I like to encourage my students to participate in extra-curricular events whenever they have time. I especially like to encourage to get involved with fine arts events on campus, and I occasionally give an extra credit point or two to students who participate in these events.I'd like to particularly encourage you to participate in some of the events coming up in the next two weeks.
- NSU/ACT play (Working). Performances are Wednesday through Saturday (February 11-14) at 7:30 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. Sunday. All shows are in the Capitol Theater (downtown Aberdeen). Shows are free with your NSU ID.
- Suchon Quintet. One performance only on Wednesday, February 11. Performance starts at 7:30 p.m. in Krickac Auditorium. Free.
- Black History Month presentation: The Dangers of Repeating History. Tuesday, February 17 2-4 p.m. in the Centennial Rooms (NSU Student Center). Free.
- Shakespeare at the Symphony. One performance only on Saturday, February 28 at the Aberdeen Civic (7:30 p.m.).
At the Suchon Wind Quintet, I heard music by J.C. Bach (a son of J.S. Bach), Joseph Haydn, Francis Poulenc, and Ludwig Thuille. By favorite piece was by Francis Poulenc for several reasons. First, it was very influences from the Romantic Period. Second, it featured a phenomenal piano player making the performance a sextet. I was fortunate enough to meet some of the performers as well. It was quite an experience to hear a world class Wind Quintet and piano player.
ReplyDeleteI attended the Suchon Wind Quintet. The most amazing thing to me was just watching the performers work together and how well their sound blended. It's really neat to have the opportunities to see these world class musicians perform here at NSU. I take as many opportunities to go to things like this as I can. The bassoon player was exquisite. That is a rather difficult instrument to play, and she made it look easy...
ReplyDelete--Balie Albrecht
I attended the Suchon Wind Quintet. I found this quintet to be really interesting to watch and listen to. They were very gifted musicians. My favorite piece was by the composer Francis Poulenc. It transitioned between different styles of music, and the flute player did these crazy trill/shrill noises from his flute. I found it very interesting that the current flute and clarinet's fathers were part of the original orchestra when it first was created in the 1960s. I enjoyed the opportunity to watch this group perform.
ReplyDelete~Heather Fuhrmann
I went to the NSU/ACT play (Working) on Wednesday night at 7:30. It was a short play about the present day work force. I liked it because it was very relatable. The most interesting thing was that it was a competition styled play, where they set up everything on stage and the set up and tear down had to be under ten minutes and the actual show part had to be under 60 minutes. After the play they did a Q&A session and it was interesting to hear the actors own thoughts about the play.
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The play "Working" has a few memorable parts. The characters are all representing modern day jobs. I love the part where they are talking about representing everybody who works on a building from designers to the construction workers. Everyone has a story to tell. The ending is fabulous with the construction of the Sears Tower. Overall, it is a great performance!
ReplyDeleteI also attended the play "Working" on Friday night. It is a nice show to condense in an hour because it contains no overall plot line, but multiple stories of many people. It was weird seeing the show verses being on the stage since I'm a musical theatre major, but it was nice seeing all the hard work and dedication my friends had while doing this show.
ReplyDelete--Balie Albrecht
I went to "Working" on Wednesday. It was really cool to see because my high school did that play for One Acts. It was great to hear those songs again, brought back lots of memories :)
ReplyDeleteI had attended the Act musical Working the night after opening night at 7:30. I really enjoyed the pit, which was more rock based, made up of a guitar, bass, keyboard, and drum set. I found it interesting all of the regulations that were in place in order for them to enter the state competition such as: show must be under an hour, set up is under 10 minutes, tear down is under 10 minutes, set must fit in a certain marked out space, etc. I knew most of the actors from being in other ACT and NSU productions and I wish them all the best of luck at state! - Katie Wegleitner
ReplyDeleteI attended the Socrates speech over lunch hour today and I found it very interested because I do not know very much about him. I knew that he started to question things that most people thought were right. I found it very interesting when they talked about how Socrates would "play dumb" about things that were kinda common sense. Another thing that I thought was very interesting was how they said to be able to grow as a group of people it is important to share a common faith. it does not necessarily matter what faith it is but if everyone believes different things it is very difficult to grow as a group.
ReplyDeleteI attended the Shakespeare at the Symphony and it was wonderful. I really enjoyed the piece they played with the guest pianist. Overall, the performance was spectacular and I look forward to going to more of them!
ReplyDeleteI played percussion for the Shakespeare at the Symphony concert. It was fun to play the Westside Story Medley; I get to play all the fun instruments in the back
ReplyDelete--Balie Albrecht
I went to the Suchon Quintet and it was wonderful. Being a clarinet player myself it was amazing to watch a professional player. I also went to the Shakespeare at the Symphony and it was great. I especially enjoyed the Westside Story Medley piece.
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