On Campus: Colleges / Universities: April 2012 Archives

FROM RIVERSIDE- Promising Young Artist Festival and Competition

MAY 6, 2012 | LA SIERRA UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC

HOLE MEMORIAL AUDITORIUM

The La Sierra University Department of Music invites all high school juniors and seniors (or equivalent home-school students) to participate in the Promising Young Artist Competition and Festival. Both instrumentalists and singers are invited to apply.

The first-place winner of the competition will receive a $10,000 scholarship to attend La Sierra University, and a $500 cash prize, and a chance to perform their winning piece at one of the University's Spring Concerts.

The second-place winner will receive a $5,000 scholarship to attend La Sierra University, and a $350 cash prize.

The third-place winner will receive a $1000 scholarship to attend La Sierra University, and a $150 cash prize.

All participants of the festival will receive a voucher for a complimentary lesson with our music faculty for a later date.

Participants will have the opportunity to work with the La Sierra University faculty through masterclasses/lessons in the morning. The adjudicated recital program will begin after lunch. The award ceremony will follow. Lunch and dinner will be included for festival participants only. The recital is open to the public.

APPLICATIONS/QUALIFICATIONS

Student must be a high school junior or senior (or equivalent home-school students). Juniors qualify for third prize only, but can participate again in their senior year.
Student must provide their accompanist; in extenuating circumstances the university may provide an accompanist if arrangements are made in advance.
Student must provide an original copy of his/her piece and three additional copies for adjudicators.
Student must submit a letter of recommendation from his/her music instructor.
Student must submit competition repertoire, including exact details of titles and individual movements, the duration of each work or of each separate movement no later than APRIL 25, 2012. It is suggested that the student choose two contrasting works that display lyric and technical ability or one large work that contains both.
Total length of audition not to exceed 15 minutes.
$50 registration fee must be received no later than April 25, 2012. Checks can be made out to:
Department of Music 4500 Riverwalk Parkway Riverside, CA 92505 - please write "Promising Young Artist" on the memo line

Incomplete applications will not be accepted

EXPECTATIONS

The top 3 prize-winners must abide by the following stipulations in order to fully redeem the amount/scholarship:

Student must be enrolled in at least ONE major ensemble and ONE chamber group each quarter.
Student must maintain a 3.2 GPA each quarter (must provide proof of GPA to the music dept. each quarter).
Student must take a minimum of 14 units each quarter.
Student must maintain good academic and citizenship standing.

Failure to abide by the agreed stipulations may lead to loss of their scholarship.

For further information, please contact the Department of Music by email, music@lasierra.edu, or call the office at 951-785-2036.
COMPETITION & FESTIVAL APPLICATION

Please click the below form and fill out the application online:

APPLICATION

Please email Lrazzouk@lasierra.edu if you are having any problems with the online application.

Applications are due no later than Wednesday, April 25, 2012.

Incomplete applications will not be accepted.

More info at www.lasierra.edu

FROM RIVERSIDE- Zoë Keating
"Swoon-inducing. Like taking a triple-shot of Absinthe before stepping outside of the bar just in time to see the sun exploding." - San Francisco Weekly....

Armed with just her cello and a small box of electronics, Zoë Keating is a one-woman orchestra. In live time, she records layer upon layer of cello, her feet dancing over an array of pedals to transform her solo performances into lush and beautiful multipart works. Increasingly a role model for do-it-yourself artists, Zoë's self-released albums have sold over 35, 000 copies and she has amassed an incredible 1.3 million twitter followers. As a cellist and arranger, Zoë has worked with a wide range of artists including Imogen Heap, Mark Isham, Curt Smith, Amanda Palmer, DJ Shadow, Pomplamoose and Paolo Nutini. From 2002 to 2006 she was a member of the cello-rock trio Rasputina. Zoë is a recipient of a 2009 performing arts grant from the Creative Capital foundation. Her new self-released album, "Into The Trees" (2010), spent 14 weeks on the Billboard classical charts.

When: Friday, April 27, 2012
Time: 8 p.m.
Where: Culver Center of the Arts

Price: Free

The Mt. San Jacinto College Art Gallery will close its exhibition year with the "Annual Student Show." This exhibit is designed to display work created by students who have been enrolled in art production courses during the 2011/2012 academic year. Participants in this show are selected by instructors from the Menifee and San Jacinto campuses and are working in media such as drawing, painting, sculpture, bronze work, ceramics, photography, digital illustration, and graphic design.

