By Mike Greife,
August 11, 2016
WARRENSBURG, MO – Deborah Curtis, provost and chief learning officer at the University
of Central Missouri, in conjunction with The Performing Arts Series and the College
of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences, will open the 2016-2017 performance season
as she hosts the annual Provost’s Faculty Showcase of the Arts, presented by the Department
of Music at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 24 in Hart Recital Hall.
Titled “Sharing from the Hart,” the event will feature the talents of faculty from
the the Department of Music, Department of Theatre and Dance, and the Department of
Art and Design. Featured performers will be the UCM Brass Ensemble and pianists Jon
and Mia Hynes. Tenor Jacob Sentgeorge, Alan Wenger, trumpet, and Stella Roden, soprano,
all will be accompanied by Mia Hynes on piano.
Saxophonist Eric Honour and Jeff Kaiser, trumpet, will present an Improv piece for
trumpet, saxophone and electronics, and Roger Oyster, principal trombonist for the
Kansas City Symphony, will perform with Mia Hynes.
Also on the program will be performances by some of the newest members of the music
faculty, including Alastair Wright on saxophone, Jeff Kaiser on trumpet and Elisabeth
Stimpert on clarinet. Rounding out the program will be John Wilson, chair of the Department
of Theatre and Dance, performing a scene from William Shakespeare’s “Hamlet.”
This year’s event again will feature visual art from the Faculty Art Exhibit, currently
on display at UCM’s Gallery of Art and Design. The program will draw parallels between
the music performed and the visual art on display.
The public also is invited to attend a free pre-concert presentation titled “Do You
Hear What I Hear? An Introductory Note” at 6:30 p.m. in Utt 100, presented by Lifelong
Learning at UCM. Musicologist Allison Robbins will give an explanatory prelude to
the music that will be played in the showcase.
The public is invited to attend, and admission is free, although advance ticketing
is required to assure adequate seating. Free tickets will be available starting Monday,
Aug. 15, at the Central Tickets Box Office in Administration 100-B, the Department
of Music in Utt 109, the Department of Theatre in Martin 113 and the Office of the
Dean of the College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences in Martin 126.
For more information, contact the UCM Department of Music at 660-543-4530.
