arts and culture calendar
Monthly Calendar
FEBRUARY
saturday morning science series: THE LIFE AND SCIENCE OF BENJAMIN BANNEKER
Smith Hall Room 326
Saturday, February 4, 10 a.m. and Noon
Actor and professional storyteller, Bob Smith presents The Life and Science of Benjamin Banneker.
Admission is free
Department of Electronic Media & Film
saturday night anime series
Van Bokkelen Hall Auditorium
Saturday, February 4, 7:30 p.m.
The Towson University Anime Club and the Department of Electronic Media & Film will screen a film chosen by the Towson University Anime Club. Please see “Events” on www.towson.edu/emf for more information.
Admission is free.
Asian Arts and Culture Center
iona rozeal brown lecture
Center for the Arts, Lecture Hall, Room 2032
Thursday, February 9, 6:30 p.m.
In connection with an exhibition of her prints and paintings on view in the Asian Arts and Culture Center, brown will discuss her exploration of the theme of Afro-asiatic allegory in which she utilizes the processes of self-sampling and remixing found in the music industry to produce dramatic images that address issues of race, gender and class. brown is a highly trained artist who is also a DJ in the commercial music industry. She links the two worlds of Japanese Ukiyo-e prints and hip hop. Her more recent work concentrates on the pressures that young Black women face today and represents a highly developed and complex narrative. She also looks to African folk stories for motivation.
Admission is free.
Asian Arts and Culture Center
iona rozeal brown: afro-asiatic allegory
Center for the Arts Asian Arts Gallery
Thursday, February 9 – Saturday, May 12
Opening Reception and Curator’s Talk: Saturday, February 11, 2 – 4 p.m.
iona rozeal brown, one of the nation’s most exciting artists, created a theme after traveling to Japan in 2001. Informed by Ukiyo-e (the fashionable genre painting, known as “pictures of the floating world” that first appeared in 17th century Japan), brown’s Asian cultural investigations and interpretations offer profound commentaries about mimicry, gender and constructions of culture. The large-scale installation features a selection of paintings and prints as well as a new mural created exclusively for this exhibition, which will be completed in the gallery. During brown’s artist residency, an open studio from February 7 to 9, 4-5 p.m., invites public dialogue and viewing of the mural work in progress. brown will also conduct a workshop with students of the New Song Academy, a school in Baltimore City, that has a long history of collaboration with Towson University.
Admission is free.
Department of Art + Design
ON LOCATION: WORKS BY STEVEN RIDDLE, MARIE DANIELSSON-YUNG AND YIYUN CHU
Master of Fine Arts Exhibition
Center for the Arts Holtzman MFA Gallery
Friday, February 10 – Saturday, March 10
Opening Reception: Thursday, February 9, 7:30 – 9 p.m.
Gallery Hours: Tuesday through Saturday, 11 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Where we come from and where we reside are two of the most significant pieces of information about a person the three artists in this exhibition have experienced the sense of adventure and displacement inherent in moving to a new city. Each finds that the spaces they occupy influence their thinking and behavior and, most especially, their creative pursuits. The paintings, collages, digital and three-dimensional art in this exhibition are a testament to the variety of ways Riddle, Danielsson-Yung and Chu make sense of their surroundings, using art as another language to find their way in a new and unfamiliar place.
Admission is free.
Department of Music
12 POEMS BY EMILY DICKINSON, AARON COPLAND
Center for the Arts Recital Hall
Friday, February 10, 6 p.m.
Students in Professor Lori Hultgren’s voice studio performing the song cycle 12 Poems by Emily Dickinson by composer Aaron Copland. The works were written in 1949-1950 when Copland was almost exclusively composing for the voice at the height of his career. The program includes Nature the Gentlest Mother, There Came a Wind Like a Bugle, The World Feels Dusty, Dear March Come In, When They Come Back, Going to Heaven, The Chariot and many more.
Admission is free.
Department of Music
ORGAN RECITAL: JAMES AND JOHN ANTHONY
Center for the Arts Harold J. Kaplan Concert Hall
Friday, February 10, 8:15 p.m.
Join James and John Anthony and members of the TU brass faculty for an Organ Recital featuring the music of J.S. Bach, Cesar Franck, Charles M. Widor and organ and brass music of the Baroque and Contemporary periods.
Tickets: $15 general admission, $10 seniors and $5 students
FREE TAX PREP!
Albert S. Cook Library Room 317
Monday, February 13, 4 to 7 p.m.
Tuesday, February 14, 4 to 7 p.m.
Saturdays, February 11 and 25, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
The college of Business and Economics at Towson University together with Financial Services and the Baltimore CASH Campaign are sponsoring free Federal and Maryland State income tax form preparation. Eligibility requirements include individuals with incomes below $25,000 and families with a combined income below $49,000. Tax preparation is performed by Towson University student volunteers who have successfully completed the required IRS training. Additional appointments are available Wednesdays, Thursday and Fridays from 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. in Towson University’s Administration Building room 426E. Schedule an appointment at www.baltimorecashcampaign.org. The tax prep program is supported in part by funding from the Bank of America Foundation and the Baltimore CASH Campaign.
Free.
Department of Music
WASHINGTON TROMBONE ENSEMBLE
Center for the Arts Recital Hall
Wednesday, February 15, 8:15 p.m.
The Department of Music presents the Washington Trombone Ensemble (WTE) comprised of musicians from professional orchestras, military bands and university faculty, performing a concert of original and published repertoire.
Tickets: $15 general admission; $10 seniors and $5 students
Department of Music
IMPROVISED MUSIC NIGHT
Center for the Arts Harold J. Kaplan Concert Hall
Thursday, February 16, 8:15 p.m.
The Department of Music presents an evening of improvised music featuring the students of the University of Michigan’s Creative Arts Orchestra and Towson University’s Improvisation Ensemble. A rare opportunity to hear students from two of the country’s most progressive creative music programs perform together.
Admission is free.
Department of Art + Design JIM PAULSEN ALUMNI SCULPTURE EXHIBITION
Center for the Arts, Center for the Arts Gallery
Friday, February 17 – Saturday, March 31
Opening Reception: Thursday, February 16, 7:30 – 9 pm;
Closed for Spring Break: Monday, March 19 - Saturday, March 24
Gallery Hours: Tuesday thru Saturday, 11 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Professor Jim Paulsen has been directing the sculpture program at Towson University for over 30 years. He retires as of August 2012. Many of his former students have gone on to substantive careers in the arts, both as teachers and exhibiting artists. A number now direct sculpture programs at other universities. This exhibition both honors Professor Paulsen and demonstrates the breadth and depth of the sculpture program at Towson University.
Admission is free.
Department of Electronic Media & Film
BRIDGES TO THE WORLD INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL – HOUSE OF SAND
Van Bokkelen Hall Auditorium
Friday, February 17, 7 p.m.
Films from Brazil, Japan, Austria, Sri Lanka and Turkey will be presented in five venues across Maryland: Annapolis, Cumberland, Salisbury, St. Mary’s City, and Towson University. Each film has been chosen by the embassy and will be introduced by a professional. Tonight’s film from Brazil is House of Sand. A post-screening discussion will follow. Please see “Events” at www.towson.edu/emf for more information.
Admission is free.
Department of Music
UNITED STATES NAVY BAND
Center for the Arts Harold J. Kaplan Concert Hall
Friday, February 17, 8:15 p.m.
The United States Navy Concert Band, the premier wind ensemble of the U.S. Navy, performs a wide array of marches, patriotic selections, orchestral transcriptions and compositions from the modern wind ensemble repertoire. As the original ensemble of the Navy Band, the Concert Band has been performing public concerts and participating in high-profile events for over 85 years.
