JANUARY-FEBRUARY EVENTS AT MEADOWS
Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2013 11:23 am
JANUARY-FEBRUARY 2013 EVENTS AT SMU’S MEADOWS SCHOOL OF THE ARTS & MEADOWS MUSEUM
JANUARY
Pollock Gallery Exhibit: "From Yellow Clay to Black Gumbo: Earth Movers in the
Lone Star State"
What: Eighteen Texas university instructors of ceramics gather to exhibit their recent
works. The exhibition opens at the Pollock Gallery, then travels to the National
Council on Education in the Ceramic Arts (NCECA) conference in Houston in
March. The exhibition displays a crosscut of current faculty research in the state
with examples from ceramics’ three conventions: architecture, the figure and the
table. The exhibit is organized by Brian Molanphy, assistant professor of ceramics
at SMU.
When: January 22 - February 16, 2013. Hours are 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Mon., Tues., Thurs.
and Fri., and 1-5 p.m. Sat. Closing reception: Feb. 16, 5-7 p.m.
Where: Pollock Gallery in Hughes-Trigg Student Center, 3140 Dyer St. on SMU campus,
Dallas (75205)
Cost: FREE
Info: Call 214-768-4439.
Meadows Dance: Sharp Show
What: The Sharp Show is an annual showcase of outstanding original works
choreographed and produced by seniors in the Division of Dance.
When: January 25-27; 8 p.m. Fri. & Sat. and 2 p.m. Sun.
Where: Sharp Studio, Room B100 (basement level) - Owen Arts Center, 6101 Bishop
Blvd. on SMU campus, Dallas (75205)
Cost: FREE, but tickets are required.
Info: For tickets or more information, call 214-768-2787.
Comini Lecture Series: "From Print to Icon/Icon to Print: Replicating Sacred Space
at Sinai"
Who: Kristine M. Larison, Tufts Fellow and Adjunct Lecturer of Art History, SMU
What: Topographical images of Mount Sinai and the Monastery of St. Catherine
appear in both painted devotional panels and print media at the end of the 16th
century. Employing the visual conventions of early modern mapmaking and
Renaissance landscapes, these loca sancta images also drew upon an established
visual culture at the Sinai monastery to promote its identity as an important focus
of Christian pilgrimage after a century in which religious and political boundaries
in the Eastern Mediterranean were significantly altered. By creating an icon of
place, the 16th-century topographical view of Mount Sinai asserted the authority
of its holy sites and the ongoing access to this sacred past. The new "spatial
image" provided a reenactment of pious travel through the process of viewing,
thus offering an alternate means of encountering the divine on the "holy and
God-trodden" mountain.
When: January 31 at 5:30 p.m.
Where: Bob and Jean Smith Auditorium in the Meadows Museum, 5900 Bishop Blvd.
on SMU campus, Dallas (75205)
Cost: FREE
Info: Call 214-768-2698.
Museum Access Program: INsights & OUTlooks
What: Acknowledging that every museum visitor possesses a unique set of interests
and abilities, this program offers participants multiple ways to engage with and
discover works of art. Through a variety of activities based on interdisciplinary
connections and diverse perspectives, each evening will invite a broad and
in-depth exploration of a single work from the museum’s collection. The
program is presented by education staff and guest artist John Bramblitt,
who is blind.
When: January 31 at 6 p.m.
Where: Meadows Museum, 5900 Bishop Blvd. on SMU campus, Dallas (75205)
Cost: FREE, but pre-registration is required.
Info: For more information and to register, call 214-768-4677.
FEBRUARY
Friday Morning Lecture Series: "Nation Building: The Search for National Identity in
Latin America"
Who: Dr. Luis Martín, Professor Emeritus of History, SMU
What: The invasion of Spain by Napoleon in 1808 precipitated the collapse of the
Spanish Empire and began the long, painful process of Latin American
independence and of the creation of new nation-states. This 11-part lecture
series will examine and analyze that process of "nation building" and the roles
played in it by the different segments of colonial society: Indians, mestizos,
creoles and peninsulares. Attention will also be paid to the impact delivered on
the wars of independence by merchant guilds, the landowners, the church and
the colonial army. A few men of destiny will be presented as leaders of the
transition from colonies to independent nations: men like Tupac Amaru, Hidalgo,
San Martin and Bolivar. Once Spain was defeated and Latin America was
liberated from the colonial yoke, the different regions of the continent engaged in
several wars among themselves to determine their borders and frontiers and to
crystallize their national identities.
