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Thursday, March 1
Amphion String Quartet
Whitley Auditorium, 7:30 p.m.
The Mary Duke Biddle Chamber Recital Series
Violinists Katie Hyun and David Southorn, with violist Wei-Yang Lin and cellist Mihai Marica, perform works by Beethoven, Haydn, Tchaikovsky and others.
Admission: $12 or Elon ID. Tickets available February 15.
Department of Music Chamber Ensembles Concert
Whitley Auditorium, 7:30 p.m.
Students perform works for chamber ensembles as well as selected duets and trios.
Monday, March 5
Judith Jamison, “Passion – The Key to Great Leadership”
Whitley Auditorium, 7:30 p.m.
Isabella Cannon Distinguished Visiting Professor of Leadership Lecture
American dancer, choreographer and artistic director emerita of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre, Jamison is a legendary icon in performing arts. For more than two decades at the helm of this highly respected dance organization, she propelled AAADC to new heights with an understanding of the past and a focus on the future.
Admission: $12 or Elon ID. Tickets available February 13.
Love’s Bliss : Love’s Agony
Whitley Auditorium, 7:30 p.m.
Hallie Coppedge Hogan, mezzo soprano, joins pianist Charles Hogan in this excursion through the bane and blessing of love, as told through the music of Giulio Caccini, Robert Schumann, Franz Liszt and Claude Debussy. Debussy’s Chansons de Bilitis will also feature dancers from the Department of Performing Arts.
Admission is free of charge.
Wednesday, March 7
Christopher Emdin, “Reality Pedagogy: Teaching and Learning from a Student’s Standpoint”
Whitley Auditorium, 7:30 p.m.
With terms like “multiculturalism” and “cultural relevance” littered across the educational landscape, teachers and school administrators still seek instructional approaches/tools that meet the needs of a diverse student population. Emdin explores the current educational buzz words and provides effective tools for educators that connect theory and practice.
Sponsored by Elon Teaching Fellows, the School of Education and Kappa Delta Pi
Thursday, March 8
Richmond Ballet
McCrary Theatre, 7:30 p.m.
This dynamic regional dance organization established itself with highly physical, athletic movement and intense emotion. Artistic director Stoner Winslett and the company return to Elon with four works including Swipe by Val Caniparoli, After Eden by John Butler and others.
Admission: $12 or Elon ID. Tickets available February 16.
Elon University Lyceum Series
Thursday, March 8
2012 Political Debate between the Elon Young Democrats and the Elon Young Republicans
Whitley Auditorium, 7 p.m.
A debate held during the middle of the 2012 presidential primary season with issues to be chosen by a campus vote at College Coffee.
Sponsored by The National Campaign for Political Engagement and the Department of Political Science and Public Administration
Students perform works for chamber ensembles as well as selected duets and trios.
Sponsored by the Department of Music
Monday, March 12
Jelena Berenc, Analytic Mark, opening reception
Arts West Gallery, 12:30 p.m.
Artist talk, Yeager Recital Hall, 5:30 p.m.
Berenc’s endurance drawings document several of her fundamental life experiences. The works on paper are created through repetition, excessiveness and continuous durations so constructed to allow the artist to re-experience her existence in a slower and more fully conscious way. Exhibition continues through April 10.
Monday, March 12
David Eagleman, Incognito: The Brains Behind the Mind
McCrary Theatre, 7:30 p.m.
If the conscious mind – what you consider you – accounts for only a fraction of the brain’s functions, what is the rest doing? Research increasingly supports that in the billions of neurons and synapses, conscious thought represents only a small portion of the brain’s capacity. Eagleman, an internationally renowned neuroscientist, describes the remaining unconscious mind as a vast and complex array of mental phenomena that includes thoughts, emotions, reactions and much more.
Sponsored by the Liberal Arts Forum with support from Voices of Discovery Science Speaker Series
Tuesday, March 13
Frederic Chiu, “Classical Smackdown: Debussy/Prokofiev”
Whitley Auditorium, 7:30 p.m.
