Trumpeter Doc Severinsen to Perform at WFU
November 4, 1998 | Arts & Culture, Events
Doc Severinsen, the virtuoso trumpeter who exchanged quips with Johnny Carson for 25 years on the “Tonight Show,” will perform at Wake Forest University on Friday, Nov. 20. Severinsen and His Big Band will perform as part of the Secrest Artists Series at 8 […]
Photographer Will Visit WFU to Discuss “Italian Journey”
November 4, 1998 | Arts & Culture, Events, Speakers
News and commercial photographer Liana Miuccio will present and discuss “An Italian Journey,” a black-and-white portrait study, at Wake Forest University on Friday, Nov. 13. “An Italian Journey” features 33 slides of Miuccio’s family members in Italy juxtaposed against those living and continuing family traditions […]
Guest Pianist and WFU Vocalists to Perform
November 3, 1998 | Arts & Culture, Events
Guest pianist Martin Issep will perform the music of Schumann, Brahms and De Falla at Wake Forest University on Thursday, Nov. 12, at 8 p.m. in Brendle Recital Hall. In addition, Issep will conduct a master class for Wake Forest vocal students and pianists on […]
WFU’s Collegium Groups to Perform
November 3, 1998 | Arts & Culture, Events
With krummhorns, violas da gamba and other period instruments, the Wake Forest Collegium Musicum will present “Italian Music of the 16th and 17th Centuries” on Tuesday, Nov. 10, in Brendle Recital Hall. The 8 p.m. concert will feature instrumental and choral music. The vocal ensemble, […]
Student Music Groups to Give Benefit Concert
November 3, 1998 | Arts & Culture, Events, Student
Student music groups at Wake Forest University will perform Friday, Nov. 13, in a benefit concert for the City of Joy Scholars-eleven students who will travel to Calcutta to work with Mother Teresa’s Missionaries of Charity. The 7:30 p.m. concert will be held in Wait […]
Student Public Art Performance Will Examine Stereotypes
November 2, 1998 | Arts & Culture, Events, Student
Sandwiches with the crust cut off and corn dogs will be among the childhood favorites Wake Forest University senior Heather Chappell will serve as part of a performance art piece on Monday, Nov. 2, and Wednesday, Nov. 4. The lunch box menu is part of […]
Stories this week at Wake Forest
October 29, 1998 | Arts & Culture, Campus Life, Community, Events
HALLOWEEN FUN FOR COMMUNITY CHILDREN Project Pumpkin, an annual event sponsored by the Wake Forest University Volunteer Service Corps, will bring more than 1,200 disadvantaged children to campus from more than 35 agencies for an afternoon of Halloween fun on Thursday, Oct. 29. From 3-6 […]
Irish poet to give reading at Wake Forest University
October 28, 1998 | Arts & Culture, Events
Irish poet Ciaran Carson will read poetry at Wake Forest University on Thursday, Nov. 5, at 7:30 p.m. The free event will be held in Carswell Hall’s second floor reading room. A native of Belfast, Carson has published several award-winning books of poetry, including “Belfast […]
WFU Play Examines Romanian Revolution
October 28, 1998 | Arts & Culture, Events
“Mad Forest,” Caryl Churchill’s play depicting Romanian life before, during and after the 1989 overthrow of dictator Nicolae Ceausescu, opens Nov. 6 at Wake Forest University. The Wake Forest University Theatre production runs Nov. 6-7 and 11-15. The play, directed by Wake Forest Assistant […]
Caribbean Music Performance Workshop Offered at WFU
October 26, 1998 | Arts & Culture, Community, Events
Gage Averill, a noted scholar of Caribbean music and society, will lead a performance workshop on the music of the Caribbean islands on Saturday, Nov. 7, from 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. in Scales Fine Arts Center, A102. Averill’s lecture/workshop, “Secular Musics of the Caribbean,” will combine […]
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