Admission is free but tickets are required.
saturday morning science series: TELESCOPES AS TIME MACHINES: THE NEW JAMES WEBB SPACE TELESCOPE
Smith Hall Room 326
Saturday, February 18, 10 a.m. and Noon
Dr. Jason Kalirai of the Space Telescope Science Institute presents this program.
Admission is free
NOONTIME JAZZ IN THE LIBRARY
Albert S. Cook Library, 3rd Floor Lobby
Tuesday, February 21, Noon – 1 p.m.
Towson student musicians celebrate Black History Month with selections from African American jazz greats. Bring your lunch and enjoy the library's monthly noontime jazz combo.
Admission is free.
Department Of Dance
BOUNDLESS: EXPRESSION WITHOUT LIMITS
The Senior Seminar Project Class Of 2012
Center for the Arts Dance Studio Theatre 1003
Thursday, February 23, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, February 24, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, February 25, 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.
The dance majors of the graduating Class of 2012 reflect on their technical and artistic journey at Towson University. Dancers possess the tools to explore the endless creative possibilities of the dance art form. Dancers have found their voices and are refusing to accept limits.
Tickets: $15 general admission; $5 seniors and students; youth tickets for age 12 and under free with an adult
Department of Electronic Media & Film
BRIDGES TO THE WORLD INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL – HULA GIRLS
Van Bokkelen Hall Auditorium
Friday, February 24, 7 p.m.
Films from Brazil, Japan, Austria, Sri Lanka and Turkey will be presented in five venues across Maryland: Annapolis, Cumberland, Salisbury, St. Mary’s City, and Towson University. Each film has been chosen by the embassy and will be introduced by a professional. Tonight’s film from Japan is Hula Girls. A post-screening discussion will follow. Please see “Events” at www.towson.edu/emf for more information.
Admission is free.
Department of Music
THE KASSIAN-HOWARD DUO: ROMANTIC AND DRAMATIC MUSIC FOR VIOLIN AND PIANO BY SCHUMANN, POULENC AND BARTOK
Center for the Arts Recital Hall
Saturday, February 25, 2 p.m.
The Kassian-Howard Duo, violinist Jeffrey Howard and pianist Anna Soukiassian, present a performance of music for Violin and Piano. The program features the romantic Sonata for Violin and Piano in A minor of Robert Schumann, the hauntingly dramatic Sonata for Violin and Piano of Francis Poulenc, and the fiendishly difficult Solo Sonata for Violin by Bela Bartok.
Tickets: $15 general admission; $10 seniors and $5 students
Department of Music
QUINTIGRE IN RECITAL
Center for the Arts Recital Hall
Tuesday, February 28, 8:15 p.m.
Quintigre, Towson University’s award-winning faculty wind quintet, performs in concert featuring the works of Carl Nielsen’s Quintet, George Rochberg’s haunting To the Dark Wood, the colorful Concerto by Joseph Jongen, and the scintillating Aires Tropicales by Paquito d’Rivera. Quintigre features Sara Nichols, flute, Fatma Daglar, oboe, Jim Logan, clarinet, Terry Ewell, bassoon, and Gabrielle Finck, horn.
Tickets: $15 general admission; $10 seniors and $5 students
Department of Music
DAVE BALLOU FACULTY RECITAL
Center for the Arts Recital Hall
Wednesday, February 29, 8:15 p.m.
Towson University professor of music Dave Ballou offers an evening of music reflecting his current creative activities.
Tickets: $15 general admission; $10 seniors and $5 students
MARCH
Department of Music
CONVERGENCE: SYMPHONIC BAND
Center for the Arts Harold J. Kaplan Concert Hall
Thursday, March 1, 8:15 p.m.
The Towson University Symphonic Band concert that will be performed for the Eastern Division of the College Band Directors National Association Conference at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Featured soloist will be Dr. Marguerite Levin performing Kevin Walczyk’s Concerto Scion for clarinet and wind ensemble. Also included on the program will be Rio’s Convergence by Justin Freer, Hymn to a Blue Hour by John Mackey and James Stephenson’s Symphony No. 1 for Band. The concert concludes with John Philip Sousa’s favorite encore, The Roosters Lay Eggs in Kansas.
Tickets: $10 general admission; $5 seniors and students
Department of Electronic Media & Film
BRIDGES TO THE WORLD INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL – THE INHERITORS
Van Bokkelen Hall Auditorium
Friday, March 2, 7 p.m.
Films from Brazil, Japan, Austria, Sri Lanka and Turkey will be presented in five venues across Maryland: Annapolis, Cumberland, Salisbury, St. Mary’s City, and Towson University. Each film has been chosen by the embassy and will be introduced by a professional. Tonight’s film from Austria is The Inheritors. A post-screening discussion will follow. Please see “Events” at www.towson.edu/emf for more information.
Admission is free.
saturday morning science series: THE SCIENCE BEHIND CYBER SECURITY
Smith Hall Room 326
Saturday, March 3, 10 a.m. and Noon
Craig Holcomb of the National Security Agency presents The Science Behind Cyber Security.
Admission is free
saturday night anime series
Van Bokkelen Hall Auditorium
Saturday, March 3, 7:30 p.m.
The Towson University Anime Club and the Department of Electronic Media & Film will screen a film chosen by the Towson University Anime Club. Please see “Events” on www.towson.edu/emf for more information.
Admission is free.
Department of Music
DAVID RUSSELL CLASSICAL GUITAR RECITAL
Center for the Arts Harold J. Kaplan Concert Hall
Saturday, March 3, 7:15 – 7:45 p.m. Pre-Concert Talk; 8 p.m. Concert
The Baltimore Classical Guitar Society presents Grammy award winner David Russell performing a solo concert. Renowned for his superb musicianship and inspired artistry has earned Russell the highest praise from audiences and critics alike. For more information visit www.bcgs.org.
Tickets: $35 general admission; $30 seniors and students with I.D.
Department of Music
PERCUSSION FACULTY RECITAL
Center for the Arts Harold J. Kaplan Concert Hall
Sunday, March 4, 3 p.m.
Patrick Roulet, director of the Towson University Percussion Ensemble, presents a concert including Te Tuma Te Papa for solo percussion by Michael Colgrass, Velocities for Marimba by Joseph Schwantner, and Interzones for Vibraphone Soloist and Tape by Bruce Hamilton.
Tickets: $15 general admission; $10 seniors and $5 students
REBELS WITH A CAUSE: RELIGIOUS LEADERSHIP AND GENDER
University Union, Chesapeake 1
Tuesday, March 6, 3:30 – 5 p.m.
Reverend Jane Saphr and Imam Daayiee Abdullah will address issues of gender, gender exclusivity, and equal marriage within Protestant and Muslim religious traditions. Both are religious leaders who have courageously challenged gender prejudice and discrimination within their religious communities.
Admission is free.
Department of Music
TOWSON UNIVERSITY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Center for the Arts Harold J. Kaplan Concert Hall
Tuesday, March 6, 8:15 p.m.
The Towson University Symphony Orchestra presents a night of stories featuring Prokofiev’s famous Peter and the Wolf. As a preview for the upcoming Towson University Opera production of Die Fledermaus, the orchestra also presents the iconic overture from this favorite Strauss opera. The Towson University Symphony Orchestra is conducted by Lee Mills.
Tickets: $10 general admission, $5 seniors and students
2012 CLA INTERNATIONAL FILM SERIES
Multiculturalism, Multi-ethnicity, and Marginal Diversity in Europe
Liberal Arts Building 1201
Wednesday, March 7, 6:30 p.m. – Terraferma (Dry Land) (Italy, 2011)
Movie director Emanuele Crialese’s new film about the plight of migrants landing on the southern Lampedusa Island from Africa will be Italy’s contender for the 2012 Best Foreign Film Oscar. The Roman director has voiced public criticism of migrant deaths at sea and the response by authorities to the humanitarian crisis that has unfolded in in the Mediterranean.” (Adn Kronos International) Margherita Pampinella-Cropper of Foreign Languages presents the movies and a post-screening discussion will follow.
