Spring 2010 Performance Schedule

Music Performances

The Saint Michael Trio
Ralston Performers Series
January 24, 2010, 4:00 p.m.
Ralston Hall Ballroom

The Saint Michael Trio, comprised of three Silicon Valley movers and shakers, was formed in 2007 and has quickly staked out a place as Northern California's premiere piano trio. Their repertoire spans the classics to contemporary including the jazz greats and their own arrangements of popular and even rock tunes. And their hallmark is mixing all of it into a single concert. They make their concerts interesting, funny and thoroughly accessible.

Benefit performance for Haiti Earthquake Relief. Tickets are free but donations are gratefully accepted.

Piano Fantastique
Ralston Performers Series
January 31, 4:00 p.m.
Ralston Hall Ballroom

Three members of NDNU's piano faculty perform piano solos, duets, trios, and quartets, including the California debut of Richard Faith's Dances for Piano. This piece is a suite of four piano duets written in a neo-Romantic style, recently published with a dedication to NDNU faculty member Dr. Michael Schmitz. Schmitz, along with Daniel Glover and Thomas Hansen, will also perform works by Balakirev, Barber, Chopin, Chabrier, Smetena and Prokofiev, plus the seldom heard Rachmaninoff Pieces for Piano, Six Hands.

Benefit performance for Haiti Earthquake Relief. Admission is $20, students/seniors $10. For tickets and information, call 650.508.3729 or email concerts@ndnu.edu.

Voci!
February 6, 7:30 p.m.
Ralston Hall Ballroom

Members of the Vocal Performance class, directed by department chair Debra Lambert, present a variety of Valentine's Day-themed songs and arias.

Admission is $20, students/seniors $10. For tickets and information, call 650.508.3729 or email concerts@ndnu.edu.

Chicago
February 26, 27, March 5, 6 at 7:30 p.m.
February 28 at 7:00 p.m., March 7 at 2 p.m.
NDNU Theatre

Kander and Ebb's riveting musical about celebrity criminals and corruption in the justice system comes alive in the NDNU Theatre, under the direction of Greg Fritsch and musical direction by William Liberatore, with choreography by Dottie Lestier-White. Produced by special arrangement with Samuel French, Inc..

Admission is $20, students/seniors $10. For tickets and information, call 650.508.3729 or email concerts@ndnu.edu.

Les Voix
Ralston Performers Series
March 21 at 4:00 p.m.
Ralston Hall Ballroom

The NDNU Voice and Language programs celebrate the music, poetry, and culture of France. Directed by Debra Lambert, chair of the Department of Music and Vocal Arts, and Helene LaRoche Davis, chair of the Department of Modern Languages and Cultures.

Admission is $20, students/seniors $10. For tickets and information, call 650.508.3729 or email concerts@ndnu.edu.

Opera and Musical Theatre: Exploration & New Works
Children of the Sun, Angel of the Amazon, Literature + Music: "The Wild Party"
April 30, May 1 at 7:30 p.m., May 2 at 2:00 p.m.

Children of the Sun, composed by Henry Mollicone with libretto by William Luce, is a new music theatre work based on the story of Juan Diego's vision of the Virign Mary in Tepeyac, Mexico, in 1531. Mr. Mollicone is a member of our faculty; Broadway playwright William Luce is our guest artist.

Angel of the Amazon, written and composed by Evan Mack, was inspired by the life of SNDdN Sister Dorothy Stang, murdered in the Amazon of Brazil in February of 2005. Scenes from the opera will be presented in association with the Dorothy Stang Center.

Literature + Music: "The Wild Party" is an exploration of the musical developments of Joseph Moncure March's 1928 poem.

Admission is $20, students/seniors $10. For tickets and information, call 650.508.3729 or email concerts@ndnu.edu.

Theatre Performances

Earthdance
January 8-9, 2010, 7:30 p.m.
NDNU Theatre

NEW GROUND Theatre/Dance Company has been invited for a return performance of EARTH DANCE to start the new year with its humanitarian and environmental message of hope.The event is a fund raiser for NDNU's Dorothy Stang Center for Social Justice and Community Engagement and is sponsored by the Center and the NDNU Department of Theatre and Dance. This show, which combines theatre, dance, media, aerial artistry, voice, and live music, premiered in August under the artistic direction of Coleen Lorenz (NDHS and NDNU faculty) and technical direction of Will Springhorn Jr.(NDNU faculty).  It received praise for it's choreographic and media ingenuity, and written up as an original company in the Bay Area presenting a remarkable multimedia show that is riveting and ". . .approaches the spectacular". Keith Kreitman, San Mateo Daily Journal. 

Tickets: General Admission $20, Students (with ID) and seniors $10. For more information, e-mail boxoffice@ndnu.edu or call 650.508.3456.

Student Showcase
February 11, 12, 13 at 7:30 p.m.
NDNU Theatre

The Department of Theatre and Dance's annual student-run show, featuring the directing talents of Department seniors. This year's showcase features three plays: Welcome to the Moon, Thirst, and The Valentine Fairy, directed by Hayley Hart, Lauren Tannous, and Sarah Lopez, respectively.

Tickets: General Admission $10. For more information, e-mai: boxoffice@ndnu.edu or call 650.508.3456.

The Importance of Being Ernest
April 16-25
NDNU Theatre

NDNU Muves Dance Concert
April 29-May 1
NDNU Theatre

Wiegand Gallery

Eduardo Carillo: Within A Cultural Context
January 22 through February 27
Opening Reception: February 14, 2:00-4:00 p.m.

Eduardo Carrillo is best known for large mural-sized paintings inspired by his ancestral Mexican heritage with an emphasis on figurative work. His paintings are monumental with an immense physical presence. Bodies are muscular and beautiful in an archaic sense. His deep spiritual connection with people and the land are visible in the rendering of religious or mythological subjects. His distinctive palette seems muted at first, dominated by earth colors. Subtle placement of light conveys a serene and magical atmosphere. The exhibition will be comprised of approximately 30 oil paintings and watercolors spanning four decades of the artist’s life.

The opening reception will feature a discussion of Eduardo Carrillo’s life and work with Alison Carrillo, Betsy Andersen, Director of the Museo Eduardo Carrillo and Robert Poplack, Wiegand Gallery Director. Admission is free and open to the public. For more information, call 650.508.3595 or visit the Wiegand Gallery page.

Realism & Abstraction: Four Printmakers
March 19 through April 24
Opening Reception: March 28, 2:00-4:00 p.m.

For more information, call 650.508.3595 or visit the Wiegand Gallery page.

Lectures

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