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11/3/09
UW-MADISON ARTS FORECAST: NOV. 6-12
MADISON - Music, music everywhere - but mostly in the Mosse Humanities Building, of course. This week boasts concerts from four student ensembles, one Faculty Concert Series offering and two guest pianists. These and other arts activities take place at the University of Wisconsin-Madison during the week of Nov. 6-12.
This weekly digest highlights upcoming opportunities for the public to experience the university arts in campus theaters, museums, galleries and concert halls. All events are free unless otherwise noted. For a complete list, visit the Arts Institute calendar at http://www.arts.wisc.edu/cal.php.
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2009 BFA STUDENT EXHIBITION
WHEN AND WHERE: Through Thursday, Nov. 12, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., 7th Floor Gallery, Mosse Humanities Building, 455 N. Park St.
DETAILS: Visual art majors following the bachelor of fine arts degree program will exhibit select works in the 2009 Bachelor of Fine Arts Exhibit. Visit the Humanities Building's 7th Floor Gallery to see photography, paintings, drawings, mixed media works, blown glass, sculpture, fine art prints, video and more.
RELATED LINK: http://art.wisc.edu/
CONTACT: 608-262-1662, hbnguyen@education.wisc.edu
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CINEMATHEQUE - BORDER FILMS: THE CENTER
WHEN AND WHERE: Friday, Nov. 6, 7:30 p.m., Cinematheque, 4070, Vilas Hall, 821 University Ave.
DETAILS: Within a 2,000 mile radius, there are a dozen towns claiming to be Europe's "one and only" true geographical center. In this comic road documentary, a film crew sets about with the tongue-in-cheek mission of determining which is the real deal. Ambling throughout central Europe, director Stanislaw Mucha inspects cockeyed maps and dubious plaques while his subjects ruminate on European borders past and present.
RELATED LINK: http://cinema.wisc.edu
CONTACT: 608-262-3627, kfkolb@wisc.edu
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GUEST ARTIST SERIES: BARBARA LISTER-SINK, PIANO
WHEN AND WHERE: Friday, Nov. 6, 8 p.m., Mills Hall, Mosse Humanities Building, 455 N. Park St.
DETAILS: Barbara Lister-Sink is an internationally acclaimed performer who is currently artist in residence at Salem College, N.C. She has performed as soloist throughout Europe and has collaborated with many of America's most distinguished musicians. The program will include the following selections: "Variations serieuses," Op. 54 by Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy; "Drei Klavierstucke," Op. 11 by Arnold Schonberg; "Preludes for Piano" by George Gershwin; and "Gaspard de la Nuit" by Maurice Ravel.
RELATED LINK: http://music.wisc.edu/calendar
CONTACT: 608-263-9485, music@music.wisc.edu
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HORN CHOIR AND TUBA/EUPHONIUM ENSEMBLE CONCERTS
WHEN AND WHERE: Saturday, Nov. 7, 2 p.m. (Horn Choir) and 4 p.m. (Tuba/Euphonium Ensemble), Mills Hall, Mosse Humanities Building, 455 N. Park St.
DETAILS: Enjoy two concerts by top student brass groups. At 2 p.m., the Horn Choir will perform a diversified and exciting program including pieces from Beethoven, Bach, Henry Mancini and the Beatles. Featured compositions also include "Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks" by Richard Strauss; "Mass to St. Hubert" by Sombrun; and the ever-popular "Malaguena." Douglas Hill directs. At 4 p.m., John Stevens directs the Tuba and Euphonium Ensemble in the world premiere of his "Prometheus and the Gift of Fire," as well as his "Music 4 Tubas" and "Talisman." The program also features a Scottish folksong; pieces by Grieg, Schulz, Susato and Tower; "Dance of the Comedians" by Bedrich Smetana, with soloist John Aley, trumpet; and a rousing Louis Prima tune.
RELATED LINK: http://music.wisc.edu/calendar
CONTACT: 608-263-9485, music@music.wisc.edu
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FACULTY CONCERT SERIES: TYRONE GREIVE, VIOLIN; ELLEN BURMEISTER, PIANO
WHEN AND WHERE: Saturday, Nov. 7, 8 p.m., Mills Hall, Mosse Humanities Building, 455 N. Park St.
