2021-22
The destination of choice for arts patrons in Northeast Georgia.
AT PIEDMONT UNIVERSITY
Greetings from the School of Fine Arts at Piedmont University!
I am pleased to announce the Fine Arts schedule of events for 2021-2022 and that the Arts at Piedmont are alive and well!
I thank all of you for your patience and continued patronage through a difficult year. With your encouragement and support we were able to present an entire year of performances and art exhibitions while most fine arts venues were shut down because of COVID-19.
As we begin to emerge from the pandemic and get back to our lives, we are more committed than ever to make Piedmont University the destination of choice for the very best in concerts, exhibits, and shows.
To support our efforts, I hope you will join me and other members of the Friends of the Arts with your financial gift. Come connect with us and be a part of what makes artistic endeavors worthwhile.
I look forward to seeing you at some of our events.
Dr. C. Wallace Hinson
Associate Dean, School of Fine Arts, Professor of Music
WHAT’S INSIDE
John Folsom: The Vanishing Mason-Scharfenstein Museum of Art
Spring 2019
Season Schedule 2021-22
May 11–Aug. 19
Michael Ross: Foothills
Thursday, Aug. 19 5–7PM Reception
Aug. 26–Sept. 23
Pamela Diaz Martinez: an idiosyncratic path toward...
Thursday, Aug. 26 4-5PM Panel Discussion “Christian Spirituality and the Visual Arts” 5-7PM Reception
Oct. 07–Nov. 04
Leroy Young: A Retrospective
Saturday, Oct. 23 5–7PM Reception
Nov. 18–Dec. 15
Jan Walker Presents: The Christmas Neeps, Featuring Her Students Young and Old Thursday, Nov. 18 4–6PM Reception
Thursday, Dec. 02 4–6PM Reception
Jan. 13–Feb. 10
Kenneth Baskin: Mechanical Artifacts
Thursday, Jan. 13 5–7PM Reception
Feb. 24–Mar. 24
Chris Aluka Berry: The Remnant That Remains
Thursday, Feb. 24 5–7PM Reception
May 19–Aug. 18
Bud Lee Picture Maker
Thursday, Aug. 18 5–7PM Reception
Fall Schedule 2021
Sunday, August 22 4:00PM Piedmont Camerata
Tuesday, September 28 7:30PM Andrea M. Price, soprano Benji Stegner, piano
Tuesday, October 19 7:30PM Seraph Brass
Thursday, October 28 5:00PM Cantabile. Conservatory Concert Hall
Sunday, October 31 4:00PM Louise Bass, organ
Tuesday, November 02 7:30PM Piedmont Conservatory Strings
Thursday, November 11 7:30PM Piedmont University Singers
Thursday, November 18 7:30PM Instrumental Chamber Ensembles
Saturday, November 20 7:30PM Wind Ensemble Partnership
Monday, November 29-30 7:30PM 33rd Annual Service of Lessons and Carols
Wind Ensemble Spring 2021
Spring Schedule 2022
7:30PM Piedmont University Singers
4:00PM Jeri-Mae G. Astolfi, piano
7:30PM Vienna Boys Choir
7:30PM Great Composers Series Concert: Austrian Masters
5:00PM Cantabile. Conservatory Concert Hall
7:30PM Piedmont Conservatory Strings
4:00PM James F. Mellichamp, organ
7:30 PM World Premiere: How Am I To Be Heard?
4:00PM Instrumental Chamber Ensembles
7:30PM Wind Ensemble Partnership
7:30PM Piedmont Chorale Concert
4:00PM Piedmont Camerata
All music is performed in the Chapel, unless otherwise noted.
Season Schedule 2021-22
Thursday - Saturday, Oct. 07-09 7:30PM Hair Mainstage Theater $$ Sunday, Oct. 10 2:00PM
Thursday - Saturday, Nov. 18-20 7:30PM Walk Two Moons Black Box Theater $$ Sunday, Nov. 21 2:00PM
Thursday - Saturday, Feb. 17-19 7:30PM Three Musketeers Black Box Theater $$ Sunday, Feb. 20 2:00PM
Thursday - Friday, April 07-08 7:30PM World Premier: Mainstage Theater $$ How Am I to be Heard?
All theatre productions are performed in the Swanson Center, unless otherwise noted.
Directed by Bill Gabelhausen
Spring 2021
Carousel
Event Descriptions 2021-22
Aug. 26 –Sept. 23 Oct. 07 –
04 Nov. 18 –
15
PAMELA DIAZ MARTINEZ: AN IDIOSYNCRATIC PATH TOWARD...
