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Calendar of EventsSPRING 2016

COLLEGE OF VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS

2015 All Shook Up

2015 Applause Award Recipient Michael W. Smith

See inside for more details or call

615.460.6408 for more information. To receive event announcements

electronically, please email sarah.davis@belmont.edu.

All events are free unless otherwise noted with

an asterisk.*

6 Jim Meaders Exhibit Opens 7 Jim Meaders Exhibit Reception 11 Faculty Concert Series — Mark Whatley 13 Curtain Call Award — Brandon Fraley 24 Instrumental Honors Recital 28 Graduate Performers’ Recital

1 Commercial Music Showcase 8 FacultyConcertSeries—AnthonyBelfiglio 9 University Symphony Orchestra 12 Wind Ensemble 17 Student Composers’ Recital 19–21 Theatre — Las Meninas* 21 Concert Band 22 RegionalStudentArtExhibitOpens 22 Belmont Brass & Woodwind Quintets 23 World Music Concert Series — The Fretless 24 Jazz Piano Concert — Sullivan Fortner 25 RegionalStudentArtExhibitReception 25 Commercial Guitar & Rock Ensembles 25–27 Theatre — Las Meninas*

2 Guitar Ensemble 3 BluegrassEnsemble 4 Jim Meaders Exhibit Closes 14 FacultyConcertSeries—JoelTreybig 16 ClassicalStringQuartets 17 Belmont Chorale 18 RegionalStudentArtExhibitCloses 19 Southbound 21 Classical Performers 21 VanishingFacesofBhutanExhibitOpens 28 Belmont Jazz Festival — Faculty Jazz Group 29 BelmontJazzFestival—JazzStrings&BassEnsembles 30 Belmont Jazz Festival — Jazz Band II & Jazz Small Group

1 Belmont Jazz Festival — Jazzmin 1–3 Musical Theatre — The Addams Family* 1–3 Theatre Senior Capstone in Rep 2 Belmont Jazz Festival — Jazz Band 3 Chamber Brass and Wind Seminars 4 Belmont Camerata 5 Session 7 Oratorio Chorus 7–9 Theatre Senior Capstone in Rep 8 Company 8–10 Musical Theatre — The Addams Family* 11 Opera Theatre 11 Senior Exhibit Opens 12 Wind Ensemble & Concert Band 14 VanishingFacesofBhutanExhibitReception 15–17 Theatre — The Fairy Tale Lives of Russian Girls* 16 President's Dinner & Concert* 18 Percussion Ensemble 19 Pops 20 New Music Ensemble 21–23 Theatre — The Fairy Tale Lives of Russian Girls* 21 Women’s Choir 22–24 Mixed Bill XII 23 Phoenix 24 UniversitySingers&“24” 25 ChamberSingers 26 World Percussion Ensemble 30 Nashville Children's Choir

5 Senior Art Exhibit Art Crawl 6 Senior Art Exhibit Closes

January

March

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Overview of Events SPRING 2016

February

April

DEPARTMENT OFArt

Jim Meaders: A Retrospective

Wednesday, January 6–Friday, March 4JIM MEADERS: A RETROSPECTIVEArtworkcreatedbyretiringProfessorofPaintingJimMeaders.Receivinghismaster’sdegreeinfineartin1979,Meadershasbeenapracticingartistforover45years. Thisexhibitionwillhighlighttheexpanseofhiscareer.Gallery Reception: Thursday, January 7, 5–7 p.m.Artist Talk at 5:30 p.m.Leu Art Gallery

Monday, February 22–Friday, March 188TH ANNUAL MIDDLE TENNESSEE REGIONAL STUDENT ART EXHIBITIONAjuriedexhibition,showcasingexceptionalmiddleandhighschoolstudentartworkfromaroundtheregion.Gallery Reception: Thursday, February 25, 5–7 p.m.AwardsCeremonybeginsat5:30p.m.Gallery 121

Monday, March 21–Thursday, June 16VANISHING FACES OF BHUTAN: THE STUDY OF A TIMELESS CULTUREGlimpseintothechangingcultureofBhutan. PhotographstakenbyJoeBarker,complementedbytraditional Bhutanese artifacts, document this tension betweentraditionandtheinfluencesofmodernsociety.Gallery Reception: Thursday, April 14, 5–7 p.m.Artist Talk at 5:30 p.m.Leu Art Gallery

