Spring 2012 Calendar of Events
January
21 @ 8 PM
MUSIC HALL CONCERT: Hot Soup
Roy C. McCrobie Building, 41 Lake Street, Oswego
This trio simmers with intelligent lyrics, zany humor, spirited musicality and scrumptious three-part harmony.
TICKETS: $12 Advance; $14 Door For tickets visit oswegomusichall.org or stop at river's end bookstore
25 @ 7 PM
COMPOSITION DANCE CLASS: Garth Fagan Dance Company Member
Dance Studio, Room 300, Lee Hall
This class teaches some of the choreographic tools used by Garth Fagan to construct his works. Participants are asked to invent movements using specific guidelines. Once observed, the movement is discussed.
REGISTRATION: $15, Free with SUNY Oswego ID. Enrollment limited to 40.
Contact joyce.molinari@oswego.edu or call 315-312-4581.
27 @ 5-7 PM
RECEPTION: Juried Art Students & Stewart Nachmias
27 @ 6 PM
Awards Ceremony
Tyler Art Gallery
January 27-March 3
GALLERY EXHIBITS
Tyler Art Gallery
49th Annual Juried Student Exhibition
Serving as jurors, professional artists make the final selection of works.
Pulp Icons: Cast Paper and Prints by Stewart Nachmias
Nachmias creates cast paper woodcuts that celebrate the energy of urban life in expressionist images drawn from experiences as a musician, performer and artist.
ARTSwego & Telling Tales
27 @ 7:30 PM
TELLING TALES: Cynthia Hopkins
The Truth: A Tragedy
Waterman Theatre, Tyler Hall
A soul-baring performance that pays tribute to the artist’s father, a man afflicted by Parkinson’s disease. Hopkins draws on the earlier days of their lives, depicting his descent into assisted living through curios, film footage, dance and song.
General Public $12; Seniors/Students/Faculty/Staff $10; SUNY Oswego Students $7
30 @ 7 PM
PIANO CONCERT: Leopoldo Erice
Sheldon Hall Ballroom
In Johann Sebastian Bach's Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: A Look at the Holy Trinity, Bach wrote the most fantastic and outrageous keyboard idioms of his time and pushed the existing ones to their limits. Visionary hand choreography and many other keyboard acrobatics make it one of the greatest instrumental achievements of musical history.
IST APPROVED
31 @ 1 PM
PIANO MASTER CLASS: Leopoldo Erice
Sheldon Hall Ballroom
An opportunity to participate and receive feedback from Erice. Registration is limited to three. Others may observe.
REGISTRATION: Contact robert.auler@oswego.edu or call 315-312-2130.
IST APPROVED
February
ARTSwego & Telling Tales
1 @ 7:30 PM
CREATIVE PROCESS TALK: Christopher Monger
Campus Center Auditorium
With an ear and eye for poignant stories, Monger is a prolific writer and director best known for The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain, starring Hugh Grant, and his Emmy-nominated screenplay for the HBO biopic Temple Grandin. Here he uses slides and film clips to delve into creative process.
Telling Tales
2 @ 11:10 AM
CLASS TALK: Careers in Filmmaking w/ Christopher Monger
Room 225, Campus Center
Screenwriter and director Monger discusses his career in feature filmmaking in a cinema production class and speaks about the process of pitching/selling a screenplay.
Telling Tales
2 @ 2:20 PM
CLASS TALK: Cinema Production w/ Christopher Monger
Room 201, Campus Center
Monger discusses his creative collaboration with other industry artists and reveals the process of working with producers, actors, directors and cinematographers.
Open to the public with permission. Contact jacob.dodd@oswego.edu.
Indie Series
3 @ 8 PM
Doors open at 7 PM
INDIE CONCERT: Larcenist & Brown Bird
Hewitt Union Lobby
The WNYO Indie Series starts off the semester with two not-to-be missed Indie picks by Ted Winkworth of “Open Mic” fame. Featured will be Larcenist hailing from Boston, MA and Brown Bird. Larcenist compositions run the gamut from dark and soulful ballads, to folk-country influence, to large-scale sing along post-punk, all while carrying a traditional punk sensibility, coming out with We Become the Hunted in March of last year. The Providence, RI duo, Brown Bird, has been part of the Indie scene since 2003 and mixes dark American folk music with the stark sounds and styles of Eastern Europe. True to Indie style we have opted for a non-traditional venue: the lobby of Hewitt Union. Check it out.
