
Free
The Brockport AlumniDance Network will present choreography created by its members. The professional experiences of the Network's members will help shape workshops, panels and classes scheduled throughout Dance Awareness Days.
Thursday, February 21 at 6 pm
Rose L. Strasser Studio, Hartwell Hall
This event is free, but tickets are required.
Residency: February 25 - March 1, 2013
Performance: February 28
Rose L. Strasser Studio, Hartwell Hall
For tickets, call Brockport Student Government
Box Office: (585) 395-2487
Salvador Dali: Dante's Divine ComedyFrom 1951through 1960, Salvador Dali worked to complete a suite of watercolors illustrating Dante's Divine Comedy to celebrate the 700th birthday of the Italian poet. Later, master printers would work to generate wood blocks to reproduce and publish Dali's original paintings. This complete series of Dali's 100 prints is on loan from the Ewing Gallery at the University of Tennessee.
Thursday, February 28 Friday, March 29
Opening Reception: Thursday, February 28, 4 6 pm
Tower Fine Arts Center Gallery
Free
Salvador Dali: Dante's Divine ComedyFrom 1951through 1960, Salvador Dali worked to complete a suite of watercolors illustrating Dante's Divine Comedy to celebrate the 700th birthday of the Italian poet. Later, master printers would work to generate wood blocks to reproduce and publish Dali's original paintings. This complete series of Dali's 100 prints is on loan from the Ewing Gallery at the University of Tennessee.
Through March 29
Opening Reception: Thursday, February 28, 4 6 pm
Tower Fine Arts Center Gallery
Free
In a season in which the three other entries have all premiered within the last seven years, it is quite fitting to feature the new plays that comprise the Festival of Ten. In these ten 10-minute plays, contemporary writers muse on life, love and anything else that inspires them. Culled from hundreds of submissions in an international search, these plays may be comic or dramatic, but they all indicate that the art of playwriting is alive and well.
March 1 3 and 7 9
Thursday through Saturday Evenings at 7:30 pm
Sunday Matinee at 2 pm
Tower Fine Arts Center Mainstage
$15 $10 Seniors, Alumni, Faculty and Staff $8 Students
Music at NoonThese casual concerts can feature everything from Eastman School of Music ensembles to soloists playing unusual instruments. Bring your lunch and enjoy the sound of music!
This month, we will be faturing the Eastman Guitar Quartet, which will be playing repertoire ranging from Debussy to Latin American and Baroque selections.
Wednesday, March 6 at 12:15 pm
Drake Memorial Library
Free
As part of the Department of Theatre's relationship with Geva Theatre Center, this series of interactive panels allows attendees to discover various aspects of making theatre.
Thursday, March 7 at 10 am
Tower Fine Arts Center Lab Theatre
Free
Drawing members from the campus and the community, the orchestra helps symbolize the renaissance of the music program at The College at Brockport.
The March concert will be a Soloist Showcase. Under the baton of Jonathan Allentoff, this concert will feature six outstanding soloists, the Golden Eagle String Band, and members of the Brockport College-Community Chorus. Dr. William Hullfish,associate professor of music emeritus, will premiere his new "Celtic Dance Suite" for pennywhistle, string band, and orchestra. Scott Horsington, director of the Brockport Clarinet Ensemble, will perform Allentoff's arrangement of Finzi's "Romance" for clarinet and orchestra. Lydia Allen, the orchestra's principal horn and an arts for children major, will perform Mozart's "Allegro from Concerto No. 1 for Horn and Orchestra." Peter Ferry, a recent recipient of the prestigious Performer’s Certificate at the Eastman School of Music, will perform the first movement of Sejourne's "Concerto for Vibraphone and String Orchestra." Meg Walters, the orchestra's principal bassoon and Eastman School graduate, will perform Allentoff's arrangement of MacDowell's "A Lovely Rose" for bassoon and orchestra. The concert will conclude with "Avinu Shebashamayim" by Sol Zim, arranged by Allentoff for baritone, chorus, and orchestra. The vocal soloist will be Cantor-Hazzan Martin Leubitz of Temple Beth El, who was awarded an honorary Doctor of Music degree from the Jewish Theological Seminary for his contributions during his career in the cantorate. Cantor Leubitz has composed and published several pieces for Hazzan and Congregation, and he is the featured soloist on two recordings, High Holiday Favorites and Shma Koleinu.
Thursday, March 7 at 7:30 pm
Seymour College Union Ballroom
Free
Brockport Ensembles SWING!As part of the revitalization of the music program at The College at Brockport, many student ensembles have been organized, leading a change in the name of the department in which they are housed to the Department of Theatre and Music Studies. Several of these groups will gather together for a concert, “Brockport Ensembles Swing.”
