ARTS&IDEAS Spring 2011 Published by the UMass Lowell Center for Arts and Ideas Roger Cressey ’87 Morse Lecture on International Relations Andrew Byrom ‘Upper Lower Open Closed’ University Gallery Dropkick Murphys UML 90-Piece Concert Band Tsongas Center at UMass Lowell Durgin Concert Hall g 9 e r 6 A g O . a t t M o i D s f , I l N o o l r t e P i A P . w - m P S o r n . e L o U P N Leymah Gbowee ‘Rent,’ a Rock Musical Greeley Scholar for Off-Broadway Players Peace Studies l l e w o L s t t e s u h c . a e 4 s v s 5 A a 8 y 1 M t i 0 f s r o A e y v t i M i n s , l r l U e e v e i w n n o U O L Kay Ryan, U.S. Poet Laureate Poetry Reading, Dept. of English MUSIC Winter Concert: String Music from Around the World Jan. 23, 3:00 p.m. Durgin Concert Hall The UMass Lowell String Project and the Lowell Youth Orchestra (LYO) present string music from around the world. LYO music director Ben Parisi conducts. The guest artist is acclaimed Double Bassist Carolyn Fryer in a new arrangement of “The Elephant” from Saint Saëns’ “Carnival of the Animals.” Jazz Rock New England Senior Youth Big Band Wind Ensemble Concert Dan Lutz, Director Deb Huber, Conductor Deb Huber, May 3, 7:30 p.m. Assoc. Director Durgin Concert Hall April 21, 7:30 p.m. NEYWE, under the direction of conductor and Durgin Concert Hall artistic director Deb Huber, will premiere a new UMass Lowell’s Jazz composition by James Curnow, a multi-movement Rock Big Band performs work of New England Folk Songs. For more details, Colonial Brass in Concert contemporary big visit www.uml.edu/neywe or call 978-934-4133. February 10, 7:30 p.m. band jazz. This group University Wind Ensemble Concert also performs as the Pep Band for River Hawks Durgin Concert Hall David Martins, Director hockey games. This sextet from the U.S. Air Force’s Band of Liberty May 4, 7:30 p.m. uses a wide repertoire of music from Bach to Sousa Mixed Chamber Concert Durgin Concert Hall to Miles Davis. They will dazzle and delight audiences David Martins, Director Featuring Symphony No. 1, “New Day Rising,” of all ages. Open clinic, 1 p.m., in Durgin. April 25, 7:30 p.m. by Steven Reineke University Wind Ensemble Concerts Fisher Recital Hall Opera Workshop Scenes David Martins, Director Bailando May 6, 7:30 p.m. March 9, 7:30 p.m. April 26, 7:30 p.m. Fisher Recital Hall Durgin Concert Hall Durgin Concert Hall Music students perform opera scenes in full costume Featuring Concerto Competition winners Marissa A unique choral concert, led by Murray Kidd, featur - and with staging. Stage Director, Janice Giampa and Broe, Flute, and Eric Dion, Alto Saxophone ing music from many lands, including Serbia, South Musical Director/Pianist, Bonnie Anderson. For Czech Performing Groups Africa, the Punjab Region and also featuring jazz and details on this event, visit www.uml.edu/music. pop music. April 14, 7:30 p.m. String Ensembles Concert Durgin Concert Hall May 9, 7:30 p.m. From Southern Bohemia to Mexico is a joint project Fisher Recital Hall of two dance groups, “Moták” and “Dvorana.” Carolyn Fryer and Mark Berger lead the UMass The two dance groups are accompanied by music String Ensembles. from “Kvitek.” N.E. Junior Wind Ensemble Concert Action! Music and Painting Deb Huber, Conductor April, TBA time and location May 10, 7:30 p.m. Watch young artists of the Revolving Museum action Durgin Concert Hall paint to the sounds of the Lowell Youth Orchestra led by Kay G. Roberts. NEYWE-Junior will premiere a new work by composer Robert Sheldon, a prolific internationally University Orchestra Spring Concert, known composer and conductor with hundreds of Popular & Rarely Played Classics Concert Band in Concert compositions to his credit and performances on the April 20, 7:30 p.m. Dan Lutz, Director stages of Boston Symphony Hall and Carnegie Hall. Durgin Concert Hall April 27, 7:30 p.m. Sponsored in part by the Lowell Cultural Council and the Zuckerberg Leadership Prize awarded to 35 Wilder Street, Lowell Durgin Concert Hall conductor Deb Huber. For more details, visit The University Orchestra, under the direction of UMass Lowell’s 90-piece ensemble performs www.uml.edu/neywe or call 978-934-4133. Kay G. Roberts, performs Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, traditional and modern wind band literature and and more! orchestral transcriptions. Spring Concert, Drawn to the Music The UML String Project and the Lowell Dancing in Concert: East Meets West Youth Orchestra perform with young April 30, 7 p.m. local artists Eliot Church May 15, 3:00 p.m. 273 Summer St., Lowell Durgin Concert Hall The New England Orchestra, Lowell