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Fall 2009 Arts Calendar

Past Events

Aug 25 - Sep 19, 2008
Art Gallery: Exhibit by Rob Alsobrook and Russ Campbell

Location: PAC, Art Gallery

Exhibit Reception Thursday, September 18, 6:00 p.m. in the gallery


Thu, Sep 18, 2008, 9:00 a.m.
Sculpture/Graphics Workshop: Rob Alsobrook and Russ Campbell

Location: PAC, Art Studio


Sep 22 - Oct 20, 2008
Art Gallery: Exhibit by Richard Cummings

Location: PAC, Art Gallery


Sun, Oct 12, 2008, 2:00 p.m.
Piano Ensembles

Location: JEN, Hartley Recital Hall (JEN-123)

Terry McRoberts, Director, sponsored by WTMTA


<em>McAfee Organ Concert:</em> Todd Wilson

Tue, Oct 21, 2008, 7:30 p.m.
McAfee Organ Concert: Todd Wilson

Location: PAC, Savage Chapel

Todd Wilson, Organist



Thu, Oct 23, 2008, 8:00 p.m.
Theatre: Smoke on the Mountain

Location: PAC, Powell Theatre


Fri, Oct 24, 2008, 8:00 p.m.
Theatre: Smoke on the Mountain

Location: PAC, Powell Theatre

Dinner Theatre, Coburn Dining Room, 6:30 p.m.


Sat, Oct 25, 2008, 8:00 p.m.
Theatre: Smoke on the Mountain

Location: PAC, Powell Theatre

Dinner Theatre, Coburn Dining Room, 6:30 p.m.


Sun, Oct 26, 2008, 2:30 p.m.
Theatre: Smoke on the Mountain

Location: PAC, Powell Theatre



<em>Music:</em> Meet Libby Larsen

Mon, Oct 27, 2008, 7:30 p.m.
Music: Meet Libby Larsen

Location: JEN, Hartley Recital Hall (JEN-123)

more info


Mon, Oct 27, 2008, 8:00 p.m.
Theatre: Smoke on the Mountain

Location: PAC, Powell Theatre


<em>Music:</em> Concert of works by Libby Larsen

Tue, Oct 28, 2008, 7:30 p.m.
Music: Concert of works by Libby Larsen

Location: JEN, Hartley Recital Hall (JEN-123)


Tue, Oct 28, 2008, 8:00 p.m.
Theatre: Smoke on the Mountain

Location: PAC, Powell Theatre


Mon, Nov 3, 2008, 7:30 p.m.
Guest Piano Recital: Lynn Rice See

Location: JEN, Hartley Recital Hall (JEN-123)

Lynn Rice-See will be presenting a piano recital in Hartley Hall on the Union University campus on Monday, November 3 at 7:30 p.m. She will be playing Nun komm, der heiden Heiland by J. S. Bach/Busoni; Sonata in C minor, Op. 111 by Ludwig van Beethoven; Images, Livre II by Claude Debussy, and Andante Spianato and Grande Polonaise Brillante, Op. 22, by Fredryk Chopin.

Since her 1982 Carnegie Recital Hall debut, Lynn Rice-See has appeared as recitalist, concerto soloist, and chamber musician in the United States and in Europe. She has appeared three times with the Janácek Philharmonic Orchestra in Ostrava, Czech Republic. In the United States she has appeared as soloist with the Gulf Coast Symphony, the Huntsville Symphony, the Johnson City Symphony, and the Kingsport Symphony. In 1992, she appeared in recital in Brussels, sponsored by the Ministere de la Communauté Français, and her 1993 recital tour of Germany was sponsored by the German-American Institute in Saarbrücken. She was a member of the Tennessee Arts Commission touring roster from 1991 through 1994.

She holds the Bachelor of Music degree from Peabody Conservatory, where she studied with Walter Hautzig, the Master of Music from The Juilliard School where she studied with Beveridge Webster, and the Doctorate of Musical Arts from the University of Southern California, where she studied with John Perry. She is currently professor of piano at Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro. From 1989-2005 she was a member of the piano faculty at East Tennessee State University. She has also taught at the Manhattan School of Music in New York and at William Carey College.

In celebration of the Tennessee bicentennial she and mezzo-soprano Sharon Mabry issued a compact disk on the Heartdance label of works by Tennessee composers. Her new cd, Evocacion will be available from Americus CD in 2009. This recording will include European piano works from the twenty years prior to World War I.

In addition to articles published in Clavier and American Music Teacher, her writing includes a book, The Piano Teaching of Walter Hautzig, published by Edwin Mellen Press. It is available Amazon.com.

There is no admission charge, and the public is cordially invited to attend.


Mon, Nov 10, 2008, 10:00 a.m.
Children's Theatre Show: The Somewhat Tale of Robin Hood

Location: PAC, Savage Chapel


Tue, Nov 11, 2008, 10:00 a.m.
Children's Theatre Show: The Somewhat Tale of Robin Hood

Location: PAC, Savage Chapel


Tue, Nov 11, 2008, 7:00 p.m.
Children's Theatre Show: The Somewhat Tale of Robin Hood

Location: PAC, Savage Chapel


Tue, Nov 11, 2008, 7:30 p.m.
Union University Choral Concert

Christopher Mathews and David Dennis, Conductors

Location: First Baptist Church, Jackson


Wed, Nov 12, 2008, 10:00 a.m.
Children's Theatre Show: The Somewhat Tale of Robin Hood

Location: PAC, Savage Chapel


Thu, Nov 13, 2008, 10:00 a.m.
Children's Theatre Show: The Somewhat Tale of Robin Hood

Location: PAC, Savage Chapel


Thu, Nov 13, 2008, 7:30 p.m.
Jazz Band Concert

Location: JEN, Hartley Recital Hall (JEN-123)

David McClune, Conductor


Mon, Nov 17, 2008, 7:30 p.m.
Music Guest Lecture: Sam Viviano

Location: JEN, Hartley Recital Hall (JEN-123)

Sam Viviano will present a lecture on the use of poetry in the teaching of music in Hartley Recital Hall in Jennings Hall on the Union University campus on Monday, November 17, 2008 at 7:30 p.m. Viviano, a long-time faculty member at the Rudi E. Scheidt School of Music at the University of Memphis, holds degrees from The Juilliard School, where he was a student of Adele Marcus. The New York Times spoke of his “natural affinity for the music’s poetic content,” when discussing his New York recital. His articles have appeared in Clavier and American Music Teacher. Viviano’s lecture is free, and the public is cordially invited to attend.


Thu, Nov 20, 2008, 12:15 p.m.
Opera Workshop

Location: PAC, Savage Chapel


Thu, Nov 20, 2008, 7:30 p.m.
Symphonic Band Concert

Location: PAC, Savage Chapel

David McClune, conductor


Nov 28 - Dec 19, 2008
Art Gallery: Senior Art Exhibits

Location: PAC, Art Gallery


Thu, Dec 4, 2008, 12:15 p.m.
Piano Ensembles

Location: JEN, Hartley Recital Hall (JEN-123)

Terry McRoberts, Director


Tue, Dec 9, 2008, 7:30 p.m.
A Union Christmas

Location: PAC, Savage Chapel