arts and culture calendar
Monthly Calendar
September
Furniture for the Divine: Selections from the Foo Collection 
Center for the Arts Asian Arts Gallery
Saturday, September 12 – Saturday, December 12
Curator’s Lecture: Saturday, September 12, 2 – 3 p.m.; Reception: 3 – 5 p.m.
Gallery Hours: Monday – Friday, 11 a.m. – 4 p.m.; Saturday, 1 – 4 p.m. Closed Thanksgiving weekend.
The exhibition features Chinese furniture and accessories from the Foo Collection dating from the Ming and Qing dynasties (1368-1912), which were used in the worship of deities and ancestors related to Taoism, Buddhism and Confucianism. The main categories include alter tables, incense tables, shrines and spiritual tablets, offering accessories and ornaments, and tributary carvings of the divine. Hardwood and softwood used for the furniture (such as baimu, hetaomu, yumu, and nanmu) will be examined. Pei-Hwa Foo is the guest curator.
Admission is free.
Fall Film Festival Series 20th Anniversary
Van Bokkelen Hall Auditorium
Every Monday night during the fall 2009 semester, beginning Monday, September 14, 7:30 p.m.
The EMF faculty and guests present their favorite films of 1989 in celebration of the 20th anniversary of the series. Each screening will begin with an introduction by an EMF faculty member or guest and concludes with a short discussion. The complete schedule will be posted at www.towson.edu/emf and at http://pages.towson.edu/faller. For additional information, please contact Greg Faller at 410-704-3755 or gfaller@towson.edu.
Admission is free.
November
Chapstick Smells Like Fish: Student Production Written and Directed by Janet Jiacinto
Center for the Arts Ruth Marder Theatre
Thursday, November 19 – Preview at 7:30 p.m.
Friday, November 20 and Saturday, November 21, 8 p.m.
Fifteen year-old Gina has a dream that she has lost something very important; a shoe. On her quest to find this fateful bit of footwear she is helped and hindered by a trio of witches, ducks galore, Sean Connery and many others.
Tickets: $2
Annual Student Juried Exhibition
Center for the Arts Gallery
Friday, November 20 – Saturday, December 12
Opening Reception: Thursday, November 19, 7:30 – 9 p.m.
Gallery Hours: Tuesday – Saturday, 11 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Closed for Thanksgiving Break: Wednesday, November 25 – Saturday, November 28
The annual undergraduate juried exhibition features student works that represent the art + design programs, including painting, sculpture, graphic design, illustration, crafts, metalworking/jewelry, ceramics, digital art and design, photography and printmaking.
Admission is free.
Master of Fine Arts Exhibition: Matt Voelker
Center for the Arts Holtzman MFA Gallery
Friday, November 20 – Saturday, December 12
Opening Reception: Thursday, November 19, 7:30 – 9 p.m.
Gallery Hours: Tuesday – Saturday, 11 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Closed for Thanksgiving Break: Wednesday, November 25 – Saturday, November 28
Matt Voelker’s exploration of clay as a medium for dimensional illustrations results in eccentric worlds that juxtapose figures, objects and scenery. The sculpted objects are composed in these imagined worlds and then photographed with the final image serving as an illustration. Built on the concept of postmodern picture books, Voelker’s illustrations reposition the viewer’s relationship with the text.
Admission is free.
Love & Marriage: Operatic Brides, Lovers, and Divas
Center for the Arts Harold J. Kaplan Concert Hall
Friday, November 20, 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, November 21, 3 p.m.
Music for the Stage presents a varied program of opera scenes in which some of opera’s most famous heroines and coquettes find themselves head over heels in love and hoping to hear wedding bells soon. In affairs of the heart, however, everything does not always go according to plan. The staged program includes arias, duets & choruses from Donizetti’s E’Elisire D’Amore (The Elixir of Love) Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), The Bartered Bride by Smetana, Verdi’s Falstaff, The Merry Widow by Franz Lehar, Der Freischütz (The Marksman) by Weber, Handel’s Acis and Galetea and others. Phillip Collister & Theresa Bickham, co-directors; Rachel Roulet, piano.
Tickets: $9 general admission; $6 seniors, $5 students
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.
Tickets: $15 general admission; $10 seniors; $5 students
The Science of Chocolate
Saturday Science Series
Smith Hall Room 326
Saturday, November 21, 10 a.m. and 12 p.m.
