McDaniel College Presents Their Cultural Events for April

McDaniel College is offering a diverse calendar of art, music and theatre events throughout April. Unless otherwise noted, all events are free and open to the public. For more information, call 410-857-2599.

ART EXHIBITS
Information and gallery hours: Call 410-857-2595 or visit www.mcdaniel.edu/5531.htm

"That's What She Said," Honor Students Art Exhibit
Through April 2
An opening reception will be held 7-9 p.m. March 23 in Rice Gallery in Peterson Hall.
The show will feature work from senior art students Amanda Beck Mauck, Kimberly Clemens, Rachel Held, Tyler Mullan, Jessica Paskowski, and Amelia Reiniger.

Annual Kathryn E. Wentz Juried Undergraduate Exhibition
April 6 - April 16
An opening reception will be held 7-9 p.m. April 6 in Rice Gallery in Peterson Hall.
The exhibition, which will feature sculpture, painting, photography, drawing, and other media, is open to all McDaniel College art students, who may submit multiple examples of their work for consideration. Professional artists and art educators serve as the exhibition's jurors. Winners in eight categories, including Best in Show, will be announced during the opening reception.

"Strokes of Genius," the first of two Senior Capstone Student Exhibitions
April 20 - April 30
An opening reception will be held 7-9 p.m. April 20 in Rice Gallery in Peterson Hall.
The show will feature work from seniors Jackie Buehrle, Holly Buell, Tommy Dembeck, Marina Feeser, Emily Hajjar, Kathryn Harlow, Whitney Kiler, Tina Nguyen, David Olorunfemi, Sara Sewell, and Konrad Sieber.

MUSIC
Information: Call 410-857-2599 or visit www.mcdaniel.edu/3490.htm

Chamber Music on the Hill presents Strings in Spring
7 p.m. April 11 in Baker Chapel
Tickets: $15 for adults; $10 for seniors and veterans; free admission for children and students with valid ID
The program features the Azimuth String Quartet - Nicholas Currie, violin; James Tung, violin; Alice Tung, viola; and Adam Gonzalez, cello - performing Beethoven's String Quartet, Op. 59; Mozart's String Quartet, K. 465 ("Dissonant"); and Puccini's Chrysanthemum. The ensemble recently joined Carroll Community College as quartet in residence. Nicholas Currie is principal second of Concert Artists of Baltimore, and concertmaster of the Mid-Atlantic Symphony. James Tung is concertmaster for both the Frederick and the Westminster Symphony Orchestras and is on the music faculty of Carroll and Frederick Community colleges. A member of the McDaniel music faculty, Alice Tung performs with the Maryland and Frederick Symphony Orchestras and is principal violist of the Westminster Symphony. Adam Gonzalez, who is principal cellist of the Mid-Atlantic Symphony, has taught at Georgetown University and Montgomery College, and was director of Instrumental Music at the Waldorf School in Baltimore.

Student Jazz Guitar Ensemble
7 p.m. April 13 in Baker Chapel
Under the direction of Tim Jenkins, adjunct lecturer in Music, the Jazz Guitar Ensemble will feature both original compositions and jazz standards. McDaniel Students Keith Adams, Felipe Fonseca, Jon Gore-Langton, Patrick Gosey, Michael Monaco, Tom Nelson and Dan Parsons will perform selections including "Bluesette," Toots Thielemans; "Till There Was You," Meredith Willson; "Semi-Hollow Body," Tim Jenkins; and "Going Out Of Business," Tim Jenkins.

Student Clarinet Ensemble
7:30 p.m. April 23 in Levine RecitAl Hall
David Duree, adjunct lecturer in Music, directs an ensemble of 11, including one McDaniel Student, as the group performs pieces that include: "Hungarian Impressions," Jan Van der Roost, "Episode for Clarinets," Bruce Ronkin; "Grenadilla Rhapsody," Rosemary Lang; "Canzonetta," Felix Mendelssohn (transcribed by John De Bueris); and "Spring Into Swing," Lennie Newhouse (composer/arranger). The group also will perform new music recently purchased for the College's library with funds from a Verizon Foundation grant.

"Flower of Beauty," College Choir Concert
7 p.m. April 25 in Baker Memorial Chapel
The College Choir consists of more than 60 students under the direction of Music professor Margaret Boudreaux, accompanied by David Kreider, senior lecturer in Music. Other Music faculty involved are Eric Byrd, lecturer, and Ted Dix, adjunct lecturer. The performance will include contrasting sets of love songs, including selections from the Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms, Five Hebrew Love Songs by Eric Whitacre, Robert Burns Ballads by James Mulholland, and Chanson de Roses by Morton Lauredson. Companion pieces include an Arabic love song, Lbintish Shalabiyyah, arranged by Shireen Abu-Khader, and an original work composed by SabrIna Clarke ‘10, "Fair are the Flowers," based on poetry by Richard Realf. In addition to the love songs, the choir will perform two particularly inspirational works: "My Soul's Been Anchored in the Lord," by Moses Hogan, and "Go Ye Children," by Stephen Porter. As always, the choir will include songs that invite audience participation, and it will encourage choir alumni to the stage to close the concert with "The Lord Bless You and Keep You," by Peter Lutkin.

The McDaniel Brass Ensemble
7 p.m. April 26 in Baker Memorial Chapel
Four McDaniel Students under the direction of Rachel Zephir, adjunct lecturer in Music, will perform selections from Bach to the Beatles.

Student Chamber Music Ensembles
7 p.m. April 27 in Baker Chapel
McDaniel College's Woodwind Quintet, Flute Quartet, and Flute Choir will perform under the direction of Linda Kirkpatrick, senior lecturer in Music. The Woodwind Quintet will play selections from "The Carnival of the Animals" by Saint-Saens. The flute choir will perform a set of Renaissance tunes, two baroque works, and a piece by local composer Jonathan Cohen titled "Now in Two Flute Flavors." The Flute Quartet is performing works by Catherine McMichael, Gary Schocker and Mozart.

THEATRE
Box Office: Call 410-857-2448 or visit www.mcdaniel.edu/3594.htm

"Vanities"
7:30 p.m. April 14-17 in WMC Alumni Hall
Tickets: $7 for adults; $5 for seniors, students, and the McDaniel community.

"Vanities" is the astute, thought-provoking, laugh-out-loud tale of an innocent America coming of age, as seen through the eyes of three Texas girls from the early 60s to the mid-70s. In 1963, Joanne, Kathy and Mary are vivacious cheerleaders. Five years later in their college sorority house, they confront their futures with nervous jauntiness. In 1974, they reunite briefly in New York to find their lives have diverged and their friendship is strained and ambiguous.

This bittersweet comedy, written by Jack Heifner, ran for five years in New York and became one of the longest-running plays in off-Broadway history.

Arts Manager Josh Selzer directs the production, which features senior Colleen Alford, and sophomores Brooke Hain and Courtney Zimmerman.

"In addition to offering three great roles for women, the play says so much about our society," Selzer says. "It looks at the ways we're brought up and conditioned from early childhood to want certain things and to continue certain patterns, and what happens when we start to mature and realize that maybe we don't really want those things or fit those patterns."

McDaniel College, a private four-year college of the liberal arts and sciences, was founded in 1867 as Western Maryland College. Students pursue more than 60 programs of study, including dual majors and student-designed majors. The 1,700 undergraduates and 1,300 graduate students receive personal attention and take advantage of leadership opportunities in the close-knit community, where the average class size is 17 and professors are dedicated mentors. The 160-acre campus is located in Westminster, Md., 30 miles northwest of Baltimore and 56 miles north of Washington, D.C.

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