College of Fine Arts Brochure

Beyond Experience the Spring 2024 Arts &

At Ball State, we recognize the importance of experiencing the arts. We want the community to have access to that experience. Arts Alive is an opportunity for Ball State students, faculty, staff and the greater Muncie community to experience world-class arts and artists at a fraction of the cost to see the same artists in major cities. Arts Alive is about exposing central Indiana to great art through classes, lectures, performances, and exhibits. Our performing arts facilities are beautiful and state of the art.

Rachel Christopher and Zenzi Williams in ‘Jaja’s African Hair Braiding’. Costume Designer: DEDE AYITE PHOTO: MATTHEW MURPHY

Thalea String Quartet

DEDE AYITE

FINE ARTS BUILDING AR217 | JAN. 18 | 7:00 PM

Dede Ayite is a costume designer whose Broadway credits include A Soldier’s Play, Slave Play, American Son, and Children of a Lesser God. Select Off-Broadway credits include Secret Life of Bees, FireFlies, Marie and Rosetta, Tell Hector I Miss Him (Atlantic); By The Way, Meet Vera Stark, JHAT (Signature); BLKS, Collective Rage…, School Girls… (MCC); Slave Play (NYTW); Sugar in Our Wounds (MTC); If Pretty Hurts…, Mankind, Bella: An American Tall Tale (Playwrights Horizons); The Royale (Lincoln Center); Ugly Lies the Bone (Roundabout); and brownsville song [b-side for tray] (LCT3). of video work.

INDIANAPOLIS BAROQUE ORCHESTRA

SURSA HALL | MAR. 28 | 7:30 PM

The Indianapolis Baroque Orchestra will perform “Music in the House of the Medici” in Sursa Hall at 7:30 pm. The performance is in conjunction with the spring special exhibition “Beyond the Medici” celebrating Italian Baroque art at the David Owsley Museum of Art. IBO’s mission is to perform and promote music of the 17th and 18th centuries using period instruments and historically informed performance practices.

THALEA STRING QUARTET

SURSA HALL | APR. 10 | 7:30 PM

The Thalea String Quartet brings their signature vibrancy and emotional commitment to dynamic performances that reflect the past, present, and the future of the string quartet repertoire while celebrating diverse musical traditions from around the world. Fueled by the belief that chamber music is a powerful force for building community and human connection, the Thalea String Quartet has performed across North America, Europe, and China, and has appeared at the Kennedy Center, Massey Hall, and Weill Hall at Carnegie Hall.

Visiting Artist Series | 3

David Owsley

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Featured Exhibitions | 11 Art in Bloom | 12

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Student Ensembles | 20

Faculty Artist Series | 24

Department of

Music School of Theatre & Dance

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University Theatre | 30

Strother Theatre | 33

KDS | 34

Cave Theatre | 35

Fine Arts Building | 36

Art School of

Visiting Artist Series

JASON REBLANDO & JOANNE DIAZ

AJ225 | FEB. 21 | 6:00 PM

La Ruta: Walter Benjamin’s Last PassageJason Reblando and Joanne Diaz

For millennia, the Pyrenees Mountains have been the site of many kinds of crossings. In La Ruta: Walter Benjamin’s Final Passage, poet Joanne Diaz and photographer Jason Reblando consider two of these crossings: the arduous hike that philosopher Walter Benjamin took across the Pyrenees in 1940 as he evaded Nazi persecution; and the trek that 500,000 Spaniards took from Spain to France at the end of the Spanish Civil War. This collaborative word-image project explores the intersections of exile, migration, history, and landscape.

KATIE NEECE

AJ225 | APR. 10 | 6:00 PM

Imagining Haunting and the Failure of the Future - Katie Neece

Katie Neece’s work incorporates imagery from computer graphics software programs and related digital ephemera. She creates an artificial pictorial space using gradients, drop shadows, and flat areas to construct an illusionistic environment within the conventions of the screen and digital manifestations of space. Choosing to paint digital constructions draws attention to both advancments in technology and the advancements in the historical trajectory of painting. Simultaneously focusing on 90’s American mall aesthetic, pop culture, and design aesthetic, she incorporates and uses these forms as a reference to an inherent optimism in a utopian future that has ontinually failed to materialize. This recontextualization is an attempt to illustrate that the past continually reminds us of the future’s failure in the form of haunting.

