CFA Announcements

School of Art Billboards Throughout Pittsburgh
Event: School of Art Billboards Now Up Throughout Pittsburgh
Date: Now-May 1
See http://schoolofartbillboards.cfa.cmu.edu/ for locations and more information.

Carnegie Mellon School of Art joins Lamar Outdoor Advertising in presenting eight new public artworks installed throughout the city in April of 2009 for a month's duration. This year's effort was organized by Professor of Art Andrew Ellis Johnson working with colleague Ayanah Moor. Juried by curator, author and critic Vicky A. Clark, the works selected were created by undergraduate and graduate students: Seth Boyles, Meaghan Callen, David Kennedy, Julia Kennedy, Amanda Long,Leslie McAhren, Haydee Naula and James Southard.

The School of Art's collaboration with Lamar Outdoor Advertising was initiated in 2007 by Christopher Sperandio, former Jill Kraus Visiting Assistant Professor of Art at Carnegie Mellon.


School of Art Lecture: Tony Conrad
Event: The School of Art Lectures Series Presents Tony Conrad
Location: McConomy Auditorium, University Center, Carnegie Mellon Campus
Date: Tuesday, April 14
Time: 5:00 pm
Price: FREE

Tony Conrad is a filmmaker, composer, musician, and conceptual artist who has exerted an immeasurable influence over the American avant-garde film and music scenes. As a giant in the American soundscape since the early 1960s, he has utilized intense amplification, long duration and precise pitch to forge an aggressively mesmerizing "Dream Music." Conrad articulated the Big Bang of "minimalism" and played a pivotal role in the formation of the Velvet Underground. Conrad continues to exert a primal influence over succeeding generations with his ecstatic oscillations and hypnotic drones. A performative provocateur and prime proponent of expanded cinema, his film works arise from with stock that has been pickled, stir-fried and most recently electrocuted with a Tesla coil before projection. His 1966 masterwork "The Flicker" is considered the cornerstone of the Structural Cinema movement. His inclusive and expansive approach to unusual materials and methods informs his performance of music and film. Combining theatricality, mystery and eccentric humor, Conrad always challenges traditional notions of any genre.


Lecture and Workshop: Comic Art with Da Xiong
Event: Lecture and Workshop: Comic Art with Da Xiong
Location: College of Fine Arts Building, Room 313, Carnegie Mellon Campus
Date: Thursday, April 9
Time: 1:30 pm
Price: FREE

DA XIONG (real name: Jingxiong Guo) is a comic book artist, creator, editor and publisher. Daxiong is currently one of the most successful artists in Chinese and European comics. He has received a great deal of recognition for his work in the industry, including first place at the Shanghai Animation & Comic Competition, and top honors at the 33rd annual Angouleme International Comics Festival.

Since 1999, through his studio, Da Xiong has published more than 100 titles that are being distributed in China, Japan, and Taiwan. Recently, he started illustrating the MouWang series, which is being published and distributed in France by Soleil Publications. In 2008 Da Xiong was arrested and sent to a prison in China because he practiced Falun Gong, an ancient Chinese meditation practice that is banned by the Chinese Communist Party. After two months of imprisonment, Da Xiong was rescued by friends in the U.S. and has now settled in New York City with his wife. Da Xiong hopes to continue his work here in the U.S. and bring his art to the comic loving community.


A Bite of Brecht Festival
Event: A Bite of Brecht Festival
Date: April 16-April 25

The Carnegie Mellon University School of Drama presents "A Bite of Brecht" Festival, a celebration of influential 20th century director, playwright and dramaturg Bertolt Brecht, April 16-25. The festival will include a reading of Holger Teschke's new work "Brecht on Broadway," audience talkbacks, a roundtable discussion, student installations and the performance of "Tough Nut Cabaret," featuring highlights from Brecht's repertoire.

The festival's capstone, "Tough Nut Cabaret" consists of poetry and songs written by Brecht in an intimate cabaret-style performance running Tuesday-Friday at 8 p.m. and Saturday at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. from April 16-25 in the Rauh Studio Theater, located in the university's Purnell Center for the Arts. The show is a collaboration between Barbara MacKenzie Wood, professor of acting at the School of Drama as well as an established Brechtian actress and Robyn Archer, an Australian director, Brecht cabaret interpreter and world renowned festival curator. "Tough Nut Cabaret" will feature an audience talkback following the evening performance on April 21. A themed installation by Carnegie Mellon students will be viewable in the lobby throughout the cabaret's run.