When: February 1 - April 26, 2013 (no lectures March 15 & 29), 10:30 a.m.
Where: Bob and Jean Smith Auditorium, Meadows Museum, 5900 Bishop Blvd. on
SMU campus, Dallas (75205)
Cost: $40 total for all 11 lectures; free for museum members and SMU faculty, staff
and students. Pre-registration is required.
Info: For more information and to register, call 214-768-2740.
Meadows Symphony Orchestra: "Student Conductors’ Concert"
What: Graduate students in the conducting program at SMU Meadows lead the
Meadows Symphony in a concert featuring winners of the Meadows
Undergraduate Concerto Competition as soloists. The program will include
Mozart’s Alleluia and Magic Flute Overture, Rossini’s "Una voce poca fa,"
Prokofiev’s Lieutenant Kij├â┬⌐ Suite, Saint-Sa├â┬½ns’ Morceau de Concert and
Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 2. Student conductors are Eldred Marshall,
Jonathan Moore and Parisa Zaeri. Soloists will include Daniel Hawkins, horn,
and Rebecca Roose, soprano.
When: February 1 at 8 p.m. and February 3 at 3 p.m.
Where: Caruth Auditorium in the Owen Arts Center, 6101 Bishop Blvd. on SMU
campus, Dallas (75205)
Cost: FREE
Info: Call 214-768-1951.
Hawn Gallery Exhibit: "Linda Darnell: From Dallas to Hollywood - Selections from the
Jeff Gordon Collection"
What: Film historian Jeff Gordon (Foxy Lady: The Authorized Biography of Lynn Bari)
has bequeathed his extensive collection of posters, lobby cards, scrapbooks and
other film-related items to SMU. Although the collection will not be transferred
to SMU for some time, Gordon is curating this exhibition drawn from its holdings
as a "sneak preview," with special attention being paid to the acting career of
Dallas native Linda Darnell (Forever Amber, A Letter to Three Wives).
When: February 3 - May 17, 2013. Open during regular library hours: 8 a.m.-
midnight Mon.-Thurs.; 8 a.m.-6 p.m. Fri.; 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Sat.; 1 p.m.- midnight
Sun.
Where: Mildred Hawn Gallery, Hamon Arts Library - Owen Arts Center, 6101 Bishop
Blvd. on SMU campus, Dallas (75205)
Cost: FREE
Info: Call 214-768-2303.
Expanding Your Horizons Brown Bag Concert Series:
International Folk Musicians Miguel Antonio & Vladimir Kaliazin
What: Vladimir Kaliazin, Grammy-nominated master of the Russian bayan (button
accordion), joins guitar virtuoso Miguel Antonio in a diverse concert of folk
music from Russia, Costa Rica and points in between.
When: February 6 at 12 p.m.
Where: Taubman Atrium in the Owen Arts Center, 6101 Bishop Blvd. on SMU
campus, Dallas (75205)
Cost: FREE
Info: Call 214-768-1951.
Meadows Opera Theatre: Albert Herring by Benjamin Britten
What: This virtuoso comic masterpiece tells the tale of the only virgin left in a small
English town, a meek, shy mama’s boy who is crowned May King when none
of the local girls are deemed pure enough to wear the crown. When his buddies
secretly spike his coronation lemonade with rum, Albert goes on a bender and
gains the courage to discover what the world outside his mama’s greengrocer
shop has to offer, much to the shock and horror of the proper, puritanical
townsfolk! Full of delightfully wicked, deftly drawn characters, Britten’s chamber
opera sparkles with freshness, color and limitless charm. Sung in English with
English supertitles, this production is part of the official Britten 100 International
Centenary Celebration of the composer’s birth. Directed by Hank Hammett;
accompanied by the Meadows Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Paul Phillips.
When: February 7-10; 8 p.m. Thurs.-Sat. and 2 p.m. Sun.