Museum of David Owsley

of Art

The David Owsley Museum of Art cultivates lifelong learning and recreation in the visual arts through its collection of original works of art, engaging exhibitions, and educational programs for the University community and other diverse audiences.

Featured Exhibitions

Onorio Marinari, Italian (1617-1716), Madonna and Child, oil on canvas, 33.5 x 29.5 in., Haukohl Collection. Photo Credit: MNHA/Tom Lucas.

BEYOND THE MEDICI

Beyond the Medici: The Haukohl Family Collection

FEB. 22 - MAY 19

Beyond the Medici presents a selection of artwork from the Haukohl Family Collection, the largest private collection of Florentine Baroque art of the late 16th to the early 18th centuries outside of Italy. Assembled over more than 35 years by Houston-based art collector and co-founder of the Medici Archive Project Sir Mark Fehrs Haukohl, the collection includes paintings and sculptures depicting allegories, religious narratives, genre scenes, and portraits.

ART IN BLOOM

MAY 18-19 | 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM

This annual springtime fundraiser and exhibition celebrates the David Owsley Museum of Art through innovative floral designs inspired by works in the galleries. Save the date for a free community weekend with floral demonstrations, art-making activities for all ages, musical performances, and more.

Music School of

The School of Music has approximately 350 undergraduate majors, approximately 100 graduate students, and more than 70 artist-teachers. We are known for our wide and varied performance programs and our national leadership in music education. We offer courses in six distinct areas for highly talented and motivated students who have the opportunity to perform in enriching and award-winning ensembles and to work with internationally renowned guest artists. The School of Music has one of the nation’s best equipped recording studios and two state-of-the-art performance halls.

Student Ensembles

WIND ENSEMBLE

SURSA HALL

The Wind Ensemble is the premier concert ensemble of the Ball State band program. Its members are selected by audition from the most outstanding wind and percussion performers on the Ball State campus.

FEB. 17 | 7:30 PM

MAR. 22 | 7:30 PM

APR. 13 | 7:30 PM APR. 26 | 7:30 PM

WIND SYMPHONY

SURSA HALL

Comprised of approximately 50-65 undergraduate and graduate students who have attained an exceptional level of proficiency on their instruments, the Wind Symphony is the second auditioned ensemble in the Ball State band program.

FEB. 17 | 7:30 PM MAR. 22 | 7:30 PM APR. 26 | 7:30 PM

CAMPUS BAND

SURSA HALL

The Campus Band requires no audition for participation and provide an opportunity for music and non-music majors to perform in a traditional concert band with a limited rehearsal and performance schedule.

FEB. 22 | 7:30 PM APR. 23 | 7:30 PM

JAZZ ENSEMBLES

SURSA HALL

The School of Music is home to three student jazz ensembles and a number of student jazz combos. The ensembles are open to music majors, minors, and non-majors and require an audition at the beginning of each academic year.

FEB. 7 | 7:30 PM MAR. 2 | 7:30 PM APR. 24 | 7:30 PM

CAMPUS ORCHESTRA

SURSA HALL

The Campus Orchestra is a non-auditioned full orchestra open to students and members of the Ball State community. The orchestra rehearses one night a week and performs once a semester in Sursa Hall. Repertoire ranges from orchestral standards to lighter pieces such as Broadway and film music.

MAR. 20 | 7:30 PM

SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

SURSA HALL

The orchestra performs music from all genres and time periods that support an intense and relevant orchestral program through symphonic and opera experiences. The BSSO typically performs six to eight times a year, including the annual main stage opera production. Within an academic setting, the BSSO strives for professionalism and achievement of the highest possible level of performance.

FEB. 8 | 7:30 PM FEB. 29 | 7:30 PM MAR. 14 | 7:30 PM

CHAMBER CHOIR

SURSA HALL

The Ball State University Chamber Choir is the university’s most prestigious concert choir, typically comprising 32 singers: mostly upper-level music majors and graduate students. The Chamber Choir has performed throughout the country and around the world, focused on the established canon of Western choral repertoire and world-premiere performances of new music.