Teschke, former dramaturg of the Berliner Ensemble, will direct a reading of his new work "Brecht on Broadway" on April 17 at 2:30 p.m. in Studio A in the 3rd floor of the Purnell Center for the Arts. The reading will be followed by an audience talkback. "A Bite of Brecht" will also feature a roundtable discussion on April 16 from 4-5 p.m. in the Rauh Studio Theatre. Speakers include Archer, Teschke, Jim Neilson and Stephan Brockmann, Carnegie Mellon professor of German.

Tickets to "Tough Nut Cabaret" are $15-$29. All other events are free. For more information, visit www.cmu.edu/cfa/drama or call the School of Drama box office at 412- 268-2407.


Rediscovering Rachmaninoff Festival
Event: Rediscovering Rachmaninoff 3-Week Festival
Date: April 1-19, see http://www.pittsburghsymphony.org for schedule

Carnegie Mellon School of Music has partnered with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Duquesne University's Mary Pappert School of Music and the University of Pittsburgh's Music Department to present Rediscovering Rachmaninoff, a three-week festival of concerts, lectures, film screenings and more! Two on-campus events include:

- a piano masterclass with Maxim Mogilevsky of the prestigious Toradze Studio at 2 pm Monday, April 13 in Kresge Recital Hall. This event is free and open to the public. Note: student pianists will be pre-selected.

- the Rachmaninoff Piano Spectacular at 8 pm Wednesday, April 15 in Kresge Recital Hall. Carnegie Mellon School of Music faculty members Enrique Graf
and Sergey Schepkin perform an all-Rachmaninoff piano recital along with
Vakhtang Kodanashvili, Maxim Mogilevsky and Svetlana Smolina of the Toradze
Piano Studio. Tickets are just $5 for CMU faculty, staff and students, and will be available for purchase in the College of Fine Arts after Convocation this week at 1:30 p.m.


Pittsburgh Trio All-Russian Concert
Event: The Pittsburgh Trio Presents an All-Russian Concert
Location: Alumni Concert Hall, College of Fine Arts, Carnegie Mellon Campus
Date: Saturday, April 11
Time: 3:00 pm
Price: $10, tickets available at the door. Free for college students with ID.

The Pittsburgh Trio will perform an all-Russian program as part of the Rachmaninoff Festival. Members include PSO violinist Jennifer Orchard and PSO cellist Mikhail Istomin, Associate Professor of Piano Sergey Schepkin The program features Rachmaninoff's Elegiac Trio in G minor and the Trio in A minor by Tchaikovsky ("In Memory of a Great Artist"), as well as several short Rachmaninoff pieces for strings and piano.


Senior Recital: Ashley Batten, Soprano
Event: Senior Recital Performed by Ashley Batten, Soprano
Location: Kresge Recital Hall, College of Fine Arts, Carnegie Mellon Campus
Date: Saturday, April 11
Time: 5:30 pm
Price: FREE

This recital features vocal selections from senior Ashley Batten, a soprano.


Senior Recital: Adam Richardson, Baritone
Event: Senior Recital Performed by Adam Richardson, Baritone
Location: Kresge Recital Hall, College of Fine Arts, Carnegie Mellon Campus
Date: Saturday, April 11
Time: 8:00 pm
Price: FREE

This recital features vocal selections from senior, Adam Richardson, a baritone.


Senior Recital: Chelsea Giordan, Cello
Event: Senior Recital Performed by Chelsea Giordan, Cello
Location: Kresge Recital Hall, College of Fine Arts, Carnegie Mellon Campus
Date: Monday April 13
Time: 8:00 pm
Price: FREE

Cellist Chelsea Gordon will perform in her senior recital in Kresge Recital Hall. This recital is free and open to the public.


Carnegie Mellon Chamber Orchestra
Event: Carnegie Mellon Chamber Orchestra Concert
Location: Krege Recital Hall, College of Fine Arts, Carnegie Mellon Campus
Date: Tuesday, April 14
Time: 12:00 pm
Price: FREE

Hear beautiful chamber music performed by a select group of music students. This free concert is part of a spring lunchtime chamber music series, which takes place April 14, 21 and 28.


