2007-2008 Season Events
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Michigan Tech's Chamber Music Series presents "Four Pianos, Eight Hands," a concert featuring not only four pianos, but four violins and a soprano soloist, on Saturday, May 3, at 7:30 pm in the Rozsa Center. The "four pianos, eight hands" will premiere an arrangement of Bach's "Concerto in D Minor for Three Keyboards," with the orchestral part transcribed for piano by Jon Ensminger. Ensminger will join Neil Paynter, Carla Phillips, and Susan Byykkonen to perform the piece. Neil Paynter and Jon Ensminger will also present Mozart's "Sonata in D Major for Two Pianos," K. 448. The violinists Carol Jones, Bette Premo, Jared Cregg, and Elizabeth Meyer will present Telemann's "Concerto for Four Violins," accompanied by Jon Ensminger. Soprano Melissa Williams will perform Schubert's "Shepherd on the Rock," accompanied by Susan Byykkonen and Ellizabeth Meyer. The Chamber Music Series is presented by the Visual and Performing Arts department. More information is available by calling 487-2067. General $6, Students $3, Children age 18 and under $3. |
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Concertino for Marimba and Strings The Keweenaw Youth Symphony Orchestra will feature a new work, "Concertino for Marimba and Strings," commissioned by the KYSO for its Spring concert. Marimba soloist Carrie Biolo, a professional percussionist who currently lives and teaches in Marquette, joins the KYSO for this concert, as will composer and guest conductor Nathan Barber. Biolo holds a Master's degree in percussion performance from DePaul University in Chicago, and has performed as soloist in Germany, Japan, and Taiwan as well as the U.S. The "Concertino" was commissioned with a mini-grant from the Copper Country Community Arts Center and the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs. The KYSO will also perform works by Vivaldi (with violin soloists Carolyn Yarina and Elizabeth Meyer), Respighi, and Handel. The Copper Country Suzuki Association's Preparatory String Orchestra and Adult Orchestra, "the Chameleons," will also perform. The Keweenaw Youth Symphony is sponsored by the Copper Country Suzuki Association and Michigan Tech's Visual and Performing Arts department. The CCSA and KYSO are funded in part by grants from the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs and the National Endowment for the Arts. The concert is free and open to the public. |
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Superior Wind Symphony and Concert Band Michigan Tech's Superior Wind Symphony and Concert Band present "Godzilla Eats Houghton," their joint spring concert, this Saturday, April 26, at 7:30 pm in the Rozsa Center. Conductor Nick Enz says the concert's title refers to an unusual piece in which percussionists play not only traditional cymbals and drums, but also (artfully) break glass and throw trash cans, all on cue, of course, with the saxophones commenting from the background. "Sometimes this very entertaining music sounds to us like the score for a sci-fi movie that was never made," Enz comments. The program includes a Grammy Award winner, "A View from the Side" by Bill Holman, in a new arrangement for wind band by Nick Enz. "This piece weaves three different styles of music," Enz says, "swing, burlesque two-beat polka, and a Latin/rock groove." In addition, the Wind Symphony will play Gustav Holtz's extraordinary "Second Suite inn F for Military Band." Bret Wazny, a senior in Chemistry, will be featured conducting the Concert Band in "Variations on a Korean Folksong" by John Barnes Chance, based on music the composer heard while serving in the U.S. army during the 1950-52 war. "Festivo," a high-energy fanfare that utilizes the brass, woodwind and percussion sections, and Percy Grainger's immortal "Irish Tune from Coounty Derry" round out the program. General $8, Students $6, Children age 18 and under $6. |
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Visual & Performing Arts showcases this year's student work in painting, drawing, sculpture, ceramics, and scenic, costume, sound and lighting design in the annual Walker Art and Design Show, open now through Friday, April 25 in McArdle Theatre. Hours are 8:00 am to 5:00 pm, with after-hours appointments available by calling the Visual & Performing Arts office, 487-2067. The display includes work by students from across campus who enroll in visual arts courses to pursue life-long interests or to complement their studies in other majors. Faculty members Mary Ann Beckwith and Susanne Kilpela say they are continually inspired by the quality of work produced by Michigan Tech students, and the passion with which students embrace the arts here. The Design Show also includes work by students majoring in the four Visual and Performing Arts bachelor's degree programs in audio design and entertainment design and technology. "We hope many people will drop by Walker this week to see what MTU's students have been accomplishing in the arts this year," Beckwith says. "They'll be amazed." Admission is free. Open to the public. |
