Wagner’s Götterdämmerung to continue Met series at UCA

CONWAY — The Metropolitan Opera’s new Ring cycle comes to its resolution in Wagner’s Götterdämmerung, the next installment of the 2011-12 season of Captured Live from the Met @ UCA at 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 12. The opera, sung in German with Met titles in English, German and Spanish, will be aired in high definition in the Donald W. Reynolds Performance Hall on the University of Central Arkansas … [Read more...]

Bravo! series to benefit College of Fine Arts and Communication

By Rachel McAdams College of Fine Arts and Communication Media Office The debut installment of Bravo!, a gala fundraising dinner to benefit the University of Central Arkansas’s College of Fine Arts and Communication, will feature travel writer Rick Steves on Friday, March 16, at the Donald W.  Reynolds Performance Hall. Bravo! will become an annual fundraising event for CFAC. Each year, … [Read more...]

UCA, Hendrix College to host Theatre of Voices

The Hendrix College Department of Music and the University of Central Arkansas College of Fine Arts and Communication will host the international vocal ensemble Theatre of Voices on Monday, Jan. 30, at 7:30 p.m. in Greene Chapel. The performance is free and open to the public. There will be a reception in Trieschmann Gallery after the concert. Widely recognized as one of the Europe's … [Read more...]

Percussion Ensemble set for Dec. 8 performance

By Andrew McClain College of Fine Arts and Communication Media Office CONWAY — The University of Central Arkansas Percussion Ensemble will perform in the Snow Fine Arts Center Recital Hall at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 8. The ensemble, consisting of percussion majors and minors, will perform four pieces for percussion instruments: “Stained Glass,” a work for large percussion ensemble by … [Read more...]

Pat Boone set for holiday concert at Reynolds Performance Hall

CONWAY — Pat Boone will be in concert for A Holiday Celebration with the Central Arkansas Children’s Choir at the University of Central Arkansas. The concert at the Donald W. Reynolds Performance Hall is set for 2 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 11. Boone, perhaps best known as the white-shoed rock ‘n’ roll singer of the 1950s, had a run of chart success during that decade that rivaled Elvis Presley’s. … [Read more...]

Filmmaker Evan Glodell to be in residence Nov. 10

By Rachel McAdams College of Fine Arts and Communication Media Office CONWAY — Filmmaker Evan Glodell will be on the University of Central Arkansas campus Thursday, Nov. 10, as an artist in residence. He will conduct a workshop at 9:25 a.m. in Stanley Russ Hall, Room 108 and another at 10:50 a.m. in Stanley Russ Hall, Room 103. He will also screen his most recent film, Bellflower, and … [Read more...]

BA/BFA Juried Senior Exhibition set for Baum Gallery

By Rachel McAdams College of Fine Arts and Communication Media Office CONWAY — The fall 2011 BA/BFA Juried Senior Exhibition, an exhibition by graduating UCA art majors, will be available for viewing at the University of Central Arkansas’s Baum Gallery of Fine Art Nov. 10-Dec. 8. Opening receptions for the exhibition will be held on Thursday, Nov. 10, from 4-6 p.m. and Sunday, Nov. 13 … [Read more...]

Arkansas Saxophone Quartet to perform Nov. 20

By Han Zhao College of Fine Arts and Communication Media Office CONWAY — The Arkansas Saxophone Quartet will perform at 3 p.m. Nov. 20 in the University of Central Arkansas’s Snow Fine Arts Center Recital Hall. This will be a lecture-recital presentation on the history of the Saxophone Quartet titled “In The Beginning… The Saxophone Quartet.” The lecture recital, which will use lecture, … [Read more...]

University Chorus to perform with Parkview Magnet choir Nov. 17

By Andrew McClain College of Fine Arts and Communication Media Office CONWAY — The University of Central Arkansas’s University Chorus will perform a joint concert with the Parkview Arts Science Magnet High School choir on Nov. 17 at 7:30 p.m. in Snow Fine Arts Recital Hall on the UCA campus. The concert is free and open to the public. The two choirs will sing two selections together, … [Read more...]

Munich Symphony Orchestra to perform Mozart’s Requiem

By Rachel McAdams College of Fine Arts and Communication Media Office CONWAY — UCA Public Appearances’ “Night-Out Series” continues with the Munich Symphony Orchestra’s performance of Mozart's Requiem with Gloriae Dei Cantores at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 3, in the Donald W. Reynolds Performance Hall on the University of Central Arkansas campus. Led by internationally renowned artist … [Read more...]