StetsonU’s Cultural Calendar for Spring 2013

Mary Anne Rogers January 28, 2013
Voice Professor Jane Christeson directs her voice student, while accompanied by another talented Stetson student.
Voice Professor Jane Christeson directs her voice student, while being accompanied on piano by another talented Stetson student.

Stetson University’s Spring 2013 Cultural Calendar offers something for everyone, including the School of Music concert schedule, the Theatre Arts Department’s production schedule and the exhibition schedule for Stetson’s Hand Art Center.

General admission to School of Music concerts, except in the case of the Stetson Opera Theatre, is $10; seniors $8; area students $5; free to the Stetson University community with ID, and concert series card holders. General admission to the Opera (Feb. 22 and 24): $20; seniors $15; area students $10. For more information, contact the School of Music at www2.stetson.edu/music, or call the Ticket Office at (386) 822-8950.

Ongoing art exhibitions at Stetson’s Hand Art Center include Oscar Bluemner’s Germany: Juxtaposing Jerichow – works from Stetson University’s Vera Bluemner Kouba Collection, running through April 29, 2013; and Bill Viola’s videotape collection, The Reflecting Pool – Collected Work 1977-80, also at the Hand Art Center, through March 19, 2013. Admission is free. For more information, contact the Hand Art Center at Stetson University at (386) 822-7270, or www2.stetson.edu/handartcenter.

February 2013

Music: Friday, Feb. 1– Stetson University Guest Recital featuring Sharyn Edwards, piano, part of the 17th Annual Piano Scholars Festival, 7:30 p.m. Lee Chapel inside Elizabeth Hall, 421 N. Woodland Blvd., DeLand.

Music: Saturday, Feb. 2– Stetson University Piano Scholars in Recital, part of the 17th Annual Piano Scholars Festival, 7:30 p.m. Lee Chapel inside Elizabeth Hall,421 N. Woodland Blvd., DeLand.

Music: Sunday, Feb. 3– Stetson University Faculty Recital featuring Edit Palmer, piano, and Michael Rickman, piano, part of the 17th Annual Piano Scholars Festival, 3 p.m. Lee Chapel inside Elizabeth Hall, 421 N. Woodland Blvd., DeLand.

Music: Tuesday, Feb. 5 – Stetson University Artist and Lecturer Series Concert featuring Rucco/James Guitar Duo, 7:30 p.m., Lee Chapel inside Elizabeth Hall, 421 N. Woodland Blvd., DeLand.

Music: Friday, Feb. 8– Stetson University “Sounds New” Concert featuring contemporary chamber music including new works by Stetson faculty composers Sydney Hodkinson and Manuel de Murga, 7:30 p.m. Lee Chapel inside Elizabeth Hall,421 N. Woodland Blvd., DeLand.

Theatre: Wednesday, Feb. 13 through Sunday, Feb. 17– Dracula adapted from Bram Stoker’s novel by Stephen Dietz. Stetson University Theatre Arts Second Stage, at the Museum of Florida Arts, 600 N. Woodland Blvd, DeLand. Show times at 8 p.m. on Feb. 13, 14, 15 and 16; and at 3 p.m. Feb. 17. Admission: $12 for adults; $10 for seniors, children and non-Stetson students. Stetson students, faculty and staff are admitted free with a valid Stetson I.D. Tickets will be available at the door and can be purchased by either cash or check. For information or reservations, call Stetson’s Theatre Arts at 386.822.8700. Reserved tickets must be picked up 30 minutes prior to curtain.

Music: Friday, Feb. 15– Stetson University Symphonic Band Concert with Douglas Phillips, conductor, 7:30 p.m. Lee Chapel inside Elizabeth Hall,421 N. Woodland Blvd., DeLand.

Music: Saturday, Feb. 16– Stetson University Faculty Recital featuring Lynn Musco, clarinet, and Michael Rickman, piano, 7:30 p.m. Lee Chapel inside Elizabeth Hall, 421 N. Woodland Blvd., DeLand.

Music: Sunday, Feb. 17– Stetson University presents Viola Consort featuring Jesus Alfonzo, director, 1 p.m. Lee Chapel inside Elizabeth Hall,421 N. Woodland Blvd., DeLand.

Music: Tuesday, Feb 19– Stetson University presents Music by Black Composers, 7:30 p.m. Lee Chapel inside Elizabeth Hall, 421 N. Woodland Blvd., DeLand.

Music: Friday, Feb. 22, and Sunday, Feb. 24– Stetson University Opera Theatre, Dvorak’s Rusalka, performances at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 22 and 3 p.m. Feb. 24. DeLand High School Auditorium, 800 N. Hill Ave., DeLand (at the corner of Hill and Plymouth avenues). Admission is free to Stetson faculty, students and staff with ID, and to Concert Series card holders. General admission: $20; seniors $15; area students $10.

Music: Saturday, Feb. 23 – Jazz Ensemble Master Class by Dan Jordan, famous saxophone artist. Master class: 11 a.m., Feb. 23, Feasel Rehearsal Hall, inside McMahan Hall, School of Music, 417 N. Woodland Blvd., DeLand. Open to the public.