Where: Bob Hope Theatre in the Owen Arts Center, 6101 Bishop Blvd. on SMU campus,
Dallas (75205)
Cost: $13 adults, $10 seniors, $7 students/SMU faculty & staff
Info: Call 214-768-2787.
Faculty Artist and Distinguished Alumni Recital Series:
Matt Albert, violin, and guest artist Adam Marks, piano
What: Meadows faculty artist Matt Albert and pianist Adam Marks present a recital
that explores music both groove-based and melodic for violin and piano.
Playing works by John Adams, Maurice Ravel, Michael van der Sloot, Henryk
Górecki and Sergei Prokofiev, Albert and Marks tour rhythmically driven music
with high-octane emotion.
When: February 11 at 8 p.m.
Where: Caruth Auditorium in the Owen Arts Center, 6101 Bishop Blvd. on SMU
campus, Dallas (75205)
Cost: $13 for adults, $10 for seniors, $7 for students and SMU faculty & staff
Info: Call 214-768-2787.
Music at the Meadows: Concert on the 18th-Century Oldovini Organ
What: Kristofer Kiesel, an organ major in SMU’s Master of Music degree program, will
present a concert on the Meadows Museum’s Oldovini organ. Built in 1762 by
Pascoal Caetano Oldovini for the Cathedral of Evora in Portugal, this
single-manual organ is the only instrument by Oldovini to be found outside the
Iberian Peninsula. Enjoy a Valentine’s concert of centuries-old music on an
18th-century organ surrounded by masterworks in the museum’s permanent
collection.
When: February 14 at 5:30 p.m.
Where: Meadows Museum, 5900 Bishop Blvd. on SMU campus, Dallas (75205)
Cost: FREE
Info: Call 214-768-4677.
Faculty Piano Recital: Liudmila Georgievskaya
What: This solo recital by award-winning Russian pianist Liudmila Georgievskaya
will feature Tchaikovsky’s Grand Sonata in G Major, op. 37. Georgievskaya
received an Artist Certificate from the Meadows School in 2010 as a student
of Joaquín Achúcarro and is currently on the Meadows faculty. She has
performed in Russia, Italy, Uzbekistan, Ukraine, France, England, Hungary,
Panama and the United States.
When: February 16 at 8 p.m.
Where: Caruth Auditorium in the Owen Arts Center, 6101 Bishop Blvd. on SMU
campus, Dallas (75205)
Cost: FREE
Info: Call 214-768-1951.
Meadows Museum Art Activity: "Drawing from the Masters"
What: Guest artist Ian O’Brien leads afternoons of informal drawing instruction based
on works in the Meadows Museum’s permanent collection. Each session will
provide an opportunity to explore a variety of techniques and improve drawing
skills. Designed for adults and students ages 15 and older, and open to all
levels of experience. Drawing materials will be available, but participants are
encouraged to bring their own sketchpads and pencils. No registration is required.
Attendance is limited to 20 and is on a first-come, first-served basis.
When: February 17, 1:30-3 p.m.
Where: Meadows Museum, 5900 Bishop Blvd. on SMU campus, Dallas (75205)
Cost: Free with regular museum admission, which is $10 for adults; $8 for seniors; $4
for non-SMU students; and FREE for children under 12, museum members and
SMU students, faculty and staff.
Info: Call 214-768-4677.
Public Debate Series: SMU vs. The Great Debaters
What: Debate teams from SMU and Wiley College will match up in a continuation of
their long-term relationship. Wiley, a historically black college in Marshall, Texas,
was highlighted in the 2007 film The Great Debaters, the story of the school’s
1935 debate team that broke racial boundaries and defeated a national
championship team from a white university. SMU had invited Wiley to campus in
1935, but the debate had to be canceled; the two schools finally kept their debate
appointment in 2009. The topic of the February debate will be a current
controversy of interest to general audiences. The event is open to the public. The
debate program is sponsored by the SMU Meadows Division of Communication
Studies.
When: February 20 at 7 p.m.
Where: O’Donnell Auditorium, Room 2130 - Owen Arts Center, 6101 Bishop Blvd.
on SMU campus, Dallas (75205)
Cost: FREE
Info: Call 214-768-1574.
