In celebration of Arts for Life, the University of New Hampshire is pleased to present a selection of fine and performing arts events for 2010–2011. Please be sure to visit www.unh.edu/pcac for the full listing.
Sign ture events
Art Exhibition
September 2010–May 2011
Paul Creative Arts Center
Open House
The Artists Revealed
Sat., September 11–Sun.,
October 17
Opening Reception
Friday, September 10, 5–7 p.m.
Museum of Art
This exhibition presents recent
work by 13 studio faculty members. Drawing, ceramics, furniture
design, painting, photography,
printmaking, and sculpture reveal
the breadth and range of the
studio art program.
Rent
Music & lyrics by Jonathan Larson
Directed by Brian Swasey
Wed.–Sun., October 6–9, 7 p.m.,
October 10, 2 p.m.
Johnson Theatre u
A rock opera based on Giacomo
Puccini’s La Bohème, Rent tells the
story of a group of impoverished
young artists and musicians struggling to survive and create during
the Bohemian revival in the Lower
East side of Manhattan, under the
shadow of HIV/AIDS.
Music Faculty Recital
Fri., October 8, 8 p.m.
Bratton Recital Hall
The Department of Music faculty members perform a concert
of musical styles ranging from classical to jazz—solo and ensemble.
A little bit of everything, sure to
please everyone, is presented by
our top-notch performing faculty.
Sat., October 9, 3–5 p.m.
Wander the corridors and
practice rooms of
the Paul Creative
Arts Center and
“eavesdrop”
on the creative
process. Watch
a play rehearsal, listen to a music
lesson, watch a painter work on his
art, and visit the Museum of Art.
Classrooms, theatres, and practice
rooms will be open to the public.
Art Exhibitions
Fusion: Merging the Arts in PCAC
The Shape of Color:
Carol Aronson-Shore
Sat., November 6–Mon., Dec. 16
(closed November 11 and 24–28)
Opening Reception
Friday, November 5, 5–7 p.m.
Museum of Art
Fusion: Merging the Arts in PCAC,
an interdisciplinary installation,
follows 50
years of the
development
of the fine and
performing
arts in the Paul
Creative Arts
Center and
highlights past
presentations by the Museum of
Art, and the Departments of Art
and Art History, Music, and Theatre
and Dance. A special exhibition
focusing on the benefactors and
supporters of the Center, including
Isabel Paul, is featured.
u Ticket information:
Many events are free and open to the public.
For events requiring a ticket purchase, please
visit www.unh.mub.com/ticket or call (603) 862-2290. Tickets may
be purchased at the door for The Concert Choir’s Easter Concert.
Please also visit www.unh.edu/pcac for full details on Arts for Life.
The Shape of Color presents
recent paintings by former faculty
member Carol Aronson-Shore,
highlighting the community and
landscape of Strawbery Banke in
Portsmouth, N.H. and Monhegan
Island, Maine.
Voices of Terezín
“Smoke of Home”
By Zdeněk Eliáš & Jiří Stein
Translated by Dorothy Elias
Prologue and Epilogue by
Barbara Korner
Directed by Professor Raina Ames
Wed.–Sun., November 10–13,
7 p.m., and November 14, 2 p.m.
Hennessy Theatre u
Voices of Terezín incorporates
the play Smoke
of Home, a
powerful piece
written by two
remarkable
Czech men,
Zdeněk Eliáš
& Jiří Stein,
who were imprisoned at Terezín,
a concentration camp in what is
now the Czech Republic. Prisoners
found release from their unbearable circumstances through artistic
creations ranging from operas and
cabarets to concerts and covertly
produced drawings that collectively recorded the truth of the
camp. Although Smoke of Home is
a play about prisoners of the Thirty
Years’ War, its themes paralleled
the longing for home of those
interned at Terezín. It was never
performed inside the camp.
Post-play discussion with
Holocaust survivors and experts
in Holocaust history. Guest artist
Gail Humphreys-Mardarosian,
original director of Voices of Terezín,
joins UNH Professor Ames on
Wednesday, November 3, for a
special conversation at noon in the
Museum of Art. Free.
Hamlet in Seven Years
Conceived and directed by
Professor David Kaye
Wed.–Sun., December 1–4, 7 p.m.
and December 5, 2 p.m.
Hennessy Theatre u
This play is based on an account
in Peter Brook’s
book The Empty
Space, about a
theatre company
that rehearsed
Hamlet for seven
years, but then
the director died and the group
never performed the play. This
ensemble-created production
explores what it takes to create art,
the play Hamlet, and what happens
when the two collide.
Missa Solemnis
Ludwig van Beethoven
Directed by William Kempster
UNH Concert Choir and Symphony
Orchestra with Alumni
Sun., December 5, 8 p.m.