General Public $10; Seniors/Students/Faculty/Staff $8; SUNY Oswego Students $5
3 @ 5-7 PM
RECEPTION: Picto-Pals: A Collaborative Drawing Project
Oswego State Downtown, West First and Bridge Streets
February 3-March 3
EXHIBIT: Picto-Pals: A Collaborative Drawing Project
Oswego State Downtown, West First and Bridge Streets
4 @ 8 PM
MUSIC HALL CONCERT: Jonathan Coleman/Boots n' Shorts
Roy C. McCrobie Building, 41 Lake Street, Oswego
Coleman's debut at last spring's Emerging Artists Showcase Season Finale brought an immediate standing ovation. Boots n' Shorts blends backgrounds in bluegrass, folk, old-time, jazz, blues, and psychedelic jam music.
TICKETS: $12 Advance; $14 Door For tickets visit oswegomusichall.org or stop at river's end bookstore
The 12:40 PM Aulos Ensemble Informance, scheduled for Room 41 Tyler Hall, has been canceled.
See below for the concert information.
Ke-nekt'
8 @ 7:30 PM
KE-NEKT' CONCERT: Aulos Ensemble
Hosted by Todd Graber: Pre-Concert talk begins at 7 PM
Sheldon Hall Ballroom
Repertoire includes pieces by J. S. Bach, Vivaldi, Telemann, C.P.E. Bach and J.C. Bach.
General Public $15; Seniors/Students/Faculty/Staff $12; SUNY Oswego Students $6
9 @ 12:45 PM
DANCE MASTER CLASS: Garth Fagan
Dance Studio, Room 300, Lee Hall
Intermediate to advanced level class in Fagan Technique begins with a floor and standing warm-up for 45 minutes, followed by a phrase of movement across the floor for 45 minutes.
REGISTRATION: $15, Free with SUNY Oswego ID. Enrollment limited to 40.
Contact joyce.molinari@oswego.edu or call 315-312-4581.
IST APPROVED
ARTSwego
10 @ 7:30 PM
BLACK HISTORY MONTH
PERFORMANCE: Garth Fagan Dance
Waterman Theatre, Tyler Hall
Choreographer of Disney’s The Lion King, Fagan presents a dance artistry that is distinctively his through use of Afro-Caribbean energy and the rule-breaking experimentation of post-modern dance movements.
General Public $12; Seniors/Students/Faculty/Staff $10; SUNY Oswego Students $7
Following the performance, the Black Student Union, Caribbean Student Association and Mentoring Core Group for Faculty & Staff of Color host a reception honoring Garth Fagan that will include a conversation between Garth Fagan and dance instructor, Cheryl Wilkins-Mitchell in Room 101, Tyler Hall.
IST APPROVED
Caravanserai
13 @ 3 PM, 4:10 PM, 5:20 PM
FILM SCREENING: Made in Pakistan
Room 208, Campus Center
Screened at the times listed for viewing prior to the talk described below.
ARTSwego & Caravanserai
13 @ 7:30 PM
FILM TALK: Ayesha Khan
Campus Center Auditorium
Movie director, producer and actress Khan brings the genre of Indie film to Pakistani cinema. Insightful and surprising, her Made in Pakistan conveys the daily experience of four young urbanites living in a country shrouded by our misconceptions. Here she talks about the making of the film and efforts to dispel stereotypes.
Following the talk, the Oswego Film Group and the Oswego Film Club host a reception on Room 114.
IST APPROVED
Caravanserai
14 @ 2:20 PM
CLASS TALK: Film Production in Pakistan w/ Ayesha Khan
Room 114, Campus Center
Khan talks about shooting on location in Pakistan, building a Pakistani crew, educating & building a film production team, finding documentary subjects and more.