Learn about the trials and tribulations of how chocolate is made, growing from trees of the world's tropical rainforests to the delicious treats that are part of our culture. The impact of chocolate on social and political cultures of producing countries as well as biological and physical problems faced in growing, processing, and manufacturing chocolate will be discussed by Dr. Jim Saunders. One of the most delicious science talks you will ever attend!
Admission is free.
32 Beethoven Sonatas Concert Series
Center for the Arts Harold J. Kaplan Concert Hall
Sunday, November 22, 3 p.m.
This is a continuation of the Beethoven concert series. Pianist Reynaldo Reyes performs program 5 which includes sonata opus 31, No.3; sonata opus 49, No. 1; sonata opus 49, No.2; sonata opus 54; sonata opus 57 (Appassionata). All proceeds will go the Reyes Piano Scholarship.
Tickets: $20 general admission; $10 seniors; $5 students
TU Marching Band Send-Off Celebration
Johnny Unitas Stadium
Monday, November 23, 2 - 3 p.m.
The Towson University Marching Band is the only university band in the nation participating in this year's Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. Please join Towson University faculty, staff, students, alumni and friends at a spectacular send-off celebration for the Marching Band before they head to New York City for this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity and enjoy free popcorn, drinks and giveaways. Parking is available at the stadium in Lots 20 and 21. For more information call 410-704-3288. To make a gift or support the band call 410-704-3375 or go to www.tutigertracks.com/band.
Admission is free.
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.
Tickets: $9 general admission; $6 seniors, $5 students
 Towson University Marching Band in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade
New York, NY
Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, November 26
The TU Marching Band has been selected to bring the beat at the 2009 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade. This is the first time the band has been asked to march down Broadway. For more information visit alumni@towson.edu or contact the alumni office at 800-887-8152.
Student Jazz Ensembles I
Center for the Arts Recital Hall
Monday, November 30, 8:15 p.m.
Students of the Towson’s Latin ensemble and small jazz ensemble present a concert as the culmination of this semester’s work.
Admission is free.
December
Student Jazz Ensembles II
Center for the Arts Recital Hall
Tuesday, December 1, 8:15 p.m.
Students of the Towson’s small jazz ensemble present a concert as the culmination of this semester’s work.
Admission is free.
An Evening of Opera and Musical Theatre Songs
Center for the Arts Recital Hall
Wednesday, December 2, 8:15 p.m.
Music for the Stage presents a short evening of opera arias as well as musical theatre songs in an intimate recital setting.
Admission is free.
Towson University Big Band
Center for the Arts Harold J. Kaplan Concert Hall
Thursday, December 3, 8:15 p.m.
Ring in the season with the extraordinary sounds of the Towson University Big Band! Under the direction of Jim McFalls, this award-winning ensemble will be performing exciting big band jazz from the 1940s to the present.
Tickets: $9 general admission; $6 seniors; $5 students
37th Annual Holiday Pottery Sale
Center for the Arts Ceramics Studio Room 3012
Friday, December 4 and Saturday, December 5, 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Start your holiday shopping by attending this crowd-pleasing annual event! Art + Design students and faculty present functional and fine art ceramic works for sale. A vast selection of hand crafted items, including stoneware, earthenware and fanciful objects, will be available.
Admission is free.
I am the Machine Gunner By Yury Klavdiev (Translated By John Freedman)
Directed By David M. White
Produced By The Generous Theatre Company
Center for the Arts Ruth Marder Theatre
Friday, December 4, 6 p.m.
Saturday, December 5, 3 p.m.
Sunday, December 6, noon
This production portrays the struggle of a Russian gang member seeking the same honor in his own battles that his grandfather found fighting Germany on the Russian Front in World War II.
http://www.generouscompany.org/machinegunner
Tickets: $2
Tanya-Tanya by Kate Moira Ryan (an adaptation of Olga Mukhina’s Tanya-Tanya) directed by Yury Urnov
Center for the Arts Studio Theatre
Friday, December 4 and Saturday, December 5, 8 p.m.
Sunday, December 6, 2 p.m.
Wednesday, December 9 and Thursday, December 10, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, December 11 and Saturday, December 12, 8 p.m.