Admission is free.
Department of Theatre
PICASSO AT THE LAPIN AGILE
By Steve Martin
Center for the Arts Studio Theatre
Thursday, March 8, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, March 9, 8 p.m.
Saturday, March 10, 8 p.m.
Sunday, March 11, 2 p.m.
Tuesday, March 13, 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, March 14, 7:30 p.m.
The Department of Theatre presents Steve Martin’s hilarious comedy that places Albert Einstein and Pablo Picasso in a Parisian café, the Lapin Agile, in 1904, just before the renowned scientist transformed physics with his theory of relativity and the celebrated painter set the art world afire with cubism. The humor plays fast and loose with fact, fame, and fortune as these two geniuses along with the café’s other colorful characters muse on the century’s achievements and prospects with infectious dizziness.
Ticket Prices: $20 adults, $10 seniors/students
Department of Music
THE BILL AND HELEN MURRAY JAZZ RESIDENCY CONCERTS FEATURING CRAIG TABORN
Center for the Arts Recital Hall
Wednesday, March 7, 8:15 p.m.
The Bill and Helen Jazz Residency Program at Towson University presents internationally acclaimed pianist and EMC recording artist Craig Taborn solo piano in concert. All proceeds benefit the Towson University Foundation.
Tickets: $15 general admission; $10 seniors; $5 students
Department of Electronic Media & Film
BRIDGES TO THE WORLD INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL – SANKRANTHI
Van Bokkelen Hall Auditorium
Friday, March 9, 7 p.m.
Films from Brazil, Japan, Austria, Sri Lanka and Turkey will be presented in five venues across Maryland: Annapolis, Cumberland, Salisbury, St. Mary’s City, and Towson University. Each film has been chosen by the embassy and will be introduced by a professional. Tonight’s film from Sri Lanka is Sankranthi. A post-screening discussion will follow. Please see “Events” at www.towson.edu/emf for more information.
Admission is free.
Department of Music
THE BILL AND HELEN MURRAY JAZZ RESIDENCY FEATURING CRAIG TABORN
Center for the Arts Recital Hall
Friday, March 9, 8:15 p.m.
The Bill and Helen Jazz Residency Program at Towson University presents internationally acclaimed pianist and EMC recording artist Craig Taborn solo piano in concert with Towson University students. All proceeds benefit the Towson University Foundation.
Tickets: $15 general admission; $10 seniors; $5 students
WRITE TO LEARN SATURDAYS
Hawkins Hall Room #122
Saturday, March 10, 9 a.m. – Noon
The Maryland Writing Project Teacher-Consultants present two stimulation teaching demonstrations, applicable across all grade levels and content areas.
Admission is free.
FREE TAX PREP!
Albert S. Cook Library Room 317
Mondays, March 12 and 26, 4 to 7 p.m.
Tuesdays, March 13 and 27, 4 to 7 p.m.
Saturdays, March 10 and 31, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
The College of Business and Economics at Towson University together with Financial Services and the Baltimore CASH Campaign are sponsoring free Federal and Maryland State income tax form preparation. Eligibility requirements include individuals with incomes below $25,000 and families with a combined income below $49,000. Tax preparation is performed by Towson University student volunteers who have successfully completed the required IRS training. Additional appointments are available Wednesdays, Thursday and Fridays from 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. in Towson University’s Administration Building room 426E. Schedule an appointment at www.baltimorecashcampaign.org. The tax prep program is supported in part by funding from the Bank of America Foundation and the Baltimore CASH Campaign.
Free.
THE CIVIL WAR IN YOUR ATTIC SCANNING EVENT
Albert S. Cook Library
Saturday, March 10, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
The Maryland History and Culture Collaborative, Maryland Digital Cultural Heritage and representatives from Cook Library are working to identify and scan original documents related to the Civil War. You can share your family’s history with the world by locating items within your family collection such as letters, photographs, diaries, maps, and military service papers and bringing them to this event to be scanned. If you have numerous documents to be scanned, please contact Librarian Joyce Garczynski at 410-704-5168 or jgarczynski@towson.edu to set up an appointment.
Admission is free.
Department of Music
THE FIRST TOWSON UNIVERSITY BRASS DAY
Center for the Arts Harold J. Kaplan Concert Hall
Saturday, March 10, 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.
The first Towson University Brass Day features performances and clinics by guest artists and Towson University faculty Jim McFalls and Dave Ballou in the jazz and classical areas including the Towson University Faculty Jazz Combo, and Brass Quintet, Marty Hackleman, principal horn of the National Symphony. The event is open to all brass enthusiasts, students and professionals.
Tickets: $10 general admission and $5 students
Department of Music
PRO MUSICA RARA: THE LEGACY OF MOZART
Center for the Arts Recital Hall
Sunday, March 11, 2:30 p.m. Pre-concert talk; 3:30 p.m. Concert
Towson University Department of Music presents Pro Musica Rara the Departments professional ensemble in residence for a concert The Legacy of Mozart featuring Brilliant duo sonatas by Beethoven, Mozart, Ignaz von Beecke and others. Performed on period instruments. Guest artist Christoph Hammer has been described as Poet of the fortepiano, La Nazione, Florence.
Tickets: $30 general admission; $10 students
Department of Music
VOICE AND GUITAR CONCERT
Center for the Arts Recital Hall
Sunday, March 11, 7:30 p.m.
Towson University music faculty Leneida Crawford, mezzo soprano and Troy King, guitar, present an intimate program of 19th century art songs featuring the beauty of the human voice accompanied by the classical guitar. The program includes works by Bellini, Schubert and Brahms.
Tickets: $15 general admission; $10 seniors and $5 students
Department of Music
TRUMPET STUDIO RECITAL
Center for the Arts Recital Hall
Monday, March 12, 8:15 p.m.
Trumpet students perform duos and quartets, and the Towson University Trumpet Ensembles presents music from past centuries to present.
Admission is free.
NOONTIME JAZZ IN THE LIBRARY
Albert S. Cook Library, 3rd Floor Lobby
Tuesday, March 13, Noon – 1 p.m.
Towson student musicians will play selections of Irish music in celebration of Irish-American Heritage Month. Bring your lunch and enjoy the library's monthly noontime jazz combo.
Admission is free.
2012 CLA INTERNATIONAL FILM SERIES
Multiculturalism, Multi-ethnicity, and Marginal Diversity in Europe
Liberal Arts Building 1201
Wednesday, March 14, 6:30 p.m. – The Class (Entre les murs) (France, 2008)
Teacher and novelist François Bégaudeau plays a version of himself as he negotiates a year with his racially mixed students from a tough Parisian neighborhood. (IMDb) Katia Sainson of Foreign Languages presents the movie and a post-screening discussion will follow.
Admission is free.
Department of Music
KEYBOARD FACULTY CONCERT
Center for the Arts Harold J. Kaplan Concert Hall
Thursday, March 15, 8:15 p.m.
The Department of Music presents members of the keyboard faculty in a concert featuring works for piano, fortepiano, harpsichord and organ.
Tickets: $15 general admission; $10 seniors; $5 students
Department of Music
KEYBOARD DAY 2012
Center for the Arts Recital Hall
Friday, March 16, 10 a.m.
The Department of Music keyboard faculty presents a piano master class for high school students as well as an organ demonstration. A Participant’s Recital will take place in the afternoon. Contact Dr. Eva Mengelkoch for registration and other information at emengelkoch@towson.edu.
Registration: $60 active participants; $30 auditors
Department of Electronic Media & Film
BRIDGES TO THE WORLD INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
Van Bokkelen Hall Auditorium
Friday, March 16, 7 p.m.