During the concert, the Jazz, Saxophone, Clarinet, and Xylophone Ensembles – as well as the newest ensemble, the Brockport Swing Band – will play a varied program of works by the likes of Dave Brubeck, George Frideric Handel, and The Beatles, as well as some dubstep and swing favorites.
Wednesday, March 13 at 7:30 pm
Tower Fine Arts Center Mainstage
Donations will be accepted at the door.
Sample string music through the centuries, when three members of the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra Kathleen Murphy Kemp, Shannon Nance and Lara Sipols play works composed for two violins and a cello by Telemann, Haydn, Gliere, Bartok and others.
Please note: Stefan Reuss, who was originally announced to take part in this concert, will be unable to appear due to a family emergency. He will be replaced by his fellow RPO cellist, Kathleen Murphy Kemp.
Thursday, March 28 at 7:30 pm
Tower Fine Arts Center Mainstage
$15 $10 Seniors, Alumni, Faculty and Staff $8 Students
These casual concerts can feature everything from Eastman School of Music ensembles to soloists playing unusual instruments. Bring your lunch and enjoy the sound of music!
Join us for as concert featuring Mitzie Collins (hammered dulcimer) and Roxanne Ziegler (Celtic harp).
Collins and Ziegler have been giving programs of Irish music together for more than 30 years, and perform together on a CD, St. Patrick’s Day in the Morning: Music of Irish Inspiration. They have designed their Brockport program to showcase the many ringing strings of their instruments and will include both familiar and lesser-known tunes from Ireland, England and the United States.
Wednesday, April 3 at 12:15 pm
Drake Memorial Library
Free
From striking solos to dynamic ensembles, these concerts present works created with a unique performance space in mind. Learn more about the choreographic process during the post-show discussions on Thursday and Saturday.
Thursday Saturday
April 4 6 at 7: 30 pm
Rose L. Strasser Studio, Hartwell Hall
$15 $10 Seniors, Alumni, Faculty and Staff $8 Students
Thursday Saturday
April 4 6 at 7:30 pm
Sunday, April 7 at 2 pm
Tower Fine Arts Center Lab Theatre
Tickets: Brockport Student Government
Box Office (585) 395-2487
Chaowen Ting, conductor/pianist, will play and speak about Beethoven's symphonies from a conductor's perspective. She will play piano reductions of the pieces, so that attendees can hear the process of writing orchestral parts, thereby creating the nuances that gave rise to revolutionary and vivid ideas as well as complex emotions.
Monday, April 8 at 7:30 pm
Room 120
Tower Fine Arts Center
Free
The pinnacle of our season, and the most anticipated by students and faculty, this adjudicated exhibition is our celebration of our students' artistic achievements for the current academic year.
Friday, April 12 Sunday, May 5
Opening Reception and Awards Ceremony: April 12, 7 9 pm
Tower Fine Arts Center Gallery
Free
A string quartet featuring members of the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra will explore Beethoven's life and works. The pre-concert open lecture will look at the musical innovations of his string quartets. During the concert portion of the evening, there will be a performance of select movements from his early, middle and late periods, interspersed with a dramatic reading of his private correspondence, given by Law Tarello, adjunct lecturer in the Department of Theatre and Music Studies.
Monday, April 15
Pre-concert chat at 6:30 pm
Concert at 7:30 pm
Tower Fine Arts Center Black Box Theatre
Free
As part of the Department of Theatre's relationship with Geva Theatre Center, this series of interactive panels allows attendees to discover various aspects of making theatre.
In a business that is known for less than steady employment, actors – in fact, all people who work in the performing arts – are constantly faced with choices. Certain choices have to do with their portrayals of a given character, but other choices have to do with why, and how, they got to play that character in the first place. David Alan Anderson, featured in Geva Theatre Center’s production of The Whipping Man, will visit The College at Brockport to talk about “Why Actors Choose Roles,” the final installment of the Stage Whispers: Conversations with Theatre Professionals series for the year. The talk will take place on Tuesday, April 16, 2013, at 10 am, in the College’s Tower Fine Arts Center Black Box Theatre, 180 Holley Street. The event is free and open to the public.
Once they get through the audition process, an actor can accept a role for so many reasons: the show will tour, and they want to see the country; or the show will not tour, which works well if they want to stay close to a new baby. Of course, there are financial aspects to consider when working in the theatre, but there are cases where an actor wants to be involved in a play because of who they will be working with, or because of the message the playwright is trying to put forth. At the “Stage Whispers” talk, Anderson will explain how his own rationalizations have led to a flourishing career.