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Michigan Tech Theatre Company Presents “Talley’s Folly”. Patricia Helsel and Paul Janisse will star in Lanford Wilson’s romantic comedy “Talley’s Folly,” a production of the Michigan Tech Theatre Company and the Visual and Performing Arts department, on Friday, April 18, and Saturday, April 19, at 7:30 p.m. in the Rozsa Center. “It’s a waltz—a no-holds-barred romantic story,” says director Roger Held of the Pulitzer Prize-winning play. On a long Fourth of July evening in rural Missouri, Matt Friedman, a big-city accountant just passing through, woos the smart, skeptical Sally Talley. These are both complicated, captivating people with protective shells firmly in place. Let the dance begin! But the sparkling surfaces of two charming people hide nuances. “Everybody has secrets,” Held says. “Sally and Matt both have them. While some secrets make us wiser, some are hurtful to tell, so hurtful that telling evokes the anger, bitterness and pain we repress in order to cope with everyday life. Keeping secrets protects us, but also can keep us from growing emotionally, and badly cloud our judgments of other people.” What sort of waltz will this one be? Both Patricia Helsel and Paul Janisse bring years of experience to the production. Helsel, the director of Michigan Tech’s new degree program in Theatre and Electronic Media Performance, has performed in roles ranging from musicals and opera to Lady Macbeth for the past fifteen years. Janisse, a graduate of the Louisiana Scholars College, is an actor with the New Stage Theatre Company in Jackson, Mississippi, and, during the past two summers, with the Kentucky Shakespeare Festival. Tickets for the Friday and Saturday performances of “Talley’s Folly” (as well as the Preview performance on Thursday, April 17) are available from the Rozsa Box Office (487-3200 and www.tickets.mtu.edu). General $15, Students $7, Children age 18 and under $7. Upper Left: Patricia Helsel and Paul Janisse star as Sally Talley and Matt Friedman in Michigan Tech's production of the Pulitzer Prize- winning comedy "Talley's Folly" by Lanford Wilson, April 18 and 19 in the Rozsa Center. |
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Monday-Thursday Bring your lunch.
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Mid-April brings "Midday at the Rozsa," the annual free noontime concerts in the Rozsa Lobby, presented by Visual and Performing Arts. On Monday, April 14, drop in to the Rozsa Lobby anytime during the noon hour to enjoy the R&D Big Band, led by Mike Irish. Tuesday, April 15, it's the jazz combo "Bump," and on Wednesday, April 16, the MTU Brass Quintet, plus the Concert Winds directed by Nick Enz. On Thursday, April 17, the "Voodoo Vibes" wind up the concert series, which celebrates Michigan Tech's tradition of fine student musicianship. For more information, contact Visual and Performing Arts, 487-2067. Admission is free. |
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Keweenaw Symphony Orchestra The Keweenaw Symphony Orchestra will recreate the lush, sultry sound of '30's and '40's dance bands when Mike Irish, Michigan Tech's director of jazz studies, takes the podium on Saturday, April 12, at 7:30 in the Rozsa Center. Billing themselves the "Keweenaw Studio Jazz Orchestra," the KSO will present an evening of classic American jazz standards with the help of vocalist Gail English, jazz pianist John Munson, Brian Parmeter on bass, and Greg Wright on drums. In addition to the sultry classics of the Big Band era, the orchestra will present new pieces by Keweenaw composers Elizabeth Meyer, Charles White and Mike Irish. Tickets for this final concert of the KSO's 2007-08 season are available from the Rozsa Box Office (487-3200, www.tickets.mtu.edu, and at the door). For more information, contact MTU's Department of Visual and Performing Arts, 487-2067. General $15, Students $7, Children age 18 and under $7. |
