Capital University, a private four-year undergraduate institution and graduate school located in the Columbus, Ohio, neighborhood of Bexley, has announced its calendar for the arts in 2009-2010.
The calendar includes major events at the Conservatory of Music, Schumacher Gallery and University Theatre. Additional events, such as the Opera/Musical Theatre performances, Conservatory Faculty Recital Series, choral and ensemble tours, and comedy improvisational performances, will be released separately as details are finalized.
Conservatory of Music performances are free and open to the public with the exception of the annual Christmas Festival. Performances will be given in Huntington Recital Hall or Mees Hall, both of which are located in the Conservatory of Music on Capital’s Bexley campus, 1 College and Main. For more information, please call 614-236-6411.
The Schumacher Gallery is located on the fourth floor of Capital University’s library on the Bexley campus, 1 College and Main. Gallery hours are 1-5 p.m. Monday through Saturday. Admission is free. For additional information, call The Schumacher Gallery at 614-236-6319.
University Theatre performances will be given in the Cabaret Theatre, located in the lower level of the Harry C. Moores Campus Center on Capital’s main campus, 1 College and Main, in Bexley. Tickets cost $7 for adults and $5 for students and senior citizens. They’re free for students with a current Capital I.D. For more information, call 614-236-7174.
The Capital University Conservatory of Music will present the following major events in 2009-2010:
Wind Band Invitational and New Band Music Reading Clinic
Friday, Nov. 13, through Saturday, Nov. 14, 2009
Area and regional high school musicians get the opportunity to work on the latest concert band music with professional composers.
Christmas Festival
Thursday, Dec. 3, through Sunday, Dec. 6, 2009
The Christmas Festival continues a legacy dating back to the 1928 founding of the Capital University Chapel Choir by the late Ellis E. Snyder. As the university's annual Christmas gift to the community, the festival has become one of Columbus' cherished Christmas traditions.
It features the Chapel Choir, Choral Union, the Women’s Chorus, and a variety of instrumentalists and is presented each year to capacity audiences in Mees Hall on the Capital campus.
Tickets will go on sale to the general public in early November. Ticket sales will be handled through Capital’s box office, located in Mees Hall. Box office hours are 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Monday through Friday. For more information, call 614-236-6938.
NOW Music Festival
Monday, Feb. 8, 2010, through Friday, Feb. 12, 2010
Held once a year, the NOW Music Festival features new compositions in a variety of styles, from classical music to jazz. This weeklong event features student and faculty ensemble concerts, both on campus and in the community, and world-class jazz artists in clinics, workshops, and in concert.
Wind Symphony and Symphonic Winds
Sundays, Oct. 4 and Dec. 11, 2009, and March 21, and April 25, 2010
The Symphonic Winds, under the direction of Barry E. Kopetz is the principal wind band within the Capital University program. The Symphonic Winds perform six campus concerts per year. These concerts include the finest literature available for the wind ensemble. Music of all styles and periods is performed, including works requiring chamber instrumentation as well as the full instrumentation of the modern wind band. Guest soloists are featured with the Symphonic Winds and guest conductors frequently appear in concert.
Choral Union
Saturday, March 13, 8 p.m. in Mees Hall
Capital University/Bexley Community Orchestra
Sunday, Nov. 8, 2009, and Feb. 14 and May 2, 2010
Chapel Choir
Friday, Oct. 9, 2009, and Friday, April 23, 2010
This select mixed ensemble is the Conservatory's most advanced choir and is recognized as one of the outstanding college choral groups in the nation. The choir performs a variety of sacred and secular choral literature, including motets, choral/orchestral works, spirituals, gospel music, carols, traditional music, and selections for women’s chorus and men’s chorus as well as music from Eastern Europe, Africa, Japan and from Latin and South America. The Chapel Choir recently toured throughout Europe in May of 2006, including concerts in France, Switzerland, Germany, Austria and the Czech Republic.
Download a high-resolution image of Capital University Chapel Choir (large file).
Big Band
Friday, Nov. 20, 2009
The Capital University Big Band, under the direction of Dr. Lou Fischer, is an 18-piece, undergraduate, award-winning jazz ensemble that performs both standard/traditional and contemporary repertoire. The band appears in concert often, on and off campus, and at various regional, national and international festivals.
Opera/Music Theatre Performances
Saturday and Sunday, Jan. 30-31, 2009, and Saturday and Sunday, April 17-18, 2010
Under the direction of Professor Mark A. Baker, the Opera/Musical Theatre Workshop concentrates on all aspects of vocal stagecraft ranging from audition techniques to full productions of operatic and musical theatre works. Each year the workshop also mounts fully staged productions – ranging from Sondheim to Strauss – giving a wide range of opportunity and experience to our undergraduate students.
The Schumacher Gallery 2009-2010 exhibition schedule includes:
Lee and Grant
Opening Wednesday, Sept. 9, and running through Saturday, Oct. 17. A public reception will take place in the gallery from 5 to 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 11.
Drawing upon a rich assortment of documents, photographs, paintings, prints and historic materials, this exhibition traces the lives, careers and historical impact of these two Civil War generals. This exhibit is made possible through NEH on the Road, a special initiative of the National Endowment for the Humanities. It is sponsored by Mid-America Arts Alliance and organized by the Virginia Historical Society. The exhibition also features special selections from the Civil War collection of The Motts Military Museum, of Groveport, Ohio.