In The Whipping Man, Anderson returns to Geva, where he last appeared in Gem of the Ocean. Recently he played Troy in Fences at the Denver Center Theatre Company; the title role in Othello for HART, the Idaho Shakespeare Festival, and the Great Lakes Theater Festival; and Walter Lee in a tour of A Raisin in the Sun that took him to the Cleveland Play House, Arizona Theatre Company, and the Guthrie Theater. Anderson was a recipient of the 2007 Creative Renewal Fellowship sponsored by the Arts Council of Indianapolis, and he was honored in 2009 by the Indianapolis Chapter of the Circle City Links. He is a 2013 recipient of the prestigious Lunt-Fontanne Fellowship sponsored by the Ten Chimneys Foundation. Tuesday, April 16 at 10 am
Tower Fine Arts Center Lab Theatre
Free
Drawing members from the campus and the community, the orchestra helps symbolize the renaissance of the music program at The College at Brockport. Following the success of last year's concert, the April concert will be "A Night at the Movies." This concert will highlight a collaboration between the Department of Theatre and Music Studies and the Film Studies program.
Under the baton of Jonathan Allentoff ’14, this concert will feature films and film music from the silent film era to the present. Dr. Sidney Rosensweig, lecturer of film and author of Casablanca and Other Major Films of Michael Curtiz, will give an introduction to the films. Harold Lloyd’s “Ask Father” (1919) will be shown, with the orchestra premiering Allentoff’s new score.
Nationally recognized trumpet soloist Buddy Colaneri will perform Velazquez’s “Besame Mucho”, arranged for trumpet and orchestra by Dr. William Hullfish, associate professor of music emeritus. Hullfish wrote this new arrangement to highlight Colaneri’s virtuosity on the trumpet. Colaneri has performed with the Gene Krupa and Louis Prima bands, and is the lead trumpet in the Gateswingers Big Band. “Besame Mucho” has been featured in a number of films including Juno, The Naked Gun 2½, and the Serbian film, Love and Other Crimes.
The orchestra will perform the Academy Award-winning "Theme from Around the World in Eighty Days" by Victor Young and two new suites, “Suite from The Andy Griffith Show” featuring music by Earle Hagen and “Suite from Calamity Jane” featuring music by Sammy Fain, both of which have been restored and arranged by Allentoff for this concert. Scenes from these films and series will
also be screened.
New date! Thursday, April 18 at 7:30 pm
New location! Seymour College Union Ballroom
Free
With a wide range of styles of dance, these concerts present an exhilarating slate of works some of which are choreographed by MFA candidates that have gone through a crucial adjudication process and additional mentoring by faculty. It's another instance of the collaborative efforts that exist between dancers and choreographers, and between students and dance professionals.
Thursday Saturday
April 18 20 at 7:30 pm
Hartwell Dance Theater
$15 $10 Seniors, Alumni, Faculty and Staff $8 Students
"A modern-day American romp!" The New York Times
"Phenomenally funny!" Newark Star Ledger
A lost engagement ring, a golf tournament, and a birthmark all contribute to one of the funniest farces to come down the pike in some time. Ludwig, author of the hysterical Lend Me a Tenor, finds plenty of comic fodder in the starchiness of country clubs and those who run them. When the shtick includes a faulty microphone, a bout of hysterical blindness, and some of the ugliest sweaters on earth, the laughs are sure to be non-stop. Fore!
April 26 28 and May 2 4
Thursday through Saturday Evenings at 7:30 pm
Sunday Matinee at 2 pm
Tower Fine Arts Center Mainstage
$15 $10 Seniors, Alumni, Faculty and Staff $8 Students
The pinnacle of our season, and the most anticipated by students and faculty, this adjudicated exhibition is our celebration of our students' artistic achievements for the current academic year.
Sunday, May 5
Opening Reception and Awards Ceremony: April 12, 7 9 pm
Tower Fine Arts Center Gallery
Free
"A modern-day American romp!" The New York Times
"Phenomenally funny!" Newark Star Ledger
A lost engagement ring, a golf tournament, and a birthmark all contribute to one of the funniest farces to come down the pike in some time. Ludwig, author of the hysterical Lend Me a Tenor, finds plenty of comic fodder in the starchiness of country clubs and those who run them. When the shtick includes a faulty microphone, a bout of hysterical blindness, and some of the ugliest sweaters on earth, the laughs are sure to be non-stop. Fore!
April 26 28 and May 2 4
Thursday through Saturday Evenings at 7:30 pm
Sunday Matinee at 2 pm
Tower Fine Arts Center Mainstage
$15 $10 Seniors, Alumni, Faculty and Staff $8 Students
How does one explain the Sankofa phenomenon? It's a crowd-pleasing Afro-Caribbean feast of rhythm and dance. These concerts have consistently sold out for so many years that an additional Saturday matinee has been added.