IST APPROVED
Caravanserai
14 @ 6 PM
ERNST & YOUNG LECTURE SERIES
TALK: Women Transcending Boundaries w/ Ayesha Khan
Campus Center Auditorium
Pakistani filmmaker Khan discusses the role of women in Pakistan, the work they are doing, the women featured in the documentary film Made in Pakistan, Khan’s personal experiences as a woman filmmaker and other relevant issues.
Following the talk, the Ernst & Young Lecture Series hosts a reception.
IST APPROVED
On Screen/In Person
14 @ 7 PM
ON SCREEN/IN PERSON: Concrete, Steel & Paint w/ Director Cindy Burstein
Oswego Cinema, 138 West 2nd Street
When men in a prison art class agree to collaborate with victims of crime to design a mural about healing, their views on punishment, remorse and forgiveness collide. Raises challenging questions about punishment, justice and reconciliation. Followed by Q&A.
Adults $7; Seniors $5; Students $3.50. Available campus box offices or Oswego Cinema.
15 @ 1 PM
The Wednesday FILM MASTER CLASS with Cindy Burstein, director of Concrete, Steel & Paint has been cancelled, but please join us on February 14 (see above) for a screening of the film followed by a meet and greet with the director.
FILM MASTER CLASS: Cindy Burstein (Cancelled)
15 @ 6 PM
FILM SCREENING & FOOD SAMPLING Made in Pakistan w/ filmmaker Ayesha Khan
Oswego Public Library, 120 East 2nd Street
The Oswego Film Group is pleased to offer an opportunity to watch Ayesha Khan’s film
and participate in an informal discussion while sampling pakoras and other traditional fare from the region. Registration: artswego@oswego.edu or call 315-312-4581 by February 6th.
IST APPROVED
18 @ 7 PM
BLACK HISTORY MONTH
PERFORMANCE: Storyteller Vanessa Johnson
Campus Center Auditorium
Griot, storyteller in the West African tradition, writer, actor, fiber artist and songstress Johnson uses her voice to honor the loud whispers of her African ancestors through telling their traditional tales passed down from generation to generation.
18 @ 8 PM
MUSIC HALL CONCERT: Greg Brown
Roy C. McCrobie Building, 41 Lake Street, Oswego
One of American folk music's most prolific and profound singer/songwriters of the past three decades, Brown once again brings his burnished, intimate baritone to Oswego Music Hall.
TICKETS: $25 Advance; $30 Door For tickets visit oswegomusichall.org or stop at river's end bookstore
Music Department
19 @ 3 PM
FACULTY CONCERT: Winter Journey
Sheldon Hall Ballroom
Tenor Todd Graber and pianist Juan La Manna take a musical journey exploring Schubert’s historic song cycle Winterreise, D911/op. 89. This epic work features a dynamic and elaborate musical setting of 24 poems by German poet Wilhelm Műller. Winterreise-inspired artwork created by SUNY Digital Illustration Art Students is also featured.
General Public $8; Seniors/Faculty/Staff $6; SUNY Oswego Students $5
23 @ 7:30 PM
BLACK HISTORY MONTH
PERFORMANCE: Renaissance in the Belly of a Killer Whale
Campus Center Auditorium
Produced by Jaylene Clark
Three young women from Harlem journey through its streets, history, landmarks, renaissance and evolving culture. Through a montage of dialogue, spoken word poetry, song and memories, they weave picturesque stories that explore the multifaceted issue of gentrification.
TICKETS: Students $5; Faculty/Staff/General Public $8
Thursday, February 23-Saturday, March 3
OSWEGO FILM CLUB: "Mixed Emotions" 36 Hour Film Festival
Team Registration: February 23 & 24, Campus Center • 10 AM-3 PM
Registration Cost: $5 per team member with teams of up to 5 members
Competition Begins: Friday, February 24 • 9 PM
Competition Ends: Sunday, February 26 • 9 AM
Teams will compete over the course of 36 hours to produce a short film of up to 7 minutes. The theme for this festival is 'Family' and all the mixed emotions that go along with it. Teams must incorporate the theme in some fashion and include the mystery requirements that are emailed out at the kickoff of the competition.