Monday, April 11–Friday, May 6SENIOR EXHIBITION & ART CRAWLFeaturingtheworkoftheMay2016graduatingseniors.Art Crawl: Thursday, May 5, 5:30–8 p.m.Gallery 121

Joe Barker: Vanishing Faces of Bhutan: The Study of a Timeless Culture

Special

2015 Commercial Music Showcase

SCHOOL OF MUSIC

EVENTS

Wednesday, January 13CURTAIN CALL AWARD PRESENTATION AND CONCERT HonoringSchoolofMusicAlumnusBrandonFraleyMassey Concert Hall, 7:30 p.m.

Monday, February 124TH ANNUAL COMMERCIAL MUSIC SHOWCASEFeaturingMignonGrabois,KenziePalmer,ColeThannischandWeatheredSoulsMassey Concert Hall, 5:30 p.m.

Tuesday, February 23WORLD MUSIC CONCERT SERIES PRESENTSThe Fretless—2014 Canadian Folk Music Association Ensemble of the YearMassey Concert Hall, 7:30 p.m.

Wednesday, February 24JAZZ PIANO CONCERT SERIESFeaturingguestpianistSullivanFortner,winnerofthe2015ColePorterFellowshipinJazzMcAfee Concert Hall, 7:30 p.m.

Monday, March 21CLASSICAL PERFORMERSShowcasingthefinestclassicalsingersandinstrumentalistsaccompaniedbytheUniversitySymphony Orchestra.McAfee Concert Hall, 7:30 p.m.

BELMONT JAZZ FESTIVAL Guests Danny & Beth Gottleib will perform with the Faculty Jazz Group and Jazz Band.Monday, March 28 — Faculty Jazz GroupTuesday, March 29 — JazzStrings&BassEnsembleWednesday, March 30 — Jazz Band II & Jazz Small GroupFriday, April 1 — JazzminSaturday, April 2 — Jazz BandMassey Concert Hall, 7:30 p.m.

April 1, 2, 8 & 9 at 7:30 p.m. April 2, 3, 9 & 10 at 2 p.m.MUSICAL THEATRE PRESENTS THE ADDAMS FAMILY*Theweirdandwonderfulfamilycomestodevilishlydelightfullifeinthismacabrenew musical comedy.Troutt TheaterAdvancedticketsmaybepurchasedatbelmont.edu/music,BoxOffice.Tickets$10 foradults,$5forseniorcitizens(65andover),faculty,staffandnon-Belmontstudents, and free for Belmont students.

Saturday, April 165:30 p.m. Reception/Dinner 7:30 p.m. Performance27TH ANNUAL PRESIDENT'S DINNER AND CONCERT*This popular concert will feature the various School of Music student ensembles that highlightthediversityofBelmont'sprogram.WatchforthespecialApplauseAwardhonoreeannouncementonourwebsite.Thedinneris$125perperson(includesreception,dinnerandperformance).Reservationsarerequired.Concertticketsare$15foradults,$10forseniorcitizens(65andover),Belmontfaculty,staffandnon-Belmontstudents,and$5forBelmontstudents.Forconcerttickets,pleasevisitbelmont.edu/cvpa,BoxOffice.Call615.460.8115for dinner invitation/reservations.

FacultySCHOOL OF MUSIC

PERFORMANCES

BELMONT CAMERATA 25 : BELIEF IN SOMETHING GREATER As Belmont University celebrates 125 years, Belmont Camerata celebrates 25 years of performingchambermusicforourstudents,friends and community.

Monday, April 4INSPIRED BY SHAKESPEAREA performance to commemorate the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare’s death; BeethovenStringQuartet,Op.18,No.1;PaulMoravec,“TempestFantasy”forviolin,clarinet,celloandpiano;LibbyLarsen,“InSuchaNight”fortwoviolasandtape; andStravinsky,“ThreeSongsfrom WilliamShakespeare.”McAfee Concert Hall, 7:30 p.m. FACULTY CONCERT SERIES Monday, January 11MARK WHATLEY, BARITONEFranzSchubert’s“Winterreise”with guestpianistMeganGaleMcAfee Concert Hall, 7:30 p.m.