After a decade in fashion design, Pamela Diaz Martinez returned to drawing and painting in 2015. Her work brings together experimental abstraction and theological inquiry. Martinez’s exhibition at the MSMA will feature recent abstractions. Recent accolades include a prestigious corporate sponsorship from GOLDEN: Artists Colors. Martinez’s work has been shown in galleries in California, Ohio, Arizona, and abroad in Barcelona, Spain. She is represented by Poem88 in Atlanta.
LEROY YOUNG: A RETROSPECTIVE
Artist Leroy Young taught at Piedmont University from 2000 to 2008. Young was a commissioned officer in the US Coast Guard during the Vietnam War and is an alumnus of Mercer University and the University of Georgia. His commercial studio, Grasshopper Studio, contributed design work for Macon businesses. Young passed away in 2020. The MSMA’s retrospective will focus on his on his creative work and influence on his many students.
J AN WALKER PRESENTS: THE CHRISTMAS NEEPS, HIGHLIGHTING HER STUDENTS —OLD AND YOUNG
Artist and educator Jan Walker will bring her books, art, and student work to the MSMA for a holiday exhibition that showcases her contribution to the Northeast Georgia community. Walker has been teaching from her home and studio in Cornelia for the last 42 years. Work from her students will be featured alongside her original illustrations.
Jan. 13 –
Feb. 10
KENNETH BASKIN: MECHANICAL ARTIFACTS
Exploring the interdependence of humans and machines, Kenneth Baskin’s work for Mechanical Artifacts draws from the history of Industrial Revolution and its impact. Baskin is an Associate Professor of Art and Ceramics at McNeese State University in Lake Charles, Louisiana. His accolades include a National Council on Education in the Ceramic Arts (NCECA) Emerging Artist Award, a solo exhibition at the Taipei County Yingge Ceramics Museum, Taipei, Taiwan, and coverage in Ceramics Monthly.
Feb. 24 –
Mar. 24
CHRIS ALUKA BERRY: THE REMNANT THAT REMAINS
Chris Aluka Berry is a documentary photographer based in Atlanta. His work explores race, class, and faith within underrepresented communities. He is a regular contributor to European PressPhoto Agency and Thomson Reuters News Agency. Chris helps many nonprofits and corporations tell their story. In addition, he teaches photography at Pace Academy as part of their STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, Mathematics) program.
May 19 –
Aug. 18
BUD LEE PICTURE MAKER
Bud Lee (1941-2015) was an award-winning, Florida-based photojournalist and artist.
He was named U.S. Military Photographer of the Year in 1966 and Life Magazine’s photographer of the year award in 1967. He founded the Iowa Photographers’ Workshop and began the Artist Filmmaker in the Schools program in Tampa, Florida. After a long teaching career, Lee returned to photojournalism in 1990. Lee’s work has appeared in countless publications that include Esquire, Harper’s Bazaar, Town & Country, Rolling Stone, the New York Times Sunday Magazine, Vogue, and Mother Jones.
Event Descriptions 2021-22
PIEDMONT CAMERATA
The highly acclaimed professional piano quintet in residence at Piedmont University performs a concert of chamber works from the 19th and 20th centuries.
ANDREA M. PRICE, SOPRANO BENJI STEGNER, PIANO
Dr. Andrea M. Price, Professor of Music and Coordinator of Applied Music, performs a variety of music for voice and piano.
CANTABILE
Cantabile, Piedmont’s 9-voice a cappella ensemble known for their innovative programming, performs vocal works from the 17th century to the present, including folksongs from the around the world, jazz, and pop arrangements.
SERAPH BRASS
Winners of the 2019 American Prize in Chamber Music, Seraph Brass is a dynamic ensemble drawing from a roster of America’s top female brass players. Committed to engaging audiences with captivating programming, the group presents a diverse body of repertoire that includes original transcriptions, newly commissioned works, and well-known classics.
Oct. 31
4:00 PM
LOUISE BASS, ORGAN
Louise Bass, organist and artist-in-residence at Piedmont University, offers a recital of works for the king of instruments. In celebration of the day, audience members are encouraged to come in their favorite Halloween costume!
Nov. 02 &
March. 31
7:30 PM
PIEDMONT CONSERVATORY STRINGS
The Piedmont Conservatory Strings combines players from the university and the community to perform a concert of works by contemporary composers including Morten Lauridsen, Eric Whitacre, Lionel Sainsbury, Ola Gjeilo, and others. Heather Strachan, director.
