GREETINGS FROM THE DEAN - North Park University
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MUSIC EVENTS – FALL 2018 Guest Artist: Tiffany Blake Oliver, soprano Associate Professor of Music and Opera Director at Colorado State University Tiffany Blake Oliver presents a program that includes the works of Poulenc, Barber, Wolf, Bolcom, and Rorem, among others. Nyela Basney will be the collaborative pianist. SEPT. 23 2:30 pm Anderson Chapel Faculty Showcase Recital The talents of the North Park University music faculty are featured in this favorite annual performance. Join us as we kick off the Homecoming weekend activities with a program sure to please all musical tastes. Reception following sponsored by the North Park University Alumni Association. OCT. 11 7:30 pm Anderson Chapel Faculty Recital: Matthew Blanks, baritone Music faculty member Matthew Blanks, baritone, and pianist Roberta Terchi Nocentini, present “Serenata,” an evening of Italian romantic songs. The program includes works of Tosti, Respighi, Leoncavallo, Mascagni, Puccini, Castelnuovo-Tedesco, and Gastaldon. SEPT. 28 7:30 pm Anderson Chapel Fall Choral Concert; Julia Davids and Tom Tropp, Directors LEAD! What does it mean to be a leader? What does it mean to be led? How do we want to lead as musicians? The North Park University Chamber Singers, Women’s Chorale, and University Choir, will contemplate the idea of leadership through a wide variety of choral music composed by North American composers. The Women’s Chorale will offer J. Reese Norris’s arrangement of “Precious Lord,” Eleanor Daley’s “Rise Up My Love,” and “Highlands Invocation” by Peter Robb. The Chamber Singers will present Dan Forrest’s moving a cappella setting of “And Can It Be” and Stephen Hatfield’s inventive “La Lluvia.” The University Choir will offer Daniel Gawthrop’s gorgeous “One Voice” and contrasting settings of the Twenty Third Psalm. The ensembles will join together for a grand finale with Mack Wilberg’s stirring arrangement of “Brother James’s Air” and Moses Hogan’s “Music Down in My Soul!” OCT. 26 7:30 pm Anderson Chapel Jazz Ensemble Concert; Joe Lill, Director Join us as another season of jazz begins! Featuring the Jazz Ensemble and Jazz Combos. OCT. 28 2:30 pm Anderson Chapel University Orchestra Concert; Tom Zelle, Director The University Orchestra presents a program that includes Copland’s “Appalachian Spring,” Rachmaninoff’s “Vocalise,” Op. 34, No. 14, and J. S. Bach’s “Concerto for Violin in A-minor,” BWV 1041. Soloists will be Onella Piyatilake, soprano, and Matthew Hickey, violin. NOV. 1 7:30 pm Anderson Chapel Guest Artists: The Uppsala University Chamber Players We welcome these students from Uppsala University (Sweden) for an evening of chamber music. The students will be joined by faculty artists Stefan Karpe from Uppsala University, and Paul André Bempéchat from Harvard University. This event is co-sponsored by the Center for Scandinavian Studies. NOV. 2 7:30 pm Anderson Chapel Opera Scenes; Nyela Basney, Artistic Director “Visions and Voices,” directed by George Cederquist and conducted by Nyela Basney. Graduate and undergraduate students will present opera scenes in their original languages (with English surtitles). Works by composers including Bizet, Britten, Cerrone, and Paulus that deal with the pain and healing of broken relationships are featured. NOV. 9 & 10 7:30 pm Hanson Hall-202 Concert Band Concert; Joe Lill, Director The celebration of Leonard Bernstein’s 100th birthday continues, with works that include West Side Story. NOV. 11 2:30 pm Anderson Chapel Chamber Ensembles Concert Student ensembles including strings, woodwinds, brass, percussion, and keyboard perform a variety of musical offerings. NOV. 15 7:30 pm Anderson Chapel Gospel Choir Concert; Stephen Kelly and Helen Hudgens, Directors One of the most popular performing ensembles on campus is back with a program of traditional and contemporary praise. NOV. 17 7:30 pm Anderson Chapel Festival of Lessons and Carols–Christ Is Born! North Park’s annual Advent celebration features the University Choir, Chamber Singers, Women’s Chorale, Gospel Choir Touring Ensemble, and University Orchestra. DEC. 2 4:00 pm St. Hilary Church 5601 N. California Ave. Concert Band: Ninth Annual Music for Special Families Concert; Joe Lill, Director Families of children with autism and special needs can freely enjoy the enriching power of music in a safe and welcoming environment. A pre-concert “instrument petting zoo” begins at 7:00 p.m. OCT. 6 7:30 pm Anderson Chapel The School of Music, Art, and Theatre (SMAT) is anticipating another busy year, with the rich listing of events in this newsletter–I am so impressed each year with the range and diversity of our offerings! We also look forward to celebrating the inauguration of North Park’s new President, Mary Karsten Surridge, who has been a strong supporter of the arts throughout her ten years as the institution’s Vice President for Advancement. In addition, we are delighted that our music program has just received notice of Renewal of Membership from our accrediting body, the National Association of Schools of Music, after a long and rigorous process. We warmly invite you to attend our events as we continue to celebrate the arts at North Park University! Best wishes, Craig Johnson, Dean, School of Music, Art, and Theatre GREETINGS FROM THE DEAN For ticket information and a complete listing of events, including numerous solo student recitals performed each semester, visit www.northpark.edu/music.