Films from Brazil, Japan, Austria, Sri Lanka and Turkey will be presented in five venues across Maryland: Annapolis, Cumberland, Salisbury, St. Mary’s City, and Towson University. Each film has been chosen by the embassy and will be introduced by a professional. Tonight’s film is from Turkey. A post-screening discussion will follow. Please see “Events” at www.towson.edu/emf for more information.
Admission is free.
MARYLAND PERFORMING ARTS INSTITUE FACULTY RECITAL
Center for the Arts Recital Hall
Sunday, March 25, 3 p.m.
Faculty members of the Maryland Performing Arts Institute present solo works and ensemble music from different periods and styles on a variety of musical instruments.
Admission is free.
AN EVENING OF POETRY WITH KATHI WOLFE
Albert S. Cook Library Towson Room
Tuesday, March 27, 7 – 8:30 p.m.
Kathi Wolfe, a finalist in the 2007 Pudding House Press Chapbook competition and a contributor to the anthology Beauty Is a Verb: The New Poetry of Disability, will read from her work.
Admission is free.
COOK LIBRARY BOOK CLUB: GUESTS OF THE AYATOLLAH
Albert S. Cook Library Towson Room
Wednesday, March 28, 12:30 – 1:30 p.m.
In honor of author Mark Bowden’s visit to campus on April 11th, Cook Library Book Club will meet to discuss his book Guests of the Ayatollah. The meeting begins with Dr. Charles Schmitz, Associate Professor of Geography, providing background on this book that chronicles the Iranian Hostage Crisis as told through the eyes of the hostages. Then Librarian Joyce Garczynski will lead attendees in a discussion about the book. Light refreshments will be served. Copies of the book will be available for purchase at the University Store.
Admission is free.
2012 CLA INTERNATIONAL FILM SERIES
Multiculturalism, Multi-ethnicity, and Marginal Diversity in Europe
Liberal Arts Building 1201
Wednesday, March 28, 6:30 p.m. – Even The Rain (También la lluvia) (Spain, 2010)
As a director and his crew shoot a controversial film about Christopher Columbus in Cochabamba, Bolivia, local people rise up against plans to privatize the water supply. (IMDb) Jaclyn Cohen-Steinberg of Foreign Languages presents the movie and a post-screening discussion will follow.
Admission is free.
Department of Art + Design
LUBA LUKOVA LECTURE
Center for the Arts Harold J. Kaplan Concert Hall
Thursday, March 29, 6:30 p.m.
An internationally recognized New York based artist, Lukova is regarded as one of the most distinctive image-makers working today. Social consciousness has long been part of her vocabulary, and her artwork uses metaphors, the juxtaposition of symbols, and bold, deceptively simple graphics to comment on many of today’s social and political issues. Lukova has had solo exhibitions around the world. Her many awards include the Grand Prix Savignac at the International Poster Salon, Paris; the ICOGRADA Excellence Award and the Gold Medal at the International Poster Biennial, Mexico City. She has received commissions from The New York Times, Adobe Systems, Time, Sony Music, Canon, Harvard University, the Cultural Ministry of France and the War Resisters League. Her work is included in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art, New York; the Library of Congress, Washington, DC; and the Bibliotheque Nationale de France.
Admission is free.
Department of Music
SMALL JAZZ ENSEMBLES COMPETITION
Center for the Arts Recital Hall
Thursday, March 29, 8:15 p.m.
Students of the Towson University Department of Music and the jazz/commercial music program compete for scholarship awards in the small jazz ensembles competition. Participating ensembles will range from duo to quintet and will be adjudicated by a panel of local jazz personalities. Winners will be named immediately after the concert and awards will be presented. All proceeds benefit the Towson University Foundation.
Tickets: $15 general admission; $10 seniors; $5 students
Department of Art + Design
LIZ DONADIO: KEEP STILL
Master of Fine Arts Exhibition
Center for the Arts, Holtzman MFA Gallery
Friday, March 30 – Saturday, May 5
Opening Reception: Thursday, March 29, 7:30 – 9 p.m.
Gallery Hours: Tuesday thru Saturday, 11 a.m. – 4 p.m.
For Donadio, who is a photographer and video artist, photography documents her perception of a moment. She believes that video can be a mirror, a reflection of self. In this body of work, Donadio uses the two mediums as tools to investigate inner and outer dream worlds, psyches and psychologies. Objects and places become metaphors with symbolism found in silence and stillness.
Admission is free.
Department of Art + Design
VINCE VALERIO: PASTICHE
Master of Fine Arts Exhibition
Center for the Arts, Holtzman MFA Gallery
Friday, March 30 - Saturday, May 5
Opening Reception: Thursday, March 29, 7:30 – 9 p.m.
Gallery Hours: Tuesday thru Saturday, 11 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Valerio is interested in and inspired by various social phenomena in American culture, such as the loss of innocence, collective joy and celebratory acts. He creates experiences and encourages interaction through interactive objects and installations and/or collaborative performances. His current work concentrates on wearable works of art that act as props and characters for performance, video and photography projects. This cross-disciplined work is a pastiche of the fashion industry and other aspects of popular culture.
Admission is free.
Department of Electronic Media & Film
WAMMFEST (WOMEN AND MINORITIES IN MEDIA FESTIVAL)
Guest Artists Jamil Walker Smith and Brittany Ballard
Van Bokkelen Hall Auditorium
Friday, March 30 WAMM Winners 6 - 10 p.m.
Join us for the 5th annual WAMMFest, Women and Minorities in Media Festival to celebrate and promote women and minorities in media production. This year the WAMMFest Guest Artists are Jamil Walker Smith (director/writer Make a Movie Like Spike, actor Stargate Universe and Hey Arnold) and Brittany Ballard (producer Make a Movie Like Spike, manager of Sundance Film Forward program). A screening of the best student and professional audio and video entries from the international call is included. Vote for your favorite!
Admission is Free
Department of Music
TOWSON JAZZ FACULTY QUINTET
Center for the Arts Recital Hall
Friday, March 30, 8:15 p.m.
The Towson University Jazz Faculty Quintet performs a concert of the music of Thelonious Monk.
Tickets: $15 general admission; $10 seniors; $5 students
Department of Electronic Media & Film
WAMMFEST MASTER CLASSES
Towson University Media Center
Saturday, March 31, 3 – 6 p.m.
Join WAMMFest Guest Artists Jamil Walker Smith and Brittany Ballard for two hour-long master classes.
Reserve a seat through the WAMMFest website, available throughhttp://www.towson.edu/emf/events.asp
Seats are limited.
Free to the public.
Department of Electronic Media & Film
WAMMFEST SCREENING OF THE AMERICAN DREAM, Q&A WITH THE FILMMAKERS AND RECEPTION
Van Bokkelen Hall Auditorium
Saturday, March 31, 6 - 9 p.m.
Join WAMMFest guest artists Jamil Walker Smith and Brittany Ballard for a reception and screening of Make A Movie Like Spike (http://www.facebook.com/MakeAMovieLikeSpike). Armed with dreams that extend beyond their block, Luis and Ronald, two best friends from Los Angeles, videotape their last 36 hours before shipping off to Afghanistan. One hundred days before Obama's inauguration, these young men have joined the Marines together to face the obstacles and circumstances that seem to overwhelm their passage into manhood. A question and answer and a reception with the filmmakers will follow the screening.
Tickets: $5 at the door
APRIL
TOWSON UNIVERSITY ALBERT S. COOK LIBRARY ANNUAL BOOK SALE
Albert S. Cook Library
Sunday, April 1, 1 – 4 p.m.
Monday, April 2 – Friday, April 6, 8 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Browse the stacks for bargains on books including popular fiction, self-help, and contemporary fiction in German, Japanese, Spanish, French and more. There are Biography books in all subject areas including history, sciences, political science and music to name a few. In addition, there is a large of collection of Jewish studies books of fiction, history, Holocaust memoirs, religion and books in Hebrew. The sale also includes DVD’s, VHS tapes and music CD’s.
