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Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences

Peter Starr

Welcome to American University’s spring arts season. As always, this semester’s offerings will showcase our talented faculty and students while bringing us internationally-recognized performers, speakers, and exhibitions.

The American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center opens its season in January with four exhibitions, including a career retrospective of legendary D.C.-area artist Tom Green and the Washington Project for the Arts’ annual auction exhibition. In March and April, the museum will build on the extraordinary success of its recent Australian show by featuring the work of Spanish animators and Lebanese artists. In late spring, we will also showcase works by the Department of Art’s students and faculty members. Complementing the museum’s exhibits, you will find gallery talks, film screenings, artists’ receptions, and Kids @ the Katzen events.

Our performing arts season kicks off with an innovative rendering of William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, then continues with productions of The House of Bernarda Alba, and Oklahoma!. In addition, Voices of Terezín, a two-part collaborative performance that is part of a campus-wide event reflecting on life in Terezín, the Nazi-run concentration and transit camp that played a significant role in the Holocaust. Our music faculty will perform American music classics from AU’s extensive music library, and Professor Jerzy Sapieyevski will present The Art of Sound, the Sound of Art, his annual collaboration with the audio technology and multimedia programs. Musician in residence Yuliya Gorenman will perform the sixth in a series of eight concerts devoted to the complete cycle of Beethoven piano sonatas. Rounding out the season will be concerts by the American University Chorus and Chamber Singers, Wind Ensemble, and Jazz Ensemble.

Over the course of the semester, as part of its annual Visiting Writers Series, the Creative Writing Program will present readings and talks by authors Terrance

Hayes, Victor LaValle, Kermit Moyer, literary agent Jenny Bent, and our Masters of Fine Arts students. The Department of Art’s Spring Arts Colloquia will feature artists Kurt Kauper, Beverly McIver,

Hilary Harness, Erik Thor Sandberg, and art historian Juliet Bellow in a series titled “Beyond the Binary: Figuration(s).”

Please explore this spring’s offerings and make note of ones you don’t want to miss. I think you will agree that this remarkable and wide-ranging schedule provides something for everyone, and speaks eloquently about the power and vitality of the Arts at AU.

I look forward to enjoying these great events with you this spring!

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0 Performing Arts PageFebruary 11–13 Romeo and Juliet 8February 13–14 American University Symphony Orchestra 9 Annual Concerto and Aria CompetitionFebruary 19 Arts Management Spring Colloquium 10February 25–27 The House of Bernarda Alba (La Casa de Bernarda Alba) 10 February 27–28 American University Symphony Orchestra 11March 4 The Atrium Series: Bringing Music to the People 11 Songs from the Stacks: American Song Treasures from 12 the AU Library Collection March 19–22 Voices of Terezín—An Artistic Tribute in Two Parts 12March 25–28 Oklahoma! 15March 26 The Art of Sound, The Sound of Art: Visual Piano- 15 Are you Blue?April 8 The Atrium Series: Bringing Music to the People 16April 9 American University Jazz Ensembles: Pre Bop to Post Bop 17April 9–10 Spring Dance Concert: Shifting Focus 17April 10 The Gorenman Beethoven Project 18April 11 Emerging Arts Leaders Symposium 18 American University Wind Ensemble 18April 17–18 American University Chorus & Chamber Singers: 19 The German RomanticsApril 22 The Atrium Series: Bringing Music to the People 20April 22–25 Senior Capstone 2010 20April 24–25 American University Symphony Orchestra 20April 25 Spring Dance Informal Showcase 20

Visual ArtsJanuary 19 Art Colloquia for Critical Inquiry: Figuration(s) 6 presents Kurt KauperJanuary 23–March 14 Tom Green: Past and Present 6January 30–March 14 Robert Devers: Cult of the Hand 6 Alan Feltus and Lani Irwin: Personal Interiors 6January 30–March 6 Cream: Washington Project for the Arts 7February 7 Kids @ the Katzen 8February 15 Art Colloquia for Critical Inquiry: Figuration(s) 11 presents Beverly McIverMarch 4 Art Colloquia for Critical Inquiry: Figuration(s) 11 presents Hilary HarknessMarch 20–May 1 ANIMAR-TE: 20 years of computer animation at the 13 University of the Balearic Islands Pentimenti: After the Flood 13 CausalityLabs: New Projects 14March 27–May 9 American University Art Department: Student Exhibitions 16April 1 Art Colloquia for Critical Inquiry: Figuration(s) 16 presents Erik Thor SandbergApril 6–May 16 Convergence: New Art from Lebanon 16April 8 Art Colloquia for Critical Inquiry: Figuration(s) 17 presents Juliet Bellow April 18 Kids @ the Katzen 19May 1–August 8 Georgia June Goldberg: Emergence 21

