Penn State Fayette announces cultural series for 2003
Penn State Fayette has announced its Spring 2003 Cultural Series calendar. All events take place in the J.L. Williams Building and are open to the public. For more information, call 724-430-4125.
The events are as follows:
Shakespeare Festival
Library exhibits on Shakespeare are on display Monday through Friday, Feb. 3-7.
– 12:15 p.m. Monday, Feb. 3, actor’s lecture and demonstration with the National Players of Olney, Md.
– 7 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 4, presentation of Shakespeare’s “As You Like It,” performed by the National Players of Olney, Md.
– 12:15 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 6, actor’s lecture and demonstration with Shakespear-in-the-Schools presented by the University of Pittsburgh.
Soul Sounds
– 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 6, Soul Sounds will perform in Swimmer Hall. Soul Sounds is a live performance and visual multimedia program that takes a “hip trip” through the evolution of black music.
Musical performance and video images provide an musical journey through gospel, the blues and the work of Bessie Smith and jazz icon Duke Ellington.
Participants will have an opportunity to sing along to the music of soul legends James Brown, Aretha Franklin and Marvin Gaye.
They can also groove to the sounds of their favorite songs from the Motown era, Whitney Houston and other musicians.
Loretta Giles
– 7:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 17, Loretta Giles will perform in Swimmer Hall. Her career spans opera, Broadway, symphony, oratorio, television, radio and recording. Giles was also a headliner on cruise ships.
She has performed both nationally and abroad for more than two decades, receiving critical acclaim as a singing actress.
Her artistry evolved further through coaches and performances in many roles and in many opera galas around the country.
As a voice teacher, production consultant and producer, Giles also manages her own production company, Bravura Productions, and home-based recording studio in Chantilly, Va.
Ashley Cox
– 7:30 p.m Thursday, March 20, Ashley Cox will perform in the Caf?.
As a singer, songwriter and talented musician on both guitar and piano, Cox delivers passionate music that, at times, flows like a raindrop, and at other times like a tidal wave, but always immerses her listeners in absolute honesty and intensity.
Her endearing spirit has given her access into people’s hearts and souls.
The Sarah Pillow Jazz Quartet
– 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 26, the Sarah Pillow Jazz Quartet will appear in Swimmer Hall.
Pillow, a vocalist, has developed an eclectic career in both the jazz and classical worlds, often tying the two together in her improvisational work as well as on her latest CD, “Nuove Musiche,” a set of 17th century songs set to modern arrangements.
Her leap into the professional jazz scene included participation in the Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland, where her solo performance won an award in Downbeat Magazine.
Her adeptness with language shows as she sings a variety of standards from Jacques Brel to Thelonius Monk.
Shakespeare’s ‘MacBeth’
– 12:15 p.m. Thursday, April 10, and 7 p.m. Saturday, April 12, “MacBeth” will be performed by the Penn State Fayette Lion Players.
It ranks among Shakespeare’s top four tragedies.
This play is a very intense drama of murder and revenge, probing the nature and effects of evil that resides in human nature.
This is Penn State Fayette’s Lions Players’ sixth annual production of a full-length Shakespeare play. For reservations and free tickets, call 724-430-4121.
Women’s Day on Campus
– Thursday, May 22. Details about the annual event will be announced in the future.
Coffeehouse schedule
– 7:30 to 10 p.m., Williams Caf? on Wednesday, Feb. 12; Thursday, March 20; and Wednesday, April 23.
Participants will have an opportunity to relax and enjoy some coffee and refreshments while listening to coffeehouse-style talent from Penn State Fayette faculty, staff and students.
Penn State Fayette English Professor, Dr. Fred Adams, serves as each emcee for each coffeehouse as he performs many songs on his guitar.
Each evening has a unique mix of poetry reading, singing, piano and jam sessions.
Campus clubs and organizations sponsor the coffeehouses by providing coffee and refreshments for those in attendance.
For more information about the coffeehouse schedule or other events offered at Penn State Fayette, call 724-430-4199.