Monday, February 8ANTHONY BELFIGLIO, PIANOImprovised Solos of Kenny KirklandMassey Concert Hall, 7:30 p.m.

Monday, March 14JOEL TREYBIG, TRUMPET, AND ANDREW RISINGER, ORGAN

“Lux et Lapis” — Music for Two Trumpets andOrganwithguestartistAdamHayesMcAfee Concert Hall, 7:30 p.m.

Left to Right:JoelTreybig,MarkWhatleyandAnthonyBelfiglio

Sunday, January 24 INSTRUMENTAL HONORS RECITAL McAfee Concert Hall, 2 p.m.

Thursday, January 28 GRADUATE PERFORMERS’ RECITAL Belmont Mansion, 7:30 p.m.

Tuesday, February 9 UNIVERSITY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA withguestStringChamberOrchestra McAfee Concert Hall, 7:30 p.m.

Friday, February 12 WIND ENSEMBLE McAfee Concert Hall, 7:30 p.m.

Wednesday, February 17 STUDENT COMPOSERS’ RECITAL McAfee Concert Hall, 7:30 p.m.

WIND ENSEMBLE FESTIVAL Sunday, February 21 CONCERT BAND McAfee Concert Hall, 3 p.m.

Monday, February 22 BELMONT BRASS & WOODWIND QUINTETS McAfee Concert Hall, 7:30 p.m.

Thursday, February 25 COMMERCIAL GUITAR & ROCK ENSEMBLES Massey Concert Hall, 7:30 p.m.

Wednesday, March 2 GUITAR ENSEMBLE McAfee Concert Hall, 7:30 p.m.

Thursday, March 3 BLUEGRASS ENSEMBLE Massey Concert Hall, 7:30 p.m.

ConcertsSCHOOL OF MUSIC

Wednesday, March 16 CLASSICAL STRING QUARTETS Harton Recital Hall, 7:30 p.m.

Thursday, March 17 BELMONT CHORALE McAfee Concert Hall, 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, March 19 SOUTHBOUND Massey Concert Hall, 7:30 p.m.

Sunday, April 3 CHAMBER BRASS & WIND SEMINARS McAfee Concert Hall, 6 p.m.

Tuesday, April 5 SESSION Massey Concert Hall, 7:30 p.m.

Thursday, April 7 ORATORIO CHORUS McAfee Concert Hall, 7:30 p.m.

Friday, April 8 COMPANY Massey Concert Hall, 7:30 p.m.

Monday, April 11 OPERA THEATRE WORKSHOP Massey Concert Hall, 7:30 p.m.

Tuesday, April 12 WIND ENSEMBLE & CONCERT BAND McAfee Concert Hall, 7:30 p.m.

Monday, April 18 PERCUSSION ENSEMBLE McAfee Concert Hall, 7:30 p.m.

Tuesday, April 19 POPS Massey Concert Hall, 7:30 p.m.

Wednesday, April 20 NEW MUSIC ENSEMBLE Massey Concert Hall, 7:30 p.m.

Thursday, April 21 WOMEN’S CHOIR McAfee Concert Hall, 7:30 p.m.

Friday, April 22 PHOENIX Massey Concert Hall, 7:30 p.m.

Sunday April 24 UNIVERSITY SINGERS & “24” McAfee Concert Hall, 7:30 p.m.

Monday, April 25 CHAMBER SINGERS McAfee Concert Hall, 7:30 p.m.

Tuesday, April 26 WORLD PERCUSSION ENSEMBLE McAfee Concert Hall, 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, April 30 NASHVILLE CHILDREN'S CHOIR HOMECOMING CONCERT withAlumnispecialguests First Baptist Church, 3:30 p.m.

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Advancedticketsforalleventsmaybepurchasedatbelmont.edu/theatre,clickon“BoxOffice.”

