F R O S T B U R G S T A T E U N I V E R S I T Y StateLineswwwfrostburgedu/news/statelineshtm For and about FSU people A publication of the FSU Office of Advancement Volume 36, Number 14, December 6, 2005 Copy deadline: noon Wednesday, 228 Hitchins or emedcalf@frostburg&edu This Week on Campus concerts and performances each year in front of almost half a million people, visiting virtually all of Europe, Asia, Australia and the Americas. Their “Christmas in Vienna” concert plays to sold-out audiences across America and is a high demand performance. To purchase tickets or for more information, call the FSU Cultural Events Box Office at x3137 or toll free at 1- 866-TIXX-CES, or visit online at ces.frostburg.edu. The Rory Lowe Band Clarinet Ensemble, The Vienna Choir Boys Winds to Perform UPC Presents MAE and FSU’s Clarinet Ensemble and Chamber the Rory Lowe Band Additional Vienna Choir Winds will perform on Monday, Dec. 5, at 8 p.m. in the Performing Arts Center The University Programming Council Boys Concert Added Pealer Recital Hall. at FSU will present MAE and the Rory Lowe Band on Thursday, Dec. 8, at 8 FSU Cultural Events Series has added a The artist director will be Mark p.m. in the Lane University Center’s performance of the Vienna Choir Boys’ Gallagher and the conductor will be Alice R. Manicur Assembly Hall. Doors “Christmas in Vienna” on Monday, Dec. Brian Plitnik. Works by Jacob, Bloch, open at 7 p.m. 5, 7:30 p.m. at Fort Hill High School, Whitacre and Mozart will be performed. The charming quintet collectively Cumberland. The performance scheduled For more information, contact the known as MAE has recently released its for Tuesday, Dec. 6, at 7:30 p.m. in the FSU Department of Music at x4109. sophomore album, “The Everglow.” Visit Pealer Recital Hall of the FSU Performing www.whatismae.com to hear a sample of Arts Center has limited seating available. Tri-State Honor Band MAE and listen to both the compelling Both performances are presented in and introspective lyrics along with fine conjunction with Best Western – The Festival Set for Dec. 11 musicianship. Braddock and NBC 25. The annual Tri-State Honor Band The Rory Lowe Band returns to FSU The Vienna Choir Boys performed in Festival concert will be held on Sunday, after its September 2004 appearance. Frostburg in 2003 to a sold-out house Dec. 11, at 3:30 p.m. in the Performing The group has opened for Maroon 5, and return to the area to present their Arts Center’s Pealer Recital Hall at FSU. Howie Day, Ninedays and Pat McGhee holiday concert. People magazine’s Over 150 high school students from 25 Band. You can sample their music at special 2005 holiday edition includes different music programs will participate www.roryloweband.com. the Vienna Choir Boys’ “Christmas in in this two-day festival hosted by FSU Admission is $2 for FSU students with Vienna” concert in Branson, Mo., as a Director of Bands Noel T. Kunkle. proper ID and $10 for the general “Don’t Miss Opportunity.” The festival’s guest director Elizabeth public. For more information, contact Emperor Maximilian I founded the Schulze has been praised by critics as “an the Lane University Center Information Vienna Choir Boys more than 500 years ideal music director whose infectious Desk at x4411. ago to provide music for imperial court energy is as contagious as her exuberant functions. When the Habsburg Empire fell and thoroughly committed musicianship.” apart in 1918, no funding was available to Schulze is the music director and conduc- maintain the choir. Rather than dissolve tor of the Maryland Symphony Orchestra. the group, director Josef Schnitt decided Selections for the concert will include to rename it as the Wiener Sängerknaben, “American Rhapsody” by Anne McGinty, exchange the imperial uniforms for sailor “Country Gardens” by Percy Grainger, suits and take the choir on tour. Within a “Chat Rituals” by Elliot Del Borgo and a year, the Wiener Sängerknaben was concert march entitled “Proud Heritage” performing in Berlin, Prague, and Zurich, by William Latham that will be con- and the choir’s itinerary expanded rapidly. ducted by Kunkle. The band will con- Today, there are around 100 choristers clude with “American Civil War Fantasy” between the ages of 10 and 14, divided by Jerry Bilik. MAE into four touring choirs. “Austria’s Admission is $5 for adults and $3 for singing ambassadors” give around 300 students and senior citizens. Inside: Theatre 2 Art 2 Points of Pride 4 Community 2 Speakers 2-3 Safety Message 5 Academic Opportunities 3 Take Note 3-4 Calendar 5 StateLines / 2 The concert will present some of Lobby for all the twisted but sober