Samford University Arts Calendar 2007–08
Greetings
Welcome to another outstanding arts season at Samford University! This year’s selection of art, music, theatre and dance events promises to be entertaining, thought-provoking and visually stunning. Samford students, faculty and guest artists fill the calendar with performances you won’t want to miss. While many events are free, some require tickets. The school offers a variety of season ticket options in addition to single-event tickets.
It is an exciting time in the life of Samford’s School of the Performing Arts. The university trustees have voted to gather art, graphic design, theatre, dance, music theatre, instrumental music (band and orchestra), church music, music education, theory, music history, vocal/choral music, piano, organ, composition, the preparatory music program and the Leslie Wright Fine Arts Center together as one unit, Samford’s School of the Arts. Faculty, students and alumni are working together to form the mission and objectives of a comprehensive and interdisciplinary learning environment, one that affords every student the opportunity to develop strengths across arts disciplines.
Come see how Samford University is preparing today’s artists to shape a better world for tomorrow.
Sincerely,
Dean Joseph Hopkins
Guest Artists in Residence
Eroica Trio
Nov. 13, 2007
The most sought-after trio in the world has released seven critically lauded recordings, garnering multiple Grammy nominations. Winners of the prestigious Naumburg Award, the Eroica Trio will be in residence for Master Classes and a community concert at Brock Hall.
John Lloyd Fillingham
Nov. 29-Dec. 2, 2007
John Lloyd Fillingham is the associate director at Dukes Theatre in Lancaster, England, where he directed Be My Baby (assisted by Samford alumna Katrina Moore) and Martha, Josie and the Chinese Elvis. He has acted for the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre, is currently performing in Awake and Sing with Stockard Channing, has appeared in a variety of television programs and had a recurring role on Britain’s popular television show Coronation Street. Fillingham will be working with Samford’s Nov. 29–Dec. 2 production of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night.
Susan Patterson
Dec. 1, 2007
Internationally acclaimed operatic soprano and Samford alumna Susan Patterson joins the Samford choirs, orchestra and bands to present a Festival of Christmas Music. Patterson’s career includes performances in the Metropolitan Opera and around the world. Recent projects include work with Placido Domingo, Luciano Pavarotti and a landmark release of recorded arias for an all-Puccini collection.
Richard Faith, Composer in Residence
Feb. 12, 2008: Guest and Faculty Recital with Joseph Hopkins, Suzanne Hopkins and Richard Faith
March 12, 2008: Richard Faith and Friends
Nationally recognized composer Richard Faith joins with the Division of Music in February and March to mentor young composers and present a number of his works.
Music From Japan
Feb. 26, 2008
For more than 30 years, Music From Japan has championed wider appreciation of Japanese music and composers. Tour performances include Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center and Samford University. Students, faculty and community will have the opportunity to hear a performance and lecture by Japan’s most acclaimed traditional music virtuosos and composers.
Ralph Votapek
March 27, 2008
Ralph Votapek, gold medalist of the first Van Cliburn International Piano Competition and winner of the prestigious Naumburg Award, will conduct Master Classes and present a recital in Brock Hall. He studied at the Manhattan School of Music and the Juilliard School. Votapek has made hundreds of appearances with most of the major American orchestras, including the Chicago Symphony, orchestras in London, Lisbon, Paris, St. Petersburg, Kiev, Latin America and Asia.
Bruce Kolb
April 11–12, 2008
Dr. Bruce Kolb, whose students perform at the Metropolitan Opera, the New York City Opera and on Broadway, will present Master Classes at Samford. He states that his “biggest accomplishments are really the little, unnoticed moments of calling a student forward into new insights and skills, and witnessing the blooming of an artist.”
Music
Faculty Gala
Sept. 4, 7:30 p.m., Brock Recital Hall
Super Jazz Concert
Sept. 9, 3 p.m., Brock Recital Hall
Alabama Symphony Orchestra Concertmaster and Friends
Sept. 18, 7:00 p.m., Brock Recital Hall; For more information, please contact the ASO Box Office at 205-251-7727 or www.alabamasymphony.org.