Young Educators Seminar
What: Music educators are invited to attend a session on "Teaching Music to
21st-Century Students: Keeping It Relevant" with Alicia Arruda, Carisa
Niemeyer and Lynne Jackson. A certificate for Continuing Professional
Education credit will be available.
When: February 21 at 6:30 p.m.
Where: O’Donnell Auditorium, Room 2130 - Owen Arts Center, 6101 Bishop Blvd.
on SMU campus, Dallas (75205)
Cost: FREE
Info: Call 214-850-7814.
Meadows Wind Ensemble: "I Have a Dream"
What: The Meadows Wind Ensemble and conductor Jack Delaney present a Black
History Month celebration of the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King’s
"I Have a Dream" speech, featuring a performance of the iconic speech with
narration by distinguished Meadows alumnus and star of opera and oratorio
Donnie Ray Albert. The program also includes a gospel collaboration with the
incomparable Hamilton Park Baptist Church Men’s Chorus, conducted by John
Sherow-Tatum, and a performance of Olly Wilson’s A City Called Heaven. In
addition, Albert will perform two traditional spirituals: "A City Called Heaven,"
based on the Olly Wilson work, and "At the River."
When: February 22 at 8 p.m.
Where: Caruth Auditorium in the Owen Arts Center, 6101 Bishop Blvd. on SMU
campus, Dallas (75205)
Cost: $13 adults, $10 seniors, $7 students/SMU faculty & staff
Info: Call 214-768-2787.
Brown Bag Dance Series
What: The Brown Bag Dance Series features free lunchtime performances of 10-15 short
ballet, modern and jazz works. The Brown Bag Series offers student
choreographers a chance to showcase their own original and inventive works,
some of which have evolved into national award-winning productions.
When: February 25 - March 1; 12 p.m. Mon., Wed. and Fri.; 12:30 p.m. Tues. and Thurs.
Where: Bob Hope Lobby of the Owen Arts Center, 6101 Bishop Blvd. on SMU campus,
Dallas (75205)
Cost: FREE
Info: Call 214-768-2718.
Play: The Rimers of Eldritch by Lanford Wilson
What: The Rimers of Eldritch has been described as a play that prefigured David
Lynch’s film Blue Velvet. This early work is by the Pulitzer Prize winner
Lanford Wilson, a member of the Theater Hall of Fame, who was elected to
the American Academy of Arts and Letters and received the PEN/Laura Pels
International Foundation for Theater Award as a Master American Dramatist.
New York Times critic Mel Gussow said it "looks behind the Spoon River
Anthology exterior in order to expose the warring frustrations…of a small
ghostly town frozen in time and place, the mid-century in the Middle West."
Directed by Benard Cummings, assistant professor in the Division of Theatre.
When: February 27 - March 3, 2013; 8 p.m. Wed.-Sat.; 2 p.m. Sat. & Sun.
Where: Greer Garson Theatre in the Owen Arts Center, 6101 Bishop Blvd. on SMU
campus, Dallas (75205)
Cost: $13 for adults, $10 for seniors, $7 for students and SMU faculty & staff
Info: Call 214-768-2787.
Museum Thursday Evening Lecture: "Fans, Fame and the Roman Circus"
Who: Sinclair Bell, Associate Professor of Art History, Northern Illinois University
What: In the first century A.D., the funeral for Felix, a charioteer of the Red team,
made headlines when one of his fans immolated himself on his favorite’s funeral
pyre. While an extreme example, fan behavior in ancient Rome is not unknown.
Yet where charioteers assumed a highly visible presence in Roman society and
have been much studied, the fans whom they inspired remain largely overlooked
and poorly understood. This talk demonstrates how the study of the sports fan,
who sat at the fault line between staged spectacles and everyday life, can
enlighten us in new ways about the centrality of the circus to Roman culture. This
lecture is sponsored by the Archaeological Institute of America (Dallas-Fort
Worth Society). Museum members receive priority seating until 5:40 p.m.
When: February 28 at 6 p.m.
