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NACOGDOCHES, Texas — The Stephen F. Austin State University Department of Languages, Cultures and Communication will host the annual International Poetry Reading at 6 p.m. Nov. 13 at The Cole Art Center @ The Old Opera House.
The event will feature ĢƵ students, faculty, staff and community readers presenting poetry in a variety of non-English languages.
Past presenters have spoken in Spanish, French, Portuguese, Japanese, Chinese, Romanian, Russian, Greek, Latin, Bengali, Elvish and more.
NACOGDOCHES, Texas – Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II’s “Oklahoma!” is known as the breakthrough musical of its time with songs like “Oklahoma!” and “Oh What a Beautiful Mornin’” that have withstood time in popularity.
NACOGDOCHES, Texas — The Stone Fort Museum, located of the campus of Stephen F. Austin State University, will host the second annual Deal Me In: Night at the Stone Fort Saloon from 6 to 9 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 10, with an evening of card games, bar room food, music and prizes.
Participants start the night with a pocket full of Republic of Texas replica bills. They can play a round or more of Texas Hold ’em, while eating sausage, drinking root beer and listening to live music.
NACOGDOCHES, Texas — Situated by the South America music table, Stephen F. Austin State University student Emma Blinn watches as children explore diverse cultures through playing with different musical instruments.
“It was so amazing to see the kids figure out how each instrument worked. This truly gave me a first encounter on how children absorb the world around them,” Blinn said. “There is something really special about seeing their curiosity come alive, even if it is just over a little xylophone.”
NACOGDOCHES, Texas — The Stephen F. Austin State University Office of Multicultural Affairs will host its second Brave Space Series of the fall semester at 4 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 15, in the Baker Pattillo Student Center Multimedia Room. The series will feature a discussion on the identity of mixed-race and multiracial individuals.
NACOGDOCHES, Texas – The Stone Fort Wind Quintet at Stephen F. Austin State University will present a faculty recital at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 6, in Cole Concert Hall on the ĢƵ campus as part of the Friends of Music Concert Series.
The program includes works by Josef Foerster, Valerie Coleman, David Solomons, Matthew Bruemmer and Astor Piazzolla.
NACOGDOCHES, Texas – The Percussion Ensemble at Stephen F. Austin State University will perform the music of Andrew Beall, Nick Werth, Amadeo Roldán and other favorites in a concert at 1 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 10, in Cole Concert Hall on the ĢƵ campus.
Directed by Dr. Brad Meyer, director of percussion studies at ĢƵ, the Percussion Ensemble will also perform works by Eric Sammut, Austen White, Eckhard Kopetzki and Bill Alves.
NACOGDOCHES, Texas — Students in Stephen F. Austin State University’s Rusche College of Business, College of Fine Arts, and College of Liberal and Applied Arts recently spent the afternoon interacting with professionals at Media Day, a panel presentation connecting them with representatives from Malone Media Group, the Clever Group, KLTV, South Texas Tack and Fenoglio Boot Company.
NACOGDOCHES, Texas – The Stephen F. Austin State University School of Music will host Oboe Day Saturday, March 21, featuring a full day of events that culminate in a guest artist recital.
Coordinated by Dr. Abby Yeakle Held, oboe faculty in the School of Music, with Dr. Meridith Hite Estevez, adjunct professor of oboe at the University of Delaware, as clinician, the free all-day event for collegiate and pre-college oboists will include high school and university master classes, a reed-making session, an Oboe Band performance by participants and a recital that showcases Estevez.
NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS – The Orchestra of the Pines at Stephen F. Austin State University will present “Tchaikovsky’s Fourth Symphony!” in a concert at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 12, in W.M. Turner Auditorium on the ĢƵ campus.
Dr. Pierre-Alain Chevalier, the orchestra’s music director, has selected a program that not only showcases the work of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky but also pieces by Johannes Brahms and Lars Erik Larsson.