Calendar of Events, April 14-30
Monday, April 14
Music
Guest lecture by Karel Husa Visiting Professor of Composition Christopher Rouse, followed by a performance of Rouse’s String Quartet #2 by the Ariadne String Quartet; 8:15 p.m., Nabenhauer Recital Room, Ford Hall.
Workshop
"Geriatric Alcoholism Program," a talk by Anne Mattfeld, Visiting Nurse Association of Albany; 2:00 p.m., north meeting room, Egbert Hall. Preregistration is required, but admission is free for faculty, staff, and students on a space-available basis. For registration information call the Office of Continuing Education at 274-3143.
Tuesday, April 15
Music
World premieres of original compositions by student composers, featuring student performers in a variety of solo and mixed ensemble settings; 8:15 p.m., Ford Hall Auditorium.
Opening
Opening reception for the Handwerker Gallery’s Annual Senior Student Exhibition; 5:00 p.m., Handwerker Gallery.
Wednesday, April 16
Music
Performance by the Ithaca College Brass Choir, directed by Karl Swearingen; 8:15 p.m., Ford Hall Auditorium.
Reading
Poetry reading by Alicia Suskin Ostriker, author of Green Age, The Imaginary Lover, The Mother/Child Papers, A Women under the Surface, and Stealing the Language: The Emergence of Women’s Poetry in America; 7:30 p.m., Clark Lounge, Egbert Hall.
Screening
Women Direct film series retrospective on Prathiba Parmar, one of the most significant voices in Great Britain’s independent media movement of the 1980s and 1990s (Parmar will be on campus as a visiting artist); 7:00 p.m., Roy H. Park Hall Auditorium.
Thursday, April 17
LECTURE
"Key West: Selections of Original Poetry from a Work-in-Progress," an Ithaca College Faculty Colloquium Series talk by Katharyn Howd Machan, writing; 12:15 p.m., DeMotte Room, Egbert Hall.
"Ways of Washington," a Jessica Savitch Distinguished Journalism Lecture Series talk by ABC News and National Public Radio correspondent Cokie Roberts; 8:00 p.m., Roy H. Park Hall Auditorium.
MUSIC
Graduate trombone recital by Mark Babbitt; 8:00 p.m., Muller Chapel. Performance by the Ithaca College Percussion Ensemble and Steel Band and the Pangaia steel band; 8:15 p.m., Ford Hall Auditorium.
Friday, April 18
Music
Performance by the Ithaca College Vocal Jazz Ensemble, featuring works by Corea, Meader, Mercer, Sherwin, and Van Heusen; 8:15 p.m., Ford Hall Auditorium.
Saturday, April 19
MUSIC
Senior voice recital by Todd Kipnis, performing works by Durante, Caccini, Mozart, and others; noon, Ford Hall Auditorium.
Junior violin recital by Agnes Pietraho, performing works by Vivaldi, Debussy, Bartok, and others; 1:00 p.m., Nabenhauer Recital Room, Ford Hall.
Senior trumpet recital by Tony Godoy, featuring works by Arutunian, Rivier, and Gibbons; 2:00 p.m., Ford Hall Auditorium.
Junior guitar recital by Townsend Plant, featuring works by Dowland, Bach, and Villa-Lobos; 3:00 p.m., Nabenhauer Recital Room, Ford Hall.
Senior voice recital by Wendy Hales, featuring works by Scarlatti, Rossini, Donizetti, Chauson, and others; 4:00 p.m., Ford Hall Auditorium.
Performance by the Ithaca College Madrigal Singers, Chorus, and Choir, featuring works by Dallapiccola, Dawson, and Fauré; 8:15 p.m., Ford Hall Auditorium.
Sunday, April 20
MUSIC
Friends of Ithaca College presentation of "An Evening at the Pops," featuring the Ithaca College Symphony Orchestra and guest vocalists Debra Montgomery and Graham Stewart; 8:00 p.m., Emerson Suites, Phillips Hall (admission charged).
Performance by the Ithaca College Wind Ensemble featuring "The Apotheosis of the March: A Concert Commemorating the 100th Anniversary of the Premiere of Sousa’s ‘Stars and Stripes Forever’ "; 3:00 p.m., Ford Hall Auditorium.
Senior voice recital by Samantha Pasquale, featuring works by Mozart, Wolf, Donizetti, and others; 8:15 p.m., Ford Hall Auditorium.
Performance by the student chamber ensembles; 7:00 p.m., Nabenhauer Recital Room, Ford Hall.
Monday, April 21
Music
Performance by the Ithaca College Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Mark Fonder; 8:15 p.m., Ford Hall Auditorium.
Tuesday, April 22
Lecture
"Aging Policy 1997: The Delicate Balance," an Ithaca College Gerontology Institute Distinguished Speaker Series talk by Robert B. Blancato, executive director of the 1995 White House Conference on Aging and former senior adviser of the House Select Committee on Aging; 7:30 p.m., Emerson Suites, Phillips Hall (a reception will follow the lecture).
