Music and Theatre Arts
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February 15, 2010, 5:00PM to 6:30PMJoint Student Recital: Gregory Ellis, trombonePhillips Recital Hall, Haas Fine Arts: \nFree Admission\n
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February 16, 2010, 5:00PM to 6:30PMStudent Recital: Nate Brunette, celloPhillips Recital Hall, Haas Fine Arts: \nFree Admission\n
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February 17, 2010, 9:00AM to 9:00PM: Schedule of Events\n \n9:00 a.m. Guest Speaker in MUSI 470: Opera Literature Class, HFA 159\n11:30Guest Speaker: Darren K. Woods1 p.m. - Lunch with Darren Woods in the Dulany Inn, Davies Center (buy your own)\n3-4:30 p.m. - 'Business of Singing' Lecture, Phillips Recital Hall (HFA)\n7:30 p.m. - Casual conversation with Daren Woods, location TBA\n \nDarren K. Woods was appointed General Director of the Fort Worth Opera in July of 2001. Under his leadership, the Fort Worth Opera has increased subscription and donor bases and has received rave reviews for production quality. In May of 2007 Fort Worth Opera changed its format to a Spring Festival Season and celebrated its first commissioned work: Frau Margot by Thomas Pasatieri, with a libretto by Frank Corsaro. In four short years, the Fort Worth Opera Festival has been hailed as one of the best in the country (Scott Cantrell, Opera News) and will be presenting its second world premiere in the 2010 season: Jorge Martin’s Before Night Falls. Expanding on Mr. Woods’ dedication to young artists, the Fort Worth Opera Studio was founded in the 2002-2003 season with four members who participated in main stage productions, performed for more than 100,000 children and received coaching and lessons from visiting guest artists. \nPrior to his appointment in Fort Worth, he was the General Director of the Shreveport Opera in Louisiana. While in Shreveport, Mr. Woods founded Shreveport Opera Express, or SOX, a touring, arts in education program the involved school children working with professional artists in the schools. \nDarren K. Woods was appointed General Director of the Seagle Music Colony in the summer of 1996 and continues as Artistic Director today. Since that time, the Colony has expanded from 19 young artists a faculty of seven and two productions to 32 artists selected from over one thousand applicants, six productions and a faculty of seventeen. The Colony recently expanded to include the new Frank and Dorothy Shames rehearsal studio and new construction is continuing on the campus today. The caliber of young artists at the Colony continues to rival any other program in the World with recent debuts of our artists at the Metropolitan Opera, New York City Opera, Santa Fe Opera and even on Broadway\nMr. Woods is a frequent vocal competition judge. In recent seasons, he served as a panel judge for the Richard Tucker Foundation, the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, the Lieber Competition, the Denver Opera Guild Competition, the Dallas Opera Guild Competition and the Marguerite McCammon Competition. \nMr. Woods performed as a professional operatic tenor for twenty years prior to beginning his management positions in such venues as: The New York City Opera, Carnegie Hall, the Washington Opera, L’Opera Madrid, Opera Trieste, Seattle Opera, the Dallas Opera, Baltimore Opera, the Santa Fe Opera and many others.\n \n
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February 18, 2010, 5:00PM to 6:30PMJoint Student Recital: Rebecca Lovejoy, soprano and Jake Truby, tenorPhillips Recital Hall, Haas Fine Arts: \nFree Admission\n
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February 21, 2010, 2:00PM to 3:30PMFaculty Recital: Tim Lane, flute and Lori Cruciani, pianoPhillips Recital Hall, Haas Fine Arts: \nFree Admission\n
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February 25, 2010, 5:00PM to 6:30PMJoint Student Recital: Ashley Vial and Kurt Shipe, trumpetPhillips Recital Hall, Haas Fine Arts: \nFree Admission\n
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February 25, 2010, 7:30PM to 10:00PMUniversity Theatre: "Grey Gardens"Kjer Theatre: Grey Gardens brings to life the delightfully eccentric aunt and cousin of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. Once among the brightest names in the pre-Camelot social register, these two women became East Hampton's most notorious recluses, living in a dilapidated 28-room mansion. Set in two eras - in 1941 when the estate was in its prime and in 1973 when it was reduced to squalor - the musical tells the alternately hilarious and the heartbreaking story of two indomitable women, Edith Bouvier Beale and her adult daughter 'Little' Edie. Grey Gardens won three Tony Awards in 2007; our production will star UW-Eau Claire faculty Dr. Mitra Sadeghpour and Dr. Toni Poll-Sorensen in the title roles!\n \nBook by Doug Wright, Music by Scott Frankel and Lyrics by Michael Korie\nDirected by Richard Nimke\n \n\nPlease call the Service Center for tickets - 715/836-3727. \n\n