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MUSIC EVENTS – FALL 2018
Guest Artist: Tiffany Blake Oliver, sopranoAssociate Professor of Music and Opera Director at Colorado State University Tiffany Blake Oliver presents a program that includes the works of Poulenc, Barber, Wolf, Bolcom, and
Rorem, among others. Nyela Basney will be the collaborative pianist.
SEPT. 23 2:30 pm Anderson Chapel
Faculty Showcase RecitalThe talents of the North Park University music faculty are featured in this favorite annual performance. Join us as we kick off the Homecoming weekend activities with a program
sure to please all musical tastes. Reception following sponsored by the North Park University Alumni Association.
OCT. 11 7:30 pm Anderson Chapel
Faculty Recital: Matthew Blanks, baritoneMusic faculty member Matthew Blanks, baritone, and pianist Roberta Terchi Nocentini, present “Serenata,” an evening of Italian romantic songs. The program includes works of Tosti,
Respighi, Leoncavallo, Mascagni, Puccini, Castelnuovo-Tedesco, and Gastaldon.
SEPT. 28 7:30 pm Anderson Chapel
Fall Choral Concert; Julia Davids and Tom Tropp, Directors LEAD! What does it mean to be a leader? What does it mean to be led? How do we want to lead as musicians? The North Park University Chamber Singers, Women’s Chorale, and University Choir, will contemplate the idea of leadership through a wide variety of choral music composed by North American composers. The Women’s Chorale will offer J. Reese Norris’s arrangement of “Precious Lord,” Eleanor Daley’s “Rise Up My Love,” and “Highlands Invocation” by Peter Robb. The Chamber
Singers will present Dan Forrest’s moving a cappella setting of “And Can It Be” and Stephen Hatfield’s inventive “La Lluvia.” The University Choir will offer Daniel Gawthrop’s gorgeous “One Voice” and contrasting settings of the Twenty Third Psalm. The ensembles will join together for a grand finale with Mack Wilberg’s stirring arrangement of “Brother James’s Air” and Moses Hogan’s “Music Down in My Soul!”
OCT. 26 7:30 pm Anderson Chapel
Jazz Ensemble Concert; Joe Lill, Director Join us as another season of jazz begins! Featuring the Jazz Ensemble and Jazz Combos.
OCT. 28 2:30 pm Anderson Chapel
University Orchestra Concert; Tom Zelle, DirectorThe University Orchestra presents a program that includes Copland’s “Appalachian Spring,” Rachmaninoff’s “Vocalise,” Op. 34, No. 14, and J. S. Bach’s “Concerto for Violin in
A-minor,” BWV 1041. Soloists will be Onella Piyatilake, soprano, and Matthew Hickey, violin.
NOV. 1 7:30 pm Anderson Chapel
Guest Artists: The Uppsala University Chamber PlayersWe welcome these students from Uppsala University (Sweden) for an evening of chamber music. The students will be joined by faculty artists Stefan Karpe from Uppsala University, and
Paul André Bempéchat from Harvard University. This event is co-sponsored by the Center for Scandinavian Studies.