Guest Lecture Recital: S T Kimbrough and the Hymnody of Charles Wesley
Sept. 24, 7:30 p.m., Brock Recital Hall
Faculty Recital: Angie Flaniken, viola, Jeff Flaniken, violin, and Don Sanders, piano
Oct. 2, 7:30 p.m., Brock Recital Hall
Orchestra Concert
Oct. 9, 7:30 p.m., Brock Recital Hall
Goethe Gemnausium Ameisenchor
Oct. 18, 7:30 p.m., Brock Recital Hall
Wind Ensemble Concert
Oct. 23, 7:30 p.m., Brock Recital Hall
Faculty Recital: Brad Sargent
Oct. 28, 2:30 p.m., Brock Recital Hall
Alabama Symphony Orchestra Concertmaster and Friends
Oct. 30, 7:00 p.m., Brock Recital Hall; For more information, please contact the ASO Box Office at 205-251-7727 or www.alabamasymphony.org.
Guest Artist/Faculty Recital: Melanie Williams and Randall Richardson
Nov. 1, 7:30 p.m., Brock Recital Hall
University Chorale Concert
Nov. 6, 7:30 p.m., Reid Chapel
Artists-in-Residence Recital Eroica Trio
Nov. 13, 7:30 p.m., Brock Recital Hall, Tickets $25
Die Fledermaus
opera by Johann Strauss
Nov. 15–17, 7:30 p.m.
Nov. 18, 2:30 p.m.
Tickets $10
Harrison Theatre
Percussion Ensemble Concert
Nov. 17, 2:30 p.m., Brock Recital Hall
Super Jazz Concert
Nov. 18, 3 p.m., Brock Recital Hall
Hanging of the Green
Nov. 29, 6 p.m., Reid Chapel
Festival of Christmas Music
Dec. 1, 7:30 p.m., Wright Center, Tickets $10
Bells of Buchanan
Dec. 4, 7:30 p.m., Brock Recital Hall
Faculty Recital: Kathryn Fouse
Feb. 5, 7:30 p.m., Brock Recital Hall
Guest and Faculty Recital: Joseph Hopkins, Suzanne Hopkins and Richard Faith
Feb. 12, 7:30 p.m., Brock Recital Hall
Super Jazz Big Band Concert
Feb. 17, 3 p.m., Brock Recital Hall
Alabama Symphony Orchestra Concertmaster and Friends
Feb. 19, 7:00 p.m., Brock Recital Hall; For more information, please contact the ASO Box Office at 205-251-7727 or www.alabamasymphony.org.
Music From Japan
Feb. 26, 7:30 p.m., Brock Recital Hall
Richard Faith and Friends
March 4, 7:30 p.m., Brock Recital Hall
Wind Ensemble/Symphonic Band Concert
March 8, 7:30 p.m., Brock Recital Hall
Concerto-Aria Concert
March 11, 7:30 p.m., Wright Center
Samford at the Ryman
March 18, 7:30 p.m., Ryman Auditorium, Nashville, Tenn.
Guest Artist: Ralph Votapek
March 27, 7:30 pm., Brock Recital Hall
A Cappella Choir Home Concert
March 29, 7:30 p.m., Reid Chapel
Cabaret Recital, Randall Richardson and Students
April 1, 7:30 p.m., Bolding Studio
Alabama Symphony Orchestra Concertmaster and Friends
April 8, 7:00 p.m., Brock Recital Hall; For more information, please contact the ASO Box Office at 205-251-7727 or www.alabamasymphony.org.
Bruce Kolb Master Class
April 11–12
Wind Ensemble/Symphonic Band Concert
April 25, 7:30 p.m., Brock Recital Hall
Super Jazz Big Band Concert
April 27, 3 p.m., Brock Recital Hall
Holocaust Remembrance Concert
April 29-30, 7:30 p.m., Brock Recital Hall
Samford University Orchestra Concert with Combined Choirs
May 6, 7:30 p.m., Brock Recital Hall
Art
Celebration of Latin American Art
Aug. 20–Sept. 27
In conjunction with the Department of World Languages, Bare Hands Gallery, Sojourn Gallery and the Samford community, this exhibition of art, photographs, clothing, jewelry and other artifacts from Latin American cultures is an educational experience as well as a visual feast.
