Calendar of Events April 2010

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P=General/E,A,O=Rutgers Employees, Alumni, Seniors/S=Students

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Friday, March 26-Saturday, April 3

Wednesdays through Saturdays at 8:00 p.m. and Sundays at 2:00 p.m.

Rutgers Theater Company

Speech and Debate*

By Stephen Karam

Directed by Rutgers Emerging Artist Claudia Zahn

In this provocative dark comedy with music, three teenage misfits get caught up in a sex scandal that threatens to rock their town.

New Theater

P$25/E,A,O$20/S$15


Tuesday, March 30-Saturday, April 10

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 Thesis Exhibition I

Reception: Thursday, April 1, 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.

Mason Gross Galleries

FREE


Wednesday, March 31-Saturday, April 3, 8:00 p.m.

Saturday, April 3-Sunday, April 4, 2:00 p.m.

Preview performance Tuesday, March 30, 8:00 p.m.

The Jameson Project

An Evening of One Acts

Directed by Matthew Singletary and Melissa Firlit

Jameson Theater

P$15/E,A,O$15/S$10

Preview performance $5


Tuesday, April 6, 8:00 p.m.

Rutgers Symphony Band

Darryl Bott, conductor

Featuring Princeton Brass Band and Lakota West High

School Symphony Band

Nicholas Music Center

FREE


Thursday, April 1-Saturday, April 3, 8:00 p.m.

Thursday, April 8-Saturday, April 10, 8:00 p.m.

Sunday, April 11, 2:00 p.m.

Student Dance Concert

World premieres by emerging choreographers.

Loree Dance Theater

$5


Friday, April 9, 8:00 p.m.

Virtuoso Brass with Rutgers Brass
Scott Whitener, conductor
Featuring Rutgers Brass, Rutgers Trombone Ensemble, Horn Ensemble, and Euphonium Ensemble.

Nicholas Music Center
FREE


Saturday, April 10, 8:00 p.m.

Musica Raritana Period Instrument Orchestra

Andrew Kirkman, conductor

Performing a program of music last given in New Brunswick at a concert in 1790.

Nicholas Music Center

P$15/E,A,O$15/S$10


Sunday, April 11, 2:00 p.m.

HELIX!

Paul Hoffmann, director

Modern music ensemble performing original compositions.

Nicholas Music Center

FREE


Sunday, April 11, 8:00 p.m.

BA Dance Concert

Loree Dance Theater

FREE


Monday, April 12, 8:00 p.m.

Clarinet Ensemble

Maureen Hurd, director

Schare Recital Hall

FREE


Tuesday, April 13, 8:00 p.m.

Rutgers Jazz Ensemble

Conrad Herwig, director

A Celebration of the Music of Duke Ellington

Featuring Walter White, lead trumpet with Jazz at Lincoln Center, Maynard Ferguson, and the Mingus Big Band

Nicholas Music Center

P$10/E,A,O$10/S$5


Friday, April 16, 8:00 p.m.

Rutgers Symphony Orchestra*

Kynan Johns, conductor

Lara St. John and Mahler 6
Hindson: Violin Concerto (US premiere)
Mahler: Symphony No.6
Nicholas Music Center

P$25/E,A,O$20/S$15


Sunday, April 18, 2:00 p.m.

Rutgers Percussion Ensemble

Joseph Tompkins, director

Nicholas Music Center

FREE


Monday, April 19, 8:00 p.m.

Rutgers Jazz Ensemble Too

Brent Chiarello, director

Nicholas Music Center

FREE


Tuesday, April 20-Saturday, May 1

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 Thesis Exhibition II

Reception: Thursday, April 22, 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.

Mason Gross Galleries

FREE 


Wednesday, April 21, 8:00 p.m.

Rutgers Jazz Chamber Ensemble

An intimate evening of jazz.

Schare Recital Hall

FREE


Thursday, April 22, 8:00 p.m.

Voorhees Choir

Barbara Retzko, director

Choral music by an all women’s choir.