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The Troupe’s Campus Comedy Show The Troupe, Michigan Tech's student improv acting group, presents its 17th annual Campus Comedy Show on Friday and Saturday, April 11-12, at 7:30 pm in McArdle Theatre (207 Walker). The Troupe features a dozen students who are chosen by audition each fall, then practice and perform together several hours a week throughout the school year. The Campus Comedy Show features sketches written by members of the group, including many which start with ideas from the audience. Expect fun and surprises in a show designed for audience members of all ages. For more information about The Troupe, contact Visual and Performing Arts, 487-3094. Tickets will be sold at the door on the nights of the show for $5 each. |
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Springtones Michigan Tech's seventy-voice Concert Choir will present "Springtones: A Celebration of Choral Music" on Sunday, April 6, at 7:30 pm in the Rozsa Center, conducted by Susan Byykkonen and Scott Veenstra. The program presents music in a variety of styles, with unusual accompaniments, showcasing the many beauties which skillful choirs bring to life in a superb concert hall such as the Rozsa Center. Highlights include "Music's Echo," an Irish melody by Greg Gilpin sung a cappella with percussion accompaniment, creating "a magical effect," says Susan Byykkonen. Luscious choral harmonies with a soaring violin obbligato reach "the deepest corners of human expression" in Lee Denger's "Pacem," based on the traditional "Dona nobis pacem." Also included are masterworks by two of the 20th century's finest composers, Benjamin Britten's much-loved "Choral Dances" from "Gloriana" and John Rutter's "For the Beauty of the Earth." In another mood, Loreena McKennitt's "Tango to Evora," a romantic dance, features soloist MartaLisbet Loman, whose soprano floats over the choir's rhythms and hand claps, while a bell adds sparkle to the vocal tango. This unusual arrangement was made famous by the Vancouver Chamber Choir at the 1999 American Choral Director's convention. "Shout Glory!" an energetic gospel anthem with lavish accompaniment, will feature soprano soloists Tanya Johnson and Becky Klank. Alto Kari Brown is soloist for William Dawson's arrangement of "Every Time I Feel the Spirit." A quartet composed of choir members Bill Francis, John Lowther, Paul Frair and Paul Bergstrom will sing two traditional barbershop arrangements. Finally, the choir will present Kurt Bestor's deeply moving tribute to the children of Bosnia, "Prayer of the Children," made famous in recent years by Weston Noble and the Luther College Nordic Choir, and Jeffery Ames' beautiful "In Remembrance," with texts from the Requiem liturgy and other sources, written to convey a message of healing, peace, and hope to many situations and personal circumstances. Tickets for Michigan Tech's spring choral concert are available from the Rozsa Box Office (487-3200 and www.tickets.mtu.edu) and at the door. General $8, Students $5, Children age 18 and under $5. |
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Spring Jazz Concert Director Mike Irish promises hot jazz and spicy Caribbean rhythms on Friday night as Michigan Tech's annual Don Keranen Memorial Jazz Night takes the Rozsa Center stage. The fun begins at 7:30 pm on April 4, featuring Michigan Tech's award-winning bands playing with irrepressible energy and savvy. In one of MTU's great traditions, generations of students have played jazz under the leadership of Don Keranen (1967-1988), Rob Wernberg (1989-1991), and Mike Irish (1991-present), touring Michigan, the Midwest, and six times to Jamaica, winning awards at college jazz festivals, and warming many a winter night in Keweenaw clubs and auditoriums. Pros from Detroit, Milwaukee and Chicago have joined MTU's Jazz Lab Band for concerts, marveling at the skill of students who aren't music majors, but make jazz a center of their lives, often playing long after graduation and returning to jam with Irish whenever they can. The winners of this year's Don Keranen Awards for outstanding jazz musician and most improved player will be announced during Friday's concert. Tickets are available from the Rozsa Box Office (487-3200 and www.tickets.mtu.edu) and at the door. General $12, Students $7, Children age 18 and under $7. |
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The Fourth Annual Northern Lights Film Festival at Michigan Technological University brings independent films and filmmakers to the campus and surrounding community, in addition to providing a venue for films by students and community members. For more information, contact Erin Smith or call (906) 487-3263. |
