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Calendar of Events Department of Theatre and Dance April 1—April 8 The Matchbook Series: The Last Smoker in America Miniature Paintings by Rated—R Michael Dubina, Perkinson April 1 & 2 @ 7:30pm / April 3 @ 2:00 pm Art Gallery April 7, 8, 9 15, 16 @ 7:30pm / April. 17th @ 2:00 pm Friday, April 1 Pipe Dreams Studio Theatre Faculty and Guest Chamber Tickets: $12 Music Recital featuring Sun-Young Shin, violin; Benjamin Hayek, cello; Sam Gingher, piano, 7:30 pm in Kaeuper Hall Enter an America where the government is in your April 1,2,7,8,9,15,16 kitchen, sniffing for outlawed cigarettes! The extreme anti-smoking laws test the The Last Smoker in America, sanity of one suburban family. Pam is having an impossible time trying to quit. 7:30 pm in Pipe Dreams Her husband Ernie retreats to the basement to relive the rock star dreams of his Studio Theatre youth, while their teenage son Jimmy only turns away from his videogames to Saturday, April 2 explore his gangster rapper persona. Adding to the dysfunctional dynamic is Jessica Madsen’s Masterclass, anti-smoking fanatic Phyllis, the neighbor who can’t keep her nose out of everyone 2:00-4:00 pm in Kaeuper else’s business. Hall Jazz at LSB with Diversity, Faculty and Guest Chamber Music Recital 3:30-5:30 pm Hollis Prize Competition, Samuel Gingher, piano; Sun-Young Shin, violin; 7:30 pm in Kaeuper Hall Benjamin Hayek, cello April 3 & 17 The Last Smoker in America, Friday, April 1, 7:30 pm 2:00 pm in Pipe Dreams Kaeuper Hall Studio Theatre Free and open to the public Thursday, April 7 Join us to hear the premiere performance (in modern history) of two rare piano Jazz Band Spring Concert trios by Carl Czerny (1791-1857), Op. 211 with Dave Stryker, guitar, 7:30 pm at Westminster Presbyterian Church, 1360 West Main St. Friday, April 8 One-Act Opera, 6:00 pm & 7:30 pm in Kaeuper Hall The Official Blues BrothersTM Revue, 7:30 pm in Kirkland Fine Arts Center Saturday, April 9 Jazz at LSB with MU Latin Percussion, 3:30-5:30 pm Sunday, April 10 Faculty Instrumental Recital featuring Pei –I Wang, piano, 7:30 pm in Kaeuper Hall Calendar of Events Continued School of Music Masterclass Tuesday, April 12 Guest Brass Recital, 7:30 pm Dr. Jessica Madsen, piano in Kaeuper Hall Wednesday, April 13 Saturday, April 2, 2:00-4:00 pm Guest Instrumental Recital Kaeuper Hall featuring Karin Kelleher, violin, 6:00 pm in Kaeuper Millikin Alum, Jessica Madsen (‘87), will present a Hall masterclass featuring Millikin piano students. April 14-16 Jessica is an active soloist and chamber musician Little Shop of Horrors, with a Master of Music degree from the University 7:30 pm in Albert Taylor of Missouri-Kansas City Conservatory and a Doctor Theatre of Musical Arts degree from the University of Saturday, April 16 Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM). Jazz at LSB with Decatur Big She currently teaches in Cincinnati, OH and Band, 3:30-5:30 pm performs regularly across the Midwest and beyond. Millikin-Decatur Symphony Dr. Madsen's commitment to Millikin is Orchestra Gala Season Finale, 7:30 pm in Kirkland Fine Arts perpetuated through the annual Jessica Madsen Center Award, offered to outstanding senior student Sunday, April 17 performers in the piano and string areas. Little Shop of Horrors, 2:00 pm in Albert Taylor School of Music Theatre Tuesday, April 19 Vocal Jazz Spring Concert, The annual Hollis Prize Recital will be Saturday, April 2 at 7:30 pm in Kaeuper 7:30 pm at Westminster Hall. Three finalists will be selected to compete for the $2,000 cash prize and the Presbyterian Church, 1360 opportunity to perform on the recital series at the Gail Borden Library in Elgin, IL West Main St. on April 10. The Hollis Prize is made possible through the generosity of Dr. Kimm Thursday, April 21 Hollis, a 1972 alum. Sam & Dave’s Brass Extravaganza, 7:30 pm in Kaeuper Hall College of Fine Arts Patrons Society Friday, April 22 Symphonic Wind Ensemble & Solo Competition Winners, The Millikin University College of Fine Arts 7:30 pm in Kirkland Fine Arts Patrons Society was created to benefit the over Center 600 Millikin student-artists participating in nearly Saturday, April 23 20 degree programs. Membership dues provide Jazz at LSB with MU Jazz I, budget support and help create special projects 3:30-5:30 pm which might otherwise go unfunded. The society’s Sunday, April 24 mission is to bring together the university and Percussion Ensemble individuals who believe in the promotion and Masterworks, 4:00 pm in support of the fine and performing arts and the Kirkland Fine Arts Center student-artist at Millikin University. If you would April 29 &30 like more information about the Patrons Society, What I Didn’t Learn in you can visit the web at: College, 7:30 pm in Pipe Dreams Studio Theatre www.millikin.edu/patrons-society, or