Film Screening: Saturday, March 3, Campus Center Auditorium • 2 PM
Eligible films will be entered to win Best Picture, Audience Choice, Best Performance, tickets to Oswego Cinema and more! Door prizes will also be drawn at the event.
Theatre Department
25 • 7:30 PM
26 • 2 PM
THEATRE: Speaking of Sheldon....
Directed by Mark Cole; Musical Direction by Rebecca Horning
Sheldon Hall Ballroom
As a boy, Sheldon “despised learning of all kinds.” As a man he became an influential champion of an approach to learning that educated the senses and awakened a spirit of inquiry. Alumna Robin Curtis (’78) joins a student cast to tell the fascinating story of Sheldon’s life and work.
General Public $5; SUNY Oswego Students $3
29 @ 7 PM
BLACK HISTORY MONTH
PREVIEW: Cry for Peace: Voices of the Congo
Room 114, Campus Center
The Institute for Global Engagement and ARTSwego offer a preview look at Cry for Peace: Voices of the Congo. ArtsEngage, the office of the Syracuse University Arts Presenter, is collaborating with Syracuse Stage and Ping Chong & Company to create this production based on the stories of Congolese refugees, with the goal of promoting healing, unity, and reconciliation among the local Congolese refugee community, as well as promote peace in the Congo.
IST APPROVED
March
Music Department
2 @ 7:30 PM
CONCERT: Collage
Waterman Theatre, Tyler Hall
This Collage Scholarship Concert features the College Choir, State Singers, Jazz Ensemble, College-Community Orchestra, Wind Ensemble, faculty and student soloists, performing diverse and polished offerings including classical and jazz performances delivered in an energetic format that packs a wallop.
Adults $10; Seniors/All Students $5
3 @ 8 PM
MUSIC HALL CONCERT: Peggy Lynn & Dan Duggan
Roy C. McCrobie Building, 41 Lake Street, Oswego
Lynn is best loved for her songs highlighting women's accomplishments, including "Mary Brown, Abolitionist", which was used as the cover piece on Songs for Peace magazine. Duggan is known nationally for his wizardry on hammered dulcimer and flat picking guitar.
TICKETS: $12 Advance; $14 Door For tickets visit oswegomusichall.org or stop at river's end bookstore
Music Department
4 @ 3 PM
FACULTY CONCERT: Out of the Blue
Sheldon Hall Ballroom
The Oswego/Syracuse based Bacchus Saxophone Quartet, featuring Trevor Jorgensen, Stephen Defren, Marilee Blumenthal and Daniel Blumenthal, delights audiences with its innovative rendition of contemporary literature. Repertoire includes pieces by such exhilarating master composers as Frank Ticheli, Lukas Foss, George Gershwin and Michael Torke.
General Public $8; Seniors/Faculty/Staff $6; SUNY Oswego Students $5
Telling Tales
5 @ 12:40 PM
CLASS TALK: Christopher Monger
Room 225, Campus Center
Screenwriter and director Monger talks about the process of turning a story into a visual representation for the screen.
Participation by permission. Contact amy.shore@oswego.edu or 315-312-2612.
6 @ 4 PM
TALK: Presidents on Stage w/ Bruce Altschuler
Where Have All the Heroes Gone?
Room 201, Campus Center
Professor of Political Science and author of Acting Presidents: 100 Years of Plays about the Presidency, Altschuler examines how American presidents have been portrayed in plays and explains why great presidents such as Abraham Lincoln, who dominated the stage in the first half of the twentieth century, have been replaced by such anti-heroes as Richard Nixon and Warren G. Harding.
6 @ 7 PM
CLINIC: Latin Jazz w/David Sánchez
Waterman Theatre Stage, Tyler Hall
Offers participants a unique opportunity to be coached by one of the finest saxophonists of his generation. Students of Eric Schmitz prepare pieces to work on during this clinic intensive. The public is invited to observe.
Participation by permission. Contact eric.schmitz@oswego.edu
IST APPROVED
7 @ 12:40 PM
SECTIONALS: David Sánchez Group
Room 41, Tyler Hall
Following a short performance by the Quartet, participants break into groups for intensive work on saxophone, drums, guitar and bass. No preregistration is required but be sure to bring your instrument.