"The Annual Student Show" aims to showcase the work of those who are developing their skills at the community college level. This exhibition is a varied and vibrant look at the work of today's student artists, the current generation who will be developing cutting- edge artistic practices in the years to come.

This show promises to be both stylistically and conceptually diverse, exemplifying the wide range of styles, media, and modes of representation and expression that are common to the contemporary art scene. This exhibit is a fascinating opportunity for community members to see the merits of educational development and the ways in which MSJC students are contributing to an evolving style of Southern Californian art.

It is important for emerging artists to develop their portfolios and take advantage of opportunities to display their work in public settings. In this way, the MSJC Art Gallery provides a site from which student artists can start their public careers and gain valuable experience that will serve as a basis for future career development.

"The Annual Student Show" will run from April 28 through May 17, 2012. The opening reception will be held on Saturday, April 28 from 3 to 5pm. The reception will feature live music and refreshments will be provided. The exhibit and opening reception are both free and open to the public. Gallery hours are Monday - Thursday, 10am - 4pm. For more information, please call 951-487-3585 or visit www.msjc.edu/artgallery.

FROM RIVERSIDE-UCR Sweeney Art Gallery & Culver Center of the Arts present the annual MFA Thesis Show 2012 with works by three graduating Master of Fine Arts students in UCR's Department of Art: Zachary Leener, Ryan Perez, and Matthew Shain. The exhibition will consist of photo-based work, drawings, sculptures, and site-specific installations.

These students join the ranks of Master of Fine Arts graduates from art departments and art schoolsacross Southern California , a region that has become known for transforming its art students into major players on the international art scene. UCR's thesis exhibition is distinctive because it is the only graduate student exhibition in Southern California presented in an off-campus, public setting. The distinguished full-time faculty in UCR's Art Department includes department chair Charles Long, John Divola, Jill Giegerich, Jim Isermann, Brandon Lattu, Erika Suderburg and Amir Zaki.

"Raising the bar of professionalism through public presentations not only assists students in their future careers, but also exemplifies the value UC Riverside places on the unique role of art in linking campus and community," says Tyler Stallings, Artistic Director, Culver Center of the Arts and Director, Sweeney Art Gallery, University of California, Riverside.

The exhibition is organized by the UCR Department of Art and Sweeney Art Gallery . An online catalog of the exhibition is available at http://sweeney.ucr.edu. Support is provided by University of California , Riverside 's Department of Art, College of Humanities , Arts, and Social Sciences (CHASS), and the Maxwell H. Gluck Foundation.

http://sweeney.ucre.edu

Upcoming and Related Events

Film Screening: Friday/Saturday, April 13 & 14, 7 p.m.

General admission: $9.99 and Students with I.D.: $5.00 available only at Culver front desk.

Gerhard Richter - Painting

Director: Corinna Belz, German, 97 minutes, Unrated

One of the world's greatest living painters, the German artist Gerhard Richter has spent over half a century experimenting with a tremendous range of techniques and ideas, addressing historical crises and mass media representation alongside explorations of chance procedures. Gerhard Richter Painting is a thrilling document of Richter's creative process, juxtaposed with intimate conversations and rare archive material. From our fly-on-the-wall perspective, we watch the 79-year-old create a series of large-scale abstract canvasses, using fat brushes and a massive squeegee to apply (and then scrape off) layer after layer of brightly colored paint. This mesmerizing footage, of a highly charged process of creation and destruction, turns Corinna Belz's portrait of an artist into a work of art itself. "A gorgeously rendered work of art. Offers fascinating insight...and a mesmerizing survey of [Richter's] complete oeuvre." - Alissa Simon Variety Official Selection Toronto International Film Festival, 2011

http://culvercenter.ucr.edu/film/?event-ID=3.2012.0003.0002

Exhibition Reception: Saturday, April 14, 6-9 p.m., freeadmission

Join us for a reception for the three artists featured in MFA Thesis Show 2012.