Johnson Theatre
Beethoven’s masterwork,
Missa Solemnis in D Major, Op. 123,
is performed
under the
direction
of Professor
William
Kempster,
and features
alumni soloists Jenny Pomeroy, soprano,
Becky Claborn, mezzo-soprano,
Christopher Sand, tenor, and
Nicholas Laroche, baritone.
Art Exhibitions
Legacy: Works by
Distinguished Former Faculty
Re-Viewed: Recent Work
by UNH Alumni
Sat., January 29–Mon., April 6
(closed March 11–20)
Opening Reception
Fri., January 28, 5–7 p.m.
Museum of Art
Legacy features works by former
UNH Department of Art and Art
History studio faculty members.
Re-Viewed, a juried exhibition,
features recent works by UNH
Department of Art and Art History
studio art program alumni.
Exhibition jurors are artists James
Aponovich and Gary Haven Smith.
Celebrity Series
Barbara Bonney,
Soprano Soloist
Sun., January 30, 2 p.m.
Johnson Theatre u
Barbara Bonney, ’78 ’00H,
considered
one of the
world’s most
accomplished
lyric sopranos,
will return
to UNH for a
recital of art song accompanied
by pianist Arlene Kies. Ms. Bonney
has made over 100 recordings
and is currently Professor at the
Mozarteum in Salzburg, as well
as guest professor of the Royal
Academy of Music in London.
Stibler, trumpet, Abbey HallbergSiegfried, organ, and UNH alumni
trumpeters. Works by Giovanni
Gabrieli, Petronio Franceschini, J.
S. Bach, Giovanni Tartini, Valentin
Rathgeber, and G. F. Handel will
be featured.
Master Class Ms. Bonney will
lead a master class on Tuesday,
February 1 from 12:40–2 p.m. that
is free and open to the public.
Strega Nona
Baroque Music for
Trumpets and Organ
Spring Tour February–May
Sun., February 6, 3 p.m.
St. John’s Church,
Portsmouth, N.H.
A recital of
baroque music
for one, two, and
three trumpets
and organ featuring Robert
Staged Readings in Rep
The Season of Lust and Betrayal
Tues.–Sat., February 15–19, 7 p.m., Sun., February 20, 2 p.m.
Hennessy Theatre u
Staged readings are an opportunity to present a wider variety of subjects and themes than can be performed in a regular season. The plays
are minimally staged, actors hold scripts, and typically a stage manager
directs the action. While the production elements are held to a minimum,
the acting elements are not, and audiences get the full impact of the relationships between characters and the dramatic tension. The two selected
plays share the theme of betrayal and its violent consequences, something which seems to remain unchanged since the time of the Romans.
Diverting Devotion
Written by UNH alumnus
Mike O’Malley ’88
Tues., Thurs., Sat.,
February 15, 17, 19
New love and an old secret
emerge in this richly drawn
sentimental comedy. Three thirtysomething
men gather to
attend a friend’s
wedding, when
events conspire
to cast shadows
over a friendship and an
engagement.
Phaedra
Written by the Roman playwright, Seneca
Translated by Professor Scott Smith
Directed by
Professor David Richman
Wed., Fri., and Sun.,
February 16, 18, and 20
“Hell hath no fury like a woman
scorned.” Seneca’s Phaedra is a
relentless depiction of destructive sexual passion, telling the
tragic story of a young wife and
her taboo love for her handsome
stepson.
Based on the book by
Tomie dePaola
Directed by Carol Jo Fisher
Summer Tour June–August
40th Season for the
Little Red Wagon!
School bookings: www.unh.edu/
theatre-dance or (603) 862-2150
This charming musical adaptation of Tomie dePaola’s 1976
Caldecott Honor book brings
Strega Nona, Big Anthony, and the
magic pasta pot to life. Through
song, storytelling, and puppetry,
we meet Strega Nona, the kindhearted “grandmother witch” who
tells Big Anthony one thing he
must not do. But Big Anthony is in
big trouble. Will Strega Nona save
the day?
The troupe performs this traveling
show at schools, libraries, summer
camps, churches, and town fairs.
A Tribute to Blue Note
Records
Sun., February 13, 3 p.m.
Johnson Theatre
Guitarist David Newsam
presents
selections
that were
popular
during the
early years
of the Paul
Creative Arts Center. Some of the
great jazz compositions of Horace
Silver, Lee Morgan, Joe Henderson,
Art Blakey, and Grant Green will
be featured. Joining David will be
John Hunter, bass, Les Harris Jr.,
drums, Fred Haas, sax and piano,
and several special guests.
Wounded Dove
Wed.–Sun., March 30, 31, April 1
and 2, 7 p.m., and April 3, 2 p.m.
Johnson Theatre u
“Wounded Dove” is a dance
tribute to Martin Luther King Jr.
It’s set to original music written
and performed by professor
David Ripley with an additional
ballet piece accompanied on the
piano by Professors Christopher
and Arlene Kies. Both pieces are
choreographed by Professor C.