IST APPROVED
ARTSwego
7 @ 7:30 PM
CONCERT: David Sánchez Group
Waterman Theatre, Tyler Hall
This world-renowned saxophonist presents the quintessence of contemporary Latin jazz. Fusing influences from Miles Davis to John Coltrane with Afro-Latin beats, Sánchez creates a hybrid of nostalgic rhythms and unmistakable originality.
General Public $12; Seniors/Students/Faculty/Staff $10; SUNY Oswego Students $7
Following the concert, Eric Schmitz hosts a conversation with members of the Quartet in the Music Listening Room (Tyler 101).
IST APPROVED
March 9, 5-7 PM
RECEPTION: Joseph Ray: Nature Through Abstraction
Oswego State Downtown, West First and Bridge Streets
March 9-April 7
EXHIBIT: Joseph Ray: Nature Through Abstraction
Oswego State Downtown, West First and Bridge Streets
17 @ 8 PM
MUSIC HALL CONCERT: Tracy Grammer
Roy C. McCrobie Building, 41 Lake Street, Oswego
Grammer rose to acclaim as one half of Dave Carter & Tracy Grammer, one of the swiftest rising acts in acoustic music. Since Carter's death she has devoted her musical career to keeping the poetry, vision and mystical magic of his music alive. Lost and Found will be the name of her next project.
TICKETS: $12 Advance; $14 Door For tickets visit oswegomusichall.org or stop at river's end bookstore
21 @ 12:40 PM
INFORMANCE: Cuarteto Latinoamericano
Room 41, Tyler Hall
Juan F. La Manna facilitates a discussion about Latin music for string quartet, including Costa Rican, Mexican and Brazilian composers and their repertoire.
IST APPROVED
21 @ 7 PM
ARTIST TALK: Madeline Silber
Room 107, Lanigan Hall
Silber’s small, intimate oil paintings depict the complex subtleties of connection and separateness in contemporary relationships. The carefully rendered objects in her paintings appear real and three-dimensional but are so implausibly configured as to defy the laws of physics.
21 @ 7 PM
PERFORMANCE: Mona de Vestel
Spark & The Laws of Healing
Campus Center Auditorium
A spoken word performance and artistic collaboration with talented composer Leo Crandall and a poignant musical odyssey centered on the theme of healing and finding a way back to a life rooted in wholeness.
Ke-nekt'
21 @ 7:30 PM
KE-NEKT' CONCERT: Cuarteto Latinoamericano
Hosted by Juan La Manna: Pre-Concert talk begins at 7 PM
Sheldon Hall Ballroom
According to the LA Times, “One can always expect creative, against-the-grain programming from these prophets, who long ago anticipated and helped set off the current boom in Latin American classical music.” The award-winning ensemble performs its rich and varied repertoire with exceptional fire and rapport that "borders on telepathic". Included will be works by Francisco Mignone, Alejandro Cardona, Castellanos Yumar, Domingo Lobato, George Gershwin and Heitor Villa-Lobos.
General Public $15; Seniors/Faculty/Staff $12; SUNY Oswego Students $6
IST APPROVED
22 @ 12:45 PM
DANCE MASTER CLASS: Baroque Dance w/ Ligia Pinheiro
Dance Studio, Room 300, Lee Hall
Guest artist, Pinheiro offers a unique opportunity to learn about the role of Baroque dance in the development of classical ballet. Participation: Cheryl-Wilkins Mitchell’s dance class and open to the dance community.
REGISTRATION: artswego@oswego.edu or call 315-312-4581
23 @ 5-7 PM
RECEPTION: Spring MA Students & Generations III
Tyler Art Gallery
March 23-April 14
GALLERY EXHIBITS
Tyler Art Gallery
Generations III
Presents three generations of artists: Oswego Master of Art Teaching candidates, their student teaching mentors and their K-12 students. Exhibiting adjacent to each other, these artistic “families” celebrate the joys of both making and teaching art.