Where: Bob and Jean Smith Auditorium in the Meadows Museum, 5900 Bishop Blvd.
on SMU campus, Dallas (75205)
Cost: FREE
Info: Call 214-768-4677
JANUARY
Pollock Gallery Exhibit: "From Yellow Clay to Black Gumbo: Earth Movers in the
Lone Star State"
What: Eighteen Texas university instructors of ceramics gather to exhibit their recent
works. The exhibition opens at the Pollock Gallery, then travels to the National
Council on Education in the Ceramic Arts (NCECA) conference in Houston in
March. The exhibition displays a crosscut of current faculty research in the state
with examples from ceramics’ three conventions: architecture, the figure and the
table. The exhibit is organized by Brian Molanphy, assistant professor of ceramics
at SMU.
When: January 22 - February 16, 2013. Hours are 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Mon., Tues., Thurs.
and Fri., and 1-5 p.m. Sat. Closing reception: Feb. 16, 5-7 p.m.
Where: Pollock Gallery in Hughes-Trigg Student Center, 3140 Dyer St. on SMU campus,
Dallas (75205)
Cost: FREE
Info: Call 214-768-4439.
Meadows Dance: Sharp Show
What: The Sharp Show is an annual showcase of outstanding original works
choreographed and produced by seniors in the Division of Dance.
When: January 25-27; 8 p.m. Fri. & Sat. and 2 p.m. Sun.
Where: Sharp Studio, Room B100 (basement level) - Owen Arts Center, 6101 Bishop
Blvd. on SMU campus, Dallas (75205)
Cost: FREE, but tickets are required.
Info: For tickets or more information, call 214-768-2787.
Comini Lecture Series: "From Print to Icon/Icon to Print: Replicating Sacred Space
at Sinai"
Who: Kristine M. Larison, Tufts Fellow and Adjunct Lecturer of Art History, SMU
What: Topographical images of Mount Sinai and the Monastery of St. Catherine
appear in both painted devotional panels and print media at the end of the 16th
century. Employing the visual conventions of early modern mapmaking and
Renaissance landscapes, these loca sancta images also drew upon an established
visual culture at the Sinai monastery to promote its identity as an important focus
of Christian pilgrimage after a century in which religious and political boundaries
in the Eastern Mediterranean were significantly altered. By creating an icon of
place, the 16th-century topographical view of Mount Sinai asserted the authority
of its holy sites and the ongoing access to this sacred past. The new "spatial
image" provided a reenactment of pious travel through the process of viewing,
thus offering an alternate means of encountering the divine on the "holy and
God-trodden" mountain.
When: January 31 at 5:30 p.m.
Where: Bob and Jean Smith Auditorium in the Meadows Museum, 5900 Bishop Blvd.
on SMU campus, Dallas (75205)
Cost: FREE
Info: Call 214-768-2698.
Museum Access Program: INsights & OUTlooks
What: Acknowledging that every museum visitor possesses a unique set of interests
and abilities, this program offers participants multiple ways to engage with and
discover works of art. Through a variety of activities based on interdisciplinary
connections and diverse perspectives, each evening will invite a broad and
in-depth exploration of a single work from the museum’s collection. The
program is presented by education staff and guest artist John Bramblitt,
who is blind.
When: January 31 at 6 p.m.
Where: Meadows Museum, 5900 Bishop Blvd. on SMU campus, Dallas (75205)
Cost: FREE, but pre-registration is required.
Info: For more information and to register, call 214-768-4677.
FEBRUARY
Friday Morning Lecture Series: "Nation Building: The Search for National Identity in
Latin America"
Who: Dr. Luis Martín, Professor Emeritus of History, SMU
What: The invasion of Spain by Napoleon in 1808 precipitated the collapse of the
Spanish Empire and began the long, painful process of Latin American
independence and of the creation of new nation-states. This 11-part lecture
series will examine and analyze that process of "nation building" and the roles
played in it by the different segments of colonial society: Indians, mestizos,
creoles and peninsulares. Attention will also be paid to the impact delivered on
the wars of independence by merchant guilds, the landowners, the church and
the colonial army. A few men of destiny will be presented as leaders of the
transition from colonies to independent nations: men like Tupac Amaru, Hidalgo,
San Martin and Bolivar. Once Spain was defeated and Latin America was
liberated from the colonial yoke, the different regions of the continent engaged in
several wars among themselves to determine their borders and frontiers and to
crystallize their national identities.