you may also contact us by phone at the Saturday, April 30 College of Fine Arts 217-362-6499. Jazz at LSB with Four Other Brothers, 3:30-5:30 pm 2 Faculty Duo-Piano Recital Susan Schroeder Cobb & Bruce L. Gibbons Sunday, April 3, 4:00 pm Kauper Hall Free and open to the public Dr. Susan Schroeder Cobb teaches applied piano, class piano, and preparatory piano at Millikin University. Dr. Cobb received her DMA degree from the University of Oklahoma and MM and BM degrees in piano performance from the University of Illinois. An active solo and collaborative recitalist, she recently performed Carnival of the Animals with the Millikin Decatur Symphony Chamber Orchestra and in 2014 released a CD of the duo piano arrangement. This summer Dr. Cobb will perform for the 5th time on the summer recital series at the President Calvin Coolidge Museum & Education Center at Plymouth Notch, Vermont. In 2010 Dr. Cobb presented a lecture at Northwest Normal University in Lanzou, China. She has been on the faculty of the Summer Sonatina Piano Camp in Bennington, Vermont, the Illinois Summer Youth Music Camp at the University of Illinois, and the Millikin Piano Camp for High School Students. Dr. Bruce Gibbons has been adjunct professor of music since 1985 at Millikin University, where he teaches piano and organ and serves as pianist for opera workshop and music theater classes. He performs as a collaborative pianist in approximately forty student and faculty recitals per year at Millikin University and has performed throughout the United States with various artists. Dr. Gibbons holds performance degrees from Colorado State University and Louisiana State University, studying with Wendel Diebel and Jack Guerry. In addition to his academic duties, he is also organist at First United Methodist Church in Decatur, and a bassoonist with the Decatur Municipal Band. In his spare moments, he enjoys reading, back-packing, and hiking. School of Music String Clinic On Tuesday, April 5, Taylor Morris will present a clinic for string players and musicians in Perkinson Music Center room 221 at 2:00 pm. All are welcome to attend. Taylor Morris enjoys blurring the line between violin and fiddle. After studying classical violin at Arizona State University with Dr. Katie McLin, he spent four years touring the world as one of five fiddlers with Barrage, a world-music violin troupe based out of Canada. His travels, both with Barrage and personally, have led to performances in 47 states and 13 countries with musicians from a multitude of backgrounds. Off of the stage, Taylor obtained a master's in education from Harvard University and is a passionate advocate for arts education. Since 2000, Taylor's teaching has taken him into classrooms around the country, with activities ranging from creating music-inspired art with kindergarteners to leading workshops at the University of Notre Dame, University of the Pacific, and Arizona State University. Through his teaching, Taylor is ultimately on a serious mission to keep music as fun as possible, working with students and educators to explore the incredible variety of ways to make music with string instruments. 3 Music Industry Studies Residency On Monday April 4th and Tuesday April 6th the Music Industry Studies department in the School of Music will be hosting a music production residency funded by a grant from the Hardy Foundation. The residency will feature a trio of music industry luminaries: Kyle Lehning, Viktor Krauss, and Matt Rollings. The three gentlemen will be visiting Commercial Music and Music Business classes throughout the duration of the residency. They will also produce a group of student artists in the Millitrax Recording Studio throughout the day Tuesday. Their residency will culminate with a presentation at the Music Industry Seminar Tuesday evening at 7:30 p.m. in K11 (basement of Kirkland Fine Arts Center), and is open to the public. People are also invited to observe the recording session throughout the day on Tuesday in Millitrax, Millikin’s state-of-the-art recording studio. In 1994 Viktor Krauss began more than twenty years of work with Lyle Lovett, touring and recording with the iconic singer/songwriter, including contributing to recordings such as My Baby Don’t Tolerate, Step Inside This House, Natural Forces and his most recent Release Me. In 1995, Viktor started a long recording and touring collaboration with distinctive guitarist Bill Frisell. Such recordings with Frisell include Nashville, Gone, Just Like a Train, Floratone, East/West, Good Dog, Happy Man, Disfarmer and The Sweetest Punch. Krauss has also been seen on stage with artists such as Carly Simon, Shelby Lynne, Chet Atkins, Larry Carlton, The Chieftains, Elvis Costello, Emmylou Harris, Jewel, Melinda Doolittle and most recently a trio consisting of Jerry Douglas, Krauss and Omar Hakim.