Download a high-resolution image of "Let Us Have Peace," a selection from the exhibit (shown above). JPG/1.24 MB
Bexley Art Walk
Sept. 11, Oct. 9, Nov. 13, Jan. 22, and April 16. All events are held on Fridays from 5 to 7:30 p.m.
Bexley art galleries — The Schumacher Gallery, Art Access Gallery, Hammond-Harkins Gallery, and Brian Roberts Gallery — will coordinate five art walks this year.
Alice Schille: The Early Years, 1902-1914
Showing from Tuesday, Oct. 27, through Saturday, Dec. 5. A reception will be held from 5-7:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 13.
Curated by James M. Keny of Keny Galleries, this is the first comprehensive exhibition devoted to the engaging, masterfully painted works upon which Schille built her national reputation in the first decades of the 20th century. Key examples from the Dutch, Dalmatian and Le Puy series are featured. (Please note: The gallery is closed November 25-29 for Thanksgiving.)
Selected Works from The Schumacher Gallery’s Ethnic Collections
Presented from Monday, Jan. 18, 2010, through Saturday, Feb. 6, 2010. A reception will be held from 5-7:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 22.
Through recent generous gifts, The Schumacher Gallery has acquired a significant number of African and Oceanic works. This exhibition features selected sculptures, masks and artifacts that add to the rich diversity of the gallery’s collections.
Elliot Erwitt’s Dog Dogs
Showing from Friday, Feb. 12, through Wednesday, March 31. A reception will be held from 5-7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 12.
One of the 20th century’s most celebrated photographers, Elliott Erwitt pays tribute to man's best friend. With his quirky and humorous style, his masterfully executed photographs show him to be an acute observer of the canine world. (Please note: The gallery is closed Feb. 27 through March 7 during mid-term break.)
Download the illustrated list of images included in Elliot Erwitt's Dog Dogs (PDF/2.5 MB)
Capital University Student Art Exhibition
Presented from Tuesday, April 13, through Saturday, April 24. A reception will be held from 5-7 p.m. Friday, April 16.
This multimedia juried exhibition showcases a variety of works created by the students of Capital University.
Capital University Theatre will present the following shows in 2009-2010: The Tragedy of Macbeth by William Shakespeare
Oct. 22-25 Thursday through Saturday, Oct. 22–24, 8 p.m. Matinee Sunday, Oct. 25, 2 p.m.
The Scottish Play. Shakespeare’s masterful study of vaulting ambition, which o’erleaps itself.” What do we do when faced with great opportunity? With Destiny? What choices do we make? What is our responsibility in such matters? And why do those witches keep speaking in riddles?
Zip! Zap! Zop! A Flurry of Fables and Fractured Fairy Tales adapted and directed by Capital’s Dan Heaton and based on stories by AJ Jacobs
Thursday through Saturday, Nov. 19-21, 8 p.m. Matinees Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 21-22, 2 p.m.
An ugly princess. A stupid king. A zap-happy witch. Not to mention frogs, donkeys, horses, bees, gnats, goblins, dragon, genies and lots of chickens. Will our band of actors beat the clock and perform all the stories before time runs out? What will happen to them if they can’t? Will the audience save the day? Find out the answers to these and other questions in our fast-paced family friendly, flurry of fables and fractured fairy tales.
Return to the Forbidden Planet, a musical by Bob Carlton and “Shakespeare’s Lost Rock ‘n Roll Science Fiction Musical”
Feb. 18-21, 2010 Thursday through Saturday, Feb. 18-20, 8 p.m. Sunday matinee Feb. 21, 2 p.m.
The Forbidden Planet is a 1956 science fiction movie very loosely based on Shakespeare’s The Tempest. Our musical takes a rather light-hearted view of 1950s science fiction movies and Shakespeare. This show won Great Britain’s Olivier Award for Best Musical in both 1989 and 1990. It features some audience participation and such classic rock songs as “Great Balls of Fire,” “Shake, Rattle, and Roll,” and of course “The Shoop Shoop Song.” Just as Shakespeare intended.
The Beauty Queen of Leenane By Martin McDonagh
April 22-25, 2010 Thursday through Saturday, April 22-24, 8 p.m. Sunday matinee April 25, 2 p.m.
Set in the mountains of Connemara County, Galway, Ireland, this award-winning play tells the darkly comic tale of Maureen Folan, a plain and lonely woman, and Mag, her manipulative aging mother, whose interference in Maureen’s first and possibly final chance of a loving relationship sets in motion a train of events that leads inexorably toward the play’s terrifying denouement.
Located in the Columbus, Ohio, neighborhood of Bexley, Capital University is a private, four-year undergraduate institution and graduate school. Capital prepares students for meaningful lives and purposeful careers through a relevant liberal arts core curriculum and deep professional programs. Influenced by its Lutheran heritage, Capital places great emphasis on the free and open exchange of ideas, seeking out diverse perspectives, active participation in society, leadership and service. It is the oldest and one of the largest universities affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.
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Contact: Nichole Johnson
Director of media relations and communications
Capital University
614-236-6945
Cell: 614-440-9158