Arts Calendar Opens with Triple Celebration

Faculty concert, exhibit, theatre premiere featured

The Departments of Music, Theatre, and Art on USM's Gorham Campus are collectively celebrating the exciting season of performances and exhibitions scheduled for this year by hosting a special opening weekend Friday, October 1, through Sunday, October 3. The weekend highhlights the talent and creativity of the USM arts faculty through live performances and original works.

The weekend begins with the first performance of the 1999-2000 Faculty Concert Series at 8 p.m. Friday, October 1. Violinist Lawrence Golan, USM music faculty member and Portland Symphony Orchestra's concertmaster, will perform with pianist Martin Perry Brahms' Sonata No. 1 in G Major, Op. 78, Dvorak's Romance, Prokofiev's fiery Sonata in D Major, Op. 94 and Wieniawski's virtuosic Polonaise Brillante, Op. 21.

Golan, who won a prestigious Leonard Bernstein Conducting Fellowship at the Tanglewood Music Center this past summer, celebrates his tenth year at USM with this virtuoso evening. Tickets are $9 for the general public, $7 for seniors, and $5 for students. For tickets call the Music Box Office early at 780-5555.

This concert is sponsored by ARAMARK.

The USM theatre season begins at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, October 2 in Russell Hall, with the first performance of "Anasazi," a new drama by USM theater faculty member Walter Stump. The third play of Stump's "Mohave Trilogy," "Anasazi" is set in an isolated valley in the Mojave desert at the beginning of World War II. The play takes a humorous look at a group of residents of a small town in this majestic landscape who form the Shoshone Valley Advisory Board to arbitrate their disagreements and, along the way, discover love, loyalty, and friendship. Tickets are $10 for the general public, $6 for seniors, and $5 for students. For reservations call the Theatre Box Office at 780-5151.

For the first exhibition of the season, Art Faculty USM, the USM Art Gallery will hold a special reception from 3 to 5 p.m., Sunday, October 3, with an opportunity to meet the artists. The annual faculty exhibition this year features sculpture and other work in three dimensions by Carolyn Eyler, Patt Franklin, Rebecca Goodale, Duncan Hewitt, Lin Lisberger, David Schneider, and Michael Shaughnessy. The exhibition runs from September 15 - October 23. For more information call the Gallery at 780-5009.

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