School of Fine & Performing Arts

School of Fine & Performing Arts

SUNY Theatre Production Returns for Seconds – Marisol is Offered Alongside Arts Now Conference

NEW PALTZ — Under the direction of Theatre Arts Professor Beverly Brumm, the summer’s production of José Rivera’s Obie Award-winning play Marisol: An Apocalyptic Fantasy returns to SUNY New Paltz for a one-week run. The play is performed in McKenna Theatre Wednesday, September 19, Friday, September 21, and Saturday, September…

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Anna Deavere Smith to Present at SUNY Arts Now Conference – Public Discussion Blends Theatre, Social Commentary, and Intimate Reverie

NEW PALTZ — Celebrated playwright, author and actor Anna Deavere Smith will deliver a keynote lecture and discussion on Thursday, September 20, 2001 to attendees of the 2001 Arts Now Conference, “Sites of Conflict: Art in a Culture of Violence.” The presentation is preceded by a viewing of Smith’s acclaimed…

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With My Profound Reverence for the Victims: Samuel Dorsky Museum Presents Works by George Bellows

NEW PALTZ — Throughout late summer the Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art hosts With My Profound Reverence For The Victims: Lithographs and Drawings by George Bellows, an exhibition organized by SDMA Director Neil Trager. The show includes lithographs and drawings that demonstrate the early twentieth-century painter’s deep personal response to…

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Exhibition Reveals Artist’s Life in Hudson River Valley: “An Autobiography” to open at Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art

NEW PALTZ — A series of abstract paintings and photographs based on geographic regions along the Hudson River titled An Autobiography: Paintings by Thomas Nozkowski and Photographs by Judy Linn will open at the Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art on July 23. The exhibition records, in abstract representation and photographic…

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Sharon Patton to Lecture at SUNY New Paltz: Art Historian’s work focuses on African-American and West African Art

NEW PALTZ — Selected works by artist Romare Bearden, subject of Patton’s talk, are available by clicking here. On Thursday, April 12 art historian Sharon Patton, Director of the respected Allen Memorial Art Museum at Oberlin College, presents a lecture titled Historical Moments in African-American Art. The lecture…

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Kenneth Davenport National Competition for Orchestral Works Announces Winner – Hudson Valley Philharmonic to perform work November 17-19, 2000

NEW PALTZ — NEW PALTZ – With fifty-seven entries from twenty states, including Alaska and Hawaii, the School of Fine & Performing Arts at SUNY New Paltz is pleased to announce that composer Lawrence Widdoes is the winner of the 2000 Kenneth Davenport National Competition for Orchestral Works. Through…

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SUNY New Paltz Announces PianoSummer at New Paltz International Institute and Festival July 10 – August 4, 2000

NEW PALTZ, NY — PianoSummer at New Paltz, an international summer piano institute and festival offers a unique combination of intensive piano studies, public performances of the piano repertoire by distinguished artists, and opportunities for the discovery of emerging young talent. Held July 10 – August 4 at SUNY New…

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The Hudson Valley Philharmonic String Quartet and The Innisfree Piano Trio

NEW PALTZ, NY — Tuesday, February 1, 8pm McKenna Theatre Tickets: $5/4/3 The Hudson Valley Philharmonic String Quartet, SUNY Quartet-in-Residence, performs Copland’s “Two Pieces” in honor of his 100th anniversary, Woodstock composer Herbert Haufrecht’s 2nd Quartet; and Beethoven’s Quartet Opus 18 #4. The Innisfree Piano Trio, with Sylvia Buccelli, will…

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