FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – The J. William Fulbright College of
Arts and Sciences will hold several events in the coming week including
concerts, art exhibitions and plays. Students, faculty, staff and guests are
encouraged to attend these performances in the visual and performing arts.
There will be a tuba and euphonium recital at 6 p.m. Monday,
April 15, in the Fine Arts Center’s Stella Boyle Smith Concert Hall. At 8 p.m.,
Baron Lyle will perform a violin recital at the same location.
Also on Monday, master of fine arts student Samantha Dixon’s
exhibit, Tethered, will open in the
Fine Arts Center Gallery and will be on display until Friday, April 19, with a
closing reception at 6 p.m. Friday.
The Aux Arcs Saxophone Quartet will perform at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday,
April 16, in the Stella Boyle Smith Concert Hall. At 8 p.m., another saxophone
quartet featuring music students Joseph Rulli, Crystal Skahan, Will Bram and
Jeff Payne will also perform.
A reception for guest artists Reilly and Kelly
Dickens-Hoffman will also be held Tuesday, April 16 at 6:30 p.m. at the Anne
Kittrell Art Gallery in the Arkansas Union aligned with the closing of the
artists’ sculpture exhibit, Alms Matara.
The artists will present a lecture at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, April 18, in room 213
of the Fine Arts Center.
Conducting student Michael Moon will conduct a recital at 7
p.m. Wednesday, April 17, in the Stella Boyle Smith Concert Hall.
Michael Burner will present a student trombone recital at 6
p.m. Thursday, April 18, in the Stella Boyle Smith Concert Hall.
Also on Thursday, the UA Percussion Ensemble will perform at
7:30 p.m. at the Walton Arts Center. Admission is $1 for students and $5 for
the public.
The UA Saxophone Ensemble will also perform Thursday at 8
p.m. in the Stella Boyle Smith Concert Hall.
The music department will host an opera workshop at 7:30
p.m. Friday, April 19, in the Stella Boyle Smith Concert Hall. Also on Friday,
the UA Jazz Ensemble will perform at 7:30 p.m. in the Arkansas Union Theater.
The drama department’s production of Stephen Sondheim’s
Tony-award winning musical Company
will open at 8 p.m. Friday, April 19, in the University Theatre. Tickets are
available in the Fine Arts Center box office and are $3 for UA students, $14
for UA faculty and staff, $16 for adults, $14 for seniors, and $7 for children
and non-UA students. Tickets may also be purchased online at http://drama.uark.edu The show will conclude April 28.
Continuing events include Jewish Studies Beyond the Holocaust and Crafted Identies.
As part of the Beyond the Holocaust series, an exhibit
titled Jewish Studies Beyond the Holocaust: Arkansas, History and the
World remains on display in the Helen Robson Walton Reading Room in
Mullins Library until Saturday, April 20.
Hosted by sUgAR Projects: Student Pop-Up Gallery, Crafted Identities: Honors thesis work by
Emily Chase, Melissa Love and Jeanne Vockroth remains on display until
Thursday, April 25, in the East Square Plaza, formerly the Bank of America
building, on the Fayetteville square.
This is not a comprehensive list. Please refer to the
University of Arkansas events calendar for more information. All events are
free and open to the public unless otherwise noted.