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CECILIA LÓPEZ | soprano | NATHAN SALAZAR | piano 

Cecilia Violetta López is a world-class soprano, named by Opera News as one of opera’s “25 Rising Stars.” Known for her portrayals of heroines such as Violetta in Verdi’s La traviata, she has performed at major opera houses including the Metropolitan Opera, among others. López, a Mexican American native of Rupert, Idaho, got her musical start at a young age singing mariachi music that she learned from her mother.

Nathan Salazar is a collaborative pianist who has performed in Europe, Russia, and throughout the U.S. at premiere performance venues including the Kennedy Center and Carnegie Hall. Salazar, a native of Santa Fe, performs and coaches with Serenata of Santa Fe, the Santa Fe Desert Chorale, the Santa Fe Opera, and the Boston Lyric Opera where he is an emerging artist.

Public Concert: Cecilia López, Soprano with Nathan Salazar, Piano
Sept. 10, 2021 | 7:30 p.m. | Reynolds Performance Hall
Watch the Public Concert Here!

 


JOEY TARTELL | trumpet | SEPT. 20-23

Joey Tartell, Professor of Trumpet at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, enjoys a career as an in-demand lead trumpeter performing with most of the major symphony orchestras in the U.S., as well as with Maynard Ferguson’s band, the Canadian Brass, and the Boston Brass. Tartell is also a thought leader within and an advocate for the arts through his podcast, “The Open Bell” and his ongoing blog, “The Tartellog.”

Public Concert: Joey Tartell with the UCA Jazz Ensembles
Sept. 23, 2021 | 7:30 p.m. | Reynolds Performance Hall
Watch the Public Concert Here!

 


MARITA GOLDEN | fiction writing | SEPT. 28-29

Marita Golden is an acclaimed author of 17 works of fiction, nonfiction, and anthologies. As a teacher of writing, she has served on the graduate faculties at George Mason University, Virginia Commonwealth University, and Johns Hopkins University. Her books include the novels The Wide Circumference of Love, After, and The Edge of Heaven. Her soon-to-be released book, The Strong Black Woman: How a Myth Endangers the Physical and Mental Health of Black Women is due out in October.

Public Reading: Marita Golden with Q & A and Book Signing
Sept. 28, 2021 | 7:30 p.m. | College of Business Auditorium, 106
Watch the Public Reading Here!

 


IVALAS QUARTET | strings | OCT. 7-8

The Ivalas Quartet, founded in Ann Arbor in 2016, comprises violinists Reuben Kebede and Tiani Butts, violist Aimée McAnulty, and cellist Pedro Sánchez. Currently, the quartet serves as the Graduate Quartet in residence at The University of Colorado – Boulder, where they study under the renowned Takács Quartet. Ivalas has performed with artists such as the Calidore String Quartet and the Imani Winds. In January 2020, they had their debut at Carnegie Hall in NYC.

Public Concert: Ivalas Quartet
Oct. 8, 2021 | 7:30 p.m. | Reynolds Performance Hall 
Watch the Public Concert Here!

 


JON METZGER | percussion | NOV. 2-5

Three-time Grammy nominee Jon Metzger has performed throughout the world as a jazz ambassador for the U.S. Department of State. He is the author of The Art and Language of Jazz Vibes and has appeared on more than 40 recordings for the VSOP, Soul Note, Jazz Karma, Summit, and Elon Improvibes labels. A recipient of the Miles Davis Jazz Education Service Award and 30 consecutive ASCAP Plus Awards for the use of his compositions, Metzger is the Artist in Residence and Professor of Music at Elon University.

Public Concert: Jon Metzger with UCA Studio Jazz Ensemble and Jazz Combo 
Nov. 4, 2021 | 7:30 p.m. | Reynolds Performance Hall
Watch the Public Concert Here!


FABIOLA JEAN-LOUIS  |  paper textile design, photography, & sculpture  |  NOV. 15-18

Haitian-born and New York-raised Fabiola Jean-Louis uses photography, film, ceramics, and paper to create work that examines the absence of Black and Brown people in historical imagery and seeks to restore them. Her work has been exhibited widely at the Andrew Freedman Home (Bronx, NY), Lux Art Institute (San Diego, CA), DuSable Museum of African American History (Chicago, IL) and, most recently, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, MA).