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Keweenaw Symphony Orchestra Jeffrey Bell-Hanson, former music director of the Keweenaw Symphony Orchestra, returns to the Rozsa Center podium on Saturday, March 1, at 7:30 p.m. for the KSO's winter concert, titled "A Sense of Time, a Sense of Place." Bell-Hanson is associate professor of music and Director of Orchestral Activities at Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, Washington. He taught at Michigan Tech, directing the KSO, Wind Symphony, and Huskies Pep Band, from 1989-2002. Saturday's concert features music that captures special feelings or moments, including Jean Sibelius' evocation of Finland, the "Karelia Suite," "Trains of Thought" by contemporary American composer Gregory Youtz, a piece about the sound of trains in a Western Washington town, and Antonin Dvorak's complex and beautiful Symphony No. 8, "dripping with Bohemian folk style," in Bell-Hanson's words. The sixty-member KSO, the oldest continuing symphony orchestra in the U.P., is composed of music teachers, university students, and community musicians from the Keweenaw area and as far away as Marquette. For this concert, they will be joined by gifted high school musicians from the Keweenaw Youth Symphony Orchestra. Bell-Hanson has spent this week in residence at Michigan Tech, working with the KSO and Michigan Tech musicians. He looks forward to meeting audience members after Saturday's concert for an informal "Let's Talk Music" session in the Rozsa Lobby. More information on Saturday's concert is available from the MTU Visual and Performing Arts department, 487-2067. Tickets are available from the Rozsa Box Office (487-3200 or www.tickets.mtu.edu). General $15, Students $7, Children age 18 and under $7. |
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The Memorandum by Václav Havel Directed by Christopher Plummer.
Michigan Tech's Visual and Performing Arts Department will stage Vaclav Havel's political satire, "The Memorandum," in McArdle Theatre beginning February 27, the first performances of a Havel play in this area. Vaclav Havel is a renowned playwright and poet whose fame gave added clout to his political activities as the leader of the Czech Republic's successful democracy movement. He was the first president of the Czech Republic in the post-Communist era. Director Christopher Plummer says he's looked forward to staging one of Havel's play for years, fascinated by the playwright's sharp wit and his penetrating insight into how people attempt to control others in modern organizations. "I think people will find this play fascinating and thought-provoking," Plummer says. "Plus, it's an easy way to get in touch with one of the really interesting minds of our time." Columbia University's website, http://havel.columbia.edu/, gives an excellent introduction to this charismatic statesman-poet. Columbia sponsored a seven-week Havel Residency in fall 2006 when several plays were produced with the playwright's help. Performances of "The Memorandum" begin at 7:30 p.m. daily (except Sunday) from Wednesday, February 27, through Wednesday, March 5, in McArdle Theatre (second floor, Walker Arts & Humanities Center). Tickets are available from the Rozsa Box Office (487-3200 and tickets.mtu.edu) and at the door an hour before performances for $10 general, $5 students. Students and faculty in Visual and Performing Arts have pulled out all the stops, as usual, to create the set, lights, costumes, and sound for the play. Plummer says the cast have enjoyed the challenge of learning some unconventional dialog, too. When the bosses in "The Memorandum" try to "improve communication," they usually manage to mangle it. Plummer and the cast and crew are eager to hear audience comments on how Havel's play relates to life here and now. Find out more about Getting Involved with Visual & Performing Arts. General $10, Students $5, Children age 18 and under $5. |
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Concluding a three-day band workshop with renowned music educator Dennis Zeisler, Michigan Tech's select bands and other student musicians present a gala concert. Conductors include Dennis Zeisler, Professor of Music, Old Dominion University, and Nicholas J. Enz, Director of Bands, Michigan Tech. General $11, Students $7, Children age 18 and under $7. |