Literary Arts PageFebruary 10 Poetry Reading: Terrance Hayes 8February 24 Talk with Jenny Bent: “Working with a Literary Agent” 10March 24 Fiction Reading: Victor LaValle 14April 14 Fiction Reading: Kermit Moyer 19May 8 Graduating MFA Student Reading 21

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This exhibition features work by Washington Project for the Arts (WPA) member artists, as well as national contemporary artists selected by top curators from some of the most important art institutions in the country. WPA invites contemporary art aficionados to indulge their passion for art at the WPA Art Auction Gala on Saturday, March 6, at 6 p.m. All proceeds benefit WPA programs and exhibitions. For tickets and more information, please visit auction.wpadc.org.

Cream: Washington Project for the Arts Art Auction Exhibition

Saturday, January 30–Saturday, March 6American University Museum

Artists’ reception: Saturday, January 30, from 6–9 p.m.Curators’ talk: Thursday, February 25, 6–8 p.m.Washington Project for the Arts auction: Saturday, March 6, at 6 p.m.

This exhibition presents recent work by two artists with long associations with the AU Art Department who now live and work in Assisi, Italy. This exhibition features paintings, drawings, and collages that reveal relationships of the figure in still, intimate spaces.

Alan Feltus and Lani Irwin: Personal InteriorsSaturday, January 30–Sunday, March 14American University Museum

Artists’ reception: Saturday, January 30, from 6–9 p.m.Gallery talk with Alan Feltus: Saturday, January 20, at 4 p.m.

Tom Green: Past and PresentSaturday, January 23–Sunday, March 14

Tom Green has been a legendary figure in the Washington, D.C., art world for over 40 years. His paintings, drawings, watercolors, and installations somehow manage to move freely between the formal and the accidental, the iconic and the idiosyncratic, the serious and the absurd. This exhibition samples the career of this important and influential Washington artist.

American University Museum

Artists’ reception: Saturday, January 30, from 6–9 p.m.Gallery talk with Tom Green: Saturday, February 6, at 4 p.m.

Robert Devers: Cult of the Hand Saturday, January 30–Sunday, March 14

This interdisciplinary exploration retraces and reimagines the influences of culture, craft, and place on the artist. Through the multicultural perspective provided by the history of maiolica glaze painting, the artist maps his own journey in the form of paintings, ceramics, and installations to offer a new translation of pattern, form, and space and to provide new perspectives of cultural influence as an American artist working in Mexico and Italy.

American University Museum

Artists’ reception: Saturday, January 30, from 6–9 p.m.Gallery talk with Robert Devers: Saturday, February 20, at 4 p.m.

Art Colloquia for Critical Inquiry: Figuration(s) presents Kurt KauperTuesday, January 19, at 5:30 p.m.Abramson Family Recital Hall, Katzen Arts CenterAdmission is freeKurt Kauper was born in Indianapolis, Indiana, and currently lives and works in New York. He received a BFA from Boston University and an MFA from the University of California. Kauper’s work has been shown at a variety of locations, including ACME in Los Angeles, Deitch Projects and Greenberg Van Doren Gallery in New York City, and the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art in Scottsdale, Arizona.

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Terrance Hayes’s most recent collection of poems, Wind in a Box, was named one of the best books of 2006 by Publishers Weekly. Poems from Lighthead, his forthcoming collection, have appeared in such journals as American Poetry Review, Poetry, and the New Yorker. He is also the author of Hip Logic, which was selected for the National Poetry Series, and Muscular Music, the winner of the Kate Tufts Discovery Award. His honors include three Best American Poetry selections, a Whiting Writers Award, a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship, and a 2009 Guggenheim fellowship. Hayes was born in 1971 in Columbia, South Carolina, and now lives in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where he is a professor of creative writing at Carnegie Mellon University.

Poetry Reading: Terrance HayesWednesday, February 10, at 8 p.m.Abramson Family Recital Hall, Katzen Arts CenterAdmission is free

Romeo and JulietThursday, February 11–Saturday, February 13, at 8 p.m.Saturday, February 13, at 2 p.m.