FEB. 24 | 7:30 PM

MAR. 29 | 7:30 PM

APR. 27 | 7:30 PM

CONCERT CHOIR

SURSA HALL

The Concert Choir is a select ensemble open to students of all disciplines by audition. Over the course of several semesters of participation, members will perform accompanied and a cappella music representing a broad spectrum of history and cultures. The Concert Choir frequently performs with orchestra or other instrumental ensembles and occasionally tours the region as ambassadors of Ball State University.

FEB. 24 | 7:30 PM APR. 27 | 7:30 PM

UNIVERSITY SINGERS

EMENS AUDITORIUM

Ball State’s show choir, University Singers, is composed of 40 students, including singers, dancers, instrumentalists, and sound technicians. The touring ensemble, Indiana’s Official Goodwill Ambassador, performs multiple times per year throughout the state and nation, ending the season with the “Spectacular” performance

APR. 13 | 7:00 PM

SPRING OPERA

SURSA HALL | APR. 12 & 21 | 3:00 PM & 7:30

The 12th Annual Showcase Concert presents a sampling of the School of Music’s outstanding large ensembles, chamber groups, and soloists. We invite you to witness the exceptional talent of our students and help support student scholarships!

OPERA GALA

SURSA HALL | FEB. 3 | 7:30 PM

The 12th Annual Showcase Concert presents a sampling of the School of Music’s outstanding large ensembles, chamber groups, and soloists. We invite you to witness the exceptional talent of our students and help support student scholarships!

12TH ANNUAL SHOWCASE CONCERT

SURSA HALL | APR. 3 | 7:30 PM

The 12th Annual Showcase Concert presents a sampling of the School of Music’s outstanding large ensembles, chamber groups, and soloists. We invite you to witness the exceptional talent of our students and help support student scholarships!

Faculty Artist Series

YU-FANG CHEN

SURSA HALL | JAN. 21 | 3:00 PM

LISA KOZENKO

SURSA HALL | JAN. 30 | 7:30 PM

ANNA VAYMAN & FACULTY

HAHN RECITAL HALL | FEB. 28 | 7:30 PM

TRIO VILLAGE

SURSA HALL | MAR. 11 | 5:30 PM

MARKO PETRICIC

SURSA HALL | MAR. 11 | 7:30 PM

STEPHEN CAMPBELL & YOUNGKYOUNG LEE

HAHN RECITAL HALL | MAR. 17 | 3:00 PM

CHRIS VAN HOF

SURSA HALL | MAR. 25 | 5:30 PM

FRANKLIN LAREY

SURSA HALL | APR. 11 | 5:30 PM

Theatre & Department of

& Dance

The Department of Theatre and Dance fosters compassionate, inclusive, and empathetic human beings. We challenge our students to become exceptional artists through the exploration of the dynamic relationship between art and the human experience.

University Theatre

THE UNEXPECTED GUEST

UNIVERSITY THEATRE

By Agatha Christie | Directed by Karen Kessler

FEB. 9-10, 13-16 | 7:30 PM FEB. 10-11 | 2:30 PM

A stranger seeks refuge in a nearby house, only to find a man shot dead and his wife standing over him with a smoking gun. The woman’s dazed confession is anything but convincing, and the unexpected guest decides to help. As the ghosts of a past wrong begin to emerge, a tangled web of lies reveals family secrets and chilling motives, where the real murderer turns out to be the greatest mystery of all.

“The Unexpected Guest” is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc. www.concordtheatricals.com

LOOKING BACK | MOVING FORWARD

UNIVERSITY THEATRE

Choreographed by Bev Bautista, Anne Beck, Sidra Bell, Lisa Carter, Susan Koper, Audra Sokol

MAR. 15-16, 18 | 7:30 PM MAR. 17 | 2:30 PM

Please join the Department of Theatre and Dance, as we celebrate the history of dance in University Theatre by reliving some of our finest performances and choreography from the past 35 years.