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Three combos will play cool jazz in a variety of styles as Michigan Tech's jazz program presents two Jazz Club cabaret evenings in McArdle Theatre on Friday and Saturday, January 25-26, starting at 7:30 p.m. The concerts are relaxed and informal, with small tables, low lighting, and soft drinks and snacks available. Jazz Club will feature the NMB Combo, led by Nick Enz, playing Latin and Brazilian tunes (among others) on Friday night, and on Saturday the Calumet High School Jazz Experience, directed by Scott Veenstra. On both Friday and Saturday, MTU's Momentum and JazTec also take the stage, Momentum playing its signature funk, blues, and funky jazz, and while JazTec brings its award-winning mainstream sound, as well as original music from MTU's finest student musicians. Director of jazz studies Mike Irish says Jazz Club is one of the best concerts of the year because "in a small club, musicians tend to experience the perfect blend of intense focus and deep relaxation, so that’s where the best jazz is often heard." Jazz Club happens every January in McArdle Theatre, thanks to Michigan Tech's Department of Visual and Performing Arts. Tickets are $5 at the door. |
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“Winter Sounds: A Heikinpäivä Concert” The Keweenaw Youth Symphony, an ensemble of young musicians selected from throughout the Keweenaw area, will present "Winter Sounds, a Heikinpäivä Concert" on Saturday, January 19, at 7:30 p.m. in the Rozsa Center. Directed by Margaret Twining, the orchestra will perform music of Mozart, Haydn, Beethoven, Moussorgsky, plus Finnish fiddle tunes by Arto Järvelä. As a special treat, the students will perform on instruments created by the esteemed craftsman Tauno Ekonen. The concert is free and open to the public. The Keweenaw Youth Symphony is sponsored jointly by Michigan Tech's Visual and Performing Arts department and the Copper Country Suzuki Association. The ensemble rehearses weekly during the school year, presenting two annual concerts plus a number of other performances. More information is available from Visual & Performing Arts, 487-2067. |
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Chamber Music Series: “Beethoven and Beyond” Michigan Tech's Chamber Music Series presents "Beethoven and Beyond," a concert of small-group pieces, on Friday, January 18, at 7:30 pm in McArdle Theatre. Musicians include Pat Valencia (guitar), Nick Enz (alto sax), Susan Byykkonen (piano), Marjory Johnston (oboe), Bryan Suits (flute), Margaret Twining (cello), and Elizabeth Meyer (violin). The program features Beethoven's "Allegro for Violin and Guitar" and his "Piano Trio Op. 70, No. 1, The Ghost," "Trio for Flute, Oboe and Piano" by Madeline Dring, and "Improvisation III" for alto saxophone by Ryo Noda. Tickets are available in the McArdle Theatre lobby on the day of performance, starting 1 hr. before the concert. General $6, Students $3, Children age 18 and under $3. |
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Old Fashioned Christmas Concert and Carol Sing The Rozsa Center will resound with glorious music as audience members sing along with the Michigan Tech Concert Choir and the Keweenaw Symphony Orchestra in "An Old Fashioned Christmas Concert and Carol Sing," conducted by Dr. Milton Olsson, on Saturday, December 8, at 7:30 p.m. Sponsors are MTU's Department of Visual and Performing Arts and the Copper Range Abstract & Title Agency, Inc., of Houghton. In addition to leading beautiful arrangements of well-known songs and carols, Choir and Orchestra will present other favorites of the season, from the theme of the movie "Polar Express" to selections from Vivaldi's "Gloria," dances from Tchaikovsky's "Nutcracker," and Handel's Halleluia Chorus from "Messiah." Selections also include Morten Lauridsen's moving tribute, O magnum mysterium, and the beautiful Alfred Burt Carols. Olsson says this concert is a response to many requests from community members who love to celebrate the holidays with music. He notes that the carols and other holiday music are part of a much-loved American tradition that binds people of all backgrounds together. The KSO and Choir themselves bring together community musicians of all ages with Michigan Tech students, faculty and staff, all of whom invite families to enjoy the concert as part of their holiday festivities. Concert tickets are available from the Rozsa Box Office, 487-3200 and www.tickets.mtu.edu. Come early to enjoy the festive Rozsa Lobby, decorated with unique trees donated by local artists for the Friends of Rozsa Christmas Tree Silent Auction. General $15, Students $7, Children age 18 and under $7. |
