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Drake Fine Arts Calendar
September - December 2008
Art exhibitions
Fri., Sept. 5– Fri., Oct. 17
America Imagines Chinese: 19th Century Advertising Trade Cards and the American Imagination, Anderson Gallery, Harmon Fine Arts Center; Opening reception: Fri., Sept. 5, 5–7 p.m.; Gallery walk conducted by Lenore Metrick-Chen. Gallery hours are noon to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday. In conjunction with the exhibit, Drake will host a public forum on Race and Ethnicity in Public Discourse, 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 9, Performing Arts Hall, Harmon Fine Arts Center. The Anderson Gallery will be open before the forum from 6 to 7 p.m.
Fri., Sept. 12
Night of Stars Reception and Viewing of Anderson Gallery Exhibit for Friends of Drake Arts Members following the Fine Arts Faculty Concert, sponsored by Friends of Drake Arts; Anderson Gallery, Harmon Fine Arts Center; 9 p.m.
Fri., Nov. 7– Fri., Dec. 19
Building a Modern Campus: Eliel and Eero Saarinen, Anderson Gallery, Harmon Fine Arts Center; Opening reception sponsored by Friends of Drake Arts: Fri., Nov. 7, 5–7 p.m. and gallery walk with Professor Maura Lyons, 6 p.m.; Symposium: Nov. 8, 9 a.m.–noon. Gallery hours are noon to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday.
Musical performances
Fri., Sept. 5
Faculty Recital Leanne Freeman-Miller, soprano, and Michelle Havlik-Jergens, piano; 8 p.m., Sheslow Auditorium
Fri., Sept. 12
Night of Stars: Drake Fine Arts Faculty in Concert 8 p.m., Sheslow Auditorium; $10 for adults; $5 for students, seniors and those with Drake I.D. Reception follows for Friends of Drake Arts members in Anderson Gallery, Harmon Fine Arts Center.
Sat., Sept. 20
Faculty Recital Christine Blanner, soprano, and Michelle Havlik-Jergens, piano; 5 p.m., Sheslow Auditorium
Fri., Sept. 26
Drake Jazz I Andrew Classen, director, and Drake Jazz II, James Romain, director; 8 p.m., Performing Arts Hall, Harmon Fine Arts Center; reception follows in Anderson Gallery sponsored by Friends of Drake Arts
Sat., Oct. 4
Edwin Earle Ferguson Event Grammy Award-winning American dramatic soprano, Cheryl Studer, and Nicholas Roth, assistant professor of piano; 8 p.m., Sheslow Auditorium; $15 for adults; $5 for students, seniors and those with Drake I.D. Reception follows in Levitt Hall, Old Main
Tues., Oct. 7
Faculty Recital Leslie Marrs, flute; 8 p.m., Sheslow Auditorium
Thurs., Oct. 9
Guest Recital International Saxophone Quartet; 8 p.m., Sheslow Auditorium
Sun., Oct. 12
Songs of the Heart, fall choral concert featuring the Drake Choir, Drake Chorale, and Chamber Choir, Aimee Beckmann-Collier and Barbara Sletto, conductors; 3 p.m., Sheslow Auditorium
Sun., Oct. 12
Faculty Recital Andrew Classen [CANCELED], trumpet; 7 p.m., Sheslow Auditorium
Tues., Oct. 28
Guest Recital Oasis Saxophone Quartet; 8 p.m., Sheslow Auditorium
Sat., Nov. 1
Drake Symphony Orchestra premier concert featuring Akira Mori, new director of orchestral studies,conducting Tchaikovsky’s Romeo & Juliet and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7; 8 p.m., Sheslow Auditorium
Fri., Nov. 14
Faculty Recital Edward Corpus, bass, and Bruce Perry, piano; 8 p.m., Sheslow Auditorium
Sun., Nov. 16
Faculty Brass Quintet; 5 p.m., Sheslow Auditorium
Mon., Nov. 17
Guest Recital Barbara Leibenguth, flute; 8 p.m., Sheslow Auditorium
Tues., Nov. 18 [TIME CHANGE]
Drake Jazz I Andrew Classen, director; 7:30 p.m., Performing Arts Hall, Harmon Fine Arts Center. Pre-orders will be taken for the new Drake Jazz I "Swingin' into the Holidays" CD, which will sell for $20.