Music
Ithaca College Concert Series performance by the Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, performing works by Bach/Reger, Beethoven, Glass, and Schubert; 8:15 p.m., Ford Hall Auditorium (admission charged). Pre-concert lecture by faculty member Edward Swenson; 7:30 p.m., room 201, Ford Hall.
Theater
Ithaca College Theatre presentation of The Man Who Came to Dinner; 8:00 p.m., Hoerner Theatre, Dillingham Center for the Performing Arts (admission charged).
Wednesday, April 23
Music
Fraternity Recital by Phi Mu Alpha; 9:00 p.m., Nabenhauer Recital Room, Ford Hall.
Screening
"Digitial Feminism: Women and New Media across Borders," an Ithaca College Women Direct film series presentation featuring a screening of visiting artist Adriene Jenik's Mauve Desert; 7:00 p.m., Roy H. Park Hall Auditorium.
Theater
Ithaca College Theatre presentation of The Man Who Came to Dinner; 8:00 p.m., Hoerner Theatre, Dillingham Center for the Performing Arts (admission charged).
Thursday, April 24
Music
Performance by the Ithaca College Percussion Ensemble, Robert Bridge and Gordon Stout, conductors; 8:15 p.m., Ford Hall Auditorium.
Theater
Ithaca College Theatre presentation of The Man Who Came to Dinner; 8:00 p.m., Hoerner Theatre, Dillingham Center for the Performing Arts (admission charged).
Friday, April 25
Music
Performance by the Ithaca College Chamber Orchestra, Grant Cooper, conductor; 8:15 p.m., Ford Hall Auditorium.
Theater
Ithaca College Theatre presentation of The Man Who Came to Dinner; 8:00 p.m., Hoerner Theatre, Dillingham Center for the Performing Arts (admission charged).
Saturday, April 26
Music
Senior composition recital by Ross Plotkin featuring "Smitten," "Shannon's Ultimatum," "Serial Killer," and others; noon, Ford Hall Auditorium.
Junior violin recital by Angela Comprone; 1:00 p.m., Nabenhauer Recital Room, Ford Hall. Graduate piano recital by Julia Rogalskaia, featuring works by Scarlatti, Bach, Lizst, and others; 2:00 p.m., Ford Hall Auditorium.
Fraternity recital by Mu Phi Epsilon; 3:00 p.m., Nabenhauer Recital Room, Ford Hall.
Joint recital by Cara Chaapel, oboe, and Kristen Frappier, clarinet; 3:00 p.m., Muller Chapel.
Senior voice recital by Siobhan Fleming; 4:00 p.m., Ford Hall Auditorium.
Senior flute recital by Kathryn Knull; 7:00 p.m., Muller Chapel.
Student chamber ensembles; 8:15 p.m., Ford Hall Auditorium.
Fraternity recital by Sigma Alpha Iota featuring Melissa Pelkey's performance of Schmidt's "The Sparrow" and "The Amazing Mr. Avaunt"; 9:00 p.m., Nabenhauer Recital Room, Ford Hall.
Theater
Ithaca College Theatre presentation of The Man Who Came to Dinner; 2:00 and 8:00 p.m., Hoerner Theatre, Dillingham Center for the Performing Arts (admission charged).
Sunday, April 27
Music
Presentation of Bloch’s Sacred Service by the Ithaca College Choral Union and Symphony Orchestra; 3:00 p.m., Ford Hall Auditorium.
Piano/ instrumental duos; 7:00 p.m., Nabenhauer Recital Room, Ford Hall.
Senior voice recital by Matthew Green; 8:15 p.m., Ford Hall Auditorium.
Junior percussion recital by Emily Lemmerman, featuring works by Stout, Piazzolla, Rounds, Spencer, and others; 9:00 p.m., Nabenhauer Recital Room, Ford Hall.
Monday, April 28
Music
Graduate voice recital by Laurie Shelton; 8:15 p.m., Ford Hall Auditorium.
Tuesday, April 29
Music
Performance by the Opera Workshop and Piano/Vocal duos; 8:15 p.m., Ford Hall Auditorium.
Wednesday, April 30
Music
Performance by the Ithaca College Concert Band, Karl Swearingen, conductor; 8:15 p.m., Ford Hall Auditorium.
ONGOING EXHIBITS
The Handwerker Gallery presents the Annual Senior Student Exhibition, the annual exhibition by graduating seniors from the Department of Art and the Department of Cinema and Photography; April 15–May 17. Located on the first floor of the Gannett Center, the Handwerker Gallery is open weekdays from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., until 9:00 p.m. Thursdays, and from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Saturdays. The gallery is closed when the College is out of session.
The Roy H. Park School of Communications photography gallery presents Not Made for Hollywood, an exhibit by Jeff Katz, April 14–May 9. The gallery is open weekdays from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
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