Calendar
of Events Free Events 2008-2009
Monday, July 21 -Friday, September 12
Tuesday-Friday, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Extended hours on Wednesday until 6:00 p.m.
Saturday, noon to 4:00 p.m.
In Suspension
An exhibition that cuts across the boundaries that separate painting, sculpture, and installation, In Suspension features each sculpture suspended in some fashion.
Reception: Thursday, September 11, 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Mason Gross Galleries at Civic Square
FREE
Wednesday, September 10, 2:15 p.m.
Dance Assembly Guest Artist Panel
Martha Clarke, director, choreographer, creator
Richard Peaslee, composer
Jeff Friedman, PhD, assistant professor, Department of Dance
Jane Ashton Sharp, PhD, associate professor, Department of Art
History and Research
Panel discussion about Garden of Earthly Delights: Martha Clarke's seminal work based on the Hieronymus Bosch painting, now being re-envisioned onstage at Two River Theater Company in Red Bank.
Presented in conjunction with Two River Theater Company. Funded in part by a grant from the New Jersey Council for the Humanities.
Nicholas Music Center-Studio 110
FREE
Tuesday, September 23-Friday, October 3
Tuesday-Friday, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Extended hours on Wednesday until 6:00 p.m.
Saturday, noon to 4:00 p.m.
Welcome Back Show
A collaboration with Mason Gross alumni and second-year MFA students.
Project space: Genesis P. Orridge, a confrontational artist dealing with subjects such as prostitution, pornography, serial killers and occultism.
Reception: Thursday, September 25, 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Mason Gross Galleries at Civic Square
FREE
Monday, October 6, 8:00 p.m.
Faculty Recital
Maureen Hurd, clarinet
Barbara Gonzalez-Palmer, piano
Music of Brahms, Berg, Shulman, and more
Nicholas Music Center
FREE
Monday, October 13, 8:00 p.m.
Faculty Chamber Concert
An Evening in Vienna!
Min Kwon, piano
Todd Phillips, violin
Choong-Jin Chang, viola
Jonathan Spitz, cello
Haydn: Piano Trio in C Major
Mozart: Piano Quartet in G minor
Brahms: Piano Quartet in G minor
Nicholas Music Center
FREE
Tuesday, October 14, 8:00 p.m.
Rutgers Jazz Ensemble
Ralph Bowen, director
Rutgers' premier jazz ensemble featuring top doctoral and master's candidates as well as exceptional undergrads. Past members include performers on The Tonight Show.
Nicholas Music Center
FREE
Tuesday, October 14 -Friday, October 31
Tuesday-Friday, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Extended hours on Wednesday until 6:00 p.m.
Saturday, noon to 4:00 p.m.
Never Has She Ever...
Featuring art by Renee Cox, Hanneline Rogeberg, Lauren Kelly, Susanna Coffey, Cauleen Smith, and Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum.
An exhibition featuring 10 women artists re-representing the female gaze and figure twisting that challenges internalized notions of beauty and womanhood.
Reception: Thursday, October 16, 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Co-sponsored by the Office of the Associate Vice President for Academic & Public Partnerships in the Arts and Humanities.
Mason Gross Galleries at Civic Square
FREE
Friday, October 17, 8:00 p.m.
Rutgers Wind Ensemble
William Berz, conductor
Guest Artist: Roxbury High School Wind Symphony
This GRAMMY-nominated ensemble focuses on repertory for wind instruments.
Nicholas Music Center
FREE
Sunday, October 19, 2:00 p.m.
HELIX! New Music Ensemble
Paul Hoffmann, director
Modern music ensemble performing original compositions.
Nicholas Music Center
FREE
Monday, October 20, 8:00 p.m.
Rutgers Jazz Ensemble Too
The top undergraduate jazz ensemble.
See them before they are famous!
Nicholas Music Center
FREE
Thursday, October 23, 8:00 p.m.
Rutgers Symphony Band
Darryl Bott, conductor
A band comprised of music majors and talented non-majors.
Nicholas Music Center
FREE
Sunday, October 26, 2:00 p.m.
Sergei Rachmaninoff-Great Romantic of the 20th Century: A Two-Piano Concert Celebrating the 135th Anniversary of his Birth
Paul Hoffmann and Karina Bruk, pianos
Rachmaninoff: Russian Rhapsody; Suite No. 1 (Fantaisie Tableaux);
Suite No. 2
Nicholas Music Center
FREE
Thursday, November 6-Friday, November 14
Tuesday-Friday, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Extended hours on Wednesday until 6:00 p.m.
Saturday, noon to 4:00 p.m.
BFA and BA Open
Project space: Aaron Hraba and Charlie Roberts
Aaron Hraba absorbs his audience into an autobiographical world of internal social conflicts that the viewer cannot avoid. Charlie Roberts’ performance videos are silent testimonies that question what it means to be one with yourself.
