Contact: Wendel Sloan, 505-562-2253
Spring 2007 ENMU Fine Arts Calendar January
Juried Student Art Show Runnels Gallery, Golden Library at Eastern New Mexico University in Portales Reception: Jan. 26, from 5-7 p.m. Library hours (505-562-2624), Jan. 26 through Feb. 11 FREE Contact: Susan Pippin, 505-562-2778 “Orbiting AnotherBody” (Student Choreographed Dance Concert) Studio Theatre, University Theater Center at Eastern New Mexico University in Portales 7 p.m., Jan. 31 through Feb. 3 Admission: $4 Contact: Shirlene Peters, 505-562-2711 (These budding choreographers have created a diverse evening of dance that explores such themes as good vs. evil, the loss of a friend, being an individual in a society, and the passion shared between lovers. The concert consists of a wide variety of styles including swing, jazz and modern dance; and features the works of Rojun Alexander, Marciana Cortez, Liana Garcia, Helle Hatten, Whitney Hobson, Desirée Markham, Anatalio Domenic Nickles, Joseph Sanders, Jennifer Senn, and Taryn Wilson.) February Faculty Recital Tracy Carr, Oboe Buchanan Hall, Music Building at Eastern New Mexico University in Portales 7 p.m., Monday, Feb.5 FREE Contact: Jennifer Mitchell, 505-562-2377 “Eccentricities of a Nightingale” Mainstage, University Theater Center at Eastern New Mexico University in Portales 7 p.m., Feb. 15- 17 General $8, Seniors (55 and over) $7, Pre-College $6, ENMU students $5 Contact: Shirlene Peters, 505-562-2711 (The action takes place in Glorious Hill, Miss., shortly before the First World War. Alma Winemiller, a sensitive and lonely young woman, has become increasingly restive and disturbed by the fear that she will remain a spinster. Hemmed in by her stern minister father, and her deranged mother, she makes a final, and almost desperate, attempt to win
the man of her choice: a young doctor whose social-climbing mother frowns on his attachment to Alma. The play centers on the complex relationship between these two; her touching attempts to sway his emotions, and his uncertainty as to where his heart should lead him. In the end, there is to be only one truly beautiful moment between them for neither can break the ties of family and position which draw them apart and which, inevitably, defeat Alma's hopes for a new and fuller life.) Mollie Oblinger Art Exhibit Reception , Feb. 23, 5-7 p.m. Feb 23–Mar 14, Library hours Runnels Gallery, Golden Library at Eastern New Mexico University in Portales FREE Contact: Susan Pippin, 505-562-2778 March Faculty Recital Jean Ornellas, Voice Buchanan Hall , Music Building at Eastern New Mexico University in Portales 7 p.m., Thursday, March 1 FREE Contact: Jennifer Mitchell, 505-562-2377 Wind Symphony and Symphonic Band Campus Union Ballroom, Eastern New Mexico University in Portales 3 p.m., Sunday, March 4 FREE Contact: Jennifer Mitchell, 505-562-2377 Spring Opera Production
“Fairy Tales and Flights of Fancy”: scenes from Magic Flute, Don Giovanni, Hansel and Gretel, and The Medium
Buchanan Hall, Music Building at Eastern New Mexico University in Portales 7:30 p.m., Friday, March 9, and 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., Saturday, March 10 Admission: Tickets at door (price TBA) Contact: Jennifer Mitchell, 505-562-2377 Jazz Festival 7 p.m., March 15 and 16 (March 15) Music Building, Buchanan Hall at Eastern New Mexico University in Portales (March 16) University Theatre Center, Eastern New Mexico University in Portales FREE Contact: Jennifer Mitchell, 505-562-2377 The Brass Company Buchanan Hall , Music Building at Eastern New Mexico University in Portales
7 p.m., Saturday, March 17 Admission: Tickets at door (price TBA) Contact: Jennifer Mitchell, 505-562-2377 ENMU Choirs and Caprock Pro Musica Chamber Orchestra Schubert Mass in G Mainstage, University Theater Center at Eastern New Mexico University in Portales 4 p.m., Sunday, March 18 Admission: Tickets at door and in advance (price TBA) Contact: Jennifer Mitchell, 505-562-2377 April Nancy Fleming and Leslee Fraser Art Exhibit Reception: April 6, 5-7 pm Library hours (505-562-2624), March 22-April 22 Runnels Gallery, Golden Library at Eastern New Mexico University in Portales FREE Contact: Susan Pippin, 505-562-2778 Duo Faculty Recital Michael Ellzey, Trumpet, and Chris Beaty, Saxophone Buchanan Hall , Music Building at Eastern New Mexico University in Portales 7 p.m., Tuesday, April 3 FREE Contact: Jennifer Mitchell, 505-562-2377 ENMU Band Clinic Concert Campus Union Ballroom, Eastern New Mexico University in Portales 7 p.m., Tuesday, April 10 FREE Contact: Jennifer Mitchell, 505-562-2377 Faculty Recital Roberto Mancusi, Voice Buchanan Hall, Music Building at Eastern New Mexico University in Portales 7 p.m., Thursday, April 12 FREE Contact: Jennifer Mitchell, 505-562-2377 “Three Poets” Studio Theatre, University Theater Center at Eastern New Mexico University in Portales 7 p.m., April 11-14 Admission: $4 Contact: Shirlene Peters, 505-562-2711 (Three women who were astonishing poets are the subjects of this trio of linked short plays. Ono no Komachi (Japan, 9th century), Hrosvitha (Gandersheim, Saxony, 10th
