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Contact: Christina Chapple
Date: 10/13/05
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SLU_Fan05_Jones-Schwartz.jpg FANFARE ORCHESTRA SOLOISTS – Southeastern Louisiana University music faculty members Henry Jones, piano, and Richard Schwartz, alto saxophone, will solo with the Southeastern Chamber Orchestra during Fanfare, Southeastern’s annual festival of the arts. The concert is scheduled for Monday, Oct. 24, at 7:30 p.m. at the Columbia Theatre for the Performing Arts.
SOUTHEASTERN’S OWN SHINE DURING FANFARE’S FOURTH WEEK HAMMOND – The talents and scholarship of Southeastern Louisiana University’s own – the musicians, scholars and authors among the university’s students and faculty -- will shine during the fourth week of Fanfare. Week four of the university’s 20-year-old October arts festival will feature three concerts by university ensembles; the second installment of “High Noon Fiction,” a new Fanfare series showcasing award-winning Southeastern writers; and a lecture by philosophy professor Barbara Forrest, a nationally-known expert on the issue of separation of church and state. The week, however, will not be without Fanfare’s trademark high profile guest artist. On Tuesday, October 25, Fanfare will host an inspirational lecture by its 2005 headliner, Coach Ken Carter, the high school basketball coach who made headlines for insisting that his students be both academic and athletic winners. Carter’s lecture, “Average Is Just Not Good Enough,” is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. at the Columbia Theatre for the Performing Arts. Tickets are $18, adults; $15, senior citizens, Southeastern faculty, staff, alumni; $12, group rate; and $8, non-SLU students. Southeastern students are admitted free with their university I.D. In 1997, Carter, a successful businessman for years, returned to his California alma mater, Richmond High School, as basketball coach. He immediately required his players to sign contracts to keep their grades above a “C” average. During the 1999 season, Carter made headlines by locking out his undefeated varsity team for poor performance in the classroom. His players responded to the coach’s bold action, improving their performance both on the count and in the classroom. Today, Carter is still coaching as leader of SlamBall’s The Rumble. He is also the owner and operator of Prime Time Sports and Prime Time Publishing under which he has published three books. His controversial coaching move and principled stand on academics caught Hollywood's attention, resulting in the production of “Coach Carter,” a movie starring Samuel L. Jackson. Carter’s honest, straight forward delivery makes him a highly sought-after speaker in academic, business and sports worlds. Fanfare’s fourth week begins with the first of the trio of Southeastern concerts. The Southeastern Jazz Combo, directed by Richard Schwartz, will perform on Sunday, Oct. 23, at Hammond’s First United Methodist Church, 220 Rue Denise. The free 3 p.m. concert is part of Fanfare’s Sunday With the Arts series. The ensemble plans to perform a mixed variety of standards from the jazz repertoire made famous by Cole Porter, Nat King Cole, Miles Davis, Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington and many others, including Southeastern's own famed alumnus Bill Evans. On Monday, Oct. 24, Fanfare classical music enthusiasts will be treated to “New Beginnings,” a concert by the Southeastern Chamber Orchestra. Director Yakov Voldman has said the title for the 7:30 p.m. concert at the Columbia Theatre was inspired by an influx of new musicians, all international students who are replacing peers who graduated last spring. Under Voldman’s baton, the orchestra will perform works by Rossini and G. Holst. Faculty soloists Henry Jones, piano, will be featured in Mozart’s “Concerto in B-flat major,” while his Department of Music and Dramatic Arts colleague, Richard Schwartz, alto saxophone, will solo in T. Ryabchikova’s “Express Concerto.” The concert will also showcase new orchestra violinists Vanya Karachobanova, Anton Smirnov, Jie Gao, Milena Rusanova, Igor Gladkov, Olena Gladkova, and George Bosnia. The third concert of Fanfare’s fourth week, scheduled for Thursday, Oct. 27, at 7:30 at the Columbia Theatre, will spotlight the acclaimed Southeastern Wind Symphony, conducted by Glen Hemberger. Internationally renowned classical saxophonist Eugene Rousseau will join the symphony in an evening of historic and contemporary favorites. Rousseau served for 20 years as chief consultant for saxophone development and research with the Yamaha Corporation and is Distinguished Professor Emeritus at Indiana University. The concert will feature music by Leonard Bernstein, Johann Sebastian Bach, Percy Grainger, Jean Sibelius, Charles Ives, and Eric Whitacre. Tickets for the Chamber Orchestra and Wind Symphony concerts are $5, adults, and $3, senior citizens, Southeastern faculty, staff, and alumni. All students are admitted free. Also on Monday, Oct. 24, High Noon Fiction, scheduled for Vonnie Borden Theatre at noon, will feature readings from their works by Southeastern writers in residence Tim Gautreaux and Bev Marshall – both acclaimed short story writers and novelists. Gautreaux, who was a member of the English faculty for three decades, has been published in “Harper’s,” “The Atlantic Monthly,” “GQ,” and “Zoetrope,” as well as the O. Henry and Best American short-story annuals. His first novel, “The Next Step in the Dance,” won the 1999 Southeastern Booksellers Award. His latest novel, “The Clearing,” was listed on USA Today’s 10 best books and chosen by the Mid-South Bookseller’s Association as the best novel of 2003. Marshall, a Southeastern alumnus, is the critically acclaimed author of “Walking Through Shadows,” “Right As Rain,” and “Hot Fudge Sundae Blues.” Her novels have been nominated for the National Book Critics Circle's Fiction of the Year Award, the Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters Fiction of the Year Award, and the Mississippi Library Association Award. The History and Political Science Department’s popular “Then and Now” lecture series will continue on Wednesday, Oct. 26, at 1 p.m. in the Pottle Music Building Auditorium with “Church and State Separation: The Myths and the Truth,” presented by Barbara Forrest, professor of philosophy. Author of “Creationism’s Trojan Horse: The Wedge of Intelligent Design,” Forrest is a member of Americans United for Separation of Church and State’s National Advisory Council, and a longtime defender of First Amendment rights. She will discuss past and present myths about separation of church and state in America and what the U.S. Constitution and the courts actually say. Also during Week Four, Fanfare’s Foreign Film series will continue on Wednesday, Oct. 26, with “El Super,” scheduled for the Music Recital Hall at 3:30 p.m. In the critically praised Spanish film, which will be shown with English subtitles, a Cuban exile working as a building superintendent in New York longs to return to his homeland -- or at least Miami, where it doesn't snow. On Friday, Oct. 28, and Saturday, Oct. 29, Sweet Home Folklife Days, held annually at the Sweet Home Baptist Church Museum on Hwy. 51 North in Kentwood, will join the Fanfare calendar. A celebration of Kentwood’s African American community, activities from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. will include hands on demonstrations of story telling, home remedies, hair styling, childhood games and music, and a traditional baptism at the “baptizing hole” -- Cool’s Creek. Traditional African American foods will be offered for sale and children can hear a variety of music, from drum beating to gospel, at the children's music tent. Admission is $2, adults, and $1, children. For information, call 985?229?5016. Fanfare’s fourth week concludes with another community favorite – a fun event for children hosted by the Hammond Library, 314 E. Thomas St. On Saturday, Oct. 29, at 10:30 a.m., children can enjoy “Tricks and Treats,” a morning of Halloween fun, stories, and crafts. Fanfare tickets are available at the Columbia box office, 220 East Thomas St., Hammond, 985-543-4371. Online ticket ordering is available at www.columbiatheatre.org. Box office hours are noon to 5 p.m., weekdays. The box office is open until performance time for events at the Columbia Theatre. For additional information, contact the Columbia Theatre at 985-543-4366. |