Admission is free.
Asian Arts & Culture Center
KABUKI DANCE BY BANDO KOTOJI
Stephens Hall Theatre
Sunday, April 1, 7:30 p.m.
Kabuki dance is an elegant and refined style of Japanese traditional dance borrowed from and inspired by Kabuki theaters repertoire. The program is led by the famed master dancer Bando Kotoji and accompanied by six musicians. From his vast repertoire, Kotoji has selected three vibrant dances for this performance including the celebratory Manzai dance; the dramatic and tragic dance Tamatori Ama (Pearl-Diving Woman) about a woman in search of her son; and Yoshino-yama (Yoshino Mountain), an excerpt from the famous kabuki play Yoshitsune Senbon-zakura (Yoshitsune and the Thousand Cherry Trees) set on the mountain famous for its magnificent cherry blossoms. Bando Kotoji's five-city North American tour is co-produced by Japan Society and The Japan Foundation.
Tickets: $15 in advance; $20 at the door; $10 AA&CC members and TU students with valid ID.
2012 CLA INTERNATIONAL FILM SERIES
Multiculturalism, Multi-ethnicity, and Marginal Diversity in Europe
Liberal Arts Building 1201
Wednesday, April 4, 6:30 p.m. – The Edge of Heaven (Auf der anderen Seite) (Germany, 2007)
“In the course of this extraordinary film by the German writer-director Fatih Akin (which won the best screenplay award in Cannes in 2007) children are lost, lost parents are never found, and generational and geographical distances grow wider. Yet at the same time, as the lives of the characters cross and entwine, there is a sense of human connections becoming stronger and thicker, of a fragile moral order coalescing beneath the randomness and cruelty of modern life.” (The New York Times) Annette Budzinski-Luftig of Foreign Languages presents the movie and a post-screening discussion will follow.
Admission is free.
Department of Music
ALL OF U.S. 2
Center for the Arts Harold J. Kaplan Concert Hall
Wednesday, April 4, 8:15 p.m.
Towson University music faculty are joined by guest artists Jonny Grave, Joel Schwartz, Baltimore Sacred Harp Singers and Edna Huang in a musical celebration of the USA featuring folk, traditional, popular and classical music from various historical periods and regions of the country.
Admission is free.
Department of Music
TROMBONE STUDIO RECITAL
Center for the Arts Recital Hall
Thursday, April 5, 6 p.m.
The Towson University trombone ensemble presents an evening of solo works and trombone ensemble music in a variety of musical styles from the baroque to modern.
Admission is free.
Department Of Electronic Media & Film
saturday night anime SERIES -
Van Bokkelen Hall Auditorium
Saturday, April 7, 7:30 p.m.
The Towson University Anime Club and the Department of Electronic Media & Film will screen a film chosen by the Towson University Anime Club. Please see “Events” on www.towson.edu/emf for more information.
Admission is free.
NOONTIME JAZZ IN THE LIBRARY
Albert S. Cook Library, 3rd Floor Lobby
Tuesday, April 10, Noon – 1 p.m.
Join the Albert S. Cook Library staff in celebrating all the great services and programs Cook Library has to offer during National Library Week. Bring your lunch and enjoy some toe-tapping tunes by Towson student musicians.
Admission is free.
BEST SELLING AUTHOR MARK BOWDEN
Towson Literary Series Celebration of National Library Week
Towson University West Village Commons Ballrooms 404-405
Wednesday, April 11, 6 – 7:30 p.m.
In celebration of National Library Week, award-winning journalist Mark Bowden talks about his nonfiction, including works such as Worm: the First Digital World War, about Internet security, and Guests of the Ayatollah, about the Iran hostage crisis, and discusses his approach to creative nonfiction. Bowden is the author of Black Hawk Down and numerous best-sellers, former journalist for the Philadelphia Inquirer, and editor for Atlantic Monthly and Vanity Fair. He began his journalism career in Baltimore, taught journalism and creative writing at his alma mater, Loyola University Maryland, and now teaches at the University of Delaware. The presentation will be followed by Q&A, book signings and an opportunity to meet the author.
Admission is free.
2012 CLA INTERNATIONAL FILM SERIES
Multiculturalism, Multi-ethnicity, and Marginal Diversity in Europe
Liberal Arts Building 1201
Wednesday, April 11, 6:30 p.m. – Yasmin (Great Britain, 2004)
It explores the cultural dilemmas of Muslims in post-9/11 Britain: the film's younger Asian characters are tempted by western society with all its secular joys and perils but, because of rising Islamophobia, are pushed from that milieu into the comforting world of traditional Islamic society or, frighteningly, fundamentalist terror. (The Guardian) The movie will be presented by a faculty member and a post-screening discussion will follow.
Admission is free.
Department of Dance
DANCE MAJORS PERFORMANCE PROJECT (DMPP)
Department of Dance Majors
Center for the Arts Dance Studio Theatre
Friday, April 13, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, April 14, 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.
DMPP is an exciting evening of dance featuring the choreography of students in Towson University’s Dance B.F.A. program. The concert includes a variety of dance genres ranging from ballet, modern, and jazz.
Tickets: $15 general admission; $5 seniors and students; youth tickets for age 12 and under free with an adult
saturday morning science series: THE SCIENCE OF ARCHIVING AND PRESERVING OUR NATURAL TREASURES
Smith Hall Room 326
Saturday, April 14, 10 a.m. and Noon
Admission is free
BRIDGES TO THE WORLD INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
Van Bokkelen Hall Auditorium
Friday, April 16, 7 p.m.
Tonight’s film is from Turkey. A post-screening discussion will follow. Please see “Events” at www.towson.edu/emf for more information.
Admission is free.
Department of Music
TOWSON UNIVERSITY IMPROVISATION ENSEMBLES
Center for the Arts Recital Hall
Monday, April 16, 8:15 p.m.
The Towson University Improvisation Ensembles presents an evening of improvised music. This ensemble of Towson music students creates their performances spontaneously with little or no predetermined parameters.
Admission is free.
2012 CLA INTERNATIONAL FILM SERIES
Multiculturalism, Multi-ethnicity, and Marginal Diversity in Europe
Liberal Arts Building 1201
Wednesday, April 18, 6:30 p.m. – I, the Other (Io, l’altro) (Italy, 2006)
Tunisian-born director Mohsen Melliti's astounding feature debut could only have been made in the post-9/11 era of the war on terror, as what seems at first to be a buddy flick about two simple fishermen evolves into a paranoid thriller. (Denver Film Society) Director Mohsen Melliti will present his movie and lead a post-screening discussion.
Admission is free.
Department of Music
STUDENT COMPOSERS’ CONCERT
Center for the Recital Hall
Wednesday, April 18, 8:15 p.m.
The Towson University student composers present an evening of their most recent works performed by students of the Department of Music.
Admission is free.
COOK LIBRARY BOOK CLUB: THE IMMORTAL LIFE OF HENRIETTA LACKS
Albert S. Cook Library Towson Room
Thursday, April 19, 12:30 – 1:30 p.m.
The meeting begins with Laurencia Hutton Rogers, visiting Assistant Professor of Health Science providing background on Rebecca Sklott’s The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, the remarkable story of the woman whose cells were taken without her knowledge to become the basis for the polio vaccine. Then First Year Experience Librarian Carissa Tomlinson will lead attendees in a discussion about the book. Light refreshments will be served. Copies of the book will be available for purchase at the University Store.
Admission is free.
Department of Art + Design
NANCY G. HELLER LECTURE: AMALIE ROTHSCHILD: QUIET FEMINIST
Center for the Arts, Lecture Hall, Room 2032
Thursday, April 19, 6:30 p.m.