century), and Anna Akhmatova (USSR, 20th century) fight for their lives and their work. KOMACHI duels with the Prince Shoso, making her verses out of their conflict, until she meets a brutal end. HROSVITHA has her play acted before Mother Superior and a censoring monk, who have a furious battle over her work and leave her to decide how dedicated a poet she is. AKHMATOVA is summoned to the Kremlin upon the death of Stalin and must resist the ruthless Commissar's search for the words of her masterpiece, which has been committed to her memory and to the memories of her trusted friends.) Faculty Chamber Music Recital Buchanan Hall, Music Building at Eastern New Mexico University in Portales 7 p.m., Tuesday, April 17 FREE Contact: Jennifer Mitchell, 505-562-2377 Jazz Ensemble/Combo Concert Buchanan Hall, Music Building at Eastern New Mexico University in Portales 7 p.m., Tuesday, April 24 FREE Contact: Jennifer Mitchell, 505-562-2377 “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” Mainstage, University Theater Center at Eastern New Mexico University in Portales 7 p.m., April 26-28 General $8, Seniors (55 and over) $7, Pre College $6, ENMU students $5 Contact: Shirlene Peters, 505-562-2711 (The Department of Theatre and Dance at Eastern New Mexico University concludes their 2006-2007 Mainstage Season with Edward Albee’s “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?,” a classic of the American contemporary theatre. Directed by Anne Beck, the production runs April 26-28. Considered Albee’s masterpiece, the play concerns George (Steven Roberts), a history professor at a small New England college, and his wife, Martha (Janeice Scarbrough), who invite a new faculty member, Nick (Charles Britton) and his wife, Honey (Stephanie Miller) to their house for drinks. The alcohol-soaked night is filled with “games” of discovery and humiliation leading to a dawn of revelation. Though a vicious portrait of marriage, it is ultimately, as described in the New York Times, “deeply and truly a love story.” The play is for mature audiences.) Spring Choral Concert Buchanan Hall, Music Building at Eastern New Mexico University in Portales 7 p.m., Thursday, April 26 Admission: Tickets at door (price TBA) Contact: Jennifer Mitchell, 505-562-2377
Wind Symphony and Symphonic Band Campus Union Ballroom, Eastern New Mexico University in Portales 3 p.m., Sunday, April 29 Admission: Tickets at door (price TBA) Contact: Jennifer Mitchell, 505-562-2377 May B.F.A Senior Art Show Runnels Gallery, Golden Library at Eastern New Mexico University in Portales Reception: May 4 from 5-7 p.m. Library hours (505-562-2624), April 30- May 4 FREE Contact: Susan Pippin, 505-562-2778 (Display of paintings, sculptures, ceramics, and graphic designs of students graduating with Bachelor of Fine Arts) B.F.A Senior Art Show Runnels Gallery, Eastern New Mexico University in Portales Reception: May 11 from 3-5 p.m. Library hours (505-562-2624), May 7-11 FREE Contact: Susan Pippin, 505-562-2778 (Display of paintings, sculptures, ceramics, and graphic designs of students graduating with Bachelor of Fine Arts) A NOTE ABOUT TICKETS • Tickets for all Theatre and Dance events are available in advance and at the door through the UTC Box Office (505-562-2710) • For the following music events, general admission tickets will be sold at the door prior to the performance only: Spring Opera Production (March 9, 7:30 p.m., March 10, 2 and 7:30 p.m.), Brass Company (March 17, 7 p.m.), Spring Choral Concert (April 26, 7 p.m.), Wind Symphony and Symphonic Band (April 29, 3 p.m.). All these events are in Buchanan Hall in the Music Building, except for the April 29 Wind Symphony/Symphonic Band event, which is in the CUB Ballroom. • For the March 18 performance by ENMU Choirs with the Caprock Pro Musica Chamber Orchestra (held in the University Theatre Center), tickets will be sold both in advance and at the door. For advance ticket information, call the Music Department at 505-562-2377 or the College of Fine Arts at 505-562-2373.