The next Music at Midweek performance will feature music students on Wednesday, March 28, 12:30 p.m., in Mago Hunt Center Recital Hall. It is free and open to all. Student performers will be Kay Smith, clarinet; Luke McCartney, guitar; and Natalie Werner, mezzo-soprano. For more information contact performing and fine arts at x7228 or pfa@up.edu. […]
Performing & Fine Arts
Music at Midweek, Student Performers: March 21
The next Music at Midweek will feature student musical performances on Wednesday, March 21, at 12:30 p.m., in Mago Hunt Center Recital Hall. The event is free and all are welcome. Performers will include Thomas Curran, baritone; Mike Cleary, bass; David Rodgers, bassoon; Alissa Henderson, soprano; and Nicolai Bajanov, piano. For more information contact performing and fine arts at x7228 […]
Welcome Reception for Playwright Emilio Williams, March 23
Faculty and staff are invited to a welcome reception for comedy playwright Emilio Williams on Friday, March 23, from 4 to 5:30 p.m., in the lobby of Mago Hunt Center. The reception is generously supported by the Beckman Humor Project. Williams is an international playwright who hails from Spain, calls Chicago home, and is a […]
Music at Midweek: “Angels of the Amazon,” Feb. 28
The next Music at Midweek features the opera “Angel of the Amazon,” written by Evan Mack, the story of Sr. Dorothy Stang, a nun from Ohio who worked with the poor for 40 years. On February 12, 2005, at the age of 73, she was murdered-by-hire for her works as she recited the beatitudes in prayer. […]
University Orchestra Concert: “Cinematic Symphony,” Feb. 27
The University of Portland Orchestra presents “Cinematic Symphony: A Night at the Movies,” featuring orchestral music from “Star Wars,” “Lord of the Rings,” “Apollo 13,” “Pirates of the Caribbean” and more, on Tuesday, February 27, at 7:30 p.m., in Buckley Center Auditorium. The concert is free and open to all. Come relive some of your favorite […]
“Eurydice” by Sarah Ruhl, Feb. 28-March 4
The performing and fine arts department will present the play Eurydice, by Sarah Ruhl, from February 28-March 4, at 7:30 p.m. (2 p.m. Sunday), in Mago Hunt Center Theater. Eurydice is a 2003 play which retells the myth of Orpheus from the perspective of Eurydice, his wife, who must choose to return to earth with Orpheus or […]
University Singers and Women’s Chorale Concert: Feb. 18
The Women’s Chorale, directed by Kathryn Briggs, will perform an intriguing program of vocal jazz/pop a cappella selections along with traditional choral literature on Sunday, February 18, at 1 p.m., in Buckley Center Auditorium. The University Singers, directed by Michael Connolly, with student conducting associate Lupita Zamora-Resendiz ’18, will also perform a variety of choral […]
Music at Midweek: Jazz Trombone, Feb. 14
The next Music at Midweek performance will feature a jazz quartet with David Phy, trombone, who will play and present a master class with a UP trombone student. The performance takes place on Wednesday, February 14, at 12:30 p.m., in Mago Hunt Center Recital Hall. Free and open to all. For more information contact performing and […]
Jazz Ensemble and Jazz Octet Concert: Feb. 18
In celebration of African American History Month, the Jazz Ensemble will be performing compositions by bassist Charles Mingus on Sunday, February 18, at 3 p.m., in Mago Hunt Center Recital Hall. During the ’50s and ’60s, Mingus’ recordings were considered some of the strongest protest music of the Civil Rights Movement. His music encompasses the […]
Chapel Choir and Wind Symphony Concert: Feb. 17
The Wind Symphony and Chapel Choir will join forces for the fourth annual Junior Parents Weekend Chapel Concert on Saturday, February 17, at 3 p.m., in the Chapel of Christ the Teacher. This year’s music includes Give Us This Day, composed by and in memory of Wind Symphony friend David Maslanka. A selection from the Chapel […]