For this year’s concerts, artistic director Clyde Alafiju Morgan and music director Khalid Abdul N'Faly Saleem are joined by guest artist Yesutor Kotoka. Kotoka was trained in traditional music and dance in her native Ghana, where she was part of several companies before being invited to teach at Syracuse University. She serves as part of the international faculty for the New York Institute of Dance and Education, and the Syracuse School of Dance, and is the co-founder of the Syracuse-based Adanfo African Dance Ensemble, and continues to perform and teach nationally and internationally.
The Sankofa troupe continues to garner accolades. They received an award from the Arts and Cultural Council for Greater Rochester in 2011, and were honored earlier this month by being asked to perform in Albany by SUNY Chancellor Nancy Zimpher at the Chancellor’s Awards ceremony.
In addition to works by Morgan, Saleem and Kotoka, the concert will feature pieces set on students from the dance department by undergraduate and graduate choreographers as well as alumni and other department faculty. Eddie Murphy, known for his Irish dance works, has created “Spiritual,” a dance that depicts three men as they prepare for Sunday church services. Molly Christie Gonzalez ’11 continues to explore Latin influences in her work, “Candela.” Rounding out the program are pieces by Marcia Vanderlee, Oluyinka Akinjiola and Jasmine Perez.
The concerts traditionally end with Morgan’s “Ijexa,” named for the life-affirming rhythm that is the backbone of Carnivale celebrations, which sends audiences out of the theatre on an almost tangible high.
The Sankofa concerts often sell out even before the first performance takes place, which was one of the reasons for the additional matinee. If that is not the case, any previously unsold tickets will be available for purchase at the Hartwell Box Office one hour prior to each performance.
NOTE: As of April 30, the Thursday, May 2 performance is sold out.
May 3 ticket update: Friday night's performance is SOLD OUT!
Sunday afternoon's matinee is perilously close to selling out as well. Best ticket availability are the 2 or 7:30 pm performances on Saturday, May 4.
Please plan accordingly.
Thursday Saturday, May 2 4 at 7:30 pm
Saturday and Sunday, May 4 and 5 at 2 pm
Hartwell Dance Theater
$15 $10 Seniors, Alumni, Faculty and Staff $8 Students
The Xylophone Ensemble
The Clarinet Ensemble
The Jazz Ensemble
The Saxophone Ensemble
Friday, May 3 at 3 pm
Tower Fine Arts Center Black Box Theatre
Donations accepted at the door.
The Brockport Symphony Orchestra and the Golden Eagle String Band will present a Canal Opening Celebration, the grand finale of the “Low Bridge, High Water” celebration, sponsored by the Village of Brockport. Donations will be accepted at the door.
Under the baton of Jonathan Allentoff, this concert will feature three canal-themed works. The Golden Eagle String Band will open the concert with a traditional selection entitled, “The Canal Boatman’s Dance.” The String Band will then join the Brockport Symphony Orchestra and narrator Bill Andrews in performing Allentoff’s “Erie Canal Rhapsody," which was dedicated to the Village of Brockport in 2012,
The concert will conclude with the highly-spirited “Celtic Dance Suite” by Dr. William Hullfish, associate professor of music emeritus. Hullfish, who will also perform as penny-whistle soloist, was awarded a Gold Medal by the Smithsonian Institute as a Smithsonian/Folkways recording artist for his cultural contributions. The tunes in this suite greatly influenced American folk music and were frequently performed during the rapid expansion of the Erie Canal.
Sunday, May 5 at 4 pm
Seymour College Union Ballroom
Donations accepted at the door.
Join the Chorus as they salute the world of opera with selections by Puccini, Verdi and others. On this "Night at the Opera, they will tip their hats to the Marx Brothers' movie of the same name, and don't be surprised if a Phantom shows up to put in his two cents about opera, too.
Saturday, May 11 at 7:30 pm
Tower Fine Arts Center Mainstage
All tickets: $8, general admission
Wednesday and Thursday, May 8 and 9 at 7:30 pm
Rose L. Strasser Studio, Hartwell Hall
Donations accepted at the door.
Friday, May 17 at 6 and 7:30 pm
Hartwell Dance Theater
Donations to the Friends of Brockport Dance fund
accepted at the door.
Career Services Candidate/EMSA Directors
8:45 am - 9:30 am
Career Services Candidate Open Forum
9:45 am - 10:30 am
Career Services Search Committee
1:30 pm - 3 pm