Sun., Nov. 23
Cavalcade of Choirs featuring all four Drake choral ensembles; Aimee Beckmann-Collier and Barbara Sletto, conductors; 3 p.m., Sheslow Auditorium
Mon., Dec. 1
Faculty Recital Nicholas Roth, piano; 8 p.m., Sheslow Auditorium
Tues., Dec. 2
Drake Jazz II James Romain, director; 8 p.m., Performing Arts Hall, Harmon Fine Arts Center
Fri., Dec. 5
Drake Wind Symphony Robert Meunier, director, and Drake Concert Band, Grady McGrannahan, conductor; 8 p.m., Performing Arts Hall, Harmon Fine Arts Center. The Wind Symphony and Concert Band perform the opening concert of the 38th Annual Drake University Honor Band Festival.
Sat., Dec. 6
Drake University Honor Band Festival 5 p.m., Performing Arts Hall, Harmon Fine Arts Center. The closing concert of the Honor Band Festival features high school students from throughout Iowa performing as members of the Honors Wind Ensemble and Honors Concert Band under the direction of nationally recognized guest conductors.
Sat., Dec. 6– Sun., Dec. 7
Christmas Madrigal Dinner featuring the Drake Chamber Choir; Aimee Beckmann-Collier, conductor; 7 p.m., Olmsted Center; Tickets are $50 and will be on sale beginning Mon., Nov. 3, at the Drake Fine Arts Box Office.
Tues., Dec. 9
Drake Symphony Orchestra Akira Mori, conductor; 8 p.m., Sheslow Auditorium
Wed., Dec. 10
Edward Corpus and the Urban Cowboy Concert; 8 p.m., Mainstay
Thurs., Dec. 11
"Swingin' Holiday Spectacular" featuring Drake Jazz I Andrew Classen, director; 8 p.m., Performing Arts Hall, Harmon Fine Arts Center; Tickets are $25 and can be purchased at the door and through the Drake Fine Arts Box Office at 515-271-3841. The ensemble will perform several works from its first holiday CD, "Swingin' into the Holidays." The CD will be available for purchase for $20. All proceeds will help fund the ensemble's 2009 summer tour, which includes a performance at the North Sea Jazz Festival in Holland, as well as concerts in London and Paris.
Theater productions
Thurs., Oct. 2
Interview with actor Alan Cox, moderated by Deena Conley; 2 p.m., Performing Arts Hall, Harmon Fine Arts Center. Cox plays leading character David Frost in "Frost/Nixon," which opens Tuesday, Sept. 30, at the Civic Center and runs through Oct. 5
Thurs., Oct. 2– Sun., Oct. 5
Exit the King by Eugene Ionesco, directed by Deena Conley; 8 p.m. (Oct. 2–4), and 2 p.m. (Oct. 4–5); Studio 55, Harmon Fine Arts Center; $5 for adults; $3 for students and seniors; $1 with Drake I.D.
Thurs., Nov. 13– Sun., Nov. 16
Urinetown, music and lyrics by Mark Hollman, book and lyrics by Greg Kotis, directed by Karla Kash; 8 p.m. (Nov. 13–15); 2 p.m. (Nov. 16); Performing Arts Hall, Harmon Fine Arts Center; $6 for adults; $4 students, seniors and those with Drake I.D. Pre-theatre dinner and TalkAbout presented by Karla Kash, director, Fri., Nov. 14, 6 p.m., Levitt Hall, Old Main. $25 includes dinner, talk and play. Call 515-271-3147 for TalkAbout reservations.
Thurs., Dec. 4– Sun., Dec. 7
Some Girl(s) by Neil LaBute, student directed by Dana Gustafson; 8 p.m. (Dec. 4–6); 2 p.m. (Dec. 6–7), Studio 55, Harmon Fine Arts Center. Free admission; tickets are required.
All events in Sheslow Auditorium take place on the Jordan Stage.
Events are subject to change.
Harmon Fine Arts Center
25th Street and Carpenter Avenue
Joe Lenz, Dean
Marilyn Dean, Fine Arts Facilities Manager
GALLERIES
Weeks Gallery
Anderson Gallery
Gallery Hours:
Tuesday - Sunday, noon - 4 p.m.
All exhibitions are free and open to the public
BOX OFFICE
Monday - Friday, noon - 6 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday, noon - 4 p.m.
515-271-3841
TalkAbout reservations
515-271-3147