Spring Master of Arts
Students pursuing a Master of Arts degree display the fruit of years of dedicated study. This exhibition requires of MA candidates the showing of a larger, more focused body of work than their colleagues receiving bachelor’s degrees.
23 @ 7:30 PM
CONCERT: Craig Schulman
Heroes, Monsters & Madmen
The American Foundry, 246 West Seneca Street
Presented by Oswego Opera Theater, international and Broadway star and SUNY Oswego alum Schulman performs pieces from his signature roles of Jean Valjean in Les Miserables ("Bring Him Home"), The Phantom in Phantom of the Opera ("The Music of the Night"), the title roles in Jekyll & Hyde ("Confrontation") and many more. Buffet dinner included.
TICKETS $50. Sponsorships also available at $250, $500 & $1,000 which include dinner meet & greet with Mr. Schulman, VIP seats and more. For more information, click on TICKETS link.
Theatre Department
24 @ 2 PM
FASHION SHOW: A Fashionable High Tea
Sheldon Hall Ballroom
Celebrate 150 years of fashion at Oswego State! A fashion show, video montage and of course- tea and finger foods- will commemorate fashion by the decade at this fun event.
$25
25 @ 3 PM
LECTURE/DEMONSTRATION: Telling Tales Through Gestures
Sheldon Hall Ballroom
Accompanied by Juan F. La Manna on piano, dancer Ligia Pinheiro uses slides of lithographs, drawings and paintings; and performance to illustrate the changing meaning of gesture in dance history. She performs Baroque, Classical, Romantic and Modern dance styles with music by Handel, Schubert, Brahms and Fauré.
The Character Development Class w/ Cynthia Hopkins has been cancelled.
Telling Tales
26 @ 1:50 PM
CANCELLED: CLASS: Character Development w/ Cynthia Hopkins
Room 46, Tyler Hall
Hopkins works with students in creating age and eccentric characters for the young actor. Emphasis on broadening technique and emotional range and the actor’s sensitivity to unusual stylistic characters.
27 @ 7 PM
ARTIST TALK: Chris Irick and Jonathon Kirk
Room 107, Lanigan Hall
Irick, a nationally recognized metalsmith and jeweler, speaks about her work. Sculptor Kirk presents slides and talks about his large-scale metal and wood sculpture. Their work has a similar sensibility and fabrication approach but on a very different scale.
On Screen/In Person
27 @ 7 PM
ON SCREEN/IN PERSON: Proceed and Be Bold! w/ Director Laura Zinger
Oswego Cinema, 138 West 2nd Street
Amos Paul Kennedy Jr., a printing press and book artist, is widely known for his controversial posters and book art. In Proceed and Be Bold! we follow Amos through
art galleries to promote his work and meet the people who understand him, in an effort to learn what causes him to create his charged works of art. Followed by Q&A.
Adults $7; Seniors $5; Students $3.50
Available campus box offices or Oswego Cinema.
Music Department
28 @ 7:30 PM
CONCERT: College Community Orchestra
Sheldon Hall Ballroom
Features faculty members Elisabeth Kisselstein and Trevor Jorgensen.
Suggested Donation: $5
Music Department
30 @ 7:30 PM
CONCERT: Capital Trio
Sheldon Hall Ballroom
This exhilarating piano trio has dedicated themselves to commissioning and performing new works in addition to performances of standard trio repertoire.
General Public $8; Seniors/Faculty/Staff $6; SUNY Oswego Students $5
31 @ 8 PM
MUSIC HALL CONCERT: James Lee Stanley & Cliff Eberhardt
Roy C. McCrobie Building, 41 Lake Street, Oswego
Stanley's remarkable ability as a vocalist and composer allows him to create truly great songs, each accompanied by his amazing guitar orchestrations. Eberhardt cut his teeth in acoustic music while also listening to great pop songwriters, all contributing to his penchant for great melodies and clever lyrical twists.
TICKETS: $12 Advance; $14 Door For tickets visit oswegomusichall.org or stop at river's end bookstore
April
10 @ 7 PM
ARTIST TALK: Linnea Paskow
Room 107, Lanigan Hall
Paskow’s work seeks to make visible the interplay between the tangible world of objects and people and the traumas that disrupt it. Sunlit color and whimsical composition collide with harsher elements such as ruptured steel and concrete.
