Volume 1, Issue 2 – April 2017
Find out the Latest!
Announcements/Events
Student Spotlight
Faculty News
What’s Next?
LSC-Tomball Fine Arts April Events:
April 3 – 2p, Idea Space Event – Honors College and
English: “Deconstructing Romeo and Juliet: The
Language of Love” – E252 Musical Rehearsal Hall –
Lecture/Discussion with honors professors Ava Veselis and
Bo Rollins
April 4 – 7p, Fine Arts – Shakespeare Exhibit Opening
Reception and Recital of French Song, LSC-Tomball Art
Gallery made possible by a grant from the Texas Humanities
Association
April 5 – 2p, Student Musicians in Recital (PAC)
April 8 – LSC-Tomball students to attend performance of
Gounod’s Romeo and Juliette at University of Houston,
Moores Opera Center – made possible by a grant from the Texas
Humanities Association
April 11 - second annual Greater North Houston Choral
Festival – LSC-Tomball PAC, Black Box Theater –
Tomball Ford-Tomball Dodge sponsoring!
April 17 – 6p, Idea Space Event – “Backstage Pass to
Romeo and Juliet” with Buck Ross, Director of Moores
Opera Center, University of Houston, Mr. Ross is
coming to the LSC-Tomball campus; event held in
Beckendorf. made possible by a grant from the Texas Humanities
Association
April 20-22 – 7:30p, Drama – A Night of Short Scenes,
Black Box
April 26 - 5:30p and April 29 - 10a, Drama – Auditions
for the Summer Musical “The Drowsy Chaperone” – be
prepared to learn and sing a song, a dance, and read from the
script.
April 27 – 2pm, Idea Space Event - International Studies:
“Romeo and Juliet through the Lens of the Cuban
Revolution” with Prof. David Birch, LSC-Tomball Center
for International Studies
NEWS! NEWS! Greater North Houston Music Festival is coming up on April 11!
Tomball Ford – Tomball Dodge is supporting our second annual Greater North Houston Choral Festival
with a generous sponsorship. The LSC-Tomball Fine Arts Department is deeply grateful for the support of the
community and we truly believe that the arts are truly a “force for good” – bringing positive attention to, and
bringing people together from, our community. At the time of this writing, 20 schools from 6 ISDs will be
performing at LSC-Tomball on April 11. We are still receiving registrations.
Thank you to Melissa McDonough, Festival Organizer, and Tomball Ford-Tomball Dodge for their generous
support of this significant community event! We are inspired by their community-mindedness.
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LSC-Tomball Fine Arts has been awarded a Humanities Texas mini-grant for an interdisciplinary project
entitled Music’s Passion and History’s Pull: Gounod’s Romeo and Juliette.
Music’s Passion and History’s Pull: Charles Gounod’s Romeo and Juliette began as an idea among LSCTomball’s Fine Arts, Honors College, Center for International Studies, and English Department faculty.
Shakespeare’s England, 19th century France, and Renaissance Italy – the themes of family, power, and
society – use of language and rhetorical analysis – an exploration of related music from Broadway and
American musical theater to France in the 1850s: these are elements connected through the spring 2017
project.
Campus and community are invited to explore music, literature, history, and make interdisciplinary
connections at LSC-Tomball! Grant related events are as follows:
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Music Rehearsal Hall (E252) 2pm – April 3 – Lecture/Discussion: “Deconstructing Romeo
and Juliet: The Language of Romantic Love” featuring Dr. Bo Rollins and Prof. Ava
Veselis, LSC-Tomball English Department, Honors College
Art Gallery lobby 7pm – April 4 – Exhibit Opening Reception and Recital “19th Century
French Opera and Song” LSC-Tomball Fine Arts Department
Art Gallery – April 4 to 30 – An exhibit of Shakespeare’s materials and artifacts
Humanities Texas
Moores Opera Center– University of Houston 7:30pm – April 8 – Performance of
Gounod’s Romeo and Juliette University of Houston Moores Opera Center
Beckendorf Conference Center 6pm – April 17 – “Backstage Pass to Romeo and Juliet”
with Buck Ross, Director of Moores Opera Center at the University of Houston
2pm – April 27 – “Romeo and Juliet through the Lenses of the Cuban Revolution”
featuring Prof. David Birch, LSC-Tomball Center for International Studies
*All events are open to the public – contact Lisa Morales at [email protected]
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Some upcoming
LSC-Tomball Fine Arts
May Events:
Study inspired, plan inspired, work inspired, play inspired, live inspired.
Be Inspired.
The Fine Arts at Lone Star College-Tomball.
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INAUGURAL CONDUCTING WORKSHOP at LSC-Tomball
On March 25, LSC-Tomball Music hosted a Conducting Workshop with Maestro Brad Bouley in
Beckendorf Conference Center. Six brave conductors from schools and organizations around the area
(Tomball to Aldine) were mentored by the extraordinary Maestro Bouley as Conducting Fellows. In the
afternoon singers from LSC-Tomball Concert Choir, Texas Master Chorale, and community gathered to
provide a “live” conductor’s choir. Repertoire included: “For Unto Us Is Born”, “And the Glory of the
Lord” (both from Messiah) and Ola Gjeilo’s setting of “Ubi Caritas.” It was a productive day - many
thanks to Maestro Brad Bouley and all who participated!
For more information about the Fine Arts Department at LSC-Tomball,
contact Dr. Lisa Morales at [email protected] or 281.401.1845.
Fine Arts Faculty include:
Sherri Ryan White, Theater, Program Director*
Denton Davies, Performing Arts Center Manager*
Steffani Frideres, art, design, photography*
Earl Staley, art, painting, drawing*
Sharon Worley, art history
Bernice Peacock, art, drawing
Christopher Carver, art
Christopher Allen, art
Brian Gilbert, art
Jim Hill, art
Eunae Lee, staff accompanist
Dr. So Yoon Lee, piano
Mark Holter, jazz studies and woodwinds
Thomas Bailey, theory and performance ensembles
Cindy Walls, flute
Dr. Julia Keller, double bass and cello
Dr. Alfred James, voice and music appreciation
Karen Brewer, class piano and theory fundamentals
Dr. Lisa Morales, Music, Program Director,*
Vocal, choral, honors studies
Gerald Blakeman, guitar and jazz
*denotes full-time faculty or performing arts center management
The Dean’s Office:
Jared Cootz, Dean, Arts, Behavioral and Social Sciences
Adriane Hutchison, Division Operations Manager
Deena Donaho, Division Coordinator
Find us online: http://www.lonestar.edu/arts-tomball, https://www.facebook.com/LSCTFineArts,
https://www.facebook.com/LSCTomballMusic
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