When: February 1 - April 26, 2013 (no lectures March 15 & 29), 10:30 a.m.
Where: Bob and Jean Smith Auditorium, Meadows Museum, 5900 Bishop Blvd. on
SMU campus, Dallas (75205)
Cost: $40 total for all 11 lectures; free for museum members and SMU faculty, staff
and students. Pre-registration is required.
Info: For more information and to register, call 214-768-2740.
Meadows Symphony Orchestra: "Student Conductors’ Concert"
What: Graduate students in the conducting program at SMU Meadows lead the
Meadows Symphony in a concert featuring winners of the Meadows
Undergraduate Concerto Competition as soloists. The program will include
Mozart’s Alleluia and Magic Flute Overture, Rossini’s "Una voce poca fa,"
Prokofiev’s Lieutenant Kij├â┬⌐ Suite, Saint-Sa├â┬½ns’ Morceau de Concert and
Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 2. Student conductors are Eldred Marshall,
Jonathan Moore and Parisa Zaeri. Soloists will include Daniel Hawkins, horn,
and Rebecca Roose, soprano.
When: February 1 at 8 p.m. and February 3 at 3 p.m.
Where: Caruth Auditorium in the Owen Arts Center, 6101 Bishop Blvd. on SMU
campus, Dallas (75205)
Cost: FREE
Info: Call 214-768-1951.
Hawn Gallery Exhibit: "Linda Darnell: From Dallas to Hollywood - Selections from the
Jeff Gordon Collection"
What: Film historian Jeff Gordon (Foxy Lady: The Authorized Biography of Lynn Bari)
has bequeathed his extensive collection of posters, lobby cards, scrapbooks and
other film-related items to SMU. Although the collection will not be transferred
to SMU for some time, Gordon is curating this exhibition drawn from its holdings
as a "sneak preview," with special attention being paid to the acting career of
Dallas native Linda Darnell (Forever Amber, A Letter to Three Wives).
When: February 3 - May 17, 2013. Open during regular library hours: 8 a.m.-
midnight Mon.-Thurs.; 8 a.m.-6 p.m. Fri.; 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Sat.; 1 p.m.- midnight
Sun.
Where: Mildred Hawn Gallery, Hamon Arts Library - Owen Arts Center, 6101 Bishop
Blvd. on SMU campus, Dallas (75205)
Cost: FREE
Info: Call 214-768-2303.
Expanding Your Horizons Brown Bag Concert Series:
International Folk Musicians Miguel Antonio & Vladimir Kaliazin
What: Vladimir Kaliazin, Grammy-nominated master of the Russian bayan (button
accordion), joins guitar virtuoso Miguel Antonio in a diverse concert of folk
music from Russia, Costa Rica and points in between.
When: February 6 at 12 p.m.
Where: Taubman Atrium in the Owen Arts Center, 6101 Bishop Blvd. on SMU
campus, Dallas (75205)
Cost: FREE
Info: Call 214-768-1951.
Meadows Opera Theatre: Albert Herring by Benjamin Britten
What: This virtuoso comic masterpiece tells the tale of the only virgin left in a small
English town, a meek, shy mama’s boy who is crowned May King when none
of the local girls are deemed pure enough to wear the crown. When his buddies
secretly spike his coronation lemonade with rum, Albert goes on a bender and
gains the courage to discover what the world outside his mama’s greengrocer
shop has to offer, much to the shock and horror of the proper, puritanical
townsfolk! Full of delightfully wicked, deftly drawn characters, Britten’s chamber
opera sparkles with freshness, color and limitless charm. Sung in English with
English supertitles, this production is part of the official Britten 100 International
Centenary Celebration of the composer’s birth. Directed by Hank Hammett;
accompanied by the Meadows Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Paul Phillips.
When: February 7-10; 8 p.m. Thurs.-Sat. and 2 p.m. Sun.
