Chancellor’s Concert features Carl Orff’s ‘Carmina Burana’
The Washington University Concert Choir and the Washington University Symphony Orchestra will present the 2007 Chancellor’s Concert at 3 p.m. April 29 in the University’s E. Desmond Lee Auditorium at 560 Trinity Ave.
Ansel Adams: Reverence for Life at Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum May 11 to July 16
*White House Ruin, Canyon de Chelly National Monument, AZ*Ansel Adams (1902-1984) is celebrated as one of the world’s foremost landscape photographers. In May, the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum at Washington University in St. Louis will present Ansel Adams: Reverence for Life, an exhibition of photographs showcasing works from the personal collections of the Adams family.
Andrea Fraser, “What do I, as an artist, provide?” at Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum May 11 to July 16
*Untitled (Pollock/Titian) #4*Over the last two decades, Andrea Fraser has dramatized the relationship between art and its audiences through a series of performances, videos, and photographs. In May, the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum at Washington University in St. Louis will present Andrea Fraser, “What do I, as an artist, provide?,” the artist’s first Midwestern solo exhibition. The exhibition will include performance-based videos, photographs, and other works dating from the mid-1980s to the present.
Trout Fishing in America at Edison Theatre May 5
Courtesy photoTrout Fishing in AmericaTrout Fishing in America — the long-standing musical partnership between 5’5″ bass player Keith Grimwood and 6’9″ guitarist Ezra Idlet — will bring their infectious blend of folk, pop and family-friendly music to Washington University’s Edison Theatre. The special all-ages matinee will begin at 11 a.m. Saturday, May 5, as part of the ovations! for young people series.
Washington University to present annual Chancellor’s Concert April 29
The Washington University Concert Choir and the Washington University Symphony Orchestra will present the 2007 Chancellor’s Concert at 3 p.m. Sunday, April 29, in Washington University’s E. Desmond Lee Auditorium. The program will highlight Carl Orff’s popular cantata Carmina Burana (“Songs of Beuren”), which combines 20th century music with medieval texts.
Children’s Film Symposium features talks, screenings
The Center for the Humanities and the Program in Film and Media Studies, both in Arts & Sciences, will host the Third Annual Children’s Film Symposium April 20-21 featuring three screenings and two lectures.
Eliot Trio in concert April 22
The Eliot Trio will perform piano trios by Franz Joseph Haydn, Camille Saint-Saëns and Johannes Brahms at 2:30 p.m. April 22 in the auditorium of Whitaker Hall.
Lima wins Bruno Zevi Prize for architecture writing
Zeuler R. Lima, Ph.D., assistant professor of architecture in the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts, has won the 2007 Bruno Zevi Prize from the Bruno Zevi Foundation in Rome.
Women’s Society honors Switzer for years of service
The Women’s Society of Washington University’s annual membership meeting April 11 took on an added poignancy as the retiring Harriet K. Switzer, Ph.D., secretary to the Board of Trustees since 1980 and University coordinator of the Women’s Society since 1986, was recognized.
Obituary: Barr, senior purchasing representative
Pamela A. Barr, senior purchasing representative in the Division of Hematology in the Department of Medicine, died Friday, April 6, 2007, at St. Anthony’s Hospice after a long battle with cancer. She was 54. More…
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