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February 28, 2010, 1:30PM to 4:00PMUniversity Theatre: "Grey Gardens"Kjer Theatre: \nGrey Gardens brings to life the delightfully eccentric aunt and cousin of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. Once among the brightest names in the pre-Camelot social register, these two women became East Hampton's most notorious recluses, living in a dilapidated 28-room mansion. Set in two eras - in 1941 when the estate was in its prime and in 1973 when it was reduced to squalor - the musical tells the alternately hilarious and the heartbreaking story of two indomitable women, Edith Bouvier Beale and her adult daughter 'Little' Edie. Grey Gardens won three Tony Awards in 2007; our production will star UW-Eau Claire faculty Dr. Mitra Sadeghpour and Dr. Toni Poll-Sorensen in the title roles!\n\n \nBook by Doug Wright, Music by Scott Frankel and Lyrics by Michael Korie\nDirected by Richard Nimke\n \n\nPlease call the Service Center for tickets - 715/836-3727. \n\n\n\n
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February 28, 2010, 2:00PM to 3:30PMFaculty Recital: Sonora Reed TrioPhillips Recital Hall, Haas Fine Arts Center: Featuring ~ Owen Lovell, piano \n \nFree Admission\n
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February 28, 2010, 5:00PM to 6:30PMFaculty Recital: Jessica Riley, mezzo-soprano and Barbary Young, pianoGantner Concert Hall, Haas Fine Arts: \nFree Admission\n
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March 4, 2010, 7:30PM to 10:00PMUniversity Theatre: "Grey Gardens"Kjer Theatre: \nGrey Gardens brings to life the delightfully eccentric aunt and cousin of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. Once among the brightest names in the pre-Camelot social register, these two women became East Hampton's most notorious recluses, living in a dilapidated 28-room mansion. Set in two eras - in 1941 when the estate was in its prime and in 1973 when it was reduced to squalor - the musical tells the alternately hilarious and the heartbreaking story of two indomitable women, Edith Bouvier Beale and her adult daughter 'Little' Edie. Grey Gardens won three Tony Awards in 2007; our production will star UW-Eau Claire faculty Dr. Mitra Sadeghpour and Dr. Toni Poll-Sorensen in the title roles!\n\n \nBook by Doug Wright, Music by Scott Frankel and Lyrics by Michael Korie\nDirected by Richard Nimke\n \n\nPlease call the Service Center for tickets - 715/836-3727. \n\n\n\n
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March 5, 2010, 7:30PM to 10:00PMUniversity Theatre: "Grey Gardens"Kjer Theatre: \nGrey Gardens brings to life the delightfully eccentric aunt and cousin of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. Once among the brightest names in the pre-Camelot social register, these two women became East Hampton's most notorious recluses, living in a dilapidated 28-room mansion. Set in two eras - in 1941 when the estate was in its prime and in 1973 when it was reduced to squalor - the musical tells the alternately hilarious and the heartbreaking story of two indomitable women, Edith Bouvier Beale and her adult daughter 'Little' Edie. Grey Gardens won three Tony Awards in 2007; our production will star UW-Eau Claire faculty Dr. Mitra Sadeghpour and Dr. Toni Poll-Sorensen in the title roles!\n\n \nBook by Doug Wright, Music by Scott Frankel and Lyrics by Michael Korie\nDirected by Richard Nimke\n \n\nPlease call the Service Center for tickets - 715/836-3727. \n\n\n\n
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March 6, 2010, 7:30PM to 10:00PMUniversity Theatre: "Grey Gardens"Kjer Theatre: \nGrey Gardens brings to life the delightfully eccentric aunt and cousin of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. Once among the brightest names in the pre-Camelot social register, these two women became East Hampton's most notorious recluses, living in a dilapidated 28-room mansion. Set in two eras - in 1941 when the estate was in its prime and in 1973 when it was reduced to squalor - the musical tells the alternately hilarious and the heartbreaking story of two indomitable women, Edith Bouvier Beale and her adult daughter 'Little' Edie. Grey Gardens won three Tony Awards in 2007; our production will star UW-Eau Claire faculty Dr. Mitra Sadeghpour and Dr. Toni Poll-Sorensen in the title roles!\n\n \nBook by Doug Wright, Music by Scott Frankel and Lyrics by Michael Korie\nDirected by Richard Nimke\n \n\nPlease call the Service Center for tickets - 715/836-3727. \n\n\n\n
