School of Performing Arts Announces 2006 Fall Semester Events

Contact: Karen Cole, (207) 581-4704; George Manlove, (207) 581-3756

ORONO — The University of Maine School of Performing Arts has announced its fall semester calendar of events, featuring the artistic talent, creativity and expertise of university faculty members, students and special guest performers.

MUSIC

Minsky Hall Recital Series
Faculty Recitals:

Saturday, Sept. 23
Trumpet/Piano/Violin Recital

Music by Ewazen, Sir Arthur Sullivan and others will be performed by Jack Burt, trumpet; Laura Artesani, piano; Anatole Wieck, violin; and other guests. 7:30 p.m.

Friday, Sept. 29
“A Recital of Birds”
Performers will include UMaine’s Trimorphic Protennoia: Nancy Ellen Ogle, soprano; Ginger Yang Hwalek, piano; and Kathleen Ellis, narrator. Other guest artists also will perform. 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 14
Violin Recital
Featuring Anatole Wieck & friends. 7:30 p.m.

Sunday, Oct. 22
“Thwarted Voices”
Music devoted to the music of composers who were victims of National Socialist racial policies. Organized and performed by Phillip Silver, with guest artist Deborah Cook, an internationally acclaimed soprano. 2 p.m.

Ensemble Series
Wednesday, Oct. 18
Women Composers Concert
Minsky Recital Hall, 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 28
University Orchestra
Minsky Recital Hall, 7:30 p.m.

Tuesday, Nov. 7
Chamber Jazz
Minsky Recital Hall, 7:30 p.m.

Sunday, Nov. 12
University Singers Concert
Minsky Recital Hall, 2 p.m.

Tuesday, Nov. 14
Percussion Ensemble
Minsky Recital Hall, 7:30 p.m.

Thursday, Nov. 16
Oratorio Society
Minsky Recital Hall, 7:30 p.m.

Monday, Nov. 20
Symphonic Band Concert
Maine Center for the Arts, 7:30 p.m.

Tuesday, Nov. 28
Chamber Music Concert
Minsky Recital Hall, 7:30 p.m.

Thursday, Nov. 30
Jazz Concert
Hauck Auditorium, 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, Dec. 2
Opera Workshop
Minsky Recital Hall, 7:30 p.m.

Sunday, Dec. 3
Collegiate Chorale
Minsky Recital Hall, 2 p.m.

Sunday, Dec. 3
Athena Consort & Black Bear Men’s Chorus
Minsky Recital Hall, 7:30 p.m.

Tuesday, Dec. 5
Brass Night
Minsky Recital Hall, 7:30 p.m.

Sunday, Dec. 10
Yuletide Concert
Maine Center for the Arts, 2 p.m. Admission $8.

THEATRE

“Wintertime”
Playwright Charles Mee pulls together disparate elements from past theatrical works and meshes contemporary aspects, creating a play that is contemporary but never strays from its historical roots. As such, “Wintertime” is, by Mee’s own description, “a sweet, dreamy, romantic comedy from the world of The Winter’s Tale and The Cherry Orchard and Moli