COMING UP:NOVEMBER 1-7
Juried Student Art Exhibition
The University Art Gallery is pleased to announce its annual Juried Student Exhibition, which opens Thurs., Nov. 5 and will be on view through Sun., Dec. 13. The work in the exhibition is selected by two jurors from the professional art world who visit the campus to view the work and talk to the students about their careers and ideas about art. This year the jurors are: Chester Arnold, Artist and Professor of Art at College of Marin, and Kate Eilertsen, Executive Director, Sonoma Valley Museum of Art.
The exhibition features over 70 artworks in a variety of media, such as painting, sculpture, photography, printmaking, drawing, and mixed media, which reflects courses offered in the art studio program at Sonoma State as well as the students’ own individual creativity. The Gallery is open Tuesday-Friday from 11 a.m.-4 p.m., and Saturday and Sunday from noon-4 p.m. Admission is free. For more information, call 4-2295.
Photo, above right: "Charming", Danielle Clement, oil on panel, 2009. Courtesy of the artists and Carla Stone, University Art Gallery.
High School Choral Invitational, an All-Day Event
Young singers from high schools across Sonoma and Marin counties will flock to Sonoma State on Fri., Nov. 5 to sing in the annual High School Choral Invitational. Interested persons are free to drop by Ives Concert Hall throughout the day and listen as students receive coaching and encouragement from choral professionals. Bob Worth, Music, has organized this educational event for the past seven years. Hosting this year is SSU Chorus Conductor Jenny Bent. Joining her as Guest Clinician will be Buddy James, director of choral and vocal activities at CSU-East Bay.,
Mel Graves Scholarship Concert, November 7
Emerging from a year of regrouping after the loss of Jazz Director Mel Graves, the Music Department welcomes trombonist and composer Doug Leibinger to head the jazz program. One of his first tasks is to assemble players for the Mel Graves Scholarship Concert that takes place at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 7, the anniversary of Mel's death and one year after the historic "Movin' On" tribute to his life and work at SSU.
Sharing the Warren Auditorium stage will be Bob Afifi, flute, Jim Rothermel, sax, Pete Estabrook, trumpet, Leibinger on trombone, John Simon, piano, Randy Vincent, guitar and George Marsh, percussion. The occasion also marks the debut of SSU's new bass teacher, Cliff Hugo, known for his work with artists as diverse as Warne Marsh, Ray Charles and Supertramp. Plan to arrive early as a packed house is expected. There is a suggested donation of $15 that will contribute directly to scholarships for SSU's jazz students.
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