Music: Tuesday, Feb. 26– Stetson University Guest Recital featuring Merling Piano Trio, part of the Artists & Lecturers Series, 7:30 p.m. Lee Chapel inside Elizabeth Hall,421 N. Woodland Blvd., DeLand.

Music: Wednesday, Feb. 27– Stetson University Jazz Ensemble Concert featuring Don Waldrop, director. Guest performer: Dan Jordan, saxophone. 7:30 p.m. Stetson Room, 2nd floor of the Carlton Union Building,131 E. Minnesota Ave., DeLand.

March 2013

Art: Wednesday, March 13—Stetson University’s Hand Art Center exhibition curator, Dr. Susanne Eules, will present a public lecture about the current Bluemner exhibition, “Jerichow,” 7 p.m. in Room 25 of the Instructional Media Center of the duPont-Ball Library (reached from the courtyard on the north side of the library), 134 E. Minnesota Ave., DeLand.

Music: Sunday, March 17– Stetson University Faculty Recital featuring Ann Adams, oboe; Boyd Jones, harpsichord; and Christine Kyprianides, viola da gamba, 3 p.m. Lee Chapel inside Elizabeth Hall, 421 N. Woodland Blvd., DeLand.

Music, Sunday, March 24– Stetson University Brass Ensembles Concert, 3 p.m. Lee Chapel inside Elizabeth Hall, 421 N. Woodland Blvd., DeLand.

Music: Tuesday, March 26– Stetson University Guitar Ensembles Concert, 7:30 p.m. Lee Chapel inside Elizabeth Hall, 421 N. Woodland Blvd., DeLand.

April 2013

Music: Tuesday, April 2– Stetson University Chamber Orchestra Concert featuring Anthony Hose, conductor, 7 p.m. Life Point Community Church, 1747 W. New York Ave., DeLand.

Music: Friday, April 5– Stetson University Music by Student Composers Concert, 7:30 p.m. Lee Chapel inside Elizabeth Hall,421 N. Woodland Blvd., DeLand.

Music: Sunday, April 7– Stetson University Faculty Recital, Celebrating 30 Years, featuring Michael Rickman, piano, 3 p.m. Lee Chapel inside Elizabeth Hall, 421 N. Woodland Blvd., DeLand.

Music: Friday, April 12– Stetson University Symphony Orchestra Concert featuring Anthony Hose, conductor, 7:30 p.m. Lee Chapel inside Elizabeth Hall, 421 N. Woodland Blvd., DeLand.

Music: Saturday, April 13– Stetson University Percussion Ensembles Concert featuring Marja Kerney, director, 3 p.m. Lee Chapel inside Elizabeth Hall,421 N. Woodland Blvd., DeLand.

Music: Sunday, April 14– Stetson University Woodwind Ensembles Concert, 3 p.m. Lee Chapel inside Elizabeth Hall,421 N. Woodland Blvd., DeLand.

Music: Tuesday, April 16– Stetson University Stetson’s Women’s Chorale and Stetson Men, featuring Andrew Larson, conductor for the Women’s Chorale, and Timothy Peter, conductor for the Stetson Men, 7:30 p.m. Lee Chapel inside Elizabeth Hall, 421 N. Woodland Blvd., DeLand.

Theatre: Thursday, April 18 through Sunday, April 21– Dancing at Lughnasa by Brian Friel. Stetson University Theatre Arts Second Stage, at the Museum of Florida Arts, at 600 N. Woodland Blvd., DeLand. Show times at 8 p.m. April 18, 19 and 20; and 3 p.m. April 21. Admission: $12 for adults; $10 for seniors, children and non-Stetson students. Stetson students, faculty and staff are admitted free with a valid Stetson I.D. Tickets will be available at the door and can be purchased by either cash or check. For information or reservations, call Stetson’s Theatre Arts at 386.822.8700. Reserved tickets must be picked up 30 minutes prior to curtain.

Music: Friday, April 19– Stetson University Recital featuring Jane Christeson, mezzo soprano; Michael Rickman, piano; and CD release of music by Inocente Carreno, 7:30 p.m. Lee Chapel inside Elizabeth Hall, 421 N. Woodland Blvd., DeLand.

Music: Saturday, April 20– Stetson University Symphonic Band Concert featuring Douglas Phillips, conductor, 7:30 p.m. Lee Chapel inside Elizabeth Hall,421 N. Woodland Blvd., DeLand.

Music: Tuesday. April 23– Stetson University Choral Union Concert featuring Andrew Larson, conductor, 7:30 p.m. First Baptist Church, 725 N. Woodland Blvd., DeLand.

Music: Wednesday, April 24– Stetson University Jazz Ensemble Concert featuring Don Waldrop, conductor, 7:30 p.m. Stetson Room, 2nd floor of the Carlton Union Building, 131 E. Minnesota Ave., DeLand. Celebrating the music of Duke Ellington; Linda Cole, guest vocalist.

Music: Friday, April 26– Stetson University Concert Choir Concert featuring Timothy Peter, conductor, 7:30 p.m. Lee Chapel inside Elizabeth Hall, 421 N. Woodland Blvd., DeLand.

May 2013

Music: Saturday, May 18– Stetson University Community School of Music Young Singers Concert featuring Claudia Gatewood, conductor, 7:30 p.m. Lee Chapel inside Elizabeth Hall, 421 N. Woodland Blvd., DeLand.