ARTSwego & Caravanserai
11 @ 7:30 PM
Presented in collaboration with the Ontario Center for Performing Arts (aka Oswego Music Hall) and the Office of International Education and Programs
CONCERT: Arif Lohar with Arooj Aftab
Campus Center Arena
World music sensation, Arif Lohar has more than 150 albums to his credit and is arguably the world’s number one Punjabi folk singer. Together with his back-up group he will rock the Campus Center Arena with a sound that is akin to Bollywood. He has performed on tour from Wembly Arena in London to the opening of the Asian Games in China, with one of his YouTube videos receiving more than five million hits. He is joined by Aftab, a talented young Pakistani who is releasing her debut album, Rebuild Pakistan. She has an eclectic style that innovates from classical Pakistani, Sufi & South Asian music. We will be teaching Bhangra dancing to students who want to be part of the performance and receive free admission. If interested email artswego@oswego.edu.
General Public $15; Seniors/Students/Faculty/Staff $12; SUNY Oswego Students $7
IST APPROVED
Indie Series
13 @ 8 PM
Doors open @ 7 PM
INDIE CONCERT: Mark the Date
Hewitt Union Lobby
Mark your calendar and hold the date as we work to line up some of the best Indie fare around.
For updates check back to the performing arts calendar. General Public $10; Seniors/Students/Faculty/Staff $8; SUNY Oswego Students $5
April 13, 5-7 PM
RECEPTION: Sarah Argus: The Blank Slate
Oswego State Downtown, West First and Bridge Streets
April 13-May 5
EXHIBIT: Sarah Argus: The Blank Slate
Oswego State Downtown, West First and Bridge Streets
14 @ 8 PM
MUSIC HALL CONCERT: Yarn
Roy C. McCrobie Building, 41 Lake Street, Oswego
Yarn's sound owes as much to Gram Parsons and Earl Scruggs as to Jerry Garcia and Rolling Stones, as they spin roots music idioms into a fresh sound that turns on hipsters and fans of country music alike.
TICKETS: $14 Advance; $16 Door For tickets visit oswegomusichall.org or stop at river's end bookstore
On Screen/In Person
17 @ 4-5:30 PM
WORKSHOP: Documentary Film Editing w/ David E. Simpson
Room 20, Lanigan Hall
In conjunction with the film screening of Milking the Rhino (see below), Director David E. Simpson offers insight into editing technique.
Participation by permission. Contact jacob.dodd@oswego.edu
IST APPROVED
On Screen/In Person
17 @ 7 PM
ON SCREEN/IN PERSON: Milking the Rhino w/ Director David E. Simpson
Oswego Cinema, 138 West 2nd Street
The Maasai tribe of Kenya and Namibia’s Himba--two of Earth’s oldest cattle cultures--are in the midst of upheaval. Emerging from a century of ‘white man conservation’ that turned their land into game reserves and fueled resentment towards wildlife, they are now vying for a piece of the wildlife-tourism pie. Followed by Q&A.
Adults $7; Seniors $5; Students $3.50
Available campus box offices or Oswego Cinema.
IST APPROVED
18 @ 12:40 PM
INFORMANCE: Bassist Rufus Reid
Room 41, Tyler Hall
Reid talks about and demonstrates the jazz bass, pushing the melodic, rhythmic and harmonic envelope.
Ke-nekt'
18 @ 7:30 PM
KE-NEKT' CONCERT: Jazz Bassist Rufus Reid w/ the Oswego Jazz Project
Hosted by Eric Schmitz: Pre-Concert talk begins at 7 PM
Sheldon Hall Ballroom
Each time he seems to reach a pinnacle, Reid pushes the melodic, rhythmic and harmonic envelope. A Fulbright winner for composition, he evokes–as his album title suggests–Hues of a Different Blue.