In this nontraditional interpretation, the two “star-crossed lovers” are the victims of self-absorbed and enabling adults who are unable to act responsibly. Romeo and Juliet painfully learn the difference between lustful passion and passionate love in this new take on a classic tale.

Written by William ShakespeareCarl Menninger, director Harold and Sylvia Greenberg TheatreTickets: $15 regular admission, $10 AU community and seniors, $5 students

Talented student instrumentalists and singers from throughout the university compete to perform with the American University Symphony Orchestra in April.

American University Symphony Orchestra Annual Concerto and Aria CompetitionPreliminary Round: Saturday, February 13, at 7 p.m.Final Round: Sunday, February 14, at 3 p.m.Jesus Manuel Berard, ModeratorAbramson Family Recital Hall, Katzen Arts CenterAdmission is free

American University Museum and Katzen Arts Center Rotunda

Kids @ the Katzen

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Sunday, February 7, at 1 p.m.

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Beverly McIver grew up in Greensboro, North Carolina. She earned her BA in painting and drawing at North Carolina Central University and her MFA at Pennsylvania State University. She has accumulated numerous honors and awards for her work, including an Anonymous Was a Woman award, a John Simon Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship, a fellowship at Harvard’s Radcliffe Institute of Advanced Studies, and a Tiffany Foundation award. Over the years she has also earned teaching positions at Pennsylvania State University, North Carolina Central University, North Carolina State University, Duke University, and Arizona State University-Tempe.

Art Colloquia for Critical Inquiry: Figuration(s) presents Beverly McIverAbramson Family Recital Hall, Katzen Arts CenterAdmission is free

Monday, February 15, at 6 p.m.

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Thursday, February 25–Saturday, February 27, at 8 p.m.Saturday, February 27, at 2 p.m.Written by revered Spanish writer Federico García Lorca on the eve of the Spanish Civil War, the play revolves around the death of one family’s patriarch. After the mourners depart, a tyrannical matriarch imposes a mourning period of eight years for her daughters; however, dark secrets threaten the foundation of the entire family, leaving the ruthless matriarch with the phantasmagorical reality of a house oozing with death. Recommended for mature audiences.

The House of Bernarda Alba (La Casa de Bernarda Alba)

Written by Federico García LorcaTranslation by Emily MannJavier Rivera, director Studio Theatre, Katzen Arts CenterTickets: $5 general admission

Mahler: Songs from Des Knaben WunderhornBeethoven: Symphony No. 7

This program features faculty soloist Barbara Hollinshead and guest soloist Steven Combs in performances of Mahler’s exquisite songs from Des Knaben Wunderhorn and Beethoven’s exuberant Seventh Symphony.

American University Symphony OrchestraSaturday, February 27, at 8 p.m.Sunday, February 28, at 3 p.m.Jesus Manuel Berard, director and conductorBarbara Hollinshead, mezzo-sopranoSteven Combs, bassAbramson Family Recital Hall, Katzen Arts CenterTickets: $15 regular admission, $10 AU community and seniors, $5 studentsTalk with Jenny Bent: “Working with a Literary Agent”

Wednesday, February 24, at 8 p.m. Board Room (sixth floor), Butler PavilionAdmission is free

In a career spanning 15 years, literary agent Jenny Bent has demonstrated a practice of making bestsellers, either by spotting new talent or developing careers for multi-published authors. Her varied list of clients includes writers of commercial fiction and nonfiction, literary fiction, and memoir; she has had over 25 titles on the New York Times list. After growing up in Harrisonburg, Virginia, Bent went to England to earn a BA/MA with first-class honors from Cambridge University. After graduation, she worked as a magazine writer, bookseller, and agent. Before founding the Bent Agency in 2009, Bent was an agent at Trident Media Group. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.

Katzen Arts Center, Room 246Admission is free

Art Colloquia for Critical Inquiry: Figuration(s) presents Hilary Harkness

Hilary Harkness was born in Detroit, Michigan, and currently lives in New York City. Harkness received a BA from University of California, Berkeley and an MFA from Yale University. She has had solo exhibitions at the Mary Boone Gallery in 2005 and 2008. She has also exhibited at the Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art and the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Harkness has had articles in Esquire and Art in America. She is represented by Mary Boone Gallery in New York City.