DETAILS: The program showcases four famed Polish composers: "Second Polonaise Brilliant in A major," Op. 21 by Henryk Wieniawski; "Allegro de Sonate," Op. 2 by Henryk and J�zef Wieniawski; "Nocturne No. 2 in E flat major," Op. 9 by Fr�d�ric Chopin, and "Sonata No. 1 in F major," Op. 10 by J�zef Elsner. The program will also include "Sonata in D major," Op. 12 by the French violinist-composer Edouard Lalo and the "Sonata No. 3 for Solo Violin" by world famous and Milwaukee-born composer Otto Luening.
RELATED LINK: http://music.wisc.edu/calendar
CONTACT: 608-263-9485, music@music.wisc.edu
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ART DEPARTMENT TUESDAY TALK: CYNTHIA PACHIKARA
WHEN AND WHERE: Tuesday, Nov. 10, 5:45 p.m., 204 Educational Sciences, 1025 W. Johnson St.
DETAILS: Cynthia Pachikara will speak of her video installation work, which is influenced by two eccentric spaces and their associated phenomena. One is the flat, fleeting and visually driven domain of our media culture and its tools. The other is embodied in the spatial characteristics of shadows and their capacity to push the outline of objects into their surroundings while sustaining a unique occupation of the present.
RELATED LINK: http://art.wisc.edu/
CONTACT: 608-262-1662, hbnguyen@wisc.edu
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KEYBOARD CONVERSATIONS: CHOPIN FOR LOVERS
WHEN AND WHERE: Tuesday, Nov. 10, 7:30 p.m., Mills Hall, Mosse Humanities Building, 455 N. Park St.
DETAILS: Each composition of this program was inspired by a different woman in the composer's love life. Jeffrey Siegel will perform pieces including the vivacious E Flat Waltz, the touching "Farewell Waltz," the dreamy larghetto Opus 21, some demonic preludes from Opus 28, and the famous fantasy impromptu. Bring a significant other and enrich your lives with some of the most stirring romantic music ever written.
RELATED LINK: http://uniontheater.wisc.edu/season/keyboard2.html
COST: $35 general, free for UW-Madison students
CONTACT: 608-262-2201, cvweisse@wisc.edu
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ARTS, INC.: GREED, NEGLECT AND OUR CULTURAL RIGHTS
WHEN AND WHERE: Thursday, Nov. 12, 7 p.m., Madison Museum of Contemporary Art (MMoCA), 227 State St.
DETAILS: Former chair of the National Endowment for the Arts and recent Arts and Humanities leader for President Obama's transition team, Bill Ivey has been exploring the nexus of art and public policy for decades. Come hear his vision for a federal, state and local public arts policy that reaches wider and digs deeper than the current system.
RELATED LINK: http://www.artsenterprise.wisc.edu
CONTACT: 608-263-9290, kahewson@wisc.edu
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CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
WHEN AND WHERE: Thursday, Nov. 12, 7:30 p.m., Mills Hall, Mosse Humanities Building, 455 N. Park St.
DETAILS: The program includes "Concerto in E-flat, Dumbarton Oaks" by Igor Stravinsky; "Pan and Syrinx," Op. 49 by Carl Nielsen; "Waking Dream" by UW-Madison faculty member Laura Elise Schwendinger, with soloist Christina Jennings, flute; and "Symphony No. 4" ("Tragic") by Franz Schubert. James Smith conducts.
RELATED LINK: http://music.wisc.edu/calendar
CONTACT: 608-263-9485, music@music.wisc.edu
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BLACK MUSIC ENSEMBLE
WHEN AND WHERE: Thursday, Nov. 12, 8:30 p.m., Morphy Hall, Mosse Humanities Building, 455 N. Park St.
DETAILS: Richard Davis directs this student ensemble as they perform jazz music from the 1930s to the present day.
RELATED LINK: http://music.wisc.edu/calendar
CONTACT: 608-263-9485, music@music.wisc.edu
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- Susannah Brooks, 608-262-3846, srbrooks2@wisc.edu