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
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