Laurence Robertson.
Art Exhibitions
2011 Senior B.A. and B.F.A.
Exhibition
Sat., April 16–Sun., May 20
(closed April 23–24, May 2–6)
Opening Reception
Friday, April 15, 6–8 p.m.
Museum of Art
The 2011 Senior B.A. and B.F.A.
Exhibition celebrates the artistic
achievements of seniors graduating from the studio art programs.
2011 M.F.A. Thesis Exhibitions
Museum of Art
Exhibition I
Sat., April 16–Sun., May 1
(closed April 23–24)
Opening Reception
Friday, April 15, 6–8 p.m.
Exhibition II
Sat., May 7–Fri., May 20
Opening Reception
Friday, May 6, 5–7 p.m.
In these two exhibitions, master’s degree candidates in painting
present work that represents the
culmination of their two-year
graduate program. These annual
events showcase their artistic
journeys.
Arts for Life Sunday Salon Series
Embracing the Past: The Birth
of the Art Department
Sun., October 10, 1 p.m.
Museum of Art
Choices and Considerations:
The Process of Jurying
Sun., March 6, 1 p.m.
Museum of Art
Arthur Balderacchi and
Melvin Zabarsky, former Art and
Art History
studio faculty
members, discuss the early
development
and the creation of the University’s first public
gallery spaces.
Artists James Aponovich
and Gary Haven Smith
provide insight into the jurying
process for Re-Viewed: Recent
Work by UNH Alumni.
Recollections: Teaching the Arts
1970–1987
Sun., February 13, 1 p.m.
Museum of Art
John Jacobsmeyer, faculty
chair of New York Academy of
Art and UNH alumnus is the
presenter.
Artist and Professor Emeritus
Sigmund Abeles recounts his
experiences
as a studio
art faculty
member,
which influenced his career as a professional
educator and artist.
Time-based Painting and
Other New Media
Sun., May 1, 1 p.m.
Museum of Art
Museum
The Passion According
to St. John by Johann
Sebastian Bach
Written by Tina Howe
Directed by
Professor Deborah Kinghorn
Tues.–Sat., April 19–23, 7 p.m.
Hennessy Theatre u
An art gallery becomes a
parable of
humanity on
the final day of
a group show of
three fictitious
contemporary
American artists. “Museum”
is a mosaic of events and incidents
that crisscross one another in
the contemporary gallery of a
medium-sized art museum. The
play leaves us wondering: what is
art, how does it make us feel, and
why are we so compelled to create
it, view it, and judge it?
Enhancing the Future:
Arts in the 21st Century
Sun., April 17, 1 p.m.
Museum of Art
Raphael DeLuzio, a new media
professor at the University of
Maine, is the presenter.
Sat., April 23, 7:30 p.m.
Johnson Theatre, Tickets may be
purchased at the door.
More information at www.unh.
edu/music/events.
Bach’s Passion According
to St. John
features the
UNH Concert
Choir, professional soloists,
and baroque
string players
all under the
direction of William Kempster.
This dramatic and powerful
setting of the passion narrative
makes for compelling listening.
Enrich the Future
Join us as we prepare for the next 50-plus years of creativity by supporting the University’s strategic initiative to build a state-of-the-art
fine and performing arts center in Durham. Please play a part in Arts
for Life at UNH. Make your gift by contacting the UNH Foundation.
www.foundation.unh.edu/make-gift
UNH Foundation
Elliott Alumni center
9 Edgewood Drive
Durham, NH 03824
809675
Paul Creative Arts Center
30 Academic Way
Durham, NH 03824-3538
“Art helps us live our lives.”
Fifty years ago, arts patron
Isabel Paul understood and
embodied Wallace Stevens’
sentiment by donating funds
to create the University
of New Hampshire’s first
creative arts center. Since
then, the Paul Creative
Arts Center, or PCAC, as it
is affectionately called, has
served the University and its
surrounding communities
as a vibrant arts and cultural
center.
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Welcome
Enter PCAC on any given
day. One hears and sees
the creativity of painters,
singers, composers, dancers,
and storytellers and feels
the accumulated creative
energy of 50 years coursing
through the building. Can
you imagine our world
without the arts? No
paintings or artwork on the
walls. No melodies in the
background or through an
iPod. No dances, no rituals.
Art connects us to each other
and to people and cultures
we will never see. Art helps
us understand who we are
and our role in the universe.
Art connects us to our entire
history.
In 2010–2011, the University,
enriched by Isabel Paul’s
gift, will embrace its vibrant
and colorful past while
setting the stage for a wider
appreciation and long-term
commitment to the art that
completes our lives. All
cultures are remembered by
their art. The culture of UNH
is no exception. What kind
of art will we leave behind?
What kind of world will our
art help to shape in our next
50 years?
It is time to look to the
future.
Welcome to Arts for Life.
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