Carnegie Mellon Philharmonic
Event: Carnegie Mellon Philharmonic Concert
Location: Carnegie Music Hall 4400 Forbes Avenue, Oakland
Date: Tuesday, April 14
Time: 8:00 pm
Price: $5 General, $4 Senior Citizens, Free to College Students w/ ID

Alumnus Gil Rose, director of orchestral studies candidate, leads the Carnegie Mellon Philharmonic in concert. The program that includes Mozart's Overture to La Clemenza di Tito and Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 6. Artist Diploma candidate Vivian Choi is featured on Prokofiev's Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor. Doors open at 7 p.m. and the concert begins at 8 p.m. Tickets are $5 for general admission, $4 senior citizens and free to all college students with ID. Don't wait in line; order tickets in advance from the School of Music's online Box Office today at http://music.cmu.edu.


Recital: Jon Zellhart, Trumpet
Event: Jon Zellhart, Trumpet
Location: Kresge Recital Hall, College of Fine Arts, Carnegie Mellon Campus
Date: Wednesday, April 15
Time: 5:00 pm
Price: FREE

Trumpet player Jon Zellhart performs in recital.


Junior Recital: Timothy Ruff, Baritone; Ian McEuen, Tenor; and Ryan Townsend, Tenor
Event: Junior Recital: Timothy Ruff, Baritone; Ian McEuen, Tenor and Ryan Townsend, Tenor
Location: Kresge Recital Hall, College of Fine Arts, Carnegie Mellon Campus
Date: Thursday, April 16
Time: 2:00 pm
Price: FREE

Baritone Timothy Ruff, tenor Ian McEuen and tenor Ryan Townsend sing in their junior recital in Kresge Recital Hall. This event is free and open to the public.


Graduate Recital: Jennifer Anderson, Woodwinds
Event: Graduate Recital Performed by Jennifer Anderson, Woodwinds
Location: Kresge Rectial Hall, College of Fine Arts, Carnegie Mellon Campus
Date: Thursday, April 16
Time: 8:30 pm
Price: FREE

Graduate student Jennifer Anderson plays the clarinet, saxophone and flute in an all-Woodwinds recital. This event is free and open to the public.


Graduate Recital: Stephen Story, Conductor
Event: Graduate Recital Performed by Stephen Story, Conductor
Location: Kresge Recital Hall, College of Fine Arts, Carnegie Mellon Campus
Date: Saturday, April 18
Time: 7:00 pm
Price: FREE

Conductor Stephen Story leads an ensemble in his graduate recital.


Carnegie Mellon Jazz Ensembles
Event: Carnegie Mellon Jazz Ensembles Concert
Location: Carnegie Library Music Hall, Homestead
Date: Sunday, April 19
Time: 3:00 pm
Price: FREE

The School of Music merges technology with traditional sound in a unique jazz concert at 3 p.m. Sunday, April 19 in the Carnegie Library of Homestead's Music Hall. Hear one of Carnegie Mellon's Jazz Ensembles, directed by David Pellow, perform a new arrangement by Dr. John Wilson for jazz band, soloists and digital string orchestra. The "orchestra" is comprised of five Carnegie Mellon music students who have recorded 20 digital tracks that will be time-stretched to synchronize with the live band. This computer accompaniment stems from a project by Professor Roger Dannenberg (School of Computer Science). This research has been sponsored by Microsoft through the Computational Thinking Center. This event, which is free and open to the public, is sponsored by WDUQ 90.5 FM.


Miller Gallery MFA Thesis Exhibition: Upper Management
Event: The Miller Gallery Presents MFA Thesis Exhibition "Upper Management"
Location: The Miller Gallery, Purnell Center for the Arts, Carnegie Mellon Campus
Date: March 20-April 18
Time: Tuesday-Sunday, noon-6:00 pm
Price: FREE

The Miller Gallery hosts the MFA Thesis exhibitions of Jennifer Gooch, Joseph Hays, Samina Mansuri, Michael Nixon and Gregory Witt.

John Carson, Head of the School of Art, writes: "The deceptively simple poetic interventions of Jennifer Gooch, wryly activate a delicate and awkward territory between the private and the public. Joey Hays proposes a playful approach to environmental and social concerns through genial kinetic experimentation and friendly, participatory sculptures. With her fabricated aerial views of fictional locations, Samina Mansuri substitutes media generated images of war zones with a haunting psychological terrain. Michael Nixon uses photography to poignantly represent the post-industrial malaise, manifest in the blighted urban fabric of Pittsburgh. Greg Witt invents digitally and mechanically ingenuous machines which intrigue, entertain and delight with their winsome, intricate clunkiness."

http://www.cmu.edu/millergallery