NACOGDOCHES, Texas – The 20-piece Trombone Choir at Stephen F. Austin State University will perform a variety of music when ensemble director Dr. Deb Scott presents the students in concert at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 10, in Cole Concert Hall on the ĢƵ campus.
ĢƵ senior theatre student to direct ‘Nine’
NACOGDOCHES, Texas – The Stephen F. Austin State University School of Theatre will present the one-act play “Nine” at 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 6, and at 2 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 7, in the Downstage Theatre on the ĢƵ campus.
Written by Jane Shepard, “Nine” will be directed by Lewisville senior theatre major Marie Phillips. The play is about two women who are chained to a room by unseen forces. Exercise and discussing their memories help them get through the day. As they hang on to life, they explore truth, bonds and hope, according to Phillips.
Concert at ĢƵ to feature new works of Texas composers
NACOGDOCHES, Texas – The Texas New Music Ensemble will make its first appearance on the Stephen F. Austin State University campus when the newly formed group performs at 6 p.m. Thursday, April 5, in Cole Concert Hall.
ĢƵ Division of Multidisciplinary Programs holds Women’s and Gender Studies Symposium
ĢƵ’s new Celtic Harp Band to perform Irish favorites
NACOGDOCHES, Texas – The Stephen F. Austin State University School of Music and its Calliope Concert Series will present the Celtic Harp Band in concert at 4 p.m. Sunday, April 8, in Cole Concert Hall on the ĢƵ campus.
Present and past ĢƵ harp students will come together to perform Irish music on smaller, Celtic harps. The program will also include poetry of W.B. Yeats, James Joyce, Thomas Moore, Eavan Boland and Spike Milligan read by Dr. Jamie Weaver, associate professor of music history at ĢƵ.
Annual ‘Coleidoscope’ to showcase ‘Works for Clarinet, Piano and Strings’
NACOGDOCHES, Texas – The annual “Coleidoscope” chamber music concert at Stephen F. Austin State University will be at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, March 25, in Cole Concert Hall on the ĢƵ campus.
The event is presented each year in honor of ĢƵ School of Music benefactor Ed Cole and his late wife, Gwen. Cole Concert Hall is named in their honor in recognition of their support for the School of Music and its students.
“This concert is dedicated to them and their support of the arts in Nacogdoches,” said Dr. Jennifer Dalmas, professor of violin and viola at ĢƵ.
Dairy Max representatives visit food science courses at ĢƵ
NACOGDOCHES, Texas — With standing mixers at the ready, teams of Stephen F. Austin State University students eagerly await the signal to kick off their competition. Three, two, one, and the students are off mixing ingredients to be the first to make whipped cream.
Recently, representatives from Dairy Max, a nonprofit dairy council representing dairy farm families across Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico and Southwest Kansas, spoke to students enrolled in principles of food science courses in ĢƵ’s School of Human Sciences.
ĢƵ’s Stone Fort Wind Quintet to perform works of Beethoven, Lacerda
NACOGDOCHES, Texas – The Stone Fort Wind Quintet at Stephen F. Austin State University will perform at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 27, in Cole Concert Hall.
The faculty recital is a feature of the ĢƵ School of Music’s Calliope Concert Series. The quintet includes music faculty members Charles Gavin, horn; Christopher Ayer, clarinet; Kerry Hughes, oboe; Christina Guenther, flute; and Lee Goodhew, bassoon.
ĢƵ’s Archie McDonald Speaker Series to feature physician, TV personality
NACOGDOCHES, Texas — Dr. Jennifer Arnold, medical director for the Simulation Center at Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital in St. Petersburg, Florida, and television personality on The Learning Channel’s docu-drama “The Little Couple” will headline the 2018 installment of the Archie McDonald Speaker Series at Stephen F. Austin State University.
Arnold, who is board certified in neonatal medicine, earned her medical degree in 2000 from Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland, and later attended a Pediatric Residency Program at Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh.
ĢƵ to host Showcase Saturday for prospective students
NACOGDOCHES, Texas — Future college students will have the opportunity to experience a taste of campus life during a free, action-packed open-house Saturday, March 24, at Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches.
Prospective students can visit with university faculty and staff members, tour the campus and residence halls, and preview academic programs during the ĢƵ Showcase Saturday event.
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