 

Public Panel Discussion
Nov. 18, 2021 | 7:30 p.m. | McCastlain Ballroom
Watch the Public Panel Discussion Here!

Panelists:

Fabiola Jean-Louis uses photography, film, ceramics, and paper to create work that examines the absence of Black and Brown people in historical imagery and seeks to restore them. Her work has been exhibited widely at the Andrew Freedman Home (Bronx, NY), Lux Art Institute (San Diego, CA), DuSable Museum of African American History (Chicago, IL) and, most recently, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, MA) and Metropolitan Museum (NY).

 

Bryan Winfred Massey, Sr. received his BFA at East Carolina University in Greenville, NC; his MFA at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, LA and is continuing to work towards completing his EdD at the University of Arkansas, Little Rock. Primarily a stone carver, Massey works with a variation of stones from alabaster, soapstone, limestone, marble, and granite. He also casts in iron, bronze, aluminum, as well as fabricating steel for incorporating with many of his stone works.

 

Crystal C. Mercer. Black, Queer, Create(her), businesswoman and conduit for culture and community. Crystal C. Mercer is a celebrated fiber artist, activist, published author, playwright, and poet. She utilizes theatre, poetry, and textiles to communicate ancestral messages and tell social justice narratives. In every thread of her being, she is weaving a tapestry of her ancestors, draped in Afro-futurism.

 

Dr. K. Adele Okoli holds her doctorate in African American Studies and French from Yale University, where her dissertation was awarded the Sylvia Ardyn Boone Prize in African American Studies and the History of Art. Her work in Francophone and Creolophone Studies centers on discourses of race, gender, and desire, particularly in Haitian, Louisianan, and nineteenth-century French literature, art, and culture. Dr. Okoli’s work has appeared in scholarly journals such as Nineteenth-Century French Studies and Women & Performance: a journal of feminist theory, as well as non-academic venues including The Haitian TimesThe Luxembourg Review, and The Paris Review. She also teaches and writes on fashion history and theory.

TANYA ORELLANA | scenic design & ISABEL RUBIO | costume design |

Scenic designer Tanya Orellana creates performance spaces for theatre, dance, opera, and puppetry. Originally from San Francisco, she is a core member of the award-winning ensemble Campo Santo (Spanish for “sacred ground”), an organization committed to developing new American theatre and nurturing diverse new audiences. As an organizing member of La Gente: The Latinx Theatre Design Network, Orellana seeks to combine design and civic practice to dismantle oppressive practices in the field of theatre. Mexican costume designer Isabel Rubio works in theatre, dance, film, and television, bringing a rich visual vocabulary to her work. Her work has been featured internationally at Russia’s historic Mariinsky Theatre of Opera and Ballet in Saint Petersburgh, the Stanislavsky Theatre in Moscow, and México’s Morelia International Film Festival in Morelia, Michoacán, to name a few. Rubio’s credits include a fellowship in Costume Design at the Virginia Museum of Fine Art and an exhibit at the Quadrennial of Performance Design and Space in Prague.

Master Class by Tanya Orellana: “Developing Aesthetics in Collaboration”
March 9, 2022 | 4-4:50 p.m. | Snow Fine Arts Center 210

Tanya Orellana and Isabel Rubio: Class Visit with Fundamentals of Theatrical Design and Professional Issues in Theatre
March 10, 2022 | 9:25-10:40 a.m. | Snow Fine Arts Center 217

Tanya Orellana and Isabel Rubio: Class Visit with Spanish 3360, “Staging Spanish One-Act Plays with Conversation about The House of Bernarda Alba by Fredrico García”
March 10, 2022 | 2:40-3:55 p.m. | Burdick 213

Master Class by Isabel Rubio: “Flexibility and Willingness to Explore in Costume Design”
March 10, 2022 | 4-4:50 p.m. | Snow Fine Arts Center 210

Public Presentation: “Portfolio Presentation by Tanya Orellana and Isabel Rubio”
March 10, 2022 | 7:30-8:45 p.m. | Bridges Larson Theatre, Snow Fine Arts Center

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