Thursday, March 4, at 6 p.m.

Thursday, March 4, at noonThe Atrium Series: Bringing Music to the People

See inside back cover for more information.

Battelle-Tompkins AtriumAdmission is free

Arts Management Spring Colloquium

A panel of leading practitioners and theorists will address a significant issue affecting today’s cultural community.

Friday, February 19, from 4–6 p.m.American University MuseumAdmission is free

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American University Chamber SingersConvery: Songs of Children Chamber Singers presents Robert Convery’s poignant setting of nine poems authored by children interned at Terezín (Theresienstadt), a ghetto that served primarily as a gathering point for Jews destined to be shipped to Auschwitz death camp. Convery conceived the work as a story from beginning to end, a “reaction to where the child is, the rejection and the horror.” The distinct voice of the children of Terezín, heard through Convery’s beautiful and moving work for chorus, violin, viola, cello, and piano, was written “in memory of all children who perished in the Holocaust.”

Smoke of HomeWritten by Zdenek Elias and Jiri Stein, translated by Dorothy EliasPrologue and epilogue by Barbara KornerTheatre students will present the North American premiere of this one-act historical drama, written in Terezín in 1943 . Never performed in Terezín, the play nevertheless continued to live in the memories of the playwrights’ friends as part of the remarkable legacy of resilience and hope created by the inmates in that place of despair. Set during the Thirty Years War (another era of religious persecution with the seditious subtext of the destruction of Germany), the play explores issues of denial, loss, and longing for home. Presented with a contemporary prologue and epilogue for modern audiences.

Voices of Terezín—An Artistic Tribute in Two PartsFriday, March 19–Saturday, March 20, at 8 p.m.Sunday, March 21, at 2 p.m.Abramson Family Recital Hall, Katzen Arts CenterTickets: $15 regular admission, $10 AU community and seniors, $5 students

Pre-concert lecture by university librarians James Heintze and Nobue Matsuoka will begin at 7 p.m., followed by AU faculty members Barbara Hollinshead (mezzo-soprano), Doug Bowles (tenor), and Mary Gottlieb (piano) in an exploration of forgotten gems of American song from AU’s archives and extensive sheet music collection. Composers of note include Harry T. Burleigh, George Gershwin, Carrie Jacobs-Bond, Ethelbert Nevin, Wintter Watts, and Septimus Winner.

Songs from the Stacks: American Song Treasures from the AU Library CollectionThursday, March 4, at 7 p.m.Abramson Family Recital Hall, Katzen Arts CenterTickets: $15 regular admission, $10 AU community and seniors, $5 students

ANIMAR-TE: 20 years of computer animation at the University of the Balearic Islands

Organized in collaboration with the Embassy of Spain, this exhibition recognizes the work of the Digital Animation Department at the University of the Balearic Islands (Spain), an international leader in computer animation.

Saturday, March 20–Saturday, May 1

Artists’ reception: Tuesday, April 6, from 6–9 p.m.For information on events associated with this exhibition, visit www.american.edu/museum

American University Museum

Don Kimes works in media ranging from acrylic paint and digital sources to steel, clay, and wood. He contemplates painting in the context of history and time. The sources for the work included in this exhibition are the remnants of images that had documented much of his life’s work destroyed in a 2003 flood. Kimes, a professor in the art department at American University, states that he is using the second part of his life to re-paint the first.

Pentimenti: After the FloodSaturday, March 20–Saturday, May 1American University Museum

Artists’ reception: Tuesday, April 6, from 6–9 p.m.Gallery talk with Don Kimes: Saturday, April 24, at 4 p.m.

AU Chorus Rehearsal

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The Art of Sound, The Sound of Art: Visual Piano- Are you Blue?Friday, March 26, at 8 p.m.

Award-winning composer and pianist Jerzy Sapieyevski combines his expressive piano virtuosity with the harmony of colors and rhythms in a multimedia performance. Sapieyevski’s Visual Piano unites classical and jazz styles into a one-of-a-kind creation drawn from the ambiance and interaction with the audience. This program is presented in cooperation with audio technology and multimedia programs.

