WFU to award five honorary degrees
April 19, 1999 | Commencement, Events, University Announcement
Wake Forest University will award five honorary degrees during its May 17 commencement ceremony. The ceremony will also feature an address by Roman Catholic leader Cardinal Francis Arinze. The honorary degree recipients will be: Cardinal Francis Arinze, president of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious […]
Stories this week at Wake Forest
April 15, 1999 | Arts & Culture, Campus Life, Community, Events, Recognition, Student
YAHOO! MAGAZINE GIVES WFU TOP MARKS In April 1995, Wake Forest launched a major technology initiative that has brought national attention to the university for its innovative use of computers and the Internet. Exactly four years later, Yahoo! Internet Life Magazine honors the university for […]
Dance company to present spring show
April 14, 1999 | Arts & Culture, Events
The Wake Forest University Dance Company presents its spring dance concert April 22-24 featuring a dance choreographed by Cedric Flynt, a lead dancer with the Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Ensemble. Performances, which also include several student-choreographed works, begin at 8 p.m. in the Mainstage Theater […]
WFU jazz ensemble to give spring concert
April 14, 1999 | Arts & Culture, Events
Wake Forest University’s jazz ensemble will perform at 8 p.m. April 20 in Brendle Recital Hall. Admission is free. Conducted by C. Kevin Bowen, director of bands, the 21-member student ensemble will present a program of jazz tunes that includes Bill Holman’s “Bright Eyes,” “Moten […]
Wake Forest Orchestra to present spring concert
April 14, 1999 | Arts & Culture, Events
The Wake Forest University Orchestra will present a free concert at 8 p.m. April 19 in Brendle Recital Hall. Conducted by David Hagy, the orchestra will perform contemporary composer Joan Tower’s “Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman.” Other selections on the program include Tchaikovsky’s “Romeo and […]
Wake Forest Symphonic Band to present spring concert
April 14, 1999 | Arts & Culture, Events
The Wake Forest University Symphonic Band will present its spring concert at 8 p.m. April 15 in Brendle Recital Hall. Highlights of the band’s program will include Roland Seitz’s “March Grandioso” and Jay Chattaway’s “Parade of the Tall Ships.” The band will also perform Merle […]
Earth Day celebration planned at Wake Forest
April 13, 1999 | Campus Life, Community, Events, Sustainability
Global environmental issues will be the focus of an Earth Day celebration at Wake Forest University on April 22. The free and public event will focus on raising awareness about environmental concerns and the ways individuals can help the environment. The celebration will begin […]
WFU announces 1999-2000 Secrest Artists Series
April 13, 1999 | Arts & Culture, Campus Life, Community, Events
Wake Forest University’s Secrest Artists Series will include everything from chamber music to ragtime to West African song and dance in its five-concert 1999-2000 season. The Vienna Chamber Orchestra with conductor and piano soloist Phillipe Entremont will open the series on Oct. 13 as […]
Vocal and instrumental groups to perform
April 13, 1999 | Arts & Culture, Events
The Wake Forest University Collegium Musicum Instrumental Ensemble will join the Collegium Musicum Vocal Ensemble to present “Bach and His Predecessors: A Concert of Early German Music” on April 22 at 8 p.m. in Brendle Recital Hall. Performing on reproductions of recorders, krummhorns, violas da […]
Two WFU choirs to present music of Randall Thompson
April 13, 1999 | Arts & Culture, Events
The Wake Forest University Concert Choir and Choral Union will present a free spring choral concert featuring the music of American composer Randall Thompson at 8 p.m. April 29 in Brendle Recital Hall. The concert celebrates the 100th anniversary of Thompson’s birth and will include […]
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