Metaphor Boxes and Drawings by Beverly B. Erdreich
Oct. 3–31
These provocative mixed media artworks deal with the artist’s commentary on love, death, violence, memory and religion. These boxes and their accompanying drawings are artistically sophisticated, and visually depict political, sociological and emotionally charged concepts. Beverly Erdreich is a highly respected Birmingham artist who has exhibited extensively throughout the region.
Samford Art Student Annual Show
Nov. 5–30
Opening Reception and Announcement of Awards
Nov. 5, 4–6 p.m.
This year’s judge is Anne Arrasmith, cofounder of Space One Eleven. She will select the works accepted for display and the winners from those selected.
Graduating Senior Art Exhibition
Dec. 7–15
Reception after commencement
Dec. 15
Graduating seniors in fine art, graphic design and interior design display their senior projects for professor and professional review, and for the community to view.
One Man Show by Department Chair Larry Thompson
Feb. 1–28, 2008
Samford’s new art department chair Larry Thompson’s selected works will be on display and for sale. One of his most recent exhibitions was in Beijing, China. He comes to Samford from Ouachita Baptist University in Arkansas.
Samford Selects: Artist Showcase
March 3–31
Artists from the Samford Visiting Visual Artists Series exhibit work in the Samford Art Gallery. Artists include Doug Balous, Annie Krammerer Butrus, Catherine Cabaniss, Beverly Erdreich and Amy Pleasant.
Annual Art Faculty Show
April 7–30
Closing Reception and Presentation of Art Student Academic Awards
April 30, 4–6 p.m.
Art faculty members Mary Ann Culotta, Richard Dendy, Scott Fisk, Shannon Flynt, Susan Perry, Don Rankin, Robin Snyder, Larry Thompson, Jane Timberlake-Cooper, Lowell Vann and Mary White exhibit their most recent work, including painting, drawing, photography, sculpture, pottery, mixed media and graphic design.
Graduating Senior Art Show
May 9–16
Reception after baccalaureate
May 15
Graduating seniors in fine art, graphic design and interior design display their senior projects for faculty, professional and community review.
Visiting Visual Artist Series
The Samford Art Department hosts a Visiting Visual Artist Series open to students and the community. Among the invited guest lecturers for 2007–08 are Beverly Erdreich, Amy Pleasant, Annie Kammer Butrus, Catherine Cabaniss and Doug Balous. For dates and times, please go to www.samford.edu/arts or e-mail jetimber@samford.edu.
Samford Gallery Hours
Monday–Friday, 9 a.m.–4 p.m.
(not open holidays or school breaks)
Robin Snyder, gallery director
rdsnyder@samford.edu
205-726-2840
Theatre and Dance
And the World Goes Round
by John Kander and Fred Eb
Sept. 14–15, 7:30 p.m.
Bolding Studio
This exceptionally lively review showcases one of musical theatre’s most important writing teams. Audiences will recognize showstoppers Cabaret, Mr. Cellophane, All that Jazz and Kiss of the Spider Woman.
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
by Daniel Wasserman, based on the novel by Ken Kesey
Oct. 25–27, 7:30 p.m.
Oct. 28, 2:30 p.m.
Harrison Theatre
Dale Wasserman’s stage adaptation of One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest made its Broadway premiere in 1963, one year after Ken Kesey’s bestselling novel was published. Since then, the play has had two New York revivals and was made into the classic 1975 film starring Jack Nicholson. The play tells the tale of McMurphy, a convicted felon, who has himself declared insane to get out of prison and into a more comfortable mental hospital. He soon finds that Nurse Ratched runs the asylum with an iron fist. McMurphy challenges the rules and makes a name for himself.
Twelfth Night
by William Shakespeare
Nov. 29–30, 7:30 p.m.
Dec. 2, 2:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.
Brock Recital Hall
The Bard’s classic tale of mistaken identity, romance and redemption is set in the mysterious kingdom of Illyria. One of Shakespeare’s most accessible plays, Twelfth Night brings great storytelling, music and dance together for a charming seasonal delight.