Jerzy Sapieyevski, composer and pianist Abramson Family Recital Hall, Katzen Arts CenterTickets: $15 regular admission, $10 AU community and seniors, $5 students

Abramson Family Recital Hall, Katzen Arts CenterAdmission is free

Fiction Reading: Victor LaValle

Of Victor LaValle’s newest novel, Mos Def writes: “Big Machine is like nothing I’ve ever read, incredibly human and alien at the same time. LaValle writes like Gabriel Garcia Marquez mixed with Edgar Allen Poe, but this is even more than that. He’s written the first great book of the next America.” In addition to Big Machine, LaValle is the author of a collection of stories, Slapboxing with Jesus, which won the 2000 PEN Open Book Award, and a novel, The Ecstatic, which was a finalist for both the 2003 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction and the Hurston-Wright Legacy Award. Described by fiction writer Charles Baxter as “one of our most talented young writers,” LaValle has received numerous awards, including a 1998 Fine Arts Work Center fellowship, a 2004 Whiting Writers Award, and a 2006 USA Ford Fellowship. Born in New York in 1972, he grew up in Queens, received his MFA from Columbia University, and now lives in Brooklyn.

Wednesday, March 24, at 8 p.m.

Oklahoma!

Arguably the most famous musical in Broadway history, Oklahoma! (1943) embodies the joyful exuberance of the Golden Age of the American musical, as well as the first pairing of composer Richard Rodgers and lyricist/librettist Oscar Hammerstein II. This simple tale of cowhands and farmers finding love and community in the Oklahoma territory of the early 1900s caught the imagination and patriotic passion of wartime America. This quintessential American musical—full of singing, dancing, joy, sorrow, comedy, and a happy ending—remains a timely audience favorite.

Thursday, March 25–Saturday, March 27, at 8 p.m.Sunday, March 28, at 2 p.m.Book and Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein IIMusic by Richard RodgersBased on Green Grow the Lilacs by Lynn RiggsKarl Kippola, director and choreographerAaron Broderick, music directorHarold and Sylvia Greenberg TheatreTickets: $15 regular admission, $10 AU community and seniors, $5 students

CausalityLabs: New ProjectsSaturday, March 20–Saturday, May 1

Andy Holtin and Galo Moncayo, working together as CausalityLabs, create works that explore the nature of the world through a kind of mechanical theatre with humor and mimicry. Their collective works dig into materials and events to get at our notions of meaning, sequence, and cause and effect. Holtin is a professor of sculpture at American University. Moncayo is currently a member of the studio hadid master class at the Universität für angewandte Kunst in Vienna, Austria.

Artists’ reception: Tuesday, April 6, from 6–9 p.m.Gallery talk with Andy Holtin: Saturday, April 17, at 4 p.m.

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Art Colloquia for Critical Inquiry: Figuration(s) presents Juliet Bellow

Abramson Family Recital Hall, Katzen Arts CenterAdmission is free  Juliet Bellow is currently visiting assistant professor of European modern art history at American University. Bellow received her BA from Columbia University and her PhD from the University of Pennsylvania. She recently published an article on Sonia Delaunay in Art Journal and is currently preparing a book manuscript on set and costume designs for Serge Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes troupe by artists of the Parisian avant-garde.

Thursday, April 8, at 5:30 p.m.

Erik Thor Sandberg was born in Quantico, Virginia, and currently lives and works in Washington, D.C. Sandberg received a BA in studio arts and a MFA in painting from George Mason University. His work has been included in a variety of collections, including those of Olga Hirshorn and Marcella Louis Brenner. He has had solo exhibitions at Connor Contemporary Art in Washington, D.C., and at the Susan Inglett Gallery in New York City.

Abramson Family Recital Hall, Katzen Arts CenterAdmission is free

Thursday, April 1, at 6 p.m.

Art Colloquia for Critical Inquiry: Figuration(s) presents Erik Thor Sandberg

American University’s Department of Art presents work by undergraduates (March 27–April 3), MFA thesis students (April 6–25), and first-year MFA students (April 29–May 9). Join us for a display of paintings, prints, sculptures, design, and video installations that showcases our students’ talents.

American University Art Department: Student ExhibitionsUndergraduate (Saturday, March 27–Saturday, April 3)MFA Thesis (Tuesday, April 6–Sunday, April 25)MFA first-year (Thursday, April 29–Sunday, May 9)American University Museum

Artists’ reception: Tuesday, April 6, from 6–9 p.m.

Spring Dance Concert: Shifting FocusFriday, April 9–Saturday, April 10, at 8 p.m.

