arts and culture calendar
Special Events
Have an Appetite for the Arts? Experience a Taste of Towson – 5 events for $35
Exuberant Pattern: Caroline Lathan-Stiefel, Piper Shepard, Merle Temkin, Huguette Caland, and Astrid Bowlby
Center for the Arts Gallery
Friday, October 9 – Saturday, November 7
Opening Reception: Thursday, October 8, 7:30 – 9 p.m.
Gallery Hours: Tuesday – Saturday, 11 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Exuberant Pattern features the work of Caroline Lathan-Stiefel, Piper Shepard, Merle Temkin, Huguette Caland and Astrid Bowlby. Lathan-Stiefel creates architectural installations using pipe cleaners and other re-purposed items of the post-industrial, commercial and global economy. Shepard creates lace patterns by printing and hand-cutting patterns in lengths of fabric. Her sources are varied and range from nineteenth-century Belgian lace to Islamic tile work. Temkin uses her left index finger print as a kind of self-portrait, exploring issues of identity and creating paintings and collages that emphasize the pattern of her unique print. Caland is a painter and sculptor who has also worked in fashion design and filmmaking. Her work demonstrates a love of color and pattern that is influenced by her Lebanese heritage, as well as her years in Paris. Bowlby produces black-and-white drawing installations that are sculptural and interpret decorative patterns.
The Sound of Ecstasy: Buddhist Ritual Song and Dance from Korea
Stephens Hall Theatre
Friday, October 16, 8 p.m.
Derived from ancient Buddhist ceremonies that were nearly lost in history, the Young San Ceremony was preserved and revived by Korean Buddhist monks from the Young San Preservation Group. Originally the ceremony was an elaborate three day event performed for the well-being of the nation both on joyful occasions and in times of disaster, which includes offerings of flowers, fragrances, music and sacred chanting and dance in honor of Buddha and his message. The Young San ritual chants and dance, accompanied by drums, cymbals, gongs and chimes, are unique to Korea and were nominated in 1973 for preservation as an intangible cultural asset. In cooperation with the Korea Society.
Romeo and Juliet Directed by Steven Satta
Center for the Arts Mainstage Theatre
Friday, October 30 and Saturday, October 31, 8 p.m.
Sunday, November 1, 2 p.m.
Wednesday, November 4 and Thursday, November 5, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, November 6 and Saturday, November 7, 8 p.m.
Sex. Drugs. Poetry.
Violence. Love Death. Poetry.
Jazz. Romance. Blood in the streets. Poetry.
The classic tale of outlaw lovers in a hot Verona summer. An edgy, sexy production with live music, sumptuous costumes and plenty of steel.
Under Satie’s Umbrella: Auric and Poulenc
Center for the Arts Recital Hall
Friday, November 6, 6 p.m.
This event includes a lecture and recital—a multi-media presentation. The program includes introductions by Dr. Schmidt to songs by Erik Satie, Rapsodie nègre and Le Bestiaire by Francis Poulenc with full instrumentation, songs for voice and piano —including the modern-day premiere of six newly-discovered songs as well as the original seven from Alphabet by Georges Auric— and Hommages to Poulenc by Germaine Tailleferre, Darius Milhaud, Ned Rorem and others from a memorial concert by Alice Esty at Carnegie Recital Hall in 1964. Leneida Crawford, mezzo-soprano; Susan Ricci, piano; Carl Schmidt, lecturer; faculty chamber ensemble, Karen Kennedy, conductor.
Transversing Time: TU Dance Company and Guest
Stephen’s Hall Theatre
Friday, November 20 and Saturday, November 21, 8 p.m.
Friday, December 4 and Saturday, December 5, 8 p.m.
Sunday, December 6, 2 p.m.
An array of timeless dance works including selected scenes from the classical ballet masterpiece, La Bayadére, a world premiere collaboration by Runqiao Du, Linda-Denise Fisher-Harrell and Vincent Thomas to celebrate 20th century American classic music through dance, and a collection of repertory pieces by Susan Mann, Nicole A Martinell and Betsy Romer.