Adams Foundation Piano Recital sponsored by the Times-News and Elon University
The popular spring piano recital will be performed by a Chinese/American artist known for expanding the place of classical music. Chiu’s unusual collaborations include a Messiaen remix project with hip hop artist Socalled and his innovative workshop program, Deeper Piano Studies. Chiu compares and contrasts various works of two composers through performance and onstage commentary. The audience will be given the opportunity to vote for its preferred composer with results posted on the artist’s website.
Admission: $15 (reserved seating) or Elon ID. Tickets available February 20.
Tuesday, March 13
“Dancing Across Religions: Embodied Yearnings for the Divine”
Black Box Theatre, 7:30 p.m.
Acclaimed Bharatanatyam dancer Malini Srinivasan offers a performance-demonstration of this classical Indian dance form in conjunction with a panel discussion focusing on the religious dimensions of dance featuring Katherine C. Zubko (assistant professor of religious studies, UNC Asheville) and Jane Wellford (professor of performing arts, Elon University). This interdisciplinary conversation considers how dance functions as a site of cooperation and creativity in cases where dancers embody and make available to audiences their own and others’ religious narratives.
Sponsored by the Religious Studies Department and the Department of Performing Arts with support from the Truitt Center for Religious and Spiritual Life and the Program for Ethnographic Research and Community Studies (PERCS)
Wednesday, March 14
Ander Monson, nonfiction reading
Yeager Recital Hall, 7:30 p.m.
The author of two award-winning collections of nonfiction, Ander Monson writes about familiar subjects – car washes, snow and tooth decay – but in unfamiliar and humorous ways. Obsessed with the form of the personal essay, Monson oftentimes pushes against its boundaries, creating the anti-memoir and embracing a digital universe. A professor at the University of Arizona, Monson has also published a novel and two collections of poetry.
Sponsored by The English Department
Wednesday, March 14
Elon University Wind Ensemble
McCrary Theatre, 7:30 p.m.
The Elon Wind Ensemble, directed by Tony Sawyer, presents a program of contemporary wind band music.
Sponsored by the Department of Music
Friday, March 16
Al Petteway and Amy White, "High in the Blue Ridge"
Music and multi-image presentation
Whitley Auditorium, 7:30 p.m.
Original, traditional, and Celtic- and Appalachian-inspired music performed on acoustic guitar, mandolin, Celtic harp, piano, banjo, lap dulcimer, Irish Bouzouki, cittern, vocals and percussion with stories, history and song illustrating the inspiration behind the music and images. Featuring photography by Al and Amy, whose work is represented by the National Geographic Society's Images Sales Division. For more information about the artists, http://www.alandamy.com
Sponsored by the Alamance Arts Council and the Department of Music
Wednesday, March 28
Elon Faculty Poetry Reading
Isabella Cannon Room, 7 p.m.
Claudine Moreau, Jeff Stein and Janet Warman read from their works.
Thursday, March 29
Charles Price, “Interrupting Oppression and Sustaining Justice: Lessons from Welfare Reform”
LaRose Digital Theatre, Koury Business Center, 7:30 p.m.
The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 severely curtailed welfare recipient participation in postsecondary education. Price will address how efforts to reform these educational policies are an example of interrupting oppression and sustaining justice, why college is important to welfare recipients, and how engaged scholarship can make a positive difference in matters of public interest.
Sponsored by PERCS: Elon's Program for Ethnographic Research and Community Studies
Friday-Saturday, March 30 & 31
Grand Night XX
Yeager Recital Hall, 7 and 8:30 p.m.
One hour of show-stopping numbers by students in the Department of Performing Arts.
Saturday, March 31
SPJ Region Two Conference and Awards
Whitley Auditorium, 8:30 a.m.
The Society of Professional Journalists and the Radio Television Digital News Association host a day of speakers and workshops at Elon University. The regional conference represents schools and professionals from Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina and Washington, D.C. SPJ’s Region Two Mark of Excellence Awards will be presented as part of the conference.
Sponsored by the Society of Professional Journalists with Radio Television Digital News Association