LAS MENINAS by Lynn Nottage*The story of the illicit romance between QueenMarie-ThereseandherAfricanservant, Nabo, a dwarf from Dahomey, and thehilariousconsequencesthatscandalizedthe French court. Troutt TheaterFebruary 19, 20, 25, 26 & 27 at 7:30 p.m.February 20 at 1 p.m.February 21 & 27 at 2 p.m.Ticketsare$10foradults,$5for faculty,staff,alumniandnon-Belmontstudents, and free for Belmont students.

SENIOR CAPSTONE IN REP JULIUS CAESAR*AllgraduatingBFATheatremajorsarerequiredtopresentaSeniorCapstoneprojectdesignedtohelpthestudenttransition from Belmont to professional life. Ticketsforeachshoware$5andarefreeforBelmont students. Belmont Little TheatreApril 1, 2, 3, 7, 8 & 9 at 7:30 p.m.April 2 at 2 p.m.

THE FAIRY TALE LIVES OF RUSSIAN GIRLS by Meg Miroshnik*In this darkly funny fairytale, Russian folk stories collide with the modern pitfalls awaitingyoungwomen.Armedwithonlytheir wits, an axe and a closet of stilettos, thegirlsmustcombatawickedwitch,aferocious bear and their own insecurities to ensurethattheendingoftheirownmodernfairytale is a happy one.Black Box Theater April 15, 17, 21, 22 & 23 at 7:30 p.m.April 16, 17 & 23 at 2 p.m.Adultticketsare$25inadvance, $30atthedoor;faculty,staff,seniorcitizens,non-Belmontstudentsare$20 at the door; Belmont students are free on February16,17,21&23(2p.m.only)and$15onFebruary15,22&23(7:30p.m.only)

MIXED BILL XIITwelfthannualdanceproductionfeaturingthe Belmont University Dance Company andhighlightingchoreographybyBelmontfaculty and students.Ticketsare$10foradults,$5for faculty,staff,alumniandnon-Belmontstudents, and free for Belmont students. Troutt Theater April 22, 23 & 24 at 7:30 p.m.

EventsEDUCATIONAL

EVENTS AT BELMONT FOR HIGH SCHOOL MUSIC STUDENTS

February 21–22 THE WIND ENSEMBLE FESTIVAL hosted by the Belmont University WindEnsembleisaninvitationaleventforhighschoolbands.

February 27 20TH ANNUAL MUSIC CITY SHOW SHOPPEAnationallyrecognizedshowchoircompetitionhostedbytheBelmont University vocal show ensemble, Company.

BELMONT UNIVERSITY SUMMER MUSIC EDUCATION PROGRAMS Formoreinformationortoregisterfortheseprograms, please visit belmont.edu/music.June 6–17 Orff Levels I & IIIJune12–17StringCrossingsCampJune 19–24 Piano CampJune 19–25 Summer Winds Band CampJune 26–July 2 Summer Vocal Arts IntensiveJuly 10–15 Tennessee Arts Academy

MUSIC LESSONS Belmont Academy offers a variety of private music lessons for studentsofallages(childrenthroughadult).Theeight-weeksummersessionwillbegininJune.Pleasecall615.460.6346 or email belmontacademy@belmont.edu for more information.

The College of Visual & Performing Arts is comprised of the School of Music, Department of Art and Department of Theatre & Dance. Together they create an active community that encourages imagination, nurtures creativity and promotes intellectual and professional growth in the arts.

For more information, please visit belmont.edu/CVPA or call 615.460.6408.

/BelmontUniversitySchoolofMusic/BelmontUniversityDepartmentofArt/BelmontUniversityDepartmentofTheatreandDance

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Jesus as the Christ and as the measure for all things. As a community seeking to uphold Christian

standards of morality, ethics and conduct, Belmont University holds high expectations of each person

who chooses to join the community. Belmont University does not discriminate on the basis of race,

sex, color, national or ethnic origin, age, disability, military service or sexual orientation. Inquiries or

complaints concerning the application of these policies to students should be directed to the Dean

of Students, Beaman Student Life Center Suite 200, 1900 Belmont Blvd., Nashville, TN 37212,

deanofstudents@belmont.edu or 615.460.6407.

2015 Applause Award Recipient Michael W. Smith

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2015 All Shook Up