Performance: First Thursday ArtsWalk, May 3, 6:30-8 p.m., free admission

BeyondStudio: Performances by UCR Gluck Fellows 2012

UCR Culver Center of the Arts, Center Atrium Gallery

Discover exciting performances by dancers and musicians from UC Riverside's Gluck Fellows Program. BeyondStudio showcases the works created and developed in the campus atelier and then presented to thegeneral public at the Culver Center of the Arts. BeyondStudio is made possible through the generosity of the Maxwell H. Gluck Foundation. Organized by UCR ARTSblock and produced by the Gluck Fellows Program at UCR Riverside and Sweeney Art Gallery associate curator Jennifer Frias. Press inquiries and additional information: jfrias@ucr.edu. 951.827.1465.

Visitor Information

UCR's Sweeney Art Gallery and Culver Center of the Arts are located at 3834 Main St. , Riverside , CA 92501 , and are situated next door to UCR/California Museum of Photography. The three venues, also known at UCR ARTSblock, are open Tuesday through Saturday, noon to 5 p.m., plus 6-9 p.m. for First Thursday ArtWalks. Admission is $3, which includes entry to Culver, Sweeney and CMP, and is free during First Thursday ArtWalks (6-9 p.m.). Forfilm screenings, Culver Center opens 30 minutes prior to the start time. See websites for additional information,

http://sweeney.ucr.edu, http://culvercenter.ucr.edu, http://cmp.ucr.edu.

FROM SAN JACINTO- Mt San Jacinto College, Menifee Campus Theatre Arts Department is proud to present Passengers, a raucous comedy by award winning TV and Film writer Sam Bobrick. The first television script he ever wrote - for The Andy Griffith Show - won the Writers Guild Award. He went on to win two more Guild Awards, and an Emmy nomination. He wrote and produced episodes of many of television's all-time classics: Get Smart, The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, Gomer Pyle USMC, The Flintstones, Bewitched ..... the list goes on. He also created the long-running series Saved By The Bell, currently in worldwide syndication. When he tried songwriting, the first song he ever composed was recorded by Elvis Presley.
Sam's heart however is in the theatre and he has devoted the last 20 years to writing over 30 plays. For him the theatre offered the freedom you very seldom get when writing for television or the movies. Most of his plays are comedies. He says, "There is nothing more satisfying to me than to sit in an audience and listen to people laugh. Although I feel there are moments of insight and enlightenment in my plays, I've never really had a depressing message I felt necessary to share with the public. My main goal has always been to entertain, to have people leaving the theatre feeling good. Life is tough enough. Why send an audience home suicidal. It only cuts into future ticket sales." Passengers certainly fits this philosophy. It is made up of eight vignettes that take place in a bus station with stories that range from touching to hilarious and all points between.
Additional information available on www.sambobrick.com
The Director and Cast
The Director for Passengers is also no stranger to the limelight. She is Riverside born and Broadway and London's West End award winning actress, Shezwae Powell. She has worked for many years in the performing arts as an actress, singer, director and producer. She has played lead roles in many hit shows including Cats, The King and I, Children of Eden, South Pacific and Disney's Beauty and the Beast as well as a couple of British TV series. She was the Director of her own theater company for many years and produced the critically acclaimed musical Inner City Jam.
After living and working in New York and London, she is thrilled to be back 'home' and passing on the torch of Performing Arts. Although she worked on TV and toured with music groups like Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, like Sam Bobrick her heart is in the theater. She says, "For me, theatre at its best should make you think, feel and hopefully laugh and not necessarily in that order. I was attracted to Passengers because it manages to accomplish all three in a very entertaining fashion."
She is also very happy to be working with this cast. She says, "Theater should reflect society and I wanted to cast the net broadly when looking for actors. I found a wonderful group of 12 actors that range in age from 21 to 70. Some are full time students and who are just starting their journey into acting and others are 'occasional' students who have been acting for a long time. There'll be a lot of experience and heart on our stage and audiences should really have a good time and a good laugh."
Passengers is presented by special arrangement with Samuel French.
6 performances from April 19- 29 ~ For reservations call 951- 639 - 5790

Thurs April 19 - Sat April 21 at 7:30 p.m.
Fri April 27 - Sat April 28 at 7:30 p.m.
Sun April 29tat 2 p.m.
All seats $10 ($9 with valid SGA sticker)
Menifee Lab Theatre (200 building)
28237 La Peidra Road, Menifee