SUNY Oswego - Upcoming Events

INTERNATIONAL COFFEE HOUR

222 POUCHER HALL
MONDAYS 3:30-5:00

Begins Monday, September 7th

Come and practice your foreign language skills, or come chat in English about international events and cultures.

FREE REFRESHMENTS
For all students, staff and faculty
For more information: contact Brenda x2196

SEPTEMBER 9, 2009

Come and meet the Modern Language faculty

12:30-1:30

209 Poucher Hall

19 September -
MLL will host the Fall Meeting of the Central New York State Chapter of the (AATG) American Association of Teachers of German.
Workshop Presenter: Prof. James Davidheiser, University of the South.
Workshop Title and Description: Märchen im Deutschunterricht: Geschichte, Kultur, Pädagogik
In diesem Workshop werden die Teilnehmer mit der Bedeutung der Brüder Grimm und ihrer Märchen bekannt werden. Was sind Märchen? Wo kommen sie her? Warum sind sie so wichtig für Deutschlehrer und -studenten? Wie kann man sie im Unterricht anwenden? Je nach Zeit werden Teilnehmer auch ein Märchen in Gruppen untersuchen. Fragen zum Thema Märchen im Unterricht sind herzlich willkommen.
All German majors and minors are welcome to attend.

22 October -

Concert Performance: "A Little Weill," with Andrea Huber (singer) and Alexander Kalajdzic, There will two performances: a matinee and an evening performance, times TBA.

Andrea Huber performer for Little Weill

http://www.oswego.edu/academics/opportunities/artswego/arts/0910season/a_little_weill.html

“American soprano, Andrea Huber, conceived and wrote her One Woman Show about the love story between Kurt Weill and Lotte Lenya. The show begins in 1920’s Berlin and features Weill’s songs from that era (lyrics by Bertold Brecht), then moves to France during his brief exile there in the mid-30’s, as the Nazi regime forced him to leave his country. Kurt Weill could also write exquisite French chanson, and two appear in this part of the program. After intermission, his Broadway songs dominate the second half—he and Lenya have moved to New York, where Weill collaborated with, among others, Ira Gershwin, Maxwell Anderson, and Ogden Nash and enjoyed success as a Broadway composer. Interspersed between numbers are readings of the letters between Lenya and Weill.

Ms. Huber has performed this show in German in Berlin and Cologne , and in English in Heidelberg and Mannheim , with performances pending elsewhere in Germany and Belgium .

The soprano has enjoyed at 24-year career, singing leading roles in opera, operetta and musical throughout Europe , and has done a number of gala concerts on television. In 2007 and 2008, she was invited to speak at the CLASSICAL SINGER conventions, lecturing on “How to Audition in Europe” and “Getting Work in Germany , Austria and Switzerland ,” as well as conducted a master class in operetta. She has been on the voice faculty at AIMS since 2002, where she also teaches Audition Training and Stage Artistry. Twice a year, she travels to New York to give master classes in characterization in opera. She is currently adjunct voice faculty with Asuza Pacific University , Heidelberg branch; she is directing “Sweeney Todd” at the Heidelberg English speaking theater October, 2008.; this season, she sings concerts in Belgium and Germany , and the operetta “Viktoria und Ihr Husar” at the opera house in Gent . In the fall of 2009, she will sing
‘Desirée’ in Sondheim’s “A Little Night Music” at the Lyric Opera of San Diego.

Alexander Kalajdzic, pianist, is 1st Kappellmeister at the State Opera in Mannheim , and is the chief conductor at AIMS in Graz . He has also taught conducting at the music school in Zagreb , Croatia , and has guested around the world as both conductor and pianist.”

30 October-

Guest Lecture: Prof. Charles Thomas, Professor of History, Georgia Southern University. Prof. Thomas, an expert in German military history, will deliver a presentation at 1240, Campus Center 118

PRESENTATION

“Freedom Without Walls:

Fall of the Berlin Wall 1989-2009,”

a documentary film by Robert Frye.

Date: Wednesday,November 11th

Time: 12:40-1:40

Location: 209 Poucher Hall

Presenters: Professors Ana Djukic Cocks & John F. Lalande II

brought to you by German-American Fallfest 2009

Sponsored by the Department of Modern Languages & Literatures

Persons with disabilities, needing accommodations to attend the event, please contact the Department of Modern Languages & Literatures x2196 or email brenda.farnham@oswego.edu

*An IST Approved Event

Annual Hispanic Heritage Month Celebration

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29TH

Latin American Music & Dance

Performance by the Argentinean Modern Tango Group of Eduardo Tami

TIME: 6:00-7:30

LOCATION: 101 Lanigan Hall

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7TH

ANNUAL LATINO FESTIVAL - (crafts exhibits, student performances, food, dance lessons, etc.)

TIME: 11:30-4:00

LOCATION: 209 Poucher & 222 Poucher

Friday, October 9th

KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Prof. Bethaida González, Dean of University College of Syracuse University, and President of the Common Council of the City of Syracuse

Time: 12:30-1:30 PM

LOCATION: 118 Campus Center

Guatemalan Backstrap Weaving Demonstration

Friday, October 30^th

12:30-1:30

209 Poucher Hall

SPEAKER: HECTOR LOPEZ, Kakchikel Maya Sr.

Sr. Lopez is a member of an important Kakchikel Maya weaving family from San Antonio Aguas Calientes in Guatemala. Although Maya men typically do not weave on the indigenous backstrap loom, Horacio is a skilled weaver and weaving instructor. He is also a docent in the Museo Casa del Tejido, Museuum of Maya Textiles in Antigua, Guatemala. The museum preserves fine examples of Maya weaving and educates the public about Maya weaving history, techniques and styles.

BACKSTRAP WEAVING DEMONSTRATION:

Sr. Lopez, an accomplished weaver, will give demonstrations of backstrap weaving and answer questions about the Maya weaving history, techniques and styles.