Oleanna
by David Mamet
Feb. 7–9, 7:30 p.m.
Feb. 10, 2:30 p.m.
Bolding Studio
“As if ripped right from the typewriter, it could not be more direct in its technique or more incendiary in its ambitions,” said theatre critic Frank Rich. A university professor standing for tenure is accused of harassment by a female student, and neither of their lives can ever be the same. No play written in the past 25 years has provoked more argument and generated more self-examination.
Samford University Dance Concert
Feb. 28–March 1, 7:30 p.m.
March 2, 2:30 p.m.
Harrison Theatre
Enjoy the extraordinary talents of Samford’s burgeoning dance program. The dance concert has become a highlight of the Samford arts season.
Copenhagen
by Michael Frayn
March 27–29, 7:30 p.m.
March 30, 2:30 p.m.
Christenberry Planetarium
Frayn’s acclaimed masterpiece grapples with issues of history and politics while remaining exceptionally entertaining. In a departure from the author’s brilliant comic turns such as Noises Off, Frayn focuses on a historic event—the visit made by German physicist Werner Heisenberg to Neils Bohr during World War II in 1941. The two physicists, who had collaborated for so long on the development of quantum theory, were on opposite sides. Bohr was half-Jewish and a citizen of occupied Denmark. Heisenberg was a professor at Leipzig, but unknown to Bohr, he had become head of the Nazi regime’s project to harness atomic energy. When the two brilliant, quirky minds come together, the nature and ethics of humanity begin to unfold.
A Piece of My Heart
by Shirley Lauro
April 10–12, 7:30 p.m.
April 13, 2:30 p.m.
Bolding Studio
These true stories of six courageous women sent to Vietnam depict their struggle to make sense of a war that irrevocably changed them and a nation that shunned them. This powerful work contains the music and soul of a tumultuous era in America’s history.
Cinderella
by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein
May 1–3, 7:30 p.m.
May 4, 2:30 p.m.
Harrison Theatre
Musical theatre’s most beloved writing team originally penned this play for a 1957 television production featuring young Julie Andrews. Since that debut, the play has been produced throughout the world and revived twice for television (in 1965 with Leslie Ann Warren and in 1997 with Brandy Norwood in the title role). Samford University Theatre for Young Audiences is pleased to bring this classic to your family.
Theatre and Dance Individual Tickets
$6 Student/Child
$8 Senior (55+)
$10 Adult
Friends of Samford Arts
As Samford unifies its arts programs in the School of the Arts, it also brings giving organizations under one umbrella. The Theatre Angels, Music Scholarship Endowment Committee, Preparatory Parents Council, Art Patrons and Band Boosters will continue their good work, but will join under the new name Friends of Samford Arts. This organization will stand alongside the work of students and faculty by supporting scholarship, leadership, performance and excellence in art, dance, music and theatre.
Anyone with an interest in the arts is eligible and invited to become a Friend. Your contributions to this important effort will make a difference in the lives of Samford students and will help connect you to the achievements and success of Samford. Your gifts may be designated for a specific area.
Benefits include:
• The soon-to-be-released School of the Arts newsletter (also available in electronic form)
• Calendar of arts events
• Seasons, Samford’s quarterly magazine
• Invitations to special events, such as the Festival of Christmas, gallery openings and major productions
Most of all, there will be the assurance that your contributions help the school reach new levels of excellence and open doors of possibility for students. To become a friend, please see the Productions page, or call the dean’s office at 205-726-2778.
2007–08 Season Ticket Packages
Package A:
Theatre/Music/Dance
1. And the World Goes Round
2. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
3. Twelfth Night
4. Oleanna
5. Copenhagen
6. Dance Concert
7. A Piece of My Heart
8. Cinderella
Package B:
Music and Opera
1. Eroica Trio
2. Die Fledermaus
3. Festival of Christmas Music
4. Music From Japan
5. Ralph Votapek
Package C
All events from both
Package A and Package B
Adult Senior Student/Child
Package A $72 $56 $40
Package B $72 $56 $40
Package C $130 $100 $70