Nov. 11
7:30 PM
PIEDMONT UNIVERSITY SINGERS
The Piedmont Singers, under the direction of Wallace Hinson, performs choral works from the Renaissance to the present. Louise Bass, organ.
Nov. 18
7:30 PM & April 10
4:00 PM
Nov. 20 & April 12
7:30 PM
INSTRUMENTAL CHAMBER ENSEMBLES
The woodwind studio of Ms. Dianasue Walton and the piano studio of Dr. Jeri-Mae G. Astolfi collaborate in the concert of chamber works.
WIND ENSEMBLE PARTNERSHIP
Under the baton of Anand Sukumaran, Assistant Professor of Music, the Piedmont University Wind Ensemble combines with the finest high school players in the region to perform great works for symphonic band.
ABOUT THE MUSIC | Event Descriptions
Nov. 29 & Nov. 30
7:30 PM
33 RD ANNUAL SERVICE OF LESSONS AND CAROLS
The Annual Service of Lessons and Carols is one of the regions’ most beloved events celebrating Christmas. Now in its 33rd year, the Piedmont Chorale, Brass Choir, Sewell Organ, and guest choirs are featured on this special program of readings, carols, and choir anthems to begin the Christmas season.
Jan. 25
7:30 PM
PIEDMONT UNIVERSITY SINGERS
The Singers perform the program that will be performed at the 2022 Georgia Music Educators Association conference.
Jan. 30
4:00 PM
JERI-MAE G. ASTOLFI, PIANO
Dr. Jeri-Mae G. Astolfi, Piedmont College Artist-in-Residence and internationally acclaimed pianist, presents a concert of important piano works.
Feb. 11
7:30 PM
VIENNA BOYS CHOIR $$
One of the most famous choirs in the world dating back more than 500 years, the Vienna Boys Choir, as part of their 2021-2022 world tour, presents a concert of magnificent choral music from the medieval to contemporary periods. Tickets: $25. All tickets must be purchased in advance, no tickets at the door. Go to www.piedmont.edu/fa for information on purchasing tickets.
Feb. 24
7:30 PM April 03
4:00 PM
GREAT COMPOSERS SERIES CONCERT:
AUSTIN MASTERS
The Piedmont University choirs, orchestra, and soloists perform Josef Haydn’s Symphony No. 2¸ Mozart’s Symphony No. 29, and the Mass in G by Franz Schubert. Wallace Hinson, conductor.
JAMES F. MELLICHAMP, ORGAN
Dr. James F. Mellichamp, university president and member of the music faculty, performs a concert of great works for organ in celebration of the 51th anniversary of his first organ recital.
April 07 & 08
7:30 PM
WORLD PREMIERE: HOW AM I TO BE HEARD? $$
The Piedmont University Singers, orchestra, and soloists present the world premiere of a semi-staged oratorio based on the life of Lillian E. Smith composed by Mary Carol Warwick for the university’s 125th anniversary. Performers include Andrea M. Price (Lillian Smith), soprano; Anthony Turner, narrator/baritone; and a number of soloists from the choir as members of Lillian’s family and community.
Performed in Swanson Center
April 25
7:30 PM
PIEDMONT CHORALE CONCERT
The Piedmont Chorale, under the direction of Bobby Ivey, performs a concert of a variety of works for chorus.
The Conservatory of Music houses 27 Steinway pianos. The hand-crafted instruments, widely considered the finest in the world, are synonymous with prestige and quality. The pianos and Piedmont’s designation as an All-Steinway School were made possible through a $1.5 million gift.
About the Shows
Event Descriptions 2021-22
HAIR $$
Directed by Bill Gabelhausen
Musical Direction by Benji Stegner
The American tribal love rock musical Hair celebrates the sixties counterculture in all its barefoot, longhaired, bell-bottomed, beaded and fringed glory. To an infectiously energetic rock beat, the show wows audiences with songs like “Aquarius,” “Good Morning, Starshine,” “Hair,” “I Got Life” and “Let The Sun Shine.” Exploring ideas of identity, community, global responsibility and peace, Hair remains relevant as ever as it examines what it means to be a young person in a changing world.