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Two episodes from Douglas Adams' "Hitchhiker's Guide To the Galaxy: The Original Radio Plays" will be presented this week by students in Michigan Tech's Sound Design and Entertainment Technology programs. The hair-raising outer-space adventures, with elaborate sound effects and voice enhancements (hear what Vogons really sound like!) will be performed Friday, November 30, at 7:30 pm, and Saturday, December 1, at 2:00 pm in McArdle Theatre. Two earlier episodes from Adam's radio series were presented last fall, with rave reviews from the students involved and their audiences. This year's episodes follow the continuing saga of Arthur Dent and his alien pal Ford Prefect as they're propelled from one cliff-hanging adventure to another. Faculty directors are Roger Held and Christopher Plummer, aided by stage manager Alexandria Purtell. Actors include Dan Freeman, Stephen Martin, Jarren Hewitt, Lucus Showerman, Olivia Orr, Jenna Parker, Jake Deschaine, Samuel Ledebuhr, Emily Mehleubacher, and Ralph Horvath. The radio plays, hugely popular when originally broadcast in Great Britain, were Douglas Adams original version of "Hitchhiker's Guide." The book and other "Hitchhiker's" spinoffs, which led to Adams' world-wide renown, came later. Tickets, for sale at the door only, are $5.00. More information on "Hitchhiker's Guide" is available from Visual and Performing Arts, 487-2067. |
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Beyond Therapy “Beyond Therapy” Opens at Michigan Tech Michigan Tech’s production of Christopher Durang’s satirical comedy “Beyond Therapy” opens Thursday, November 8, for six performances in McArdle Theatre (Walker Arts and Humanities Center). A Broadway hit and a perennial favorite in regional and university theatres, “Beyond Therapy” is a non-stop farce that critics call “one of the funniest plays I’ve seen in years,” “guaranteed hilarious,” by “one of the most original playwrights at work today.” In “Beyond Therapy,” Prudence and Bruce meet on a blind date after they answer each other’s personal ads. Each is looking for a stable romantic relationship, getting advice from an eccentric psychotherapist, as well as interference from family and friends. The first date ends in disaster, but they meet again when Prudence answers another personal ad. In a whirl of absurdity and complications, is a real relationship possible? Going beyond satire, Christopher Durang has interesting things to say on that subject. Director Trish Helsel, who joined Michigan Tech's faculty in August, chose “Beyond Therapy” as her first MTU production. The play stars Michael McKellar (a major in theatre and entertainment technology) and Laura Crimmins (geological engineering) as Bruce and Prudence, Adam Sommerfield (sciences and arts) and Gretchen Lange (materials science) as the therapists Stuart and Charlotte, with Scott Grajeda (economics) and Dieter Rudolph (forestry) in the roles of Bob and Andrew. The play features a unique set in McArdle Theatre, a flexible, open, 260-seat space. Design and construction of lights, set, sound effects and costumes were carried out by students in Michigan Tech's audio design and theatre production programs, under the guidance of faculty advisers. “Beyond Therapy” will be performed November 8-10 (Thursday through Saturday) and 13-15 (Tuesday through Thursday) at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are available from university box offices (487-3200, tickets.mtu.edu) and at the door for $12 general, $6 students. For more information, contact the Visual & Performing Arts office at 487-3094 or fineart@mtu.edu. General $12, Students $6, Children age 18 and under $6. |
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Wind Symphony and Concert Band Michigan Tech's Superior Wind Symphony and Campus Concert Band invite MTU students and community members to "Autumn Nights: A Concert of Evening Aires" this Friday, November 2, at 7:30 pm in the Rozsa Center. Featuring lively arrangements written especially for wind bands, "Autumn Nights" showcases the talents of sixty of Michigan Tech's outstanding band musicians directed by Nick Enz and student conductor Bret Wazny. Tickets for the concert are $8 general public, $6 students, available from the Rozsa Box Office (487-3200 and tickets.mtu.edu). Superior Winds will feature Frank Ticheli's "Vesuvius," a musical picture of the final days before the eruption of Vesuvius destroyed the Roman city of Pompeii in 70 A.D. "Vesuvius" uses unique percussion techniques including bowing the vibraphone to create an ethereal sound before the huge explosion and chaos that follows. In a