Our annual concert of faculty and student choreographed works, representing fresh and seasoned perspectives on contemporary and classical dance.

Melanie George, artistic directorHarold and Sylvia Greenberg TheatreTickets: $15 general admission, $10 AU community and seniors, $5 students

American University Jazz Ensembles: Pre Bop to Post Bop

Joshua Bayer and Noah Getz, directorsAbramson Family Recital Hall, Katzen Arts CenterTickets: $15 regular admission, $10 AU community and seniors, $5 studentsThe American University Jazz Ensembles explores jazz classics and new dimensions in contemporary jazz.

Friday, April 9, at 8 p.m.

Battelle-Tompkins AtriumAdmission is free

The Atrium Series: Bringing Music to the People

See inside back cover for more information.

Thursday, April 8, at noon

This exhibition looks at contemporary art produced in the diverse and multilayered country of Lebanon. Civilizations and their armies have continually converged there over the past six millennia and created a rich and beautiful tapestry that violence periodically threatens to unravel. Contemporary artists synthesize this convergence of influences, perspectives, and conflicts to create works of great beauty and relevance.

Convergence: New Art from LebanonTuesday, April 6–Sunday, May 16American University Museum

Artists’ reception: Tuesday, April 6, from 6–9 p.m.For information on events associated with this exhibition, visit www.american.edu/museum

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Fiction Reading: Kermit MoyerWednesday, April 14, 8 p.m.

Kermit Moyer is the author of The Chester Chronicles, a collection of linked stories, some of which first appeared in the Hudson Review. He is also the author of Tumbling, which was described as “impeccable” and hailed as “a work of ringing authenticity” in the New York Times Book Review. After earning his PhD in American literature at Northwestern University, Moyer joined the faculty of AU’s Department of Literature, where he taught from 1979 until his retirement as a professor emeritus in 2007. During that time, he received the University’s Outstanding Teacher of the Year Award, served a term as chair of the Department of Literature, and served as director of the MFA Program in Creative Writing. He currently lives in Eastham, Massachusetts.

SIS Lounge, School of International ServiceAdmission is free

American University Wind EnsembleSunday, April 11, at 3 p.m.

American University Wind Ensemble presents symphonic band music for woodwinds, brass, and percussion from all musical periods.

Marc Boensel, directorAbramson Family Recital Hall, Katzen Arts Center.Tickets: $15 regular admission, $10 AU community and seniors, $5 students

Emerging Arts Leaders SymposiumSunday, April 11

The Emerging Arts Leaders Symposium is a national conference positioned the day before national Arts Advocacy Day. It offers emerging arts leaders the opportunity to learn about new issues in the field, network, and pursue professional development.

For registration and more information, visit our website at www.american.edu/cas/performing-arts/arts-management-symposium.

Katzen Arts Center

Sonata No. 22, Op. 54 in F MajorSonata No. 23, Op. 57 in F minor (“Appassionata”)Sonata No. 24, Op. 78 in F-sharp MajorSonata No. 25, Op. 79 in G MajorSonata No. 26, Op. 81a in E-flat Major (“Les Adieux”)

Internationally acclaimed concert pianist and American University musician in residence Yuliya Gorenman presents the sixth in a series of eight concerts devoted to performing the complete cycle of sonatas for piano by Ludwig van Beethoven.

The Gorenman Beethoven ProjectSaturday, April 10, at 8 p.m.Yuliya Gorenman, pianoAbramson Family Recital Hall, Katzen Arts CenterTickets: $15 regular admission, $10 AU community and seniors, $5 students

American University Chorus & Chamber Singers:The German RomanticsSaturday, April 17, at 8 p.m., and Sunday, April 18, at 3 p.m.

Mendelssohn: Sechs Sprüche, Op. 79 Mendelssohn: Sechs Lieder in Freien zu singen, Op. 48 Brahms: Fest- und Gedenkssprüche, Op. 109 Brahms: Nänie Bruckner: selected motets

Join us for a rich program of motets and part songs from the heart of the Romantic era. In a program that celebrates nature, beauty, and the divine, the combined forces of the AU Chorus and Chambers Singers present a triumvirate of the greatest choral composers of the nineteenth century—Mendelssohn, Brahms, and Bruckner.