Where: Bob Hope Theatre in the Owen Arts Center, 6101 Bishop Blvd. on SMU campus,
Dallas (75205)
Cost: $13 adults, $10 seniors, $7 students/SMU faculty & staff
Info: Call 214-768-2787.
Faculty Artist and Distinguished Alumni Recital Series:
Matt Albert, violin, and guest artist Adam Marks, piano
What: Meadows faculty artist Matt Albert and pianist Adam Marks present a recital
that explores music both groove-based and melodic for violin and piano.
Playing works by John Adams, Maurice Ravel, Michael van der Sloot, Henryk
Górecki and Sergei Prokofiev, Albert and Marks tour rhythmically driven music
with high-octane emotion.
When: February 11 at 8 p.m.
Where: Caruth Auditorium in the Owen Arts Center, 6101 Bishop Blvd. on SMU
campus, Dallas (75205)
Cost: $13 for adults, $10 for seniors, $7 for students and SMU faculty & staff
Info: Call 214-768-2787.
Music at the Meadows: Concert on the 18th-Century Oldovini Organ
What: Kristofer Kiesel, an organ major in SMU’s Master of Music degree program, will
present a concert on the Meadows Museum’s Oldovini organ. Built in 1762 by
Pascoal Caetano Oldovini for the Cathedral of Evora in Portugal, this
single-manual organ is the only instrument by Oldovini to be found outside the
Iberian Peninsula. Enjoy a Valentine’s concert of centuries-old music on an
18th-century organ surrounded by masterworks in the museum’s permanent
collection.
When: February 14 at 5:30 p.m.
Where: Meadows Museum, 5900 Bishop Blvd. on SMU campus, Dallas (75205)
Cost: FREE
Info: Call 214-768-4677.
Faculty Piano Recital: Liudmila Georgievskaya
What: This solo recital by award-winning Russian pianist Liudmila Georgievskaya
will feature Tchaikovsky’s Grand Sonata in G Major, op. 37. Georgievskaya
received an Artist Certificate from the Meadows School in 2010 as a student
of Joaquín Achúcarro and is currently on the Meadows faculty. She has
performed in Russia, Italy, Uzbekistan, Ukraine, France, England, Hungary,
Panama and the United States.
When: February 16 at 8 p.m.
Where: Caruth Auditorium in the Owen Arts Center, 6101 Bishop Blvd. on SMU
campus, Dallas (75205)
Cost: FREE
Info: Call 214-768-1951.
Meadows Museum Art Activity: "Drawing from the Masters"
What: Guest artist Ian O’Brien leads afternoons of informal drawing instruction based
on works in the Meadows Museum’s permanent collection. Each session will
provide an opportunity to explore a variety of techniques and improve drawing
skills. Designed for adults and students ages 15 and older, and open to all
levels of experience. Drawing materials will be available, but participants are
encouraged to bring their own sketchpads and pencils. No registration is required.
Attendance is limited to 20 and is on a first-come, first-served basis.
When: February 17, 1:30-3 p.m.
Where: Meadows Museum, 5900 Bishop Blvd. on SMU campus, Dallas (75205)
Cost: Free with regular museum admission, which is $10 for adults; $8 for seniors; $4
for non-SMU students; and FREE for children under 12, museum members and
SMU students, faculty and staff.
Info: Call 214-768-4677.
Public Debate Series: SMU vs. The Great Debaters
What: Debate teams from SMU and Wiley College will match up in a continuation of
their long-term relationship. Wiley, a historically black college in Marshall, Texas,
was highlighted in the 2007 film The Great Debaters, the story of the school’s
1935 debate team that broke racial boundaries and defeated a national
championship team from a white university. SMU had invited Wiley to campus in
1935, but the debate had to be canceled; the two schools finally kept their debate
appointment in 2009. The topic of the February debate will be a current
controversy of interest to general audiences. The event is open to the public. The
debate program is sponsored by the SMU Meadows Division of Communication
Studies.
When: February 20 at 7 p.m.
Where: O’Donnell Auditorium, Room 2130 - Owen Arts Center, 6101 Bishop Blvd.
on SMU campus, Dallas (75205)
Cost: FREE
Info: Call 214-768-1574.
