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College of Fine Arts and Communication P.O. Box 10077 Beaumont, TX 77710 Address Service Requested 2010 Fall Arts Calendar Below is a selection of events from our exciting fall line-up. Visit lamar.edu/cofac for more details or to access the full list of concerts, plays and exhibitions offered through the College of Fine Arts and Communication. Aug. 18 – Oct. 1 Oct. 7 – Nov. 19 Nov. 4 Dec. 2 – 16 Faculty Art Exhibition Lamar Alumni Art Exhibition: Lamarissimo! Senior Thesis Exhibition Reception: Sept. 10, 7 p.m. Students of Jerry Newman Faculty Artists, 7:30 p.m. Reception: Dec. 3 at 7 p.m. Dishman Art Museum Reception: Oct. 9 at 7 p.m. Julie Rogers Theatre Dishman Art Museum Dishman Art Museum Sept. 29 – Oct. 5 Nov. 16 Dec. 5 A Doll's House Oct. 31 Band Concert, 7 p.m. Lamarissimo! By Henrik Ibsen Choral Concert, 4 p.m. University Theatre Holiday Concert, 3 p.m. Directed by Joel Grothe First United Methodist Church Jefferson Theatre Studio Theatre Nov. 18 – 19 Nov. 3 – 7 Fall Dance Concert: Dec. 6 A Lesson Before Dying 7:30 p.m., University Theatre Oct. 5 Industrial Carillon, 7:30 p.m. By Romulus Linney Lamarissimo! Mobil Oil Federal Credit Union Directed by Ron Zank Nov. 23 Jazz Concert, 7:30 p.m. University Theatre Lamar Civic Orchestra, 7:30 p.m. Julie Rogers Theatre Setzer Center Ballroom We want to Share your news and success stories with other College of Fine Arts and Communication alumni. If you have news hear from you to share, please send it to [email protected]. Volume 4 Number 9 Summer 2010 News from Lamar University’s College of Fine Arts and Communication The Showcase of Southeast Texas takes the field this fall he LU Marching Band, nicknamed “e Showcase of Southeast Texas,” will delight Contents audiences this fall with military-style shows, tributes to Texas, rock ‘n’ roll classics, T and much more as football returns to Lamar University. 2 | The Dean’s Corner Fans are in for a real treat and some fun surprises when the LU Marching Band takes the field. Before every home game, the band 3 | A Night in Casablanca will progress from the music department’s home in Brooks-Shivers Hall through campus and across the bridge over Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway 4 | Special Guest Libby Larsen to the football stadium. 5 | Speech & Hearing Grant e pregame performance will showcase a military style of marching, including block formations, and more traditional marching 6 | Voice Students Place First songs. It will also feature a tribute to Texas that segues into “e Star-Spangled Banner.” 7 | New Lamar Theatre Season e band’s halftime show will feature the more contemporary corps style, which allows for any type of music, such as pop, classical, and traditional. Formations may be pictures, shapes or lines. Scott Deppe, Lamar’s director of bands, was hired al - most two years ago to form the marching band in prepa - ration for the 2010 football season. “It’s been a lot of recruiting, and a lot of hard work, but I’m pleased with how well it’s all coming together,” Deppe said. “It appears that we have students from almost every Southeast Texas high school in the band, so it really will be the ‘Showcase of Southeast Texas,’ which is the slogan the students themselves selected and voted on.” A Member of continued on page 3 The Texas State University System The Dean’s Corner Volume 4 | Number 9 | Summer 2010 publications, conferences, performances and Sights & Sounds is the newsletter awards. of the Lamar University College We are very excited about the renovation of Fine Arts and Communication. of the music building, which will be complete It is published twice a year by year’s end. e music department should by the Office of the Dean. return to the renovated building in January 2011. Mission Statement COFAC had an extremely successful year Published biannually for alumni, with all of our productions and the work in our students, faculty and friends of the clinics and in deaf education. e Lamarissimo! college, the intent of this newsletter concert series celebrated its milestone 20th is to strengthen ties of the Lamar community. The contents are selected anniversary year, while the new Department to stimulate thought and discussion of eatre & Dance wowed audiences with a and to demonstrate the breadth and world-premiere production, avant-garde plays depth of activities within the college. and groundbreaking dance choreography. Address We look for this tradition of excellence Sights & Sounds to continue in the 2010-11 academic year as Office of the Dean elcome to the summer 2010 Lamar eatre launches the new “Bard on the College of Fine Arts and Communication newsletter for the College