General Public $15; Seniors/Faculty/Staff $12; SUNY Oswego Students $6
Theatre Department
19 (PREVIEW) @ 8 PM
20, 21, 28 @ 8 PM
29 @ 2 PM
THEATRE: Much Ado About Nothing
Written by William Shakespeare
Directed by Gary Izzo
Waterman Theatre, Tyler Hall
“Some Cupid kills with arrows, some with traps.” Two pairs of lovers fall for the trickery and matchmaking deceptions of the haughty Prince of Arragon in Shakespeare’s popular comedy.
Preview $5; General Public $15; Seniors/Faculty/Staff $12; SUNY Oswego Students $7
Telling Tales
23 @ 10:20 AM
CLASS: Storytelling w/ Cynthia Hopkins
Room 46, Tyler Hall
Hopkins works with students, guiding them through the process of mining their own experiences for material and translating that into performative communication as a way of telling tales.
25 @ 7 PM
ARTIST TALK: Shay Church
Room 107, Lanigan Hall
Church's work explores images of extinction, death and transformation. The un-fired, large-scale clay forms wither, dry and crack during the length of an exhibition, illustrating the sobering reality of vanishing species such as the gray whale and the African elephant.
27 @ 5-7 PM
RECEPTION: Spring BFA Students
Tyler Art Gallery
27 @ 6 PM
AWARDS CEREMONY: Spring BFA Students
Tyler Art Gallery
April 27-May 12
GALLERY EXHIBIT: Spring BFA
Tyler Art Gallery
Bachelor of Fine Arts students present work concentrated in either Graphic Design or Studio Art as part of their degree requirement. Occupying both galleries, a multitude of artistic media and conceptual approaches are represented.
28 @ 8 PM
MUSIC HALL CONCERT: Aztec Two-Step
Roy C. McCrobie Building, 41 Lake Street, Oswego
After more than 40 years together, Aztec Two-Step continues to impress audiences with intelligent songwriting, dazzling acoustic lead guitar and inspiring harmonies.
TICKETS: $14 Advance; $16 Door For tickets visit oswegomusichall.org or stop at river's end bookstore
May
Music Department
1 @ 7:30 PM
CONCERT: Spring Mixture
Waterman Theatre, Tyler Hall
Join the SUNY Oswego Wind Ensemble for a mixture of dances, songs and thrilling compositions.
SUGGESTED DONATION: $5
Music Department
2 @ 7:30 PM
SPRING CONCERT: Jazz Ensembles
Waterman Theatre, Tyler Hall
Join Oswego State Jazz Ensemble, Oswego State Latin Jazz Ensemble and small group for their annual spring concert with a special guest.
SUGGESTED DONATION: $5 to support the Music Department Excellence Fund
Theatre Department & Music Department
4-5 @ 8 PM
6 @ 2 PM
THEATRE: An Evening of Rodgers and Hammerstein Classics
Waterman Theatre, Tyler Hall
The songs we love to hear and sing such as “My Favorite Things" from The Sound of Music and South Pacific's "Some Enchanted Evening." Guest soloists Julia Broxholm, Wendy Bloom, Chris Grapentine and Todd Graber join forces with the College Community Orchestra, Festival Chorus and Musical THT Workshop students to present a light-hearted and rousing evening of classic R&H favorites.
General Public $15; Seniors/Faculty/Staff $12; SUNY Oswego Students $7
12 @ 8 PM
MUSIC HALL CONCERT: Kenny White
Roy C. McCrobie Building, 41 Lake Street, Oswego
White is a relative newcomer to the world of the touring singer-songwriter, but the long road he's taken to get to this point is evident in his soulful and witty material and dazzling keyboards and guitar.
TICKETS: $12 Advance; $14 Door For tickets visit oswegomusichall.org or stop at river's end bookstore
JUNE
2 @ 8 PM
MUSIC HALL SEASON FINALE: Seth Glier & Emerging Artists
Roy C. McCrobie Building, 41 Lake Street, Oswego
Glier is a 22-year-old singer/songwriter/pianist swiftly making a name on the national music scene and considers his autistic and non-verbal brother to be his greatest influence. "...I learned to communicate with words better once I realized how to communicate to someone without them."
TICKETS: $15 Advance; Members Free For tickets visit oswegomusichall.org or stop at river's end bookstore