Stimulus Package
Attend 5 of the Monday or Tuesday night music performances for only $25
New Beginnings Performed by the Quintigre Wind Quintet
Center for the Arts Harold J. Kaplan Concert hall
Monday, September 28, 8:15 p.m.
Join the Towson University music department’s faculty in welcoming, Gabrielle Finck. The program will include Leos Janacek’s Mladi, a sextet for quintet and bass clarinet.
On this Island—An English Art Song Recital
Center for the Arts Recital Hall
Tuesday, September 29, 8:15 p.m.
Phillip Collister, baritone, R. Timothy McReynolds, piano, and Michael Decker, lute, will perform an intimate recital of songs by British composers. The recital will trace a brief history of song from the British Isles including Elizabethan songs for voice and lute by John Dowland, Baroque songs by Henry Purcell and G.F. Handel, and romantic songs and folk song settings by Roger Quilter. Also Gerald Finzi’s cycle on Shakespeare texts entitled Let Us Garlands Bring, songs from Ralph Vaughan William’s Songs of Travel and other selected songs and folk song arrangements of Benjamin Britten will be performed.
Trumpet Studio Recital
Center for the Arts Harold J. Kaplan Concert hall
Monday, October 26, 8:15 p.m.
The entire Towson University Trumpet studio is featured in solo performances of music from the standard repertoire from Baroque works through modern compositions.
Tuesdays at Towson: Dazzling Duos
Center for the Arts Recital Hall
Tuesday, October 27, 7:30 p.m.
This concert features Towson music faculty in uncommon pairings. The program will include a premiere by Gerry Phillips, voice; Christopher Ariza, real-time signal processing and Sources III by David Burge for clarinet and percussion. The program will round out with common pairings by composers Zoltan Kodaly and William O. Smith. Unusual and fun!
Dave Ballou Faculty Recital
Center for the Arts Recital Hall
Monday, November 9, 8:15 p.m.
TU music professor Dave Ballou presents an evening of solos and duos with saxophonist and clarinetist John Dierker.
Tuesdays at Towson – Resoundingly Russian!
Center for the Arts Recital Hall
Tuesday, November 17, 7:30 p.m.
This performance will feature the seldom-heard but very intriguing Quintet by Sergei Prokofiev for winds and strings. Also on the program will be Igor Stravinsky’s Octet for winds and will feature faculty and select students from the department of music.
TU Symphony Orchestra
Center for the Arts Harold J. Kaplan Concert hall
Monday, November 23, 8:15 p.m.
Join us for an evening of orchestral masterworks! The concert will feature Beethoven’s great Symphony No. 5 in c minor, op. 67—a great and pivotal work in the world of orchestral music! The orchestra will also include music from the 18th and 19th centuries.
John Hollenbeck Jazz Residency
Chris Speed, clarinet/tenor saxophone
Drew Gress, bass
Ted Reichman, accordian
Matt Moran, vibraphone/percussion
John Hollenbeck, drums
Special guest Gary Versace, piano
Center for the Arts Recital Hall
Monday, December 7, 8:15 p.m.
The Bill and Helen Murray Jazz Residency Program presents drummer and composer John Hollenbeck in the initial event of his week-long residency. Mr. Hollenbeck’s acclaimed Claudia Quintet featuring special guest Gary Versace presents an evening of original compositions. Formed by John Hollenbeck in 1997, this NYC ensemble’s sound explores the edge without alienating the mainstream, proving that genre-defying music can be for everyone. Over the past decade, the group has released four CDs that are critically acclaimed world wide and whose appeal extends well beyond, as well as including traditional jazz audiences. All proceeds will benefit the Bill and Helen Murray Jazz Residency.
Box Office
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Hours: Tuesday - Saturday, noon - 4 p.m.
Phone: 410-704-ARTS (2787)
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