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April 2008
Wednesday, April 2 Anderson, an assistant professor of art history at UNC Chapel Hill, will focus on medieval Islamic villa cultures of Spain as part of a broader history of the villa in the Mediterranean. Anderson is currently at work on a book about villas and court culture in Umayyad Cordoba. She is the editor of Revisiting al Andalus: Perspectives on the Art & Material Culture of Islamic Iberia & Beyond. Art History Lecture Series
Wednesday, April 2 Charles Kimball is a professor of religion at Wake Forest University and a professor of comparative religion at Wake Forest Divinity School. In 2002, Kimball authored an intriguing study into the ways that religion can be corrupted. Every religion has the capacity to work either for good or evil, and he contends that there are five warning signs that can be recognized when religion moves toward the latter. Sponsored by the Liberal Arts Forum
Thursday, April 3 Pianist Ann Schein has been thrilling audiences since her highly acclaimed Carnegie Hall debut, launching a career which has earned her praise in major American and European music centers and in more than 50 countries around the world. She was on the piano faculty of the Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore from 1980-2000. Admission: $15 or Elon ID (RS). Tickets available March 13.
Friday-Saturday, April 4 & 5 One hour of showstopping numbers by students in the performing arts department.
Sunday, April 6 The Elon University Camerata, under the direction of Stephen A. Futrell, will present an afternoon concert featuring the Brahms Liebeslieder Waltzer Opus 52. The ensemble will be joined by Haidee Dollak and Sharon LaRocco on piano. As the collection of songs was written in 1869, the audience is encouraged to dress in the style of the period.
Tuesday, April 8 This concert, directed by Jon Metzger, will feature student arrangements and compositions for percussion instruments.
Tuesday, April 8 The H. Shelton Smith Lecture Al Staggs’ performance of Clarence Jordan and the God Movement depicts the former Baptist minister and biblical scholar who, in 1942, founded the interracial community of Koinonia in south Georgia. Jordan’s perspective on Christian discipleship, particularly in regard to the issues of racial equality, war and greed, made him a highly controversial figure in his hometown of Americus and Sumter County, Georgia. This event is the annual H. Shelton Smith program, which honors the 1917 Elon graduate who was founder of the North Carolina Council of Churches and of the graduate program in religious studies at Duke University.
Wednesday, April 9 Claudia Emerson, who won the Pulitzer Prize for poetry in 2006 for her collection LATE WIFE, will give a reading of her work.
Thursday, April 10 Prince, a highly honored and influential theatrical director/producer, will be joined by performing arts students, alumni and the Greensboro Symphony in a celebration of the performing arts as a necessary element of the human experience. Elon University has commissioned a new work specifically written to commemorate this event by composer and lyricist Jason Robert Brown, who will conduct this special composition. Admission: $12 or Elon ID. Tickets available March 20.
Friday-Saturday, April 11 &
12 This play, performed in the commedia dell’arte style, will employ archetypal characters, heightened movement, character masks and improvisation. Seating is limited to 50 guests.
Sunday, April 13 A program featuring baroque through 20th century selections for various combinations of flute, clarinet and piano.
Monday, April 14 Russo, a professor of English and former director of graduate studies at the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida, is the author of I. A. Richards: His Life and Work and co-editor of the journal Italian Americana. His most recent book, The Future without a Past: The Humanities in a Technological Age, won the Thomas N. Bonner Award in 2006. Sponsored by the Elon members of Phi Beta Kappa and Elon College, the College of Arts and Sciences.
Monday, April 14 Sponsored by Elon’s EndSlaveryNow Coalition, organizing various campus organizations and individuals committed to furthering discussion and understanding, gathering resources, and supporting action to end global slavery.
Thursday, April 17 The James P. Elder Lecture A national leader in community service, Wofford served as an advisor to the presidential campaign of John F. Kennedy and was later appointed to Kennedy’s staff as civil rights advisor. He was instrumental in the formation of the Peace Corps and subsequently served as associate director. Wofford was a senator from Pennsylvania (1991-1995), president of two colleges and CEO of the Corporation for National and Community Service (AmeriCorps, 1995-2001). He serves on the boards of several service organizations, including Project Pericles, America’s Promise, Youth Service America and the Points of Light Foundation.
Friday, April 18 The Jazz Ensemble, directed by Jon Metzger, will perform arrangements of well-known standards and jazz classics.
Thursday, April 24 Niedt’s fresh, diverse and emotionally engaging repertoire is performed with energy, technical perfection and emotional depth. Along with traditional classical music and one-of-a-kind arrangements of Gershwin and Ellington, Neidt will perform his interesting twists on Mancini, Brubeck and others. Admission: $12 or Elon ID. Tickets available April 3.
Thursday, April 24 Gmelch, a professor of anthropology at Union College as well as the University of San Francisco, is the author of 10 books and numerous articles on Irish Travellers, salmon fisher folk, migrants, tourism and baseball. He has conducted ethnographic research in Ireland, England, Alaska, Newfoundland, Barbados and the United States. Gmelch has recently used ethnographic research methods in studying professional baseball players and will talk about how professional baseball in America has changed to reflect cultural trends in the larger society. Sponsored by PERCS: Elon's Program for Ethnographic Research and Community Studies
Thursday-Sunday, April 24-27 Mischief, magic and mismatched lovers all mingle under the spell cast by the midsummer moon. This classic comedy features some of the Bard’s most memorable characters and scenes. Find out “What fools these mortals be” when it comes to love and infatuation. Admission: $12 or Elon ID. Tickets available April 3.
Sunday-Monday, April 27 & 28 “Tapped Out” is an exciting new dance event featuring original dance choreography by performing arts faculty member Gene Medler and some of the department’s finest tap dance students.
Tuesday, April 29
Thomas Erdmann,
director Thomas Erdmann welcomes Conductor Emeritus David Bragg to the podium to lead the orchestra in a number of selections. Faculty artist Victoria Fischer Faw is featured as piano soloist in Felix Mendelssohn's sparkling Piano Concerto in g minor, Op. 25. Fischer Faw will also join music theatre major Christina Caravella, soprano, as soloists in Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's concert aria "Chio mi scordi di te" conducted by Dr. Bragg. Vaclav Nelhybel’s riotous Music For Orchestra will also be performed.
Tuesday, April 29 The first four-term governor in state history (1977-1985, 1993-2001), Hunt led efforts to improve the state’s schools, enhance the quality of teaching and provide programs for children to achieve early educational success. Hunt’s Smart Start program for pre-kindergarten children provides quality healthcare, childcare and family support for each child who needs it. Hunt has devoted a significant portion of his career to the improvement of teaching in the nation’s schools. He served on the Carnegie Task Force, which created the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards and has served on the Spellings Commission on the Future of Higher Education.
Tuesday-Saturday, April 29-May 3 Join us for the premier of a new musical written by Elon alumnus Chris Miller, directed by Lynne Formato, with music direction by Kenneth Lee (Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday) and a full length student-directed play (title and director TBA — Wednesday and Friday at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday at 2 p.m.). Tickets: $5 or Elon ID. Tickets available at the door — no advance reservations. | ||