Youth Orches - All performances in Durgin Concert tra, and UML faculty and students perform a cul - Young artists create a visual response to the music. tural fusion concert centered on the music of The artwork in progress will be projected on large Hall & Fisher Recital Hall as noted, screens while the music is performed and will be 35 Wilder St., UMass Lowell South Cambodian-American composer Chinary Ung and featuring the Angkor Dance Troupe in court and folk auctioned off to benefit the UML String Project and Campus. Unless noted, all shows Revolving Museum. are free, open to the public and dances. Kay G. Roberts conducts. Funded by UMass President’s Creative Economy Fund, Moses Greeley wheelchair accessible. Parker Lectures, and UML Center for Arts and Ideas. 2 Visit www.uml.edu/artsandideas for details on all events. ARTS &IDEAS UMass Lowell Center for Arts and Ideas MUSIC Music on the Tsongas Center Merrimack Snoop Dogg Jan. 28, 9:00 p.m. These performances will be in Tsongas Center at Durgin Concert Hall, UMass Lowell UMass Lowell South Campus. Free and open to the general public. Snoop Dogg began Wheelchair accessible. his recording career in 1993 with a quadruple Feb. 24, 7:30 p.m. platinum selling debut album and has not slowed “Two Bass Hits Quintet with Fred Buda and down in his now 17-plus Friends.” Fred Buda, UMass Lowell performance year career. faculty and longtime percussionist with the Boston Pops performs with great musicians on the national jazz scene. March 3, 7:30 p.m. “Guitar Virtuoso Eliot Fisk in an Intimate Recital.” As the direct pupil of the legendary Andres Segovia, Eliot Fisk is known world wide for his innovative approach and for expanding the scope of the classical guitar legacy. April 7, 7:30 p.m. “An Evening of Opera Scenes and Art Songs.” UMass Lowell performance faculty Janice Giampa, Dropkick Murphys soprano, Donna Ames, mezzo-soprano, Murray March 19, 8:00 p.m. Kidd, tenor, Mark Cleveland, bass, perform opera Tsongas Center at UMass Lowell scenes in full costume with Thomas Stumpf, and Now in their 14th year, the Dropkick Murphys have risen UMass Lowell piano faculty. from their basic Irish-punk roots to become a rocking & For details on these events, visit www.uml.edu/music. rolling, raging, green-clover machine. Dropkick Murphys are now one of the best-known rock bands in the world. For details on these shows and to purchase tickets, visit Music Department’s Thursday TsongasCenter.com or the Tsongas Center Box Office or Recital Hour call 866-722-8780. Feb. 10, 24; March 3, 24, 31; April 7, 21; May 5, 1:00 p.m. Durgin Concert Hall Faculty, guest artists, and music majors perform in the music department’s weekly departmental Recital Hour. For details on this event, visit Music star Drake www.uml.edu/music. performed at the Tsongas Center at UMass Lowell on October 26, 2010. World Premiere of New Work by Soon after, he was Composer Robert W. Smith featured in a video with Rihanna singing Mary Jo Leahey Symphonic Band Camp Concert “What’s My Name?” July 23, 12 noon in which he wore his UMass Lowell Durgin Concert Hall sweatshirt. The Celebrate the 15th year of the Band Camp at this YouTube video has had more than world premiere performance commissioned by 54 million views. Executive Director Deb Huber and crafted for the student musicians. A reception follows the concert. Donations are welcome. Visit www.uml.edu/music/ summerbandcamp or call 978-934-4133. Your support will help us present more of these programs. 3 Spring 2011 ART University Gallery McGauvran Student Center, 71 Wilder St., UMass Lowell South Campus Hours: Monday–Thursday, 11 a.m.–4 p.m. All gallery events are free and open to the public. Wheelchair accessible. For more information, contact Michele A. Gagnon, gallery coordinator at (978) 934-3491. ‘Upper Lower Open Closed’ 3D Typography Andrew Byrom Exhibition: Jan. 24–Feb. 18 Reception & Artist Talk: Jan. 26, 3:00-5:00 p.m. Traditionally, typography is bound by the page. When type is taken away from its printed form and presented as a three- dimensional object, many historic conventions no longer apply. Byrom’s work plays with this middle ground. It is not, for example, “Helvetica” rendered in three-dimensional neon or steel etc., but instead, a reaction to the limitations and constraints of unexpected materials and processes that help shape (or often force) the outcome. Denise Dumas, Adjunct Faculty, Waves/Vagues, video projection, 2010 ‘Across Sections: A Cross Section’ UMass Lowell Art Department Faculty Exhibition: April 4-28 Reception & Artist Talk: April 6, 3:00-5:00 p.m.