Program information coming soon!
Little Women
FACS: Sandra Thompson
The Music in My Life: The Last Chapter
Sandra Thompson
7:30 p.m., March 26, 2023
UCO Jazz Lab
Featuring
Sandra Thompson, vocalist
Eric Grigg, piano
Dedicated to my family, my students old and new, and my colleagues here at UCO.
Special thanks to the CFAD dean’s office for sponsoring tonight’s concert.
Program
Comedy Tonight
S. Sondheim
What a Wonderful World
Weiss & Thiele
. . .
An Evening With the Orchestra
An Evening with the Orchestra
The UCO Symphony Orchestra
Dr. Ralph Morris, Director
Dr. Emily Butterfield, Associate Director
George and Donna Nigh University Center Grand Ballroom
8:30 p.m., March 22, 2023
Program
Procession of the Nobles from the Mlada Suite
Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908)
Overture to The Italian Girl in Algiers
Gioacchino Rossini (1792-1868)
Dr. Emily Butterfield, Conductor
. . .
Theatre Arts: White
WHITE
James Ijames
March 9-12, 2023
Mitchell Education Center 211
Theatre Studio Blackbox
SETTING
Now.
CONTENT WARNINGS:
This play contains violent noises and explicit language that may be intense for some viewers.
CAST
VANESSA/BALKONAÉ
LAILA FARMER
GUS
IAN WEHRENBERG
TANNER
JUAN ACEVES / NAOMI (NOM) MARTINEZ
JANE
MAEGAN KLUSMAN
ST. DIANA
KAIA CRAWFORD
PRODUCTION TEAM
DIRECTOR
SARA BENAB
. . .
Wind Symphony: Look, Ma! No Hands!
7:30PM Thursday, March 9, 2022
Mitchell Hall Theatre
Look, Ma! No Hands!
UCO Wind Symphony
Dr. Brian Lamb, conductor
PROGRAM
Molly on the Shore (1920)
Percy Aldridge Grainger (1882-1961)
Passacaglia and Fugue in C Minor, BWV 582 (c.1712)
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Transcribed by Donald Hunsberger (b. 1932)
unBroken (2021)
Randall Standridge (b. 1976)
Dance Movements (1996)
Philip Sparke . . .
Jazz Ensemble Concerts
UCO Jazz Ensembles
7 p.m. Monday, Feb. 20, 2023
UCO Jazz Ensemble 4
Zac Lee, director
UCO Jazz Ensemble 2
Jeff Kidwell, director
Special Guest Perkins High School Jazz Ensemble – Randy Goodnight, director
7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2023
UCO Jazz Ensemble 3
Ryan Sharp, director
UCO Jazz Ensemble 1
Brian Gorrell, director
. . .
Rooster KCACTF
Rooster – UCO Department of Theatre Arts
FEB. 27, 2023
KCACTF Region 6
The University of Central Oklahoma
College of Fine Arts and Design
and the
Department of Theatre Arts
Present
Rooster
Written by Skyler Q. Andrews
Director – Michael Anthony Page
Scenic Designer – Devin Scheef
Costume Designer – Becky McGuigan
Lighting Designer & Operator – Sam Cox
Sound Designer – Sam Aldridge
Sound . . .
FACS: The Return of the Non-genues
Faculty Artist Concert Series
7:30PM Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023
UCO Jazz Lab
The Return of the Non-Genues!
Barbara DeMaio, soprano-belter
Molly Johnson, soprano
Samuel Magrill, piano
PROGRAM
OPENING: WE ARE…
…SIBLINGS
Stepsisters’ Lament from Cinderella
Rodgers & Hammerstein
…SPINSTERS
Miss Todd’s Parlor from The Old Maid and the Thief
Gian Carlo Menotti
Simple Little Things from 110 in the Shade
Jones & Schmidt
….NUN-GENUES
Maria/Climb . . .
Four Interior Design Seniors to Present at International Conference
Four Interior Design Seniors from UCO will Present Research on Global Challenges at International Conference in Coventry, England
by Riley Stokesberry
The World Congress on Undergraduate Research unites some of the world’s most talented undergraduate researchers to highlight their focus on significant challenges the global community is facing. A select number of students around the world are invited to present their research, discuss global issues and invent or reinforce international . . .
Grammy’s and Cellos: Good Times With Better People
A Spotlight on Kitt Wakeley and Tess Remy-Schumacher’s collaborative piece: “Asa”
by Ange Coronado Olmstead
“At first, ‘Asa’ was a piece that stood on its own.” –Grammy Award Winning Composer, Kitt Wakeley
From the beginning, Kitt Wakeley understood the disposition he wanted to convey on his [now] Grammy-winning album, mirroring the sounds of love, heartbreak, empathy, and humility. He began collaborating with artists . . .