Voorhees Chapel

FREE


Friday, April 23-Saturday, May 1

Wednesdays through Saturdays at 8:00 p.m. and Sundays at 2:00 p.m.

Rutgers Theater Company

Walking Shadows*

By Rutgers Emerging Artist William Burton Henline

What would you do after your brother assassinated the president?  A look at Edwin Booth, America's finest actor, as he struggles to survive the crimes of John Wilkes Booth.

Philip J. Levin Theater

P$25/E,A,O$20/S$15


Friday, April 23, 8:00 p.m.

The Sounds of Chamber Music

Karina Bruk, coordinator

Featuring the winners of the Mason Gross Chamber Music Competition.  Piano, vocal, string, brass and woodwind duos, trios, quartets, quintets as well as larger ensemble groups will present chamber works of the centuries.

Nicholas Music Center

FREE


Saturday, April 24, 8:00 p.m.

Kirkpatrick Choir

Patrick Gardner, conductor

Kirkpatrick Chapel

P$10/E,A,O$10/S$5


Sunday, April 25, 2:00 p.m.

Opera at Rutgers

Pamela Gilmore, producer

Schare Recital Hall

FREE


Sunday, April 25, 8:00 p.m.

Rutgers Sinfonia

Kynan Johns, conductor

An orchestra for all Rutgers students with a love of instrumental music.

Nicholas Music Center

FREE


Monday, April 26, 8:00 p.m.

Collegium Musicum

Andrew Kirkman, conductor

A Renaissance vocal ensemble

Christ Church

FREE


Monday, April 26, 8:00 p.m. and 10:30 p.m.

Rutgers Jazz Ensemble

Conrad Herwig, director

Blue Note Jazz Club

131 W. 3rd Street, New York, NY

Call 212-475-8592 for ticket information.


Tuesday, April 27, 8:00 p.m.

Rutgers Jazz Chamber Ensemble

An intimate evening of jazz.

Schare Recital Hall

FREE


Wednesday, April 28-Saturday, May 1, 8:00 p.m.

Saturday, May1-Sunday, May 2, 2:00 p.m.

Preview performance Tuesday, April 27, 8:00 p.m.

The Jameson Project

An Evening of Original One Acts

Jameson Theater

P$15/E,A,O$15/S$10

Preview performance $5


Wednesday, April 28, 8:00 p.m.

Rutgers Symphony Band

Darryl Bott, conductor

Nicholas Music Center

FREE


Thursday, April 29, 8:00 p.m.

Rutgers Concert Band

Tim Smith, conductor

Nicholas Music Center

FREE


Wednesday, April 28-Saturday, May 1, 8:00 p.m.

Saturday, May 1-Sunday, May 2, 2:00 p.m.

DancePlus Spring*

Always Open, Always Closed (World Premiere)

Choreographer: Julia Ritter

Performers: First-year BFA majors, Performance Skills course

Sound: Original score by Pete Saleh

Paying homage to Swiss-American inventor Theophilus Van Kannel, Julia Ritter will use the metaphor of the revolving door to explore the movement of dancers from one location or situation to another, and back again.

Love and Air
Guest Choreographer: Wallie Wolfgruber

Original music by Michael Wall

A ballet group work on pointe about being alone.

2nd chances (World Premiere)

Choreographer: Randy James

Original Music: Robert Benford

This group work explores the idea of finding what you thought was lost forever.

Fear of Who

Choreographer: Raegan Wood

Music: Hector Zazou

Vacillation Revisited

Choreographer: BFA senior Lauren Connolly

Music: Hildegard von Bingen; Rachel's

New Theater

P$25/E,A,O$20/S$15+


Friday, April 30, 8:00 p.m.

Rutgers Wind Ensemble

William Berz, conductor

This GRAMMY-nominated ensemble focuses on repertory for wind instruments.

Nicholas Music Center

FREE

 

Price Key:

P=General/E,A,O=Rutgers Employees, Alumni, Seniors/S=Students

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