Young Educators Seminar
What: Music educators are invited to attend a session on "Teaching Music to
21st-Century Students: Keeping It Relevant" with Alicia Arruda, Carisa
Niemeyer and Lynne Jackson. A certificate for Continuing Professional
Education credit will be available.
When: February 21 at 6:30 p.m.
Where: O’Donnell Auditorium, Room 2130 - Owen Arts Center, 6101 Bishop Blvd.
on SMU campus, Dallas (75205)
Cost: FREE
Info: Call 214-850-7814.
Meadows Wind Ensemble: "I Have a Dream"
What: The Meadows Wind Ensemble and conductor Jack Delaney present a Black
History Month celebration of the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King’s
"I Have a Dream" speech, featuring a performance of the iconic speech with
narration by distinguished Meadows alumnus and star of opera and oratorio
Donnie Ray Albert. The program also includes a gospel collaboration with the
incomparable Hamilton Park Baptist Church Men’s Chorus, conducted by John
Sherow-Tatum, and a performance of Olly Wilson’s A City Called Heaven. In
addition, Albert will perform two traditional spirituals: "A City Called Heaven,"
based on the Olly Wilson work, and "At the River."
When: February 22 at 8 p.m.
Where: Caruth Auditorium in the Owen Arts Center, 6101 Bishop Blvd. on SMU
campus, Dallas (75205)
Cost: $13 adults, $10 seniors, $7 students/SMU faculty & staff
Info: Call 214-768-2787.
Brown Bag Dance Series
What: The Brown Bag Dance Series features free lunchtime performances of 10-15 short
ballet, modern and jazz works. The Brown Bag Series offers student
choreographers a chance to showcase their own original and inventive works,
some of which have evolved into national award-winning productions.
When: February 25 - March 1; 12 p.m. Mon., Wed. and Fri.; 12:30 p.m. Tues. and Thurs.
Where: Bob Hope Lobby of the Owen Arts Center, 6101 Bishop Blvd. on SMU campus,
Dallas (75205)
Cost: FREE
Info: Call 214-768-2718.
Play: The Rimers of Eldritch by Lanford Wilson
What: The Rimers of Eldritch has been described as a play that prefigured David
Lynch’s film Blue Velvet. This early work is by the Pulitzer Prize winner
Lanford Wilson, a member of the Theater Hall of Fame, who was elected to
the American Academy of Arts and Letters and received the PEN/Laura Pels
International Foundation for Theater Award as a Master American Dramatist.
New York Times critic Mel Gussow said it "looks behind the Spoon River
Anthology exterior in order to expose the warring frustrations…of a small
ghostly town frozen in time and place, the mid-century in the Middle West."
Directed by Benard Cummings, assistant professor in the Division of Theatre.
When: February 27 - March 3, 2013; 8 p.m. Wed.-Sat.; 2 p.m. Sat. & Sun.
Where: Greer Garson Theatre in the Owen Arts Center, 6101 Bishop Blvd. on SMU
campus, Dallas (75205)
Cost: $13 for adults, $10 for seniors, $7 for students and SMU faculty & staff
Info: Call 214-768-2787.
Museum Thursday Evening Lecture: "Fans, Fame and the Roman Circus"
Who: Sinclair Bell, Associate Professor of Art History, Northern Illinois University
What: In the first century A.D., the funeral for Felix, a charioteer of the Red team,
made headlines when one of his fans immolated himself on his favorite’s funeral
pyre. While an extreme example, fan behavior in ancient Rome is not unknown.
Yet where charioteers assumed a highly visible presence in Roman society and
have been much studied, the fans whom they inspired remain largely overlooked
and poorly understood. This talk demonstrates how the study of the sports fan,
who sat at the fault line between staged spectacles and everyday life, can
enlighten us in new ways about the centrality of the circus to Roman culture. This
lecture is sponsored by the Archaeological Institute of America (Dallas-Fort
Worth Society). Museum members receive priority seating until 5:40 p.m.
When: February 28 at 6 p.m.
Where: Bob and Jean Smith Auditorium in the Meadows Museum, 5900 Bishop Blvd.
on SMU campus, Dallas (75205)
Cost: FREE
Info: Call 214-768-4677