Abramson Family Recital Hall, Katzen Arts CenterTickets: $15 regular admission, $10 AU community and seniors, $5 students

Sunday, April 18, at 1 p.m. Kids @ the Katzen

See inside back cover for more information.American University Museum and Kreeger Lobby

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American University Symphony OrchestraSaturday April 24, at 8 p.m., and Sunday April 25, at 3 p.m.

Dvorak: Symphony No. 9 (“New World”)

The program features the winner(s) of the Annual Concerto and Aria Competition with the American University Symphony Orchestra performing Dvořák’s immortal “New World Symphony.”

Jesus Manuel Berard, director Abramson Family Recital Hall, Katzen Arts CenterTickets: $15 regular admission, $10 AU community and seniors, $5 students

Senior Capstone 2010Thursday, April 22–Saturday, April 24, at 8 p.m.Saturday, April 24–Sunday, April 25, at 2 p.m.

Over the course of the semester, theatre and musical theatre majors in the class of 2010 have workshopped several new works with theatre practitioners from around the country, culminating in this weeklong festival of new works. A different world premiere will be presented each night of the run. The works will appear in varying stages of completion: workshops, staged-readings, and fully realized productions. At the end of each performance audience members will have an opportunity to discuss the new work and become collaborators in the play development process.

Studio Theatre, Katzen Arts CenterTickets: $5 general admission

Experience our MFA program’s rich diversity of voices at a group reading of poetry and prose by our 2009–2010 graduates.

Saturday, May 8, at 3 p.m.Graduating MFA Student ReadingKay Spiritual Life CenterAdmission is free

Georgia June Goldberg: EmergenceSaturday, May 1–Sunday, August 8

Recalling glacier flows, icebergs, tectonic plate shifts, and the invisible forces propelling them, Emergence reveals what is below grade at the Katzen Arts Center while at the same time gesturing upward toward Ward Circle, a primary D.C. artery, encircling the site with constant traffic. Drivers and pedestrians outside the museum perceive movement and space beyond and below what is normally visible. Conversely, museum visitors will be enveloped in ice cave or earth plate-like forms while simultaneously having their vision drawn skyward.

Sylvia Berlin Sculpture Garden, American University Museum

Spring Dance Informal Showcase Sunday, April 25, at 8 p.m.

Join us for our semiannual celebration of the dance program at American University. Students from AU’s dance classes perform modern, jazz, ballet, tap, and African dances. Dance instructors will introduce the presentations and discuss the focus of each work and students’ growth throughout the semester.

Harold and Sylvia Greenberg TheatreAdmission is free

Thursday, April 22, at noonThe Atrium Series: Bringing Music to the People

See inside back cover for more information.

Battelle-Tompkins AtriumAdmission is free

Dance Rehearsals

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Support the AU ArtsAU arts programs encompass music, musical theatre, theatre, arts management, dance, studio art, art history, multimedia, graphic design, and creative writing. Students have the opportunity to study with renowned faculty in one of the most artistically vibrant cities in the world. Private support from individuals, corporations, and foundations helps us achieve our academic and program goals by:• funding scholarships and fellowships• supporting academic experiences, such as

workshops and master classes• providing program support for art exhibits in the

AU Museum, music and theatre productions, and changing department needs and priorities

• maintaining building infrastructure and equipment

• funding the maintenance and purchase of new instruments, art supplies, art collections, and new technologies

Regardless of the amount of your gift, your support will make an important difference in the education of our students and the entire AU community. If you are interested in learning more about giving or naming opportunities in the Katzen Arts Center and the Harold and Sylvia Greenberg Theatre, please call Noelle Bannister in the College of Arts and Sciences’ Office of Development at 202-885-2986.

Venues and InformationTicket There are three ways to purchase tickets:• on the Web: www.american.tix.com*• by phone: Katzen ticket office, 202-885-

3634; Harold and Sylvia Greenberg Theatre, 202-885-2587**

• in person: Katzen Arts Center ticket office: Monday–Saturday from 11 a.m.–5 p.m., or the Harold and Sylvia Greenberg Theatre ticket office: Tuesday–Saturday from 3 p.m.–6 p.m.

The AU community includes faculty, staff, and alumni. Students are defined as anyone still in college or under the age of 18. Seniors (55 years of age or older) are eligible to receive our senior ticket price.

Open dress rehearsals are free events open to the public. A 20 percent discount rate is available for groups of 10 or more. School matinees are special matinee performances scheduled for students from area schools. To arrange attendance for your group or for more information, please call 202-885-3634 for Katzen Arts Center events or 202-885-2587 for Harold and Sylvia Greenberg Theatre events.