Theatre Ireland’s finest traditional music and students! songs. Admission is $5 for adults, $3 for students and free for 12 and under. Season Too! Presents Prior to the evening event, from 2 to Art Diana Son’s ‘STOP KISS’ 4 p.m., each musician will offer instru- ment workshops on Irish music. Egan Five Unique Artists Join FSU Theatre’s Season Too! series will will present a workshop on guitar style present Diana Son’s contemporary play and playing in standard tuning. Dunne’s Forces for ‘Five’ Exhibit “STOP KISS” on Friday, Dec. 9 and 10, at fiddle workshop will concentrate on the Five different artists have come 8 p.m. in the F. Perry Smith Studio distinctive melodic style of Irish tradi- together to present their five different Theatre of the Performing Arts Center. tional music. Thomas’ concertina styles in the exhibition, “Five,” on Directed by senior Diana Abrecht, instruction will emphasize the rich display in the Stephanie Ann Roper Fine “STOP KISS” is both a funny and ornamentation that can be achieved on Arts Gallery through Wednesday, Dec. 7. thought-provoking story of the ways the anglo concertina. Each of the two- Gallery hours are Sunday through that lives can change irreversibly, over hour workshops requires a $25 registra- Wednesday from 1 to 4 p.m. many years or in just a few short tion fee. Senior Nikki Bergling has a dual seconds. Set in New York City, Callie, a For more information or to register to concentration in painting and traffic reporter for a news radio station attend a workshop, call Dr. Kara Rogers printmaking. She holds a great interest and, Sara, an elementary school teacher Thomas, FSU Folklorist, at x3124 or e- in art history and is influenced by the from St. Louis, form a fast friendship mail [email protected]. works of old masters along with the which soon leads to an unexpected world around her. Bergling has devel- attraction. When their first kiss pro- oped a style that exploits expressive line vokes a violent attack and neither 3 A.M. Society Presents quality and attempts to capture the friends nor family understand their an Open-Mic Reading originality and quirkiness of her sur- bond, where can their relationship FSU’s 3 A.M. Society, in conjunction roundings. She will graduate in May possibly go? with the FSU Center for Creative Writing, 2006 with her B.F.A. For reservations and further informa- announces an open-mic reading at the Senior Ashley Labrie is focusing in tion please call the theatre box office at Alliway on Main Street in downtown photography. Her work is influenced by x7462, Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. Frostburg, across from the Gunter Hotel, the people and places surrounding her to 4 p.m. All tickets are $5. on Thursday, Dec. 8, at 9 p.m. The hometown of Pembroke Pines, Fla., as reading is open to readers of all genres. well as her close friends and family. She Community 3 A.M. Society members will be reading will graduate in Dec. 2005 with her their work and welcome any community B.F.A. as well as a B.S. in liberal studies member interested in reading their with a concentration in art history. fiction, poetry or creative non-fiction. Senior Carrie Pratt has spent her two ‘An Evening of Irish The 3 A.M. Society is a creative and a half years on campus focusing in writing organization open to FSU painting and ceramics. After graduation, Traditional Music’ Set students of all majors. The Society is she plans to complete a Masters in Art FSU and the Allegany Arts Council dedicated to promoting the art of Education at FSU and eventually teach will host “An Evening of Irish Traditional creative writing in an informal setting. elementary education. Music” at 8 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 10, Aside from holding weekly workshops, Senior Emily Rollins has been study- at the Frostburg Community Center, 27 the 3 A.M. Society hosts open-mic night ing jewelry design for three years under Water Street. readings and meets with visiting writers the guidance of Doug Salmon at FSU. Performers include FSU exchange as well FSU’s Creative Writing faculty, She is actively involved in an appren- student Brid Dunne, of County Limerick, which consists of such published authors ticeship at J. Kreiger’s Goldsmith in on fiddle; Frostburg resident Jeff as Gerry LaFemina, Brad Barkley and Cumberland. Her jewelry reflects the Thomas on anglo concertina; and Barbara Hurd. flow of feminine curvature and is meant Tipperary man Pat Egan on guitar and Anyone interested in reading can to enhance and beautify a woman’s vocals. contact the 3 A.M. Society via e-mail at body. She will complete her B.F.A.