NOV. 2 7:30 pm Anderson Chapel
Opera Scenes; Nyela Basney, Artistic Director“Visions and Voices,” directed by George Cederquist and conducted by Nyela Basney. Graduate and undergraduate students will present opera scenes in their original languages
(with English surtitles). Works by composers including Bizet, Britten, Cerrone, and Paulus that deal with the pain and healing of broken relationships are featured.
NOV. 9 & 10 7:30 pm Hanson Hall-202
Concert Band Concert; Joe Lill, DirectorThe celebration of Leonard Bernstein’s 100th birthday continues, with works that include West Side Story.
NOV. 11 2:30 pm Anderson Chapel
Chamber Ensembles ConcertStudent ensembles including strings, woodwinds, brass, percussion, and keyboard perform a variety of musical offerings.
NOV. 15 7:30 pm Anderson Chapel
Gospel Choir Concert; Stephen Kelly and Helen Hudgens, DirectorsOne of the most popular performing ensembles on campus is back with a program of traditional and contemporary praise.
NOV. 17 7:30 pm Anderson Chapel
Festival of Lessons and Carols–Christ Is Born!North Park’s annual Advent celebration features the University Choir, Chamber Singers, Women’s Chorale, Gospel Choir Touring Ensemble, and University Orchestra.
DEC. 2 4:00 pm St. Hilary Church 5601 N. California Ave.
Concert Band: Ninth Annual Music for Special Families Concert; Joe Lill, DirectorFamilies of children with autism and special needs can freely enjoy the enriching power of music in a safe and welcoming
environment. A pre-concert “instrument petting zoo” begins at 7:00 p.m.
OCT. 6 7:30 pm Anderson Chapel
The School of Music, Art, and Theatre (SMAT) is anticipating another busy year, with the rich listing of events in this newsletter–I am so impressed each year with the range and diversity of our offerings! We also look forward to celebrating the inauguration of North Park’s new President, Mary Karsten Surridge, who has been a strong supporter of the arts throughout her ten years as the institution’s Vice President for Advancement. In addition, we are delighted that our music program has just received notice of Renewal of Membership from
our accrediting body, the National Association of Schools of Music, after a long and rigorous process. We warmly invite you to attend our events as we continue to celebrate the arts at North Park University!
Best wishes,Craig Johnson, Dean, School of Music, Art, and Theatre
GREETINGS FROM THE DEAN
For ticket information and a complete listing of events, including numerous solo student recitals performed each semester, visit www.northpark.edu/music.
SEPT. 7Reception:4:30 pm - 7:00 pm
An open studio preview of NPU Artist-in-Residence Tim Lowly’s new work for his upcoming exhibition Radiator at Koplin Del Rio Gallery in Seattle.
An exhibition of recent work by this long-term esteemed Chicago artist.
SEPT. 13–OCT. 5Reception: Sept. 13 4:30 pm–7:00 pm
Judith Raphael
OCT. 12–NOV. 2Reception: October 12 4:30 pm–7:00 pm
NOV. 7–28Reception: Nov. 7th 4:30 pm–7:00 pm
DEC. 4–14Reception: Dec. 4th 4:30 pm–7:00 pm
Image and Word A group exhibition of NPU Alumni whose work incorporates image and text.
INDIGO/the color of whiteness— Maggie Hubbard An exhibition regarding race in America.
The Junior Show An exhibition of art by Junior art majors
SEPT. 147:30 pm to participate.
SEPT. 157:30 pm for show
NOV. 8,9,10, 15, 167:30 pm
NOV 172:30 pm
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Project 24–12th AnniversaryIt’s our 12th year of highly caffeinated creativity! Artists write, direct, act, design, and produce brand new world premiere short plays in only 24 hours. The results are exhilarating!
North Star by Georgette Kelly Directed by Jess HutchinsonSummer in the north woods of Minnesota. The days are long. The stars are bright. But when it gets dark, it gets really dark—like when someone opens fire at camp. North Star is a new play that centers around an all-female group of campers and counselors coping with violence that leaves them utterly vulnerable. At the crux of this play is the question: what happens when social contracts are broken, when gun violence breaks through places that should feel safe, and when young people lose trust in the adults in their lives? Their stories are entwined with the French–Canadian myth of La Chasse-galerie, in which a group of voyageurs made a deal with the devil to journey home in a flying canoe in order to see their lost loved ones.
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