The ECU Report remarks she gave explaining the intricacies of the pipe organ. Her husband, Colin Andrews, accompanied Fischell, who had been left somewhatweakened by recent surgery for ovarian cancer. The new instrument was christened the Perkins and Wells Memorial Organ in recognition of two local foundations that donated a combined $650,000 toward its purchase. The church has granted ECU perpetual use of the organ for practice, performance and education.
Online programs ranked tops in nation GetEducated.com has ranked ECU’s online MBA and computer science degree programs No. 1 nationally and the university’s online education degree program No. 3 in the nation. The organization, which employs college experts to review online programs of universities across the country, deemed all three of ECU’s online offerings as “Best Buys.” Elmer Poe, associate vice chancellor for
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Jan. 10-Feb. 4—Emerge Gallery in Greenville hosts an exhibition of photography by Dr. W. Randolph Chitwood Jr., chief of the Division of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery at Brody School of Medicine, and Ann Holland, wife of ECU Director of Athletics Terry Holland. The gallery will host a reception honoring Chitwood and Holland on Jan. 20 from 6-9 p.m. Jan. 26-31—The ECU/
academic outreach at ECU, said one thing in particular seemed to impress the experts at GetEducated.com: “ECU’s online programs are taught by the same faculty who teach on campus and often the online students are in the same virtual classrooms as the campus students.” ECU offers more than 50 undergraduate, graduate, and certificate programs away from campus, and is north Carolina’s leader in distance education. About 3,700 off-campus students are enrolled in these programs.
Singers and ECU School of Music students. All performances in A.J. Fletcher Recital Hall. Tickets are $10 for individual performances.
March 9—The Black Watch and the Band of Welsh Guards present an evening of military music, pomp, and pageantry at Wright Auditorium at 8 p.m. Tickets are $30.
March 24—The Russian At Emerge Gallery: Magnolia
Loessin Playhouse presents Dance 2006, mixing classic ballet, modern dance, tap and jazz styles during six performances in McGinnis Theater. Featured are works by Laura Dean and Nicholas Pupillo. Tickets are $12.
Feb. 16-21—The ECU/Loessin Playhouse presents six performances of Godspell in McGinnis Theater, including a Sunday matinee. Tickets are $17.50.
Feb. 19—ECU’s Four Seasons Chamber Music Festival makes its New York debut with a concert performance
at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall. Works by Debussy, Mendelssohn and Dvorak highlight the concert, which begins at 2 p.m.
Feb. 25—“Unforgettable: The Nat King Cole Story,” performed by Andre Demps, Monroe Kent III, Edison Herbert and Fumi Tomita in Wright Auditorium at 8 p.m. Tickets are $30.
March 1-6—Sixth annual New Music Festival featuring performances by the ECU Symphony Orchestra, the Verdehr Trio, soprano Louise Tuppin, pianist Ursula Oppens, the ECU Chamber
National Ballet, one of two ensembles created by the legendary Bolshoi dancer Sergei Radchenko, presents Petipa’s La Bayadere, a tragic tale set in India of a temple dancer (la bayadere) and her lost love. Tickets for the 8 p.m. event in Wright Auditorium are $38, $10 for students.
Ann Holland
April 8—Vocalist and comedienne B.J. Ward performs Stand Up Opera, a spoof mixing arias by Verdi, Puccini and Dvorak with slapstick comedy. Winner of three Ovation awards, the show is directed by Gordon Hunt, father of Helen Hunt. The single performance begins at 8 p.m. in Wright Auditorium. Tickets are $24, $10 for students.
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