Category: School of Fine & Performing Arts

NEW PALTZ — On Tuesday, November 6, 2001, the Department of Music at SUNY New Paltz welcomes James Nyoraku Schlefer, master of the Japanese bamboo flute known as the shakuhachi. Schefler will perform a concert of traditional Japanese music at 8:00 PM at McKenna Theatre. Tickets are available at the…

NEW PALTZ — The School of Fine & Performing Arts at SUNY New Paltz is pleased to announce that Mr. Christopher J. Wills of Whittier, California is the winner of the 2001 Kenneth Davenport National Competition for Orchestral Works. Wills will receive a $5,000 prize, serve as Composer-in-Residence in the…

NEW PALTZ — On Thursday, November 7, 2001, the Art History Association at SUNY New Paltz welcomes guest speakers Linda Ferber, Franklin Kelly, Don Nice and William Rhodes for an insightful discussion on American Landscape Painting, moderated by John Driscoll, Director of Babcock Galleries, New York. The symposium is held…

NEW PALTZ — On Thursday, November 1, 2001 the Art History Association at SUNY New Paltz welcomes art historian Hans J. Van Miegroet of Duke University. Professor Miegroet will give a lecture titled “International Art Merchants: Trading Visual Culture from the Netherlands to France, Spain and the Americas.” The event…

NEW PALTZ — Known for works that comprise hundreds of sculptural forms that suggest hybrid insects, invertebrates, or microscopic organisms, installation artist Sadashi Inuzuka presents a slide lecture at SUNY New Paltz on Wednesday, October 31, 2001. The talk begins at 7:30 PM in Lecture Center room 112 and is…

NEW PALTZ — England sits on the verge of civil war as William Shakespeare’s Henry IV begins, but it is the lives of those caught up in the conflict-and not the politics-that take center stage in the upcoming SUNY New Paltz production of Henry IV. Invested with liberal doses of…

NEW PALTZ — Three exhibitions highlighting historic and contemporary art of special significance to the Hudson River Valley and Catskill regions will greet visitors at the dedication and grand opening celebration of the Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art at SUNY New Paltz on Saturday, Oct. 20. The exhibitions specifically address…

NEW PALTZ — On Tuesday, October 16, 2001 faculty members at the Music Department at SUNY New Paltz welcome the college and surrounding community to an evening of musical performance highlighting the various styles and genres represented in the department. The concert is held in the McKenna Theatre at 8:00…

NEW PALTZ — The Art History Association at SUNY New Paltz will host a lecture titled “Early Buddhist Art in China: The Problem of Influence” on Thursday, October 18, 2001. Stanley Abe, Associate Professor of Chinese Art and Art History at Duke University is guest lecturer. Abe specializes in pre-Tang…

NEW PALTZ — Selected drawings and performances on video by Robert Morris, an influential figure in contemporary art and art criticism, comprise a new exhibition at the Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art opening Saturday, October 6, 2001. This show is the first in a newly established annual series that features…