of Bayou” artistic series, which will introduce Lamar University Fine Arts and Communication young audiences to Shakespeare’s classic works, P.O. Box 10077 W starting with “ e Tempest .” Exciting classical Beaumont, TX 77710 (COFAC). Summer is a busy time for our college as we gear up for the return of the and contemporary musical performances and Web marching band this fall to accompany the outstanding visual arts exhibitions round out lamar.edu/cofac the fine arts event calendar for the upcoming year. revived football program at Lamar University. Publisher To learn more about these and all our events, Known as “e Showcase of Southeast Texas,” Dean Russ Schultz the LU Marching Band promises to delight visit us on the Web at www.lamar.edu/cofac audiences far and wide. We also anticipate or call (409) 880-8137. Editor Sharon Forret the increased number of students the march - Finally, we are very grateful for the support of the college’s advisory council and Friends [email protected] ing band will draw to both music and dance. (409) 880-2154 We are very proud to report that last of the Arts. ese groups have helped us make academic year COFAC had the largest num - our way through challenging economic times. ber of majors it has had in the last 10 years. The Texas State University System Board of Regents We also led the university for percentage of enrollment increase from the previous year. Ron Blatchley, Chairman | Bryan Our 14.1 percent increase was the highest Charlie Amato, Vice Chairman | San Antonio among all the colleges. Kevin J. Lilly | Houston Russ Schultz Our graduate programs continue to grow Ron Mitchell | Horseshoe Bay Dean, College of Fine Arts and Communication and do well, and our faculty members con - David Montagne | Beaumont tinue to gain national recognition through Lamar University Trisha Pollard | Bellaire Michael Truncale | Beaumont Donna N. Williams | Arlington Art alumus’ work featured in 002houston Magazine Cody Bess, a documentary portrait photographer, recently had a number of his photographs featured in 002houston magazine, a city guide with a distribution of more than 70,000 issues a month. The 2007 alumus studied graphic design, and credits professor Keith Carter with inspiring his photography career. “It was not until seeing an extensive portfolio of photographer Keith Carter did I commit to a career behind the lens,” said Bess. For more information on Bess’ career and work, visit www.codybess.com. 2 In addition to recruiting students, Deppe energy to the position. He’s going to be the has hired a director of athletic bands who will true lifeblood of the marching band.” be officially in charge of Travis Fife, director of the marching band and the He brings a wealth of marching percussion, rounds pep band. Ryan Smith, a talent and energy to the out the marching band team. graduate of Stephen F. Austin position. He’s going to Fife is in charge of the drum State University, assumes line. He will score and arrange duties Aug. 1 and will be be the true lifeblood of all of its music. on hand over the summer the marching band. e band’s home debut to attend band rehearsals. will be on Saturday, Sept. 11 “We’re lucky to have Ryan join our staff,” when Lamar takes on Webber International Cameron Wolfe said Deppe. “He brings a wealth of talent and University from Florida. Keith Carter profiles Beaumont in Texas Le Grand Bal brought Monthly Magazine ‘A Night in Casablanca’ to Lamar amar University art professor and pho - tographer Keith Carter was featured in Lamar’s Friends of the Arts presented Le Grand Bal, a the June 2010 issue of Texas Monthly L gala evening of art, fine magazine. e special issue, titled “Where dining, dancing and enter - I’m From,” compiled the essays of prominent tainment on Saturday, March Texans, including writers, artists and politicians. 27, 2010. The black-tie Carter contributed a 10-page photo essay on event honored “The Renaissance of Lamar Beaumont and the Southeast Texas region. University,” because of the noticeable changes “It was interesting to me to write about that have taken place at Lamar in the last 10 years my hometown,” said Carter, “but I didn’t do and their impact on the community. Le Grand it from a tourist-bureau perspective. I wrote Bal is the major annual fundraiser for the College about why I stay here and what I have enjoyed of Fine Arts and Communication. about this region since my boyhood.” Albert Nolen (pictured, above, with Melanie e issue includes Carter’s photographs of Beaumont landmarks such Dishman) chaired the 2010 event. Activities as Babe Zaharias Park, the Maury Meyers Bridge and the Crockett Street included a reception and silent art auction from Entertainment Complex.