different mood, Superior Winds will also perform one of the most richly harmonic segments of Johannes Brahms' "German Requiem," "Blessed Are They," plus Anton Dvorak's wonderful "Slavonic Dance No. III." The Campus Concert Band will present favorites wind band airs, including Percy Grainger's arrangement of the old Celtic song "Ye Banks and Braes," plus Clare Grundman's "Little Suite for Band." The concert will also feature pieces by the Michigan Tech Percussion Ensemble and Saxophone Quartet. The fall band concert is sponsored by Michigan Tech's Department of Visual & Performing Arts. The concert will begin promptly, so audience members are reminded come a few minutes early in order to be seated by 7:30. General $8, Students $6, Children age 18 and under $6. |
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Michigan Tech's outstanding jazz program takes the stage this weekend when four ensembles present the annual Jazz Showcase in McArdle Theatre (Walker Arts & Humanities Center). It's great jazz in many styles, from cool blues to the latest funk, played by the award- winning Jazz Lab Band, R&D Big Band, Momentum (on Friday) and Jaztec (on Saturday), all directed by Mike Irish. "This fall concert is always a high," Irish says. "You can feel the excitement. The bands are so charged up to share this music!" The music starts at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, October 19, and Saturday, October 20. Tickets are available at the door starting 30 minutes before each concert, for $8 general, $5 students. |
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KSO with the Alan Parsons Live Project The world-renowned Alan Parsons Live Project, one of the greatest rock bands touring today, returns to Michigan Tech for two not-to-be-missed concerts with the Keweenaw Symphony Orchestra, featuring arrangements by Alan Parsons and KSO music-director Milton Olsson, plus the APLP's music, sound and light extravaganza. READ MORE Alan Parsons After-Party Meet and greet Alan Parsons and all the members of the APLP at this party after the concert. Food and beverages included. Friday, October 12 Concert BUY TICKETS ONLINE |
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Michigan Tech's improv acting group, "The Troupe," will present its annual Family Comedy Show as part of Michigan Tech's family weekend. The show features high-spirited skits and theatre games, many based on classic children's stories or ideas from the audience, and is aimed at audience members of all ages. Founded 17 years ago by theatre professor Sue Stephens, The Troupe presents comedy shows and acting classes throughout the year on campus and in area K-12 school districts. --- We would greatly appreciate it if you could tell your drama club, drama classes, and elementary students about this show. Also, if you're interested in having the Troupe do a workshop with your drama groups or interested students of any age, we would love to help you. Email us at troup-l -at- mtu.edu for more information. Hoping to see you at the Family Show - The Troupe --- |
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BandaRama! with Huskies Pep Band, Jazz Lab Band, Wind Symphony Michigan Tech's high-spirited band season opener, *Bandarama!* featuring the Huskies Pep Band—"The Cream of the Keweenaw, the Pride of Pastyland," 260 members strong this year—plus the Jazz Lab Band and Superior Wind Symphony, takes over the Rozsa stage at 7:30 Friday night in a concert that's free to all Michigan Tech students (as well as K-12 students), and only $5 for everyone else. "BandaRama!" is the first event every year on the Visual & Performing Arts performance calendar, and always an audience favorite. It's sixty minutes of the bands' best songs played in fast rotation, ending with a joint rendition of the Huskies Fight Song that's bound to be a world-record performance. The fun starts promptly at 7:30, so getting there early for the best seats is recommended. Tickets are available at the door and also in advance from the Rozsa Box Office, 476-3200 and www.tickets.mtu.edu. Conductors include faculty members Nick Enz and Mike Irish, plus student conductors Kristin Schmidtke, Bret Wazny, and Mitch Schuh. More information: email fadept@mtu.edu. A rousing hour of great music as three MTU bands play in fast rotation, including the Huskies Pep Band playing all your favorites, ditto the Jazz Lab Band and the Superior Wind Symphony. Free to MTU students with ID and to children age 18 and under. All other seats $5. BUY TICKETS ONLINE |
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