*A $2 processing fee will be assessed to each ticket purchased online.**A $1 processing fee will be assessed to each ticket purchased by phone.

Cyrus and Myrtle Katzen Arts CenterThe Katzen Arts Center, named for Washington-area benefactors Dr. and Mrs. Cyrus Katzen, brings all the visual and performing arts programs at AU into one space. Designed to foster interdisciplinary collaboration in the arts, the Katzen includes the American University Museum, the Abramson Family Recital Hall, the Studio Theatre, a dance studio, an electronics studio, numerous practice rooms, rehearsal spaces, classrooms, an underground garage with 450 parking spaces, the Katzen Museum Store, and the Katzen Café open Monday–Thursday, 8 a.m.–8 p.m., and Friday from 8 a.m.–5 p.m. We are committed to making our performances accessible to persons with disabilities. For information, please contact our ticket office at 202-885-3634 or katzenartscenter@american.edu.

American University Museum at the KatzenMuseum hours: The museum is open Tuesday–Sunday from 11 a.m.–4 p.m. It is also open one hour before performing arts events in the Katzen Arts Center. The museum is closed on Mondays and university holidays during the academic year. For information about group tours, contact aumuseum@american.edu.

Join the AU Museum VolunteersInterested in volunteering at the museum? Volunteers greet and provide information to visitors, guide group tours, organize and assist with events, and enjoy programs ranging from appreciation teas and lectures to studio visits. For more information, please contact aumuseum@american.edu.

The American University Katzen Museum StoreThe Katzen Museum Store offers a selection of books (including current and past exhibition catalogs), arts and crafts, and merchandise, much of which is derived from the museum’s collection and special exhibitions. All items are carefully chosen for their educational and aesthetic quality in keeping with the museum’s mission of enhancing visitor appreciation of both local and international visual arts. The Katzen Museum Store is open Tuesday–Sunday, from 11 a.m.–4 p.m., and one hour before events.

Harold and Sylvia Greenberg TheatreThe Harold and Sylvia Harold and Sylvia Greenberg Theatre, a state-of-the-art, 300-seat theatre, is at 4200 Wisconsin Avenue, N.W., just a short distance from AU’s main campus and a few blocks from the Tenleytown-AU Metro stop (Red Line). For ticket and performance information, visit www.american.edu/greenberg. Paid garage parking is available for patrons of all performing arts events. The garage entrance is on Van Ness Street. Please call 202-885-2587 with questions regarding directions and parking options.

RentalsSpaces within the Katzen Arts Center and Greenberg Theatre are available for rent. For more information, please visit www.american.edu/katzen/rental.cfm or www.american.edu/greenberg/rental.cfm. Information is also available by e-mailing AUArts@american.edu.

Visiting Writers SeriesSince 1980, the Visiting Writers Series at American University has hosted readings and workshops with hundreds of established and emerging fiction writers, poets, and memoirists. Please visit www.american.edu/cas/lit/vws.cfm for up-to-date locations and directions to Visiting Writers events.

Please check our Web site frequently as additional information and updates will be available online at www.american.edu/katzen and www.american.edu/greenberg.

American University is an equal opportunity and affirmative action university and employer. American University does not discriminate based on race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, marital status, personal appearance, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, family responsibilities, political affiliation, disability, source of income, place of residence or business, or veteran status in its programs and activities. For information, e-mail the Dean of Students (DOS@american.edu), the Director of Policy and Regulatory Affairs (employeerelations@american.edu), or the Dean of Academic Affairs (academicaffairs@american.edu); send postal mail to American University, 4400 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C. 20016; or call 202-885-1000.

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The Atrium Series: Bringing Music to the PeopleThe Department of Performing Arts presents informal recitals in the Battelle-Tompkins Atrium for the community to enjoy. All recitals are Thursdays at noon.• Thursday, March 4• Thursday, April 8• Thursday, April 22

Kids @ the KatzenThis program presents children five years of age and older with an array of activities collaboratively designed by the AU Museum, the Department of Art, and the Department of Performing Arts. Projects relate to a current exhibition at the museum.

A $7 cash-only materials fee is due at the time of the event. All events are on Sundays at 1 p.m. For more information, visit www.american.edu/museum/family. • Sunday, February 7 • Sunday, April 18

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