Nancy G. Heller will discuss how artist Amalie Rothschild managed to fulfill her numerous, seemingly contradictory roles—as a full-time wife and mother in mid-20th-century Baltimore, a pioneering art therapist, a passionate activist on behalf of artists' rights, an important patron of the arts, and a prolific, fearlessly experimental artist in her own right who produced work in many different media, techniques and styles, over six and a half decades. Dr. Heller is Professor of Modern and Contemporary Art History at The University of the Arts in Philadelphia. Her most recent books include the 4th revised-and-expanded edition of Women Artists: An Illustrated History (Abbeville Press) and Why a Painting is Like a Pizza: A Guide to Understanding and Enjoying Modern Art (Princeton University Press). Dr. Heller has received awards from the Smithsonian Institution and the Richard C. Von Hess Foundation.
Admission is free.
Department of Music
DIE FLEDERMAUS
By Johann Strauss II
Original German libretto by Karl Haffner & Richard Genée
English translation by Deena and Ted Puffer
Phillip Collister, music and stage director
Lee Mills, music director and conductor
Presented by Music for the Stage & Towson University Orchestra
Stephens Hall Theatre
Thursday, April 19, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, April 20, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, April 21, 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, April 22, 2 p.m.
Towson University Music for the Stage and University Orchestra present one of the most beloved operettas of all time, Die Fledermaus (The Bat). The light-hearted story tells of the revenge taken by a certain Dr. Falke on his friend Gabriel von Eisenstein for playing a practical joke on him. A lavish party replete with intrigue, disguises, and mistaken identities make for a collision of colorful characters and a delightful romp through effervescent champagne with endless sparkle and humor. The fresh English translation by Ted and Deena Puffer (founders of Nevada Opera) captures the wit and charm of the original German libretto. The score of Die Fledermaus is filled with fantastic arias, ensembles and stunning choruses with finely crafted orchestrations that typify Strauss’ musical genius and which capture the spirit and energy of Viennese operetta. Presented fully staged in English with full orchestra accompaniment. Maestro Lee Mills is the current Conducting Fellow for the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra.
Tickets: $20 general admission; $15 seniors; $10 students
Department of Art + Design
AMALIE ROTHSCHILD: A RETROSPECTIVE VIEW
Center for the Arts, Center for the Arts Gallery
Thursday, April 19 – Saturday, June 16
Opening Reception and Book Signing: Thursday, April 19, 8 – 9:30 pm.
Gallery Hours: Tuesday thru Saturday, 11 a.m. – 4 p.m.
This exhibition honors the life and work of an imaginative and versatile artist, Amalie Rothschild (1916-2001). Rothschild produced over 1,500 works--350 of which are in private collections and museums--including the Corcoran Gallery of Art, the Phillips Collection, the Baltimore Museum of Art and the Walters Art Museum. In 1957, she won the purchase prize at the Corcoran Gallery of Art Biennale. In December 2000, the University of Maryland University College presented her with a Maryland Lifetime Achievement Award. The exhibition is in conjunction with the publication of a book on the life and work of of Amalie Rothschild, with essays by Amalie R. Rothschild, Angelo Pontecorboli, Nancy G. Heller, J. Susan Isaacs, Fred Lazarus IV, Herbert L. Kessler, and Percy North.
Admission is free.
WRITE TO LEARN SATURDAYS
Hawkins Hall Room #122
Saturday, April 21, 9 a.m. – Noon
The Maryland Writing Project Teacher-Consultants present two stimulation teaching demonstrations, applicable across all grade levels and content areas.
Admission is free.
Department of Music
YAMANDÚ COSTA GUITAR RECITAL
Center for the Arts Harold J. Kaplan Concert Hall
Saturday, April 21, 8 p.m.
The Baltimore Classical Guitar Society presents Brazilian guitarist Yamandú Costa performs a solo recital at Towson University. A virtuosic guitar player, composer and arranger, Costa’s live performance highlights a deep intimacy with the guitar switching between samba, choro and tango. For more information visit www.bcgs.org.
Tickets: $35 general admission; $30 seniors and students with I.D.
Department of Music
32 BEETHOVEN SONATAS CONCERT SERIES
Center for the Arts Harold J. Kaplan Concert Hall
Sunday, April 22, 3 p.m.
The Towson University Department of Music presents the 9th concert of the 32 Beethoven Sonatas Concert Series.
All proceeds go to the Reynaldo Reyes Scholarship Foundation.
Tickets: $20 general admission $10 seniors and $5 students
Department of Music
CHAMBER MUSIC FOR STRINGS AND PIANO
Center for the Arts Recital Hall
Monday, April 23, 6 p.m.
The Department of Music presents a program of piano trio, string quartet and piano quintet from the classical, romantic and contemporary era performed by student chamber groups.
Admission is free.
Department of Music
TOWSON UNIVERSITY POP MUSIC ENSEMBLE
Center for the Arts Harold J. Kaplan Concert Hall
Tuesday, April 24, 8:15 p.m.
The Department of Music presents students of the Towson University Pop Music ensemble for an evening of music reflecting their semester’s work.
Admission is free.
Department of Music
TOWSON UNIVERSITY SYMPHONIC BAND
Center for the Arts Harold J. Kaplan Concert Hall
Wednesday, April 25, 8:15 p.m.
The Department of Music presents the Towson University Symphonic Band with Dana Rothlisberger, conductor. The second concert of the Symphonic Band’s second concert of the semester will be ‘classic’ works selected from the wind band repertoire. The program will include Gustav Holst’s First Suite in Eb, Alfred Reed’s Armenian Dances Part I, and Sketches on a Tudor Psalm by Fisher Tull.
Tickets: $10 general admission; $5 seniors and students
Department of Art
ANTHONY MANGIERI LECTURE: VIRGIN SACRIFICE IN GREEK ART: WOMEN IN THE TROJAN WAR
Center for the Arts, Lecture Hall, Room 2032
Thursday, April 26, 6:30 p.m.
Although the Greeks never practiced human sacrifice, the subject of virgin sacrifice resonates powerfully in ancient art and myth. Iphigeneia and Polyxena are the only sacrificial virgins represented in Greek art, and their murders frame the Trojan War. This presentation explores the myths of the sacrificial virgins in Greek art and myth and their place in the Trojan War, with particular attention to their relation to Helen of Troy. Dr. Anthony Mangieri is an Assistant Professor of Art History at Salve Regina University in Newport, RI.
Admission is free.
Department of Music
PRO MUSICA RARA: PIANO ESPRESSIVO
Center for the Arts Recital Hall
Sunday, April 29, 2:30 p.m. Pre-Concert Talk; 3:30 p.m. Concert
Towson University Department of Music presents Pro Musica Rara the Departments professional ensemble in residence for a concert Piano Espressivo featuring Eva Mengelkoch, fortepiano, and The Pro Musica Rara Classical Quartet including Greg Mulligan, Ivan Stefanovic, violin; Sharon Pineo Myer, viola and Allen Whear, cello. The Viennese fortepiano at its height boasted a range of color and expression which enabled it to blend beautifully with strings or to stand apart as a concerto instrument. The program includes Mozart: Piano Concerto in C Major, K. 415; Boccherini: Piano Quintet Dedicated to the French Nation. The program is performed on period instruments.
Tickets: $30 general admission; $10 students
Department of Music
THE BALTIMORE TRIO: FROM CLASSICS TO CONTEMPORARIES. PIANO TRIOS BY TCHAIKOVSKY AND ELLEN TAFFE ZWILICH
Center for the Arts Recital Hall
Sunday, April 29, 7:30 p.m.
The Department of Music presents the Baltimore Trio for a program of romantic classics and exciting contemporary Trios by Tchaikovsky and Ellen Taffe Zwillich. These two striking pieces create a marvelous journey from the Classics to the Modern!
