When you have a passion for your artistry, it shows. So it was no surprise that the expert guitar playing by junior music student Lyndall Vickers filled the lobby with joy while guests were entering Stetson University’s Gala in October at the Westin Hotel in Lake Mary, Fla. The event kicked off a comprehensive campaign […]
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“The more differences that exist among us, the more chances we have to query our own assumptions,” said Terri Witek, Ph.D., professor of English and award-winning poet, about her poetry workshop. It is not unusual to find extensive diversity in her classroom because she provides a safe place for people with different majors, ethnicities, genders, […]
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Stetson University presents An Evening of Improv, Thursday through Saturday, Nov. 19-21, at 8 p.m., and Sunday, Nov. 22, at 3 p.m., in Stetson Theatre Arts’ “Second Stage” located inside the Museum of Art, 600 N. Woodland Blvd., adjacent to the DeLand campus. The art of improvisational performing, ‘improv,’ is very short-lived, existing in a universe of fresh and […]
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The following senior music recitals are scheduled Sunday, Nov. 15, in Lee Chapel, inside Elizabeth Hall. They are free and open to the public. Stetson University School of Music seniors are required to perform their final recitals as a requirement for their major. Erich Schwarz, trombone, major: Music Education, Studio of David Schmidt Nov. 15 […]
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Ayden Adler, Ph.D., dean of the New World Symphony, America’s Orchestral Academy, will speak at Stetson University’s School of Music on Thursday, Nov. 12, from 9-9:50 a.m. Sponsored by the School of Music, Adler’s appearance will take place in 202c Presser Hall, 419 N. Woodland Blvd., and is scheduled as part of the curriculum for […]
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Stetson University School of Music Upcoming Events: Stetson Opera Theatre Chamber Orchestra La Griselda by Alessandro Scarlatti Russell Franks, director Anthony Hose, conductor Ticketed Event Tuesday, November 10 7:30 p.m., Lee Chapel, Elizabeth Hall Pre-performance talk by Daniil Zavlunov | 6:30 p.m. | Presser Hall room 112 A face that captivated a king …and almost […]
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The Stetson University School of Music proudly presents the following concerts from Oct. 30 through Nov. 8. Percussion Ensemble Marja Kerney, director Complimentary Admission Friday, October 30 7:30p.m., Lee Chapel, Elizabeth Hall The program for the Percussion Ensemble concert includes Marubatoo by John Wyre; Toccata for Percussion by Carlos Chávez; Fractalia by Owen Clayton Condon; Trois Fugues […]
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Stetson University will present “Rabbis, Rebels and Supreme Court Justices: How Jewish Women Shaped Modern America,” 7 p.m., Tuesday, Nov. 3, part of the Malka Altman Memorial Lecture Series in Jewish Studies at Stetson. Guest lecturer will be Joyce Antler, Ph.D., the Samuel B. Lane Professor of American Jewish History and Culture and Women’s and […]
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Florida naturalist John Serrao will present “Our Amazing Arachnids—Florida’s Spiders and Their Kin,” at Stetson University’s Science Cafe, 7 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 22, at the Gillespie Museum, 234 East Michigan Ave., on the DeLand campus. “People are fascinated by spiders, scorpions and other arachnids, but not always in a positive way,” explains Serrao. “This slide program […]
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“Just like writing about the future is a way of talking about the past, fairy tales are a way of talking about the real world,” said Salman Rushdie while presenting his new novel, Two Years, Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights during an event at Miami Dade College in mid-September. Rushdie is the dedicated author of […]
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The Stetson University Jazz Ensemble will present Florida’s own, Linda Cole, jazz vocalist extraordinaire, in concert Wednesday, Sept. 30, 7:30 p.m., in the Stetson Room, second floor of the Carlton Union Building, 131 E. Minnesota Ave., on Stetson’s DeLand campus. Under the leadership of Music Professor Patrick Hennessey, director of Stetson’s Jazz Ensemble, Stetson’s 17-member big band […]
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Are you free on Saturday, Sept. 26? The three Stetson museums, along with eleven other sites in West Volusia, will be open, and offer free admission as part of the Smithsonian Magazine’s Museum Day. Along with its permanent collection of minerals and earth science displays, including one about Smithsonian benefactor, mineralogist James Smithson, the Gillespie […]
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Stetson University begins its 110th season with Neil Simon’s wacky comedy “Laughter on the 23rd Floor” on Oct. 1-3, at 8 p.m. and Oct. 4 at 3 p.m., in Stetson Theatre Arts’ Second Stage in DeLand’s Museum of Art. Set in 1953 on the 23rd floor of a tall building in New York where NBC […]
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The opening reception at Stetson’s Hand Art Center celebrated three new exhibits, all revolving around the theme of nature in general and humanity’s relation to it, in particular. These exhibits are Oscar Bluemner’s Orient–featuring works from the Vera Bluemner Kouba Collection, as well as Drifters by Pam Longobardi, and also featured works by sound artists […]
Continue ReadingStetson University’s Friends of Music invite all faculty, students, staff and members of the public, to the 2015-16 Friends of Music Recital, held each year in celebration of the beginning of the new academic year. This year’s concert will be at 7:30 p.m., Friday, Aug. 21, in Lee Chapel, inside Elizabeth Hall, located at 421 […]
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Scullers call it flat water. They prize it for its calm fluidity, and Lake Beresford in DeLand has it for miles. The flat water here rarely ripples unless a rock or oar glides across its surface. University, prep school and international teams travel here to practice and prepare for competition on its deep-green, glassy […]
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The Stetson University School of Music has been awarded the 2015 Best of DeLand Award in the Performing Arts category by the DeLand Award Program. This annual awards program determines the winners of each category based on each business’ ability to enhance the DeLand area and make it a great place to live, work and […]
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Oscar Bluemner and the Orient: Works from Stetson University’s Vera Bluemner Kouba Collection Opening Reception: Friday, Aug. 28, 6-8 p.m., Hand Art Center Aug. 14 – Dec. 4, 2015, Hand Art Center, Stetson University The exhibition Oscar Bluemner and the Orient: Works from the Vera Bluemner Kouba Collection features a selection of artworks by American […]
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Stetson University has selected noted environmentalist and policy expert Clay Henderson as the first executive director of its newly established Institute for Water and Environmental Resilience. The institute, a first of its kind at Stetson, will focus on water and environmental research in order to offer policy options to protect them and other natural resources […]
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Kimberly Reiter, Ph.D., associate professor of history, has been awarded a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Enduring Questions grant. Reiter was surprised and excited about the possibilities of what winning this grant could provide for her and her students. “I quite frankly did not expect to be selected,” Reiter said. “However, I had heard about it […]
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