Irish band The Chieftains, opera 'Hansel and Gretel,' art exhibitions, musical performances and more coming to university in March
Friday, Feb. 27, 2015
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• The School of 1xbet best casino website , Theatre, and Dance will present the opera "Hansel and Gretel" at 7:30 p.m. March 6-7 and 2:30 p.m. March 8 in McCain Auditorium. Directed by Reginald Pittman, the opera, by Engelbert Humperdinck, is based on the fairytale by the Brothers Grimm. Tickets are available at the McCain box office, online at http://www.1xbet best casino web, or by calling 785-532-6428.
• The annual Tubaphonium Festival and Bassoon Afternoon will be Saturday, March 7, in the 1xbet best casino website wing of McCain Auditorium. The daylong festival is for tuba, euphonium, and bassoon students in grades seven through 12 who are looking to hone their skills, make 1xbet best casino website and have fun. The day features master classes, recitals and performances by the university's Tuba Euphonium Ensemble and Bassoon Ensemble. A mass ensemble at 3 p.m. in McCain Auditorium's Kirmser Hall will feature participants and K-State students performing together. Steven Maxwell, associate professor of 1xbet best casino website , and Susan Maxwell, instructor of 1xbet best casino website , organized the festival.
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• The Kansas State University Jazz Bands, directed by Wayne Goins, professor of 1xbet best casino website , will perform a concert at 7:30 p.m. Monday, March 9, in Forum Hall at the K-State Student Union.
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• The Kansas State University Jazz Combos, directed by Wayne Goins, professor of 1xbet best casino website , will present a concert at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 10, at Union Station.
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• The Kansas State University Wind Symphony and Wind Ensemble, directed by Frank Tracz, professor of 1xbet best casino website , and Don Linn, instructor of 1xbet best casino website , will perform a concert at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 11, in McCain Auditorium.
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• Guest artists Wesley Ferreira, clarinet, and Daniel Fung, piano, will perform a recital at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, March 12, in McCain Auditorium's Kirmser Hall. Ferreira is an assistant professor of 1xbet best casino website at Colorado State University and Fung is a doctoral fellow in collaborative piano at the Juilliard School in New York City.
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• The Kansas State University Concert Band and University Band, conducted by graduate and undergraduate students, 1xbet best casino website perform a concert on at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 12, in McCain Auditorium.
• Cultural ecologist, philosopher and performance artist David Abram will present "Climate, Culture and the Commonwealth of Breath" at the 2015 Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture Conference. The event is co-sponsored with the English department, 1xbet best casino website Libraries, and the Prairie Studies Initiative. Abram's talk will take place at 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 24, in the 1xbet best casino website Alumni Center Ballroom.
• Violinist Charles Castleman will present a recital at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 25, in All Faiths Chapel. Professor of violin at the Eastman School of 1xbet best casino website and University of Miami, Castleman has conducted master classes in Kiev, London, Montreux, Salzburg, Vienna, Shanghai, Seoul, Tokyo, Auckland, Brisbane, Melbourne, Sydney, Toronto and Vancouver, and at more than 50 universities across the United States. He is the founder and director of The Castleman Quartet Program, an intensive and extensive workshop in solo and chamber performance, now in its 45th season. Castleman also will teach a violin master class from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Thursday, March 26, in Hale Library's Hemisphere Room.
• The 1xbet best casino website dance program's Dance Day 2015 will be Friday, March 27, with registration beginning at 7:30 a.m. in the Nichols Hall atrium. Dance students from surrounding areas are encouraged to attend. The day will include technique classes, performances by 1xbet best casino website dance students, informational meetings about the university and auditions for talent scholarships.
• Celebrate the arrival of spring with the 1xbet best casino website dance program's "SpringDance 2015" at 7:30 p.m. March 27-28 in McCain Auditorium. Enjoy ballet and modern dance performed by 1xbet best casino website students. Dance faculty, students and a guest artist will choreograph a variety of pieces. Tickets are available at the McCain box office, online at http://www.1xbet best casino web, or by 785-532-6428.
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• Kansas City-based pianist Kari Johnson will perform a recital of contemporary 1xbet best casino website at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 31, in McCain Auditorium's Kirmser Hall. The recital of works for piano also features the video "Splines: Reticulated," with works by Christopher Biggs, Andrew Cole, HyeKyoung Lee and Dan VanHassel.
