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Performing & Fine Arts

UP Wind Symphony: Blowing Away The Competition

December 6, 2019

The University of Portland Wind Symphony has been invited to perform at the 2020 Oregon Music Education Association conference in Eugene, OR on Friday, January 17, at 4 p.m., in the Soreng Theatre at the Hult Center. The ensemble was selected through a blind audition process. The concert is free and open to the public.

The Wind Symphony consists of 55 members representing every school on campus and is conducted by Patrick Murphy, performing and fine arts. The undergraduate conducting associates for 2019-20 are seniors Mike Cleary and Bianca Salazar. The Wind Symphony is recognized as one of the finest ensembles in the region and is committed to performing diverse repertoire and commissioning new works for wind band. This performance marks the second time the Wind Symphony has been invited to perform at OMEA in the last five years.

For more information contact performing and fine arts at x7228 or pfa@up.edu.

Filed Under: 12-09-2019, Academics, Performing & Fine Arts Tagged With: Patrick Murphy, Performing and Fine Arts, UP Wind Symphony

Advent Vespers Concert, Dec. 7

November 27, 2019

Advent Vespers ConcertThe annual  Advent Vespers Concert, presented by the University Singers and Bel Canto, will be held on Saturday, December 7, at 7:30 p.m., in the Chapel of Christ the Teacher. Admission is free but you need to have a ticket. Please contact the performing and fine arts department to reserve your ticket at x7228 or pfa@up.edu.

Filed Under: 12-02-2019, Campus Ministry, Performing & Fine Arts Tagged With: Advent Vespers Concert, Performing and Fine Arts

“The Penelopiad” Pre-Play Panel and Reception, Nov. 16

November 8, 2019

Wine & Cheese ReceptionAll ticket holders for the Saturday, November 16 performance of The Penelopiad are invited to enjoy wine, cheese, and desserts as campus experts highlight what to look and listen for in this play based on a novella by Margaret Atwood. Sponsored by the Garaventa Center and the Rumpakis Chair for Hellenic Studies. For ADA accommodations or more information contact the Garaventa Center at garaventa@up.edu or x7702. For theater tickets call the Hunt Center box office at x7287.

Filed Under: 11-04-2019, 11-11-2019, Academics, Garaventa Center, Performing & Fine Arts Tagged With: "The Penelopiad", Garaventa Center, Rumpakis Chair for Hellenic Studies

Free Theater Tickets for Staff and Faculty

November 8, 2019

Drama & Comedy MasksUP’s Theater Program offers every staff and faculty member two complimentary tickets for each mainstage show they produce in Mago Hunt Center. When tickets go on sale, just call the box office at x7287, tell them you are an employee, and let them know which performance you’d like to see. Tickets will be held for you in the box office; just show your UP ID to claim them. Use this benefit to see Margaret Atwood’s The Penelopiad, playing on campus November 14-17.

Filed Under: 11-04-2019, 11-11-2019, Academics, Campus Services, Performing & Fine Arts Tagged With: Performing and Fine Arts

UP Wind Symphony Concert, Nov. 16: “The Legend of Maracaibo”

November 8, 2019

The Wind Symphony will celebrate the music of Spain, Portugal, and Mexico in a free concert, “The Legend of Maracaibo,” at 3 p.m. on Saturday, November 16, in Buckley Center Auditorium (this is a venue change from the original location of Roosevelt High School). The Wind Symphony is conducted by Patrick Murphy, performing and fine arts, and undergraduate conducting associates Mike Cleary and Bianca Salazar.

Filed Under: 11-11-2019, Academics, Performing & Fine Arts Tagged With: Patrick Murphy, Performing and Fine Arts, Wind Symphony

Jazz Faculty Recital, Nov. 15

November 8, 2019

Members of the University of Portland jazz faculty will present a recital on Friday, November 15, at 5 p.m., in Mago Hunt Center Recital Hall. The program will feature original compositions by the faculty as well as jazz standards, with Don Norton on saxophone, Ryan Meagher on guitar, Bill Athen on bass, Tyson Stubelek on drums, and Dan Harvey on piano. This event is free and open to the public.

For ADA accommodations or other questions, please contact the PFA office at x7228 or pfa@up.edu.

Filed Under: 11-11-2019, Academics, Performing & Fine Arts Tagged With: Jazz Band, Performing and Fine Arts

Music at Midweek: Carl Dupont and Gregory Thompson

October 18, 2019

The next Music at Midweek performance will feature bass-baritone Carl Dupont and pianist Gregory Thompson (pictured) on Wednesday, Oct0ber 23, at 12:30 p.m., in Mago Hunt Center Recital Hall. Dupont and Gregory will present a recital of songs by African-American composers. They will also perform a concert that night in Mago Hunt at 7 p.m. Both are free and open to all.

 

 

 

Filed Under: 10-21-2019, Academics, Music at Midweek, Performing & Fine Arts Tagged With: Music at Midweek, Performing and Fine Arts

“The Reaction” Featuring Carl DuPont, Oct. 23

October 17, 2019

In this second performance of the Fr. Claude Pomerleau, C.S.C., Memorial Concert Series, widely celebrated bass-baritone Carl DuPont of the Peabody Conservatory, whose research focuses on transformative inclusion in higher music education, offers a free recital of African-American art song, accompanied by pianist Gregory Thompson. The concert is Wednesday, October 23, at 7 p.m., in Mago Hunt Center Recital Hall.

Co-sponsored by performing and fine arts and the Garaventa Center. For ADA accommodations or more information contact PFA at x7228 or pfa@up.edu.

Filed Under: 10-07-2019, 10-14-2019, 10-21-2019, Academics, Garaventa Center, Performing & Fine Arts Tagged With: C.S.C., Carl DuPont, Fr. Claude Pomerleau, Garaventa Center, Memorial Concert Series, Performing and Fine Arts

Music at Midweek: Andreas Klein, Oct. 9

October 4, 2019

This week’s Music at Midweek performance will feature renowned pianist Andreas Klein, who will present “Bach, Beethoven, and Beyond” on Monday, October 9, at 12:30 p.m., in Mago Hunt Center Recital Hall. Music at Midweek is free and open to all.

Klein will present a master class at 12:30 and a recital later that evening at 7 p.m. His recital will be the first Fr. Claude Pomerleau Memorial Concert.

Andreas Klein is widely admired as a pianist of rare sensitivity and musicality. The Washington Post has praised his “articulate and flowing pianism” while the New York Times called him “a pianist who makes silences sound like music.”

For more information contact PFA at x7228 or pfa@up.edu, or visit https://www.andreasklein.com/

Filed Under: 10-07-2019, Academics, Performing & Fine Arts Tagged With: Andreas Klein, Music at Midweek, PFA

Fr. Claude Pomerleau Memorial Concert with Andreas Klein, Oct. 9

October 4, 2019

The performing and fine arts department is honoring Fr. Claude Pomerleau, C.S.C., with a memorial concert series beginning with globally acclaimed pianist Andreas Klein on Wednesday, October 9, at 7 p.m., in Mago Hunt Center Recital Hall. Klein will offer a recital entitled “Bach, Beethoven and Beyond. The concert series if co-sponsored by PFA and the Garaventa Center.

For ADA accommodations or more information contact PFA at x7228 or pfa@up.edu.

Filed Under: 09-30-2019, 10-07-2019, Academics, Garaventa Center, Performing & Fine Arts Tagged With: Fr. Claude Pomerleau, Garaventa Center, Performing and Fine Arts

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