The lives of six characters intertwine romantically and emotionally in a way that keeps everyone’s head spinning. Tanya-Tanya is a play of exquisite delicacy, wit, beauty and unblinking honesty.
Tickets: $12 general admission; $7 seniors and students
What Happened to Pluto? Why Isn’t it a Planet Anymore?
Saturday Science Series
Smith Hall Room 326
Saturday, December 5, 10 a.m. and 12 p.m.
Max Mutchler from The Space Telescope Science Institute will look at the “former” planet known as Pluto and discuss what we know about this distant world and why scientists have taken away its planet status.
Admission is free. Towson University Choirs Concert
Center for the Arts Harold J. Kaplan Concert Hall
Saturday, December 5, 3 p.m.
The Towson University Chorale, Chamber Singers and Men’s Choir share a concert featuring a wide variety of repertoire from various time periods, including seasonal favorites!
Tickets: $9 general admission; $6 seniors; $5 students
TU Choral Society Concert
Center for the Arts Harold J. Kaplan Concert Hall
Saturday, December 5, 6 p.m.
Towson University students and singers from throughout the Baltimore and D.C. community join together to present a concert.
Tickets: $9 general; $6 seniors; $5 students
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.
Tickets: $13 general admission; $7 seniors; $5 students
The World of the Magic “If”—A Workshop Performance
Center for the Arts Recital Hall
Tuesday, December 8, 8:15 p.m.
How would you act if ____? This question, and many others, will be explored through music by the Music for the Stage II ensemble resulting in their final performance project for the fall 2009 semester. This workshop of musical and nonmusical scenes taken from opera and musical theatre focuses on the exploration of character development and believability on stage.
Admission is free.
Classical Guitar Ensemble Concert
Center for the Arts Recital Hall
Wednesday, December 9, 8:15 p.m.
Towson University classical guitar ensembles, under the direction of Troy King, present a diverse program of music for two and three guitars. The classical guitar program at Towson is a premiere guitar program in the region.
Admission is free.
Creating Music IV
Center for the Arts Recital Hall
Thursday, December 10, 8:15 p.m.
Jazz at Towson presents a series of concerts that bring together students and faculty of the Department of Music with local improvisers and composers. For details visit http://wwwnew.towson.edu/music/jazz.
Admission is free.
It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year: A Holiday Concert
Center for the Arts Room 3069
Friday, December 11, 5 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.
It’s back! The ever-popular Holiday Cabaret with quinTUs, the Towson voice faculty vocal chamber ensemble, who will brighten your spirits with traditional holiday favorites.
Tickets: $13 general admission; $7 seniors; $5 students
John Hollenbeck Jazz Residency
Center for the Arts Recital Hall
Friday, December 11, 6 p.m. pre-concert discussion; 8:15 p.m. concert
The culminating event in the week-long residency of drummer and composer John Hollenbeck. A discussion of his music and residency will precede the concert. This performance will feature a student ensemble performing his original compositions. All proceeds will benefit the Bill and Helen Murray Jazz Residency.
Tickets: $13 general admission; $7 seniors; $5 students
Dance for the Camera
Van Bokkelen Hall Auditorium
Friday, December 11 at 7 p.m.
The Departments of Dance and Electronic Media & Film will screen these new student projects, which are collaborative and interdisciplinary and combine advanced media production skills and choreography to produce movement pieces for the camera. A dance for the camera is not a film/video document of a proscenium dance performance, but a synthesis between the various techniques of film and video and the act of choreography.
Admission is free.
Dances in Progress
Center for the Arts Dance Studio Theatre 1003
Saturday, December 12, 2 p.m.
Sunday, December 13, 2 p.m.
The Towson University Department of Dance presents the senior BFA dance major’s first drafts of their choreographic works.
Tickets: $15 general admission; $5 seniors and students; free for children 12 and under
January
Maryland Performing Arts Institute (MPAI) Student Recitals
Center for the Arts Recital Hall
Saturday, January 9, 2010, 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, January 10, 2010, 1:30, 3:30 and 5:30 p.m.
The Saturday recital features honors students of MPAI. Sunday recitals feature all students of MPAI.
Admission is free.
Box Office
Center for the Arts, 3rd Floor (map)
Hours: Tuesday - Saturday, noon - 4 p.m.
Phone: 410-704-ARTS (2787)
Fax: 410-704-6006
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