WALK TWO MOONS $$
Directed by Kathy Blandin
“Don’t judge a man until you’ve walked two moons in his moccasins.” Walk Two Moons is lovingly adapted for the stage with the same nuance and surprises offered by the original book. Utilizing multiple narrative frames, the play leaps back and forth through time and memory as 13-year-old Sal tells the story of the disappearance of her best friend Phoebe’s mother. Determined to find her, the two girls begin seeing murderous plots and schemes around every corner. Sal shares these conspiracy theories with her Gram and Gramps during a cross-country road trip to confront her own mother, who left her and her father a year ago. However, it is only through telling Phoebe’s story that Sal truly understands why her mother left and whether or not they will ever be together again. Based on Sharon Creech’s Newbery Medal-winning novel.
1959 Pink Thunderbird
Directed by John Spiegel
Spring 2021
Feb. 17–19
7:30 PM
Feb. 20
2:00 PM
THREE MUSKETEERS $$
Directed by John F. Spiegal
This adaptation by renowned playwright Ken Ludwig is based on the timeless swashbuckler by Alexandre Dumas. A tale of heroism, treachery, close escapes, and honor, this story, set in 1625, begins with D’Artagnan, who sets off for Paris in search of adventure. Along with D’Artagnan goes Sabine, his sister, the quintessential tomboy. Sent with D’Artagnan to attend a convent school in Paris, she poses as a young man – D’Artagnan’s servant – and quickly becomes entangled in her brother’s adventures. Soon after reaching Paris, D’Artagnan encounters the greatest heroes of the day – Athos, Porthos, and Aramis, the famous musketeers – and he joins forces with his heroes to defend the honor of the Queen of France. In so doing, he finds himself in opposition to the most dangerous man in Europe, Cardinal Richelieu. Even more deadly is the infamous Countess de Winter, known as Milady, who will stop at nothing to exact revenge on D’Artagnan – and Sabine – for their meddlesome behavior. Little does Milady know that the young girl she scorns, Sabine, will ultimately save the day.
April 07–08
7:30 PM
WORLD PREMIERE: HOW AM I TO BE HEARD? $$
The Piedmont University Singers, orchestra, and soloists present the world premiere of a semi-staged oratorio based on the life of Lillian E. Smith composed by Mary Carol Warwick for the university’s 125th anniversary. Performers include Andrea M. Price (Lillian Smith), soprano; Anthony Turner, narrator/ baritone; and a number of soloists from the choir as members of Lillian’s family and community.
VENUES & TICKETS
Art
Mason-Scharfenstein Museum of Art (MSMA)
Smith-Williams Gallery
Mason Galleries
All art events are free and open to the public. piedmont.edu/msma
Museum Hours:
12 p.m. - 5 p.m., Tues - Sat
Music
Chapel
Concert Hall, Conservatory of Music
All Music events are free and open to the public unless marked with $$ . See schedule at piedmont.edu/fa for up-to-date information.
Theatre
Swanson Center Mainstage
Black Box
Arrendale Amphitheater
For information about our shows and any online ticketing options visit www.piedmont.edu/fa.
To purchase tickets call the Box Office at 706-778-8500 x1355.
VISUAL ARTS & MUSEUM
Chris Kelly
706-778-8500 ext. 1307
ckelly@piedmont.edu
MUSIC
Wallace Hinson
706-778-8500 ext. 1211 whinson@piedmont.edu
Tickets for music and theatre events, when required, are $10 for adults and $5 for students and seniors; and $5 for Black Box Theatre shows, unless otherwise noted.
THEATRE
Kathy Blandin
706-778-8500 ext. 1068
kblandin@piedmont.edu
All Piedmont University faculty, staff, and students enjoy free attendence to all Fine Arts events.
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FRIEND OF THE ARTS
Your investment in the Fine Arts at Piedmont University provides our students with a robust academic experience that prepares them for a career in the arts, as well as quality programming for the local community. Friends of the Arts play a vital role in funding guest artists, student trips, and enhanced learning opportunities that may not otherwise be available. Thank you for your continued generosity and support of the Fine Arts!
WAYS TO DONATE
1 Donate online at piedmont.edu/join-FOTA
2 Mail a check to Piedmont University PO Box 429 | Demorest, GA 30535
Note Friends of the Arts in the memo line.
3 Contact Pam Fountain at 706-894-4249 or pfountain@piedmont.edu
2021-22
GIVING LEVELS Platinum: $10,000+
Gold: $1,000 - $9,999
Silver: $500 - $999
Bronze: $250 - $499
Patron: $100 - $249
Review our benefits at piedmont.edu/friends-ofthe-arts For theatre events, Platinum, Gold, Silver, and Bronze members must contact the theatre box office at 706-778-3000 ext.1355 to reserve tickets.