CABARET

UNIVERSITY THEATRE

By

Joe Masteroff | Music by John Kander

Directed by David Little & Andre Garner

APR. 19-20, 23-27 | 7:30 PM APR. 21 | 2:30 PM

Music Directed by Beth Truitt | Choreographed by Megan Farley

Willkommen, bienvenue, welcome… to Cabaret, Kander and Ebb’s legendary musical about British nightclub singer Sally Bowles, American writer Cliff Bradshaw, and the decadence of 1929 Berlin. With mounting fear and uncertainty outside, the bawdy Emcee lures you into the world of the Kit Kat Club where your troubles are left at the door.

CABARET is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Tams-Witmark LLC. www.concordtheatricals.com

Strother Theatre

GLORIA

STROTHER THEATRE

FEB. 22-24, 26, 28-29 | 7:30 PM FEB. 24-25 | 2:30 PM

By Branden Jacobs-Jenkins | Directed by Drew Vidal

An ambitious group of editorial assistants at a notorious Manhattan magazine each hold hopes for a starry life of letters and a book deal before they turn thirty. But when an ordinary humdrum workday becomes anything but, the stakes for who will get to tell their own story become higher than ever.

Choreographed by BFA Dance Majors

APR. 10-12 | 7:30 PM

A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM in Strother Theatre taken by Kip Shawger (2023)

Cave Theatre

DON’T UNLOCK THE DOOR

CAVE THEATRE

By Craig Sodaro | Directed by Erin Takahashi

MAR. 20-23 | 7:30 PM MAR. 23-24 | 2:30 PM

Upon receiving numerous death threats while in the running for governor, State Senator Tyson Avery and his wife escape to a mountain cabin owned by the family of the Senator’s top aide, Clayton Carlson. Tension builds as the stalker reveals they know where the Senator is hiding and as more and more disturbing events take place, the terror really begins.

THE LAST FIVE YEARS

CAVE THEATRE

APR. 17-20 | 7:30 PM APR. 20-21 | 2:30 PM

By Jason Robert Brown | Music by Jason Robert Brown Directed by Payten Romig

An emotionally powerful and intimate musical about two New Yorkers in their twenties who fall in and out of love over the course of five years. Cathy, the woman, telling her story backwards while Jamie, the man, tells his story chronologically.

THE LAST FIVE YEARS is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI. www.mtishows.com

Originally Produced for the New York Stage by Arielle Tepper and Marty Bell, Originally Produced by Northlight Theatre Chicago, IL

Fine Arts Building

THE PINK BEDROOM & EVERY 20 MINUTES

FINE ARTS BUILDING AR217

By Tennessee Williams | Directed by Maximo Powell

FEB. 17-19, 21-22, 24 | 7:30 PM

The Pink Bedroom: The Woman berates her tedious, negligent lover whom she knows has two-timed her. As the quarrel reaches a crescendo, she turns him out and slams the door on him. Then she calls to his replacement, a younger man, who’s waiting in the other room.

Every Twenty Minutes: An unnamed couple, Man and Woman, are relaxing in their chic city apartment after a late party, when the Woman comes across a startling statistic. . .

“The Pink Bedroom” is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc. www.concordtheatricals.com

THE PINK BEDROOM is presented by special arrangement with the University of the South, Sewanee, Tennessee.

“Every Twenty Minutes (A Satire)” is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc. www.concordtheatricals.com EVERY TWENTY MINUTES (A SATIRE) is presented by special arrangement with the University of the South, Sewanee, Tennessee.

ABORTIVE

FINE ARTS BUILDING AR217

By Caryl Churchill | Directed by Myles Keys

TW: sexual assault, abortion

FEB. 17, 19-20, 22-23 | 7:30 PM FEB. 18 | 2:30 PM

Roz and Colin are having a difficult time with sex, largely because of an invisible yet forbidding barrier between them. Roz became pregnant after being raped and had an abortion. Roz is not sure she made the right decision and Colin is not altogether convinced his wife was raped. . .

“Abortive” is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc. www.concordtheatricals.com

COWBOY

MOUTH

FINE ARTS BUILDING AR217

FEB. 18, 20-21,23-24 | 7:30 PM FEB. 18 | 2:30 PM

By Sam Shepard and Patti Smith | Directed by Will Torres

Slim and Cavale, two rock n’ rollers holed up in a disheveled apartment await a special delivery in the form of their iconic, visionary savior “the Lobster Man”.

“Cowboy Mouth” is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc. www.concordtheatricals.com