Reception: Thursday, November 6, 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Mason Gross Galleries at Civic Square
FREE
Friday, November 14, 8:00 p.m.
Rutgers Wind Ensemble
William Berz, conductor
This GRAMMY-nominated ensemble focuses on repertory for wind instruments.
Nicholas Music Center
FREE
Saturday, November 15, 8:00 p.m.
Rutgers Glee Club and Mt. Holyoke Glee Club
Patrick Gardner, conductor
Kirkpatrick Chapel
FREE
Sunday, November 16, 2:00 p.m.
Rutgers Percussion Ensemble
Nicholas Music Center
FREE
Tuesday, November 18, 8:00 p.m.
Rutgers Sinfonia
An orchestra for all Rutgers students with a love of instrumental music.
Nicholas Music Center
FREE
Wednesday, November 19, 8:00 p.m.
Around the World with Mason Gross Musicians
Min Kwon, director
Featuring an international roster of top graduate students performing eclectic solo and chamber music repertoire.
Nicholas Music Center
FREE
Thursday, November 20-Friday, December 12
Tuesday-Friday, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Extended hours on Wednesday until 6:00 p.m.
Saturday, noon to 4:00 p.m.
First Year MFA Exhibition
Project space: Pepon Osorio
Osorio's work is influenced by his experience as a social worker. It evolves from an interaction with the neighborhoods and people with whom he works.
Reception: Thursday, November 20, 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Mason Gross Galleries at Civic Square
FREE
Friday, November 21, 8:00 p.m. and
Sunday, November 23, 2:00 p.m.
Opera at Rutgers and Musica Raritana Baroque Classical Ensemble
Pamela Gilmore, director
Purcell: Fairy Queen
Nicholas Music Center
FREE
Saturday, November 22, 8:00 p.m.
Rutgers University Choir
Mark A. Boyle, conductor
A Mass for Rutgers
Boyle: Salvation
Kirkpatrick Chapel
FREE
Monday, November 24, 8:00 p.m.
Collegium Musicum
Timothy J. Smith, conductor
Collegium is a vocal ensemble dedicated to the performance of Renaissance music.
The Genius of the English School: Music of pre-Reformation England
Tye: Missa Euge Bone
Sheppard: Reges Tharsis, In manus tuas (I)
Taverner: Quemadmodum, Dum transisset Sabbatum
Mundy: Vox Patris caelestis
Kirkpatrick Chapel
FREE
Monday, November 24, 8:00 p.m.
Rutgers Jazz Ensemble Too
The top undergraduate jazz ensemble.
See them before they are famous!
Nicholas Music Center
FREE
Tuesday, December 2, 8:00 p.m.
Rutgers Jazz Ensemble
Featuring jazz stars of today and tomorrow.
Nicholas Music Center
FREE
Thursday, December 4, 8:00 p.m.
Rutgers Jazz Chamber Ensemble
Jazz in an intimate setting.
Schare Recital Hall
FREE
Saturday, December 6, 5:00 p.m.
Voorhees Choir Candlelight Concert
Barbara Retzko, conductor
This long-standing all women's choir performs the
annual candlelight concert.
Voorhees Chapel
FREE
Sunday, December 7, 2:00 p.m.
Sounds of Chamber Music
Karina Bruk, coordinator
Featuring the winners of the Fall 2008 Mason Gross Chamber Music Competition. Piano, vocal, string, brass, woodwind duos, trios, quartets, quintets as well as larger ensemble groups will present chamber works of the centuries.
Nicholas Music Center
FREE
Monday, December 8, 8:00 p.m.
Rutgers Wind Ensemble
William Berz, conductor
Nicholas Music Center
FREE
Tuesday, December 9, 8:00 p.m.
Rutgers Jazz Chamber Ensemble
Jazz in an intimate setting.
Schare Recital Hall
FREE
Wednesday, December 10, 6:00 p.m.
Mason Gross Presents
Pepon Osorio
Best known for large-scale installations, his work explores youthful hope and adult despair based upon the realities of a Latino family in New Jersey.
Co-sponsored by the Office of the Associate Vice President for Academic & Public Partnerships in the Arts and Humanities.
Crossroads Theatre
FREE
Wednesday, December 10, 8:00 p.m.
Rutgers Symphony Band
Darryl Bott, conductor
A band comprised of music majors and talented non-majors.
Nicholas Music Center
FREE
Tuesday, December 16 -Friday, January 23
Tuesday-Friday, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Extended hours on Wednesday until 6:00 p.m.
Saturday, noon to 4:00 p.m.
Brodsky Center Annual Exhibition
Mason Gross Galleries at Civic Square
FREE
No tickets are required for free events unless noted.
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