Tickets: $15 general admission; $10 seniors and $5 students
Department of Music
FLUTE STUDIO RECITAL
Center for the Arts Recital Hall
Monday, April 30, 6 p.m.
The Department of Music presents the Flute Studio in solo performances with music of the standard repertoire from Baroque works through modern compositions.
Admission is free.
Department of Music
SPRING BRASS SHOWCASE CONCERT
Center for the Arts Recital Hall
Monday, April 30, 8:15 p.m.
The Department of Music presents a concert showcasing brass students in a variety of musical styles and creative ensembles.
Admission is free.
Department of Electronic Media & Film
3RD ANNUAL QUEER FILM FESTIVAL (QFF)
Van Bokkelen Hall Auditorium
Monday, April 30, 7 – 10 p.m.
Wednesday, May 2, 7 – 10 p.m.
Join LGBT for the 3rd Annual Queer Film Festival celebrating and screening work by and for LGBT media makers. Programming available at www.towson.edu/qff.
Admission is free.
MAY
Department of Music
CONCERT MUSIC FOR SAXOPHONE
Center for the Arts Recital Hall
Tuesday, May 1, 8:15 p.m.
The Department of Music presents Jonathan Yanik, professor of saxophone in recital The program includes new music by Peabody Conservatory composer David Smooke, staple American works for Saxophone by David Maslanka and Robert Muczynski, and transcriptions of works by Takemitsu and Wienawski. Featured works include Robert Muczynski’s Sonata for Alto Saxophone and Piano; David Smooke’s Empty Every Night for Saxophone and Harp; David Maslanka’s Song book, for Alto Saxophone and Marimba; Toru Takemitsu’s Distance ; Henryk Wieniawski’s Scherzo Tarantelle.
Tickets: $15 general admission; $10 seniors and $5 students
Department of Music
TOWSON UNIVERSITY GUITAR ENSEMBLE CONCERT
Center for the Arts Recital Hall
Wednesday, May 2, 8:15 p.m.
The Department of Music presents The Towson University Classical Guitar Ensemble, under the direction of Troy King and Tom Lagana, featuring student guitarists from the Towson University Guitar program for a program of music for small guitar ensembles. The program includes Leo Brouwer’s work for guitar quartet, Cuban Landscape with Rain, as well as works by English composer John Duarte and Brazilian composer Celso Machado.
Admission is free.
Department of Music
TOWSON UNIVERSITY BIG BAND
Center for the Arts Harold J. Kaplan Concert Hall
Thursday, May 3, 7:30 p.m.
The Towson University Big Band presents an evening of music by student composer and saxophonist Domenic Turchi.
Tickets: $10 general admission; $5 seniors and students
Department of Electronic Media & Film
3RD ANNUAL QUEER FILM FESTIVAL (QFF) ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW AND BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER MUSICAL
Van Bokkelen Hall Auditorium
Thursday, May 3, 7 – 11 p.m.
Don’t just watch, sing along and participate with Rocky Horror Picture Show and Buffy the Vampire Slayer musical episode Once More With Feeling. Prop kits will be available and suggested donations can be made to benefit the LGBT Alternative Spring Break.
Suggestion donation: $5
ANTHROPOLOGY BY THE WIRE
College of Liberal Arts Room 2110
Friday, May 4, 2 – 5 p.m.
Anthropology By the Wire is a multi-media research project on urban and visual anthropology in Baltimore that is part of a National Science Foundation Research Experience for Undergraduates grant at Towson University. In this project, students conducted research on neighborhoods in Baltimore utilizing anthropological methods through the lens of a public anthropology with a variety of digital media. At this event, students will present the results of their collaborative research, followed by discussion with members of the community and researchers from other universities.
Admission is free.
Department of Theatre
BACCHAI
Center for the Arts Main Stage Theatre
Friday, May 4 and 11 8 p.m.
Saturday, May 5 and 12, 8 p.m.
Sunday, May 6, 2 p.m.
Wednesday, May 9, 7:30 p.m.
The Department of Theatre Arts at Towson presents Bacchai. Dionysus, the god of wine and theatre, has returned to his native Thebes on a mission of revenge against his cousin, King Pentheus. The land of Thebes has strayed from worshiping the god of wine and theatre becoming a conservative city-state with little to no soul. Throughout the play, Thebes becomes enraptured by the cult of Dionysus eventually including its misguided king. When Dionysus’ revenge is manifested, the consequences are bloody, horrific and ruthless.
Ticket Prices: $20 adults, $10 seniors/students
Department of Dance
INTERSECTIONS
Department of Dance Company Members and Rep. Classes
Stephens Hall Theatre
Thursday, May 3, 8 p.m.
Friday’s, May 4 & 11, 8 p.m.
Saturday’s, May 5 and 12, 8 p.m.
Sunday’s May 6 and 13, 2 p.m.
The Towson University Dance Company presents ‘Intersections’ featuring the works of guest artist Robert Battle and Towson University faculty Vincent E. Thomas and Linda-Denise Fisher-Harrell. The company will examine connectivity of music and movement; where Bach meets hip hop, beauty meets struggle and socio-political issues meet the whimsical. The company will perform Robert Battle's Battlefield set to a pulsating score by Les Tambours du Bronx. Mr. Battle is the new Artistic Director of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. The Ballet and Men’s Modern Dance repertory classes will also be featured. .Tickets: $20 general admission; $10 seniors and students; youth tickets for age 12 and under free with an adult
Department of Art + Design
42nd ANNUAL SPRING POTTERY SALE
Center for the Arts Ceramics Suite Room 3010
Friday, May 4, 7 – 9 p.m.
Saturday, May 5, 9 a.m. – 6 p.m.
An annual event, the ceramic students and faculty present functional and fine art ceramic works for sale. A vast selection of handcrafted items includes stoneware and earthenware, as well as fanciful objects are available.
Admission is free.
Department of Music
OUR SPIRIT IS UNCAGED
Center for the Arts Harold J. Kaplan Concert Hall
Saturday, May 5, 3 p.m.
The Towson University Choirs present a concert driven by the text of Walt Whitman’s A Song of Joys, in a setting by Joseph Willcox Jenkins, the program features choral works from across the centuries as well as arrangements of folk music from around the world.
Tickets: $10 general admission; $5 seniors and students
Department of Music
DURUFLÉ REQUIEM
Center for the Arts Harold J. Kaplan Concert Hall
Saturday, May 5, 6 p.m.
The Towson University Choral Society with the Towson University Chorale presents Maurice Duruflé’s most popular and enduring work. Written in memory of the composer’s father, the Requiem enrobes the timelessness of chant in the warm pastel harmonies of French Impressionism to offer a message of peace and consolation for all.
Tickets: $10 general admission $5 seniors and students
Department Of Electronic Media & Film
saturday night anime series
Van Bokkelen Hall Auditorium
Saturday, May 5, 7:30 p.m.
The Towson University Anime Club and the Department of Electronic Media & Film will screen a film chosen by the Towson University Anime Club. Please see “Events” on www.towson.edu/emf for more information.
Admission is free.
Department of Music
MUSIC FOR PERCUSSION
Center for the Arts Harold J. Kaplan Concert Hall
Sunday, May 6, 3 p.m.
The Department of Music presents the Towson University Percussion Ensemble directed by Patrick Roulet for a concert of groundbreaking music for percussion including Ionization, by Edgard Varèse, the Third Construction by John Cage, Timbrack Quartet by Michael Udow, Raptures of Undream by Bruce Hamilton, and The Whole Toy Laid Down by Dave Hollinden.
Tickets: $10 general admission; $5 seniors and students
Department of Music
STUDENT JAZZ COMBOS I
Center for the Arts Recital Hall
Monday, May 7, 8:15 p.m.
The Department of Music presents the students of Towson University’s small jazz ensemble program present an evening of music as the culmination of this semester’s work.
