Duo Pianists to Present Concert at WFU
November 12, 1996 | Arts & Culture, Events
The Janus Duoópianists Barbara Rowan and Francis Whangówill perform at 8 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 21, in Brendle Recital Hall on the Wake Forest campus. Named for the Roman god with two faces, the Janus Duo looks backward to the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries in their repertoire while looking forward to include newer music. Rowan […]
“Pictures at an Exhibition” Highlights WFU Concert
November 12, 1996 | Arts & Culture, Events
Mussorgsky’s “Pictures at an Exhibition” will highlight a fall concert by the Wake Forest University Orchestra at 8 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 20, in Brendle Recital Hall. Directed by David Hagy, the orchestra also will perform Haydn’s Symphony No. 100. The event is part of the Wake Forest’s Year of the Arts, a yearlong celebration […]
Wake Forest Jazz Ensemble to Perform
November 12, 1996 | Arts & Culture, Events
The Wake Forest University Jazz Ensemble will perform at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 19, in Brendle Recital Hall. Under the direction of C. Kevin Bowen, the 19-member ensemble will present a program of jazz favorites including tunes by Chick Corea, Hoagy Carmichael and Charlie Parker. The event is part of Wake Forest’s Year of the […]
Hoglund to Discuss Archeological Work in Israel
November 8, 1996 | Events, Faculty
Kenneth Hoglund, a Wake Forest religion professor who has conducted archeological fieldwork in Israel for the past ten years, will discuss his project at 12:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 14, at the Wake Forest University Museum of Anthropology. Hoglund will deliver a Brown Bag Lunchtime Lecture entitled “The Excavations at Sepphoris: Recovering the Ambiguity of Religious […]
Stories this week at Wake Forest
November 7, 1996 | Events, Faculty, Student
Professors, Students to Read for Hunger Benefit As part of Writers Harvest, a nationwide literary benefit for hunger relief, professors and students from Wake Forest University will read poetry and prose at 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 14, in Scales Fine Arts Center, Room 102. Arranged by Wake Forest poet-in-residence Jane Mead, the local event will […]
Wake Forest Stages Romulus Linney’s “Holy Ghosts”
November 6, 1996 | Arts & Culture, Events
Set in the midst of a Southern snake-handling congregation, Romulus Linney’s play “Holy Ghosts” opens Friday, Nov. 8, at Wake Forest University. The Wake Forest University Theatre production runs through Nov. 17. A young housewife (senior Tiffany Burleson) runs away from her abusive husband (junior Bo Perry) and finds refuge in the Amalgamation Holiness Church […]
Wake Forest’s Collegium Musicum to Perform
November 6, 1996 | Arts & Culture, Events
The Wake Forest University music department will present a concert of 16th and 17th century German music by the Collegium Musicum Vocal and Instrumental Ensembles on Thursday, Nov. 14, at 8 p.m. in Brendle Recital Hall. The program will feature choral music by German composer Heinrich Schutz, including a double chorus motet entitled “Ich hebe […]
WFU to Sponsor Public Reading for Writers Harvest
November 6, 1996 | Arts & Culture, Community, Events, Media Advisory
As part of Writers Harvest, a nationwide literary benefit for hunger relief, professors and students from Wake Forest University and Salem College will read poetry and prose Thursday, Nov. 14, at Wake Forest. The public reading will begin at 7 p.m. in Scales Fine Arts Center, Room 102 with an introduction by Wake Forestís poet-in-residence, […]
Flute Concert to Feature Work by Local Composer
November 6, 1996 | Arts & Culture, Events
Wake Forest University’s Flute Fest ’96 will feature Wake Forest flute students and Winston-Salem’s Silver Wind Flute Choir in a concert Monday, Nov. 11, at 8 p.m. in Brendle Recital Hall. The two groups will premiere a new three-movement work entitled “Silver Winds” by Doug Borwick, associate professor of arts management at Salem College. Compositions […]
Windham Hill Concert Canceled
November 5, 1996 | Events, Media Advisory
A Wake Forest University concert featuring three Windham Hill recording artists has been canceled for Thursday, Nov. 7. Those who have purchased tickets can get refunds by returning to the Ticketmaster outlet where they bought them. Those who purchased tickets by phone can call Ticketmaster at 722-6400 for instructions on refunds. For additional information, call […]