The University Series
2010–2011 Season
SFA Faculty Exhibition
Fri., Sep. 10–Sat., Oct. 30
The Cole Art Center, Ledbetter Gallery
The Cole Art Center, Ledbetter Gallery
Recent works of art in a variety of media will be presented in this annual event by studio faculty, instructors and adjunct professors of the SFA School of Art. The exhibition enables East Texans to see the vast and diverse pool of talent within the school.
Opening reception September 10 at 6 p.m.
Directed by Daniel Spalding, the Philadelphia Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra will present a provocative and poetic program that includes featured piano soloist Gabriela Imreh performing Bach’s Concerto in D minor.
Box OfficeSingle tickets: $35 for A seating, $29 for B seating and $17.50 for C seating. Discounts available for seniors, students and youth. Purchase tickets online or by phone: 888.240.ARTS
Wind Ensemble: The Music of Michael Daugherty
Tue., Oct. 19, 7:30 p.m.
W.M. Turner Auditorium
W.M. Turner Auditorium
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SFA’s Wind Ensemble proudly performs the outstanding music of Michael Daugherty, one of the nation’s most frequently heard living composers. Program includes “Brooklyn Bridge” with clarinetist Christopher Ayer, and “Desi,” guest conducted by John L. Whitwell.
Box OfficeSingle tickets: $18 for adult, $12 for senior and $6 for student/youth. Purchase tickets online or by phone: 888.240.ARTS
eighth blackbird
Tue., Oct. 26, 7:30 p.m.
W.M. Turner Auditorium
W.M. Turner Auditorium
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Hailed by the New Yorker as “friendly, unpretentious and highly skilled,” the Grammy Award-winning sextet performs classical contemporary music with a theatrical flair and seeks to make new music accessible to wider audiences.
Box OfficeSingle tickets: $35 for A seating, $29 for B seating and $17.50 for C seating. Discounts available for seniors, students and youth. Purchase tickets online or by phone: 888.240.ARTS
Storm Chaser
Fri., Nov. 5–Sat., Jan. 15
The Cole Art Center, Ledbetter Gallery
The Cole Art Center, Ledbetter Gallery
Learn about severe weather this fall through lectures; an exhibition of artifacts from Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans and the Category 5 tornado that hit Greensburg, Kan.; and photographs by extreme weather photographer Jim Reed.
Opening reception November 5 at 6 p.m.
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
Tue., Nov. 16–Sat., Nov. 20, 7:30 p.m.
W.M. Turner Auditorium
W.M. Turner Auditorium
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Power, sex, ambition, greed . . . it’s just another day at the office in this delightfully irreverent and Pulitzer Prize Award-winning musical comedy that follows the rise of a lowly window washer up the corporate ladder. Directed by Jack Heifner; conducted by Stephen Lias. Music by Frank Loesser; book by Abe Burrows, Jack Weinstock and Willie Gilbert.
Box OfficeSingle tickets: $18 for adult, $12 for senior and $6 for student/youth. Purchase tickets online or by phone: 888.240.ARTS
Rufus Butler Seder: LIFETILES
Thu., Dec. 2–Sat., Mar. 26
The Cole Art Center, Reavley Gallery
The Cole Art Center, Reavley Gallery
The "Movies for the Wall" created by optical artist, inventor and filmmaker Rufus Butler Seder are vast optical glass-tiled murals that appear to come to life, change and move as the viewer passes by. His installations made up of 8-inch square LIFETILES can be over 70 feet long.
Opening reception December 2 at 6 p.m.
A Simply Sinatra Christmas, starring Steve Lippia
Fri., Dec. 17, 7:30 p.m.
W.M. Turner Auditorium
W.M. Turner Auditorium
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Celebrate the holidays with that great Sinatra sound, compliments of pops sensation Steve Lippia and his 10-piece orchestra, as they present Christmas favorites and great tunes made famous by Ol' Blue Eyes.
Box OfficeSingle tickets: $35 for A seating, $29 for B seating and $17.50 for C seating. Discounts available for seniors, students and youth. Purchase tickets online or by phone: 888.240.ARTS
The Edge of Life: Forest Pathology Art
Fri., Jan. 21–Sat., Mar. 26
The Cole Art Center, Ledbetter Gallery
The Cole Art Center, Ledbetter Gallery
SFA is the first stop for this dynamic traveling exhibition that includes works by SFA and ecological artists. The show’s three-part goal is to share science's ability to inspire culture through art, present a wide range of innovative approaches for making art, and educate viewers about forest pathology.
Opening reception January 21 at 6 p.m.
The Complete World of Sports (abridged)
Fri., Jan. 28, 7:30 p.m.
W.M. Turner Auditorium
W.M. Turner Auditorium
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It’ll be a marathon of madness and comedic mayhem as the Reduced Shakespeare Company (aka Bad Boys of Abridgement) sprint through the world’s great sporting events at record-breaking speed.
Box OfficeSingle tickets: $35 for A seating, $29 for B seating and $17.50 for C seating. Discounts available for seniors, students and youth. Purchase tickets online or by phone: 888.240.ARTS
She Stoops to Conquer
by Oliver Goldsmith
Tue., Mar. 1–Sat., Mar. 5, 7:30 p.m.
W.M. Turner Auditorium
W.M. Turner Auditorium
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Director Alan Nielsen transports this classic comedy of misunderstandings to Texas’ wild and wooly old west where a perceptive rancher’s daughter finds a unique way to get her shy, would-be suitor to fall in love with her.
Box OfficeSingle tickets: $18 for adult, $12 for senior and $6 for student/youth. Purchase tickets online or by phone: 888.240.ARTS
SFA Opera
Wed., Mar. 30–Sat., Apr. 2, 7:30 p.m.
W.M. Turner Auditorium
W.M. Turner Auditorium
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The SFA School of Music showcases its talent with one of the masterpieces of operatic literature, sung in English. The production (title to be announced in the fall) will include an orchestra, full set and costumes, and, of course, beautiful music and voices.
Box OfficeSingle tickets: $18 for adult, $12 for senior and $6 for student/youth. Purchase tickets online or by phone: 888.240.ARTS
Enjoy a concert of vibrant front-porch twang and infectious rhythms as Grammy winner J.D. Crowe and Grand Ole Opry legend Bobby Osborne unite with the hottest bluegrass singers and pickers on the planet.
Box OfficeSingle tickets: $35 for A seating, $29 for B seating and $17.50 for C seating. Discounts available for seniors, students and youth. Purchase tickets online or by phone: 888.240.ARTS
Welcome to the 2010–2011 Season! The College of Fine Arts is proud to bring some of the finest artistic, musical and theatrical selections to East Texas.
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All University Series performances are in W.M. Turner Auditorium and have reserved seating. Season tickets are $185 for A seating, $150 for B seating, $125 for C seating. Discounts are available for seniors, students, youth and SFA faculty and staff.
Griffith Gallery is located in the Griffith Fine Arts Building, Room 208, and is open 12:30 to 5 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday. The Ed and Gwen Cole Art Center @ The Old Opera House is located at 329 E. Main St. It contains two galleries: the Jack and Doris Ledbetter Gallery on the first floor and the Florence Wilson Reavley Gallery on the second floor. Its hours are 12:30 to 5 p.m., Tuesday through Sunday. All exhibitions, receptions and gallery talks are free and open to the public. Content and dates of shows are subject to change.
See the Gallery Series for more exhibitions.