Admission is free.
Department of Music
STUDENT JAZZ COMBOS II
Center for the Arts Recital Hall
Tuesday, May 8, 8:15 p.m.
The Department of Music presents the students of Towson University’s small jazz ensemble program present an evening of music as the culmination of this semester’s work.
Admission is free.
Department of Music
SPRING WOODWIND SHOWCASE CONCERT
Center for the Arts Recital Hall
Wednesday, May 9, 6 p.m.
The Department of Music presents the Towson Flute Ensemble, Student Wind Quintet and other select chamber ensembles featuring students in the woodwind Department.
Admission is free.
Department of Art + Design
J. SUSAN ISAACS, PHD SABBATICAL LECTURE:
AMALIE ROTHSCHILD: THE EVOLUTION OF AN ABSTRACT STYLE
Center for the Arts, CA 2032
Thursday, May 10, 6 pm
Dr. Isaacs is curator of the exhibition, Amalie Rothschild: A Retrospective View in the Center for the Arts Gallery and also wrote two of the chapters for the book Life and Work of Amalie Rothschild, 2012. She will be speaking on Rothschild's development as an artist. The Center for the Arts Gallery will be open until 9:30 pm that evening and there is a related concert at 7:30 in the Center for the Arts Recital Hall of music commissioned by the artist's husband, Randolph S. Rothschild, featuring Towson University faculty. Admission is free.
Department of Music
CONCERT: MUSIC FROM THE RANDOLPH S. ROTHSCHILD
COLLECTION AND THE BALTIMORE CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY FEATURING TOWSON UNIVERSITY FACULTY
Center for the Arts Recital Hall
Thursday, May 10, 7:30 pm
The Center for the Arts Gallery will be open from 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm
Randolph S. Rothschild, husband of Amalie Rothschild, whose work is in exhibition in the Center for the Arts Gallery from April 19th—June 19th, was a patron of contemporary American music and a champion of modern American composers. He was a major benefactor of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, the Peabody Conservatory and the Chamber Music Society of Baltimore, playing a significant role in the Baltimore music world from the 1950s through to 1994. He commissioned 77 works starting in 1956. Included in the performance are three works that were either commissioned by Rothschild or given their first Baltimore première through the Baltimore Chamber Music Society: one movement from Stephen Albert’s Cello Concerto, George Crumb’s Little Suite for Christmas and a work titled VCPR by former TU composer (now deceased) Gordon Cyr. The concert features Towson University faculty Eva Mengelkoch, piano; Reynaldo Reyes, piano and Cecylia Barcyzk, cello.
Admission is free.
Department of Dance and Department of Electronic Media & Film
DANCE FOR THE CAMERA SCREENING
Van Bokkelen Hall Auditorium
Friday, May 11, 7 p.m.
The Departments of Dance and Electronic Media and Film present collaborative movement pieces created by advanced students from Dance and Electronic Media and Film specifically for the screen.
Admission is free.
Department of Music
SID THE SERPENT WHO WANTED TO SING
Center for the Arts Recital Hall
Saturday, May 12 9:30 a.m. and 11 a.m.
Music by Malcolm Fox
Text by Susan and Jim Vilé
Presented by Opera in a Can – Children’s Resident Opera Company
Phillip Collister, producer and director
Patricia McKewen Amato, assistant musical director & pianist
The Department of Music’s Children’s Resident Opera Company, Opera in a Can, presents a charming and funny operatic tale of Sid the Serpent, a slithering circus reptile who, with the help of his circus friends, travels the world over learning many styles of vocal music and also learning to love and embrace his unique talents as well. The opera is an excellent introduction to opera and music in general for children of all ages. Children will have the chance to meet and interact with the performers between performances. Proceeds benefit the Towson University Foundation Music for the Stage Fund.
Tickets: $5 general admission
Department of Electronic Media & Film
THE ANNUAL STUDENT MEDIA ARTS FESTIVAL SCREENINGS AND AWARDS
Van Bokkelen Hall Auditorium and the Media Center
Saturday, May 12, Reception 5:30 – 6:45 p.m.; Screenings and Awards 7 p.m.
Best student projects in Documentary, Narrative, Experimental, Music, Video, Corporate, Audio Documentary and other categories are presented. Contact Danny Mydlack (dmydlack@towson.edu) or the Department of Electronic Media & Film (www.towson.edu/emf) for more information.
Admission is free.
Department of Electronic Media & Film
THE ANNUAL STUDENT MEDIA ARTS BEST OF FESTIVAL SCREENINGS
Van Bokkelen Hall Auditorium and the Media Center
Saturday, May 12, 7 p.m.
The Festival consists of judged works in audio and video media and is celebrated in a Best of Festival screening and awards presentation. Best student projects in Documentary, Narrative, Experimental, Music, Video, Corporate, Audio Documentary and other categories are presented. Contact Danny Mydlack (dmydlack@towson.edu) or the Department of Electronic Media & Film (www.towson.edu/emf) for more information.
Admission is free.
Department of Electronic Media & Film
ELECTRONIC MEDIA AND FILM - END OF SEMESTER PROJECT SCREENINGS
Van Bokkelen Hall Auditorium
Friday, May 18, 7 p.m. – Film 2 and Film 3
Saturday, May 19, 12 – 3 p.m. – Audio Production 1
3 – 6 p.m. – Audio Production 2 and Sound in Media
6 – 8 p.m. – Audio Production 3
Sunday, May 20, 7 p.m. – Film/Video Production
Monday, May 21, 5:30 – 7 p.m. Visual Effects
7:30 – 9 p.m. Documentary
Electronic Media and Film presents four days of student projects from its major Spring 2012 production courses.
Admission is free.
MARYLAND PERFORMING ARTS INSTITUTE student recitals
Center for the Arts Recital Hall
Saturday, May 19, 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, May 20, 3:30 and 5:30 p.m.
Students of the Maryland Performing Arts Institute (MPAI) present recitals of solo works of diverse periods and genre on various musical instruments.
Admission is free.
JUNE
BRIDGES: CONNECTIONS BETWEEN ART AND MATHEMATICS JURIED EXHIBITION
Center for the Arts, Center for the Arts Gallery
Saturday, June 30 – Saturday, July 28, Tuesday – Saturday 11 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Opening Reception: Friday, June 29, 7:30 – 9 p.m.
This exhibition coincides with the 2012 Bridges: Mathematical Connections in Art, Music and Science International Conference held at Towson University July 25 through 29, 2012. Selected by a Bridges panel and the Director of the University Galleries, the exhibition will include works in a variety of media that incorporate mathematical concepts and themes.
Admission is free.
JULY
BRIDGES TOWSON 2012
Mathematics, Music, Art, Architecture, Culture
Thursday, July 25 – Sunday, July 29
The Bridges Conference is the largest mathematics and art interdisciplinary conference in the world. Towson University hosts the 2012 Conference which features presentations of full and short papers, hands-on workshops, invited talks an art exhibition, a math/art short movie festival, theatre night, music night, math/art excursion and more. The Conference travels annually throughout North American and Europe and has attracted participants for over thirty countries. For submission deadlines and registration information visit www.BridgesMathArt.org.
SEPTEMBER
Department of Dance and Department
AILEY II CONCERT
Stephens Hall Theatre
September 15, 2012
The Department of Dance will present Ailey II with master classes, lectures and a performance by the Ailey II dance company. Ailey II merges the spirit and energy of the country’s best young dance talent with the passion and creative vision of today’s most outstanding emerging choreographers, and has become one of the most popular dance companies in the United Sates.
More information coming soon.
Box Office
Center for the Arts, 3rd Floor (map)
Hours: Tuesday - Saturday, noon - 4 p.